Graduation Rates

Two issues dominate the debate over high school graduation rates-the need for a common understanding of what "high school graduation rate" means, and the need to dramatically improve graduation rates, particularly for low-income and underrepresented minority students.

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NASSP Recommendations on Graduation Rates
What Counts: Defining and Improving High School Graduation Rates
U.S. Department of Education Announcements
Graduation Rates Resources and Links
Making Every Diploma Count: Using Extended-Year Graduation Rates to Measure Student Success
August 2011

Opening Doors
(Excerpt from Diplomas Count: An Essential Guide to Graduation Policy and Rates, Education Week, June 22, 2006)
Keeping close track of students' progress would help more teenagers leave high school with diplomas.
Table: What It Takes to Graduate
(Education Week, June 22, 2006)
NASSP and Coalition Letter on the Every Student Counts Act
March 25, 2009
NASSP Proposes Policies for Improving and Calculating Grad Rates
April 8, 2005

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