The percentage of students who graduated from high school within four years of starting ninth grade in the 2006-2007 school year hit a record high, according to the report. "What we see is an increase," Jack Buckley, who directs the Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics, told The Huffington Post. Out of the 4 million students who started school four years ago, 3.1 million -- or 78.2 percent -- graduated with a regular or advanced diploma in the 2009-2010 school year. That's an increase of more than two percentage points.
NCES has put out this report since 2005, but Buckley's team has made estimates back into the 1970s. "This is the highest estimated rate of on-time graduation rate," Buckley said. The only time the country observed a similar graduation rate was in 1968, he added.
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Lower the standards anyone can graduate.No child left behind = dummies with a diploma.
AND I have never seen more stupid graduates in my life. Too many of them can't add, spell, write, or even use or understand the English language... or any other language. Too much of our education system has been "dumbed down" to the lowest copmmon denominator.
You've got to pass them because of lower standards. A teacher must pass blacks because of numbers. Todays teachers do care that the kids they teach learn. But they face a racial quota of passage or they loose their jobs.
Government report? That means it's a lie.
Yep
No Child Left Behind
thanks Busch
6:16
What racial quota?
Do you have proof this occurs?
6:16 Yes I do have proof. The racial quotas do exist in Wicomico County. If you truly wish me to reveal them I will under the Freedom of Information Law. There are directives handed down by the Board of Ed. that are required by the State Board of Education.
"Maryland's public schools from now on will have to ensure that minority groups of students are progressing as well as the rest of the school to be eligible for cash awards from the state.
"The Maryland State Department of Education each year rewards schools that show significant improvement for two or more years on the state's school report card, which is based primarily on the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program tests all third, fifth and eighth graders take each spring.
"Last year 83 public schools, including eight from Prince George's County, shared $2.75 million. All of Prince George's prizes were more than $30,000 each.
"The problem that concerned educators is that minority students - primarily black and Hispanic students - have not performed as well on the MSPAP tests as white students have. 'We don't want schools to be rewarded only on the basis of white students' performance,' said Mark Moody, assistant state schools superintendent. 'Everybody has to improve.'
"So the Maryland State Board of Education yesterday changed the rules. Schools receiving awards this fall must be helping their minority populations - defined as 10 or more students in a particular ethnic, racial or other group - progress along with the school's majority, the board voted unanimously." (The Journal Newspapers, Montgomery County Edition, page A7 by Kristen Klick)
well, it isn't because the education has been completed
"Lower the standards anyone can graduate.No child left behind = dummies with a diploma." The college did the same thing, attracting the less desirable ...
No child left behind doesn't mean pass 'em all, it means the necessary work will be done to see that all can move forward into the next grade...extra work, if necessary. Not less work!
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Less than my 8th grade level passes high school these days. Back in '68, we had to be able to read and do Algebra to pass 8th!
Colleges lowered their standards to get more students.They are a business aren't they.
From seeing job applications from supposed high school graduates, I can tell you, they can't read, write a complete sentence, follow instructions, or even PRINT legibly. They can't spell, punctuate, or understand words with more than 6 letters.
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