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Add Graduation Data on Students With Disabilities

August 08, 2006 1 min read
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To the Editor:

Your recent report on graduation rates and policy, Diplomas Count (June 22, 2006), had no data specific to students with disabilities. In future editions, please revise the report to include this population. It is frustrating to continually see this group left out.

Melanie Tyner-Wilson

Lexington, Ky.

A version of this article appeared in the August 09, 2006 edition of Education Week as Add Graduation Data on Students With Disabilities

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