Graduation Rate
Read more about the percent of students who graduate from high school and efforts to increase it
College & Workforce Readiness
Report: Homeless Students Less Likely to Graduate Than Other Low-Income Children
The nonprofit group Education Leads Home analyzed data from 26 states and found that 64 percent of homeless students graduate from high school, compared to a national average of 77.6 percent for low-income students, and 84.1 percent for all students.
College & Workforce Readiness
U.S. High School Grad Rate Reaches Another All-Time High. But What Does It Mean?
The U.S. high school graduation rate has risen yet again, to a new all-time high of 84.6 percent. But questions persist about what is driving the steady gain.
College & Workforce Readiness
Sudden SAT Score Gains Don't Change Students' College Choices
Retaking the SAT and scoring 100 points higher doesn't change students' thinking about where they should apply to college, a new study finds.
College & Workforce Readiness
The Long-Term Potential of High School Remediation
Decades after taking part in a remedial education program in Israeli high schools, the students who participated show surprising benefits, according to a new study.
College & Workforce Readiness
Utah Inflated Its High School Graduation Rate, Federal Watchdog Finds
Federal watchdogs find that Utah inflated its high school graduation rate in the last of a series of reports warning states not to make end runs around the rules for calculating graduation rates.
School & District Management
Questions About Credit Recovery Fall Disproportionately on Poor, Minority Students
The schools that rely most heavily on credit recovery to graduate their students are the ones that serve large populations of low-income and minority teenagers.
Classroom Technology
Opinion
What We're Getting Wrong About Credit Recovery
Credit recovery can give students a second chance to graduate, but low-quality programs deserve more scrutiny, write Nat Malkus and Amy Cummings.
College & Workforce Readiness
Why ESSA Misses Hundreds of Low-Graduation-Rate High Schools
At nearly half a million students' high schools, half or more of the freshmen disappear before graduation, and federal law doesn't require those schools to get better, according to a new study.
College & Workforce Readiness
Does Credit Recovery Lead to a Two-Track High School System?
A new think-tank study adds fuel to the growing controversy about high school credit-recovery programs.
College & Workforce Readiness
Does Too Much Credit Recovery Lead to Inflated Graduation Rates?
Schools that rely most heavily on credit recovery produce bigger increases in their graduation rates, even though their students perform poorly on state achievement tests. The finding adds fuel to the controversy about graduation-rate inflation.
Early Childhood
The Keys to Student Success Include Starting Early and Following Through
States are concentrating their policy efforts on early-childhood education as well as transitioning young adults from high school to college.
College & Workforce Readiness
Here's What's Behind the Nation's 'C' Grade on Student Achievement
The nation has made modest improvements in student academic achievement in the past decade, but results among states are uneven, according to a new ranking system.
College & Workforce Readiness
Opinion
Persisting Students' Pathways and Experiences Through High School
Research looks at New York City high school students who don't graduate in four years, but remain enrolled.
College & Workforce Readiness
How One Teacher Makes 'Impossible' College Dreams Possible for Students
Many of Beau Baker’s brightest students in Louisville, Ky., entered high school thinking college was not for a first-generation kid like them. Baker is working to change that.