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Report Urges Tougher Standards for Graduation RatesThe Education Trust, a research group in Washington, D.C., last week released a report on high school graduation rates that found most states' goals were "far too low to spur needed improvement." The report found that dozens of states accept any improvement in graduation rates as adequate progress, and several set a goal of graduating fewer than 60 percent of their students. The report also criticized states for not doing enough to track low-income and minority students. "The high school diploma is the bare minimum credential necessary to have a fighting chance at successful participation in the work force of civil society," states the report. "Yet current high school accountability policies represent a stunning indifference to whether young people actually earn this critical credential."
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Study Finds Some States Lagging on Graduation Rates" GRADUATION MATTERS: How NCLB allows states to set the bar
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