that initially formed the controversial backbone of No Child Left Behind, the new focus on graduation appears to have worked. The once-stagnant graduation rate rose substantially over the following decade.
Calling it “probably the most positive result that we have for accountability, period,” Harris pointed out that while we all obsessed over test scores, transformative results were quietly piling up in a metric that wasn’t even an initial goal of NCLB. And, as our glib answer above implied, simple, inexpensive data collection really did drive the transformation.
“They took it seriously as a state-level problem, often with the involvement of the governor and the state Department of Education,” Balfanz said, “and they made it a priority over quite a long period of time.” While some students leave because they got a job or got pregnant, Balfanz said, “the biggest number of kids dropping out were the kids who were falling behind in ninth grade and not catching up.”Both states worked with outside vendors to track vulnerable students and to share detailed data with their teachers.
'“Even if there was some relaxation of standards where they’re giving D’s instead of F’s, that’s keeping kids in school longer,” Harris said. “There’s more class time — they’re taking more courses as a result.”'
Passed everyone & everything enrolled. Some how a 87 Buick Cutlass was a salutatorian in one small school.
Zero standards. Those poor kids.
Lemme guess there's no curriculum
Everyone knows it’s their one chance to gtfo
TLDR. Lowered expectations. - fin
That's why the Song always back of the mind. Specially like the Mountain Mamma ... Almost Heaven for education too Congratulations.
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