Mass. Outside Top 10 for Graduation Rate, But North Andover Above State Average
Massachusetts had an adjusted graduation rate of 83 percent for the 2010-2011 school year.
Massachusetts didn't make the top 10 high school graduation rates in the nation, according to preliminary data released by the U.S. Department of Education on Monday, but North Andover schools have a higher graduation rate than the state average. The graduation rates released Monday are for the 2010-2011 school year—the first year for which all states used a common, adjusted four-year cohort graduation rate, according to a U.S. Department of Education press release. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) spokesman JC Considine told Patch in an e-mail that Massachusetts has been computing cohort graduation rates since 2006, which are available on the DESE website. According to the preliminary state-reported …
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Bryan McGonigle2
10:48 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Graduation rates can be misleading. A low graduation rate could be an indication of higher academic standards. And, as mentioned in the article, drop-out rates might not be the fault of the schools. more ›