Across U.S., graduation rates are rising, with little connection to test scores [chalkbeat.org]

Alicia Doktor 1/31/194:00 AM

Alabama’s high school graduation rate was one of the lowest in the country in 2011. Today, it’s one of the highest.

Over that same period, though, Alabama students have continued to perform among the worst in the nation on federal math and reading tests.

That leaves the state with a jarring disconnect between its students’ academic skills and the share of diplomas it hands out. And while Alabama’s numbers are outliers, that disconnect exists in many other states.

[For more on this story by MATT BARNUM, go to https://www.chalkbeat.org/post...t-score-disconnect/?]

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