### Question
How is the term extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate defined?


### Answer
The term **extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate** is defined in *20 U.S.C. § 7801* as the following:

> the fraction—


(i) the denominator of which consists of the number of students who form the original cohort of entering first-time students in grade 9 enrolled in the high school no later than the date by which student membership data must be collected annually by State educational agencies for submission to the National Center for Education Statistics under section 9543 of this title, adjusted by—


(I) adding the students who joined that cohort, after the date of the determination of the original cohort

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 7801*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 70-STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS > SUBCHAPTER VIII-GENERAL PROVISIONS > Part A-Definitions**

