### Question
How does GENERAL PROVISIONS define four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate?


### Answer
Under *20 U.S.C. § 7801*, **four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate** is defined as:

> 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 is collected annually by State educational agencies for submission to the National Center for Education Statistics pursuant to 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**

