American Indian or 20 GE80 ≥80% Alaska Native (81%) Asian or Pacific Islander 50 80-89% 80-89 (81%) Black 70 80-84% 80-84 (80%) Hispanic 310 81% 81 (81%) White 5 PS PS (80%) Two or More Races 8 GE50 ≥50% (81%) All Students 463 81% 81 (81%) indicates that the graduation rate has been suppressed to protect student privacy. Notes: “PS” Parenthesized numbers in italics represent the actual graduation rate of the subgroup and are included solely for illustration purposes and are not reported in the data release. Description of the Data Adjusted-Cohort Graduation Rates States are required to report graduation data to ED under Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). In October 2008, ED published final regulations amending the existing regulations implementing Title I, Part A of ESEA. The amendments made changes to 34 C.F.R. §200.19, which included new requirements for calculating graduation rates. Specifically, states were required to calculate their rates based on a cohort method, which would provide a more uniform and accurate measure of the high school graduation rate that improved comparability across states. An adjusted cohort graduation rate is intended to improve our understanding of the characteristics of the population of students who do not earn regular high school diplomas or who take longer than four years to graduate. The definition of adjusted four-year cohort graduation rate data provided to the SEAs in the 2008 non-regulatory guidance and for the purposes of submitting data files to EDFacts is number “the
American Indian or Alaska Native 20 ≥80% (81%) GE80 Asian or Pacific Islander 50 80-89% (81%) 80-89 Black 70 80-84% (80%) 80-84 Hispanic 310 81% (81%) 81 White 5 PS (80%) PS Two or More Races 8 ≥50% (81%) GE50 All Students 463 81% (81%) 81 Notes: “PS” indicates that the graduation rate has been suppressed to protect student privacy. Parenthesized numbers in italics represent the actual graduation rate of the subgroup and are included solely for illustration purposes and are not reported in the data release. Description of the Data Adjusted-Cohort Graduation Rates States are required to report graduation data to ED under Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). In October 2008, ED published final regulations amending the existing regulations implementing Title I, Part A of ESEA. The amendments made changes to 34 C.F.R. §200.19, which included new requirements for calculating graduation rates. Specifically, states were required to calculate their rates based on a cohort method, which would provide a more uniform and accurate measure of the high school graduation rate that improved comparability across states. An adjusted cohort graduation rate is intended to improve our understanding of the characteristics of the population of students who do not earn regular high school diplomas or who take longer than four years to graduate. The definition of adjusted four-year cohort graduation rate data provided to the SEAs in the 2008 non-regulatory guidance and for the purposes of submitting data files to EDFacts is “the number
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