Russell Rumberger

July 8, 2019

California may create 5th year high school graduation rate

The new rate will credit districts for helping non-graduating seniors to earn a diploma the next year. It would be combined with the 4-year grad rate on the School Dashboard.

John Fensterwald

State Education Policy

July 27, 2018

California high school grad rate drops with new methodology

Corrected for problems with past years’ calculations, 82.7 percent in the Class of 2017 got their diplomas compared with 83.8 percent the year before.

John Fensterwald

College Readiness

November 7, 2017

Q&A: High school dropout researcher asks: What’s behind a diploma?

UC Santa Barbara researcher discusses high school dropouts, graduation rates and plans to study courses taken and grades earned to receive diplomas.

Theresa Harrington

College Readiness

October 23, 2017

Until poverty eliminated, schools won't graduate 100 percent of students, expert says

California Dropout Research Project director says a student's GPA and course selections are better indicators of college readiness than test scores.