State Graduation Information
The "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" (NCLB) states that students who have been retained or who have non-regular diplomas cannot be counted as regular graduates. The graduation rate is "The percentage of students, measured from the beginning of high school, who graduate from high school with a regular diploma (not including an alternative degree that is not fully aligned with the State's academic standards, such as a certificate or a GED) in the standard number of years."
2008 NCLB / AYP graduation formula:
graduates – (retentions + non-regular diplomas)
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graduates +
2008
grade 12 dropouts +
2007
grade 11 dropouts +
2006
grade 10 dropouts +
2005
grade 9 dropouts
2003 Adjusted Graduation Rate:
The No Child Left Behind Act mandated a new graduation formula. The change from
the old formula to the new one created a bias against the schools. In 2003,
KSDE applied a one-time adjustment to the graduation rates to remove the bias.