tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post5095902393862570336..comments2024-03-24T11:39:28.574-04:00Comments on NYC Public School Parents: I'm Shocked! Shocked!Patrick Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631038958645725010noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-86632054161912676212008-03-21T21:39:00.000-04:002008-03-21T21:39:00.000-04:00It's even worse than that. While NYC claims 60% f...It's even worse than that. While NYC claims 60% for its 4 year grad rate, NY State reports NYC's graduation rate at 50% -- but this figure is still inflated since it doesn't count discharged students -- which also accounts for NY State's inflated claims for the state as a whole. <BR/><BR/>I believe the data you cite here is the gen-ed population alone -- not the segregated special ed population, which is not included by DOE in the regular grade cohorts and thus if included would bring down the grad rate even lower.Leonie Haimsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317355552298136811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-19261579196223882942008-03-21T19:44:00.000-04:002008-03-21T19:44:00.000-04:00Actually, as a high school teacher I can tell you ...Actually, as a high school teacher I can tell you that most students who ultimately drop out of school are retained in grades 9/10 (often more than once) before dropping out. So that would go a long way to accounting for the discrepancy you're seeing between 9th and 12th grade enrollment. And most of the kids who make it to twelfth grade are in good shape to graduate, though some might have taken more than four years to get there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-1267099819689406372008-03-21T19:26:00.000-04:002008-03-21T19:26:00.000-04:00Thanks for showing how simple these numbers really...Thanks for showing how simple these numbers really are.<BR/><BR/>And for aggregating the whole city. Let them chop the numbers into little tiny pieces and they get hard to read.<BR/><BR/>JonathanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com