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Published: November 5, 2007
Dropout formulas causing confusion
There's a paradox in calling a school a "dropout factory.” Factories have standardized methods of production. Calculating a high school dropout rate is anything but standardized.
In the past two weeks, 21 Oklahoma schools have been put on one list and one Oklahoma district has come off another, both intended to evaluate schools on their graduation rates. But the number of ways to derive such rates and rankings —...
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