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[quote=Anonymous]This is an inaccurate summary of the study.

According to the technical appendix, their baseline is the cohort of students who entered high school in 2005. Of these, 74% had graduated four years later, 8% had dropped out at some point during those four years, and 17% were still in school but hadn't graduated.

If graduation requirements become more rigorous under the Common Core standards, but the schools do nothing to help at-risk students achieve those requirements, then based on a string of assumptions, 53% of students who enter high school will graduate four years later, 14% will drop out at some point during those four years, and 33% will still be in school but won't have graduated.

This leads to three questions:

1. Is it a good idea for schools to do nothing to help at-risk students achieve the Common Core's more rigorous requirements?
2. Are the Common Core's more rigorous requirements bad because they will increase the proportion of students who do not graduate from high school in four years?
3. Given the (stupid) choice between lots of students getting high school diplomas even though they're not qualified, and lots of students who are unqualified not getting high school diplomas, which would you pick?[/quote]

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