When new legislation passes, PSBA is seen as the
leader in analyzing it and helping members make sense of it.
Federal law requires Pennsylvania and all other states to transition to a new calculation method – a four-year cohort calculation – for determining the graduation rates of local educational agencies and high schools. This calculation will be provided for the first time using data from the Class of 2010 and will be publicly reported for informational purposes only in February 2011. Beginning in 2012, using graduation data from the Class of 2011, the graduation rate calculation will be used to determine high school and district Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) status for all students and for every measurable subgroup.
The cohort calculation method generates a different rate than the “leaver rate” currently in use. The cohort calculation is almost always a lower percentage of graduates based on a different methodology. It is important for school board members and other stakeholders to understand and be able to communicate why the publicly-reported numbers may look different even though there is no fundamental or underlying change in a district’s circumstances. |
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