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Oregon remains at bottom of state graduation rate data for 2016-17

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Despite steady improvement, Oregon had the second worst graduation rate among states for 2016-17, according to data released Thursday morning.

The National Center for Education Statistics reported the U.S. average four-year adjusted cohort rate rose half a percentage point to 84.6 percent. Oregon rose nearly 2 percentage points to 76.7 percent, but only New Mexico at 71.1 percent was lower.

Washington had a 79.4 percent graduation rate, and Idaho had a 79.7 percent rate. Iowa, at 91.0 percent, ranked the highest.

The national graduation rate has been steadily increasing since a change in the counting method for 2013-14, but some states have been accused of artificially inflating their rates through lower standards, easy credit-recovery programs and moving students out of the system. Oregon has among the highest credit requirements.

The Oregon Department of Education released graduation rate data for 2017-18 on Thursday morning as well. Oregon improved 2 percentage points to 78.7 percent, which would still trail most other states.

- Jake Arnold, OSBA
jarnold@osba.org

 

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