NY Times
April 28,2008
Editorial
This article explains the past issues with the way public schools were fixing thier numbers to reflect that thier dropout rate was much lower then it really was. She discusses how schools wern't accepting the people that dropped out in 9th,10th, and 11th grade and were only considering seniors who didnt get thier deplomas as dropouts. the author also states that the ones who recieved thier GED wern't counted either as dropouts because they did eventually get high school credit. It is discussed in the article that the new way the schools will be judged is by the number of incoming freshman who dont graduate and that GED graduates wont count either. I think this article was well researched. I dont like how the author blames the federal government for these numbers not being acurate. I would have perfered that they put more emphasis on the schools doing it right, and if they wanted to blame a government that they blame the state governments that run the school. The author just seems very upset about they way it was done by saying it will be a relief to get it right. I wouldn't have said that it will eb a relief, but a more subdued word. They act as if they have like been losing sleep over it.
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I think this is something that a lot of people don't really know about. People just assume statistics and stuff are true, especially coming from a school. This sounds like it would've been an interesting article to read.
This shows one major problem with statistics we see. Sometimes although they are from reliable sources, such as schools, they do not provide all the information including what it was to be considered a "high school dropout". I would be very interested to see if this new criteria were used how much the numbers would change.
I also agree that emphasis should be put on the way the school system is setting this up. It sounds like the article was well researched as to who they are considering as dropouts. The author should have included whether this was happening everywhere or just in certain parts of America.
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