No Child Left Behind
Graduation and Dropout Process (GAD)
The 2006-2007 graduation rates will be calculated by tracking individual students who first enrolled in ninth grade in fall 2003, and graduated four years later with a regular diploma. Continuing students who were not reported as diploma recipients were recorded for accountability purposes as “off-track.”
Spellings Requires More Effort for Struggling Schools
Michigan and other states would have to ensure that schools required to restructure under the federal No Child Left Behind Act are making meaningful changes and local districts would have to be more clear to parents what tutoring and choice options are available under new regulations unveiled Tuesday.
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, speaking to the Detroit Economic Club, also announced the creation of a National Technical Advisory Council to meet the requirements of the law.
And she said she was continuing to work with Congress to have the law renewed.
STATE LOOKING TO EXTEND HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION TIME
STATE LOOKING TO EXTEND HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION TIME
The Department of Education is hoping federal officials will allow more Michigan high school students some extra time to graduate as they run up against the state’s higher graduation requirements.
