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RheeFirst! » New count could cut high school graduation rates 20 percent: another Rhee “miracle” claim busted

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New count could cut high school graduation rates 20 percent: another Rhee “miracle” claim busted

Michelle Rhee’s promoters list the rise in graduation rates as one of her key accomplishments. This article refutes that.

Written by Bill Turque for the Washington Post. Read the entire article here.
High school graduation rates in the District, long thought to be inflated by generous counting methods, will be adjusted downward by about 20 percent under a new, more accurate formula, officials at the Office of the State