Failing our students
DallasNews.com | News for Dallas, Texas | Opinion: Viewpoints: "The Texas class of 2005 included 21,198 students who failed their graduation test. State Education Commissioner Shirley Neeley was pleased that roughly 90 percent of this year's seniors passed the test. 'We're very proud of the class of 2005,' she said in an official press release.
On the surface, a 90 percent passing rate looks pretty good.Yet, the 21,000 seniors who did not receive diplomas this spring are not the only members of the class of 2005 who failed to graduate. The number of reported graduates – 205,766 – represents only 56 percent of the number of students enrolled as ninth-graders in 2001-02.
Almost half the kids – 158,000 – did not make it to graduation."
On the surface, a 90 percent passing rate looks pretty good.Yet, the 21,000 seniors who did not receive diplomas this spring are not the only members of the class of 2005 who failed to graduate. The number of reported graduates – 205,766 – represents only 56 percent of the number of students enrolled as ninth-graders in 2001-02.
Almost half the kids – 158,000 – did not make it to graduation."
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