A team of statisticians reported Mississippi's graduation rate at a nice rate of 87 percent; however, the state schools superintendent, Hank Bounds, is on a campaign that is combating a drop out crisis. His statistic of choice is a sobering 63 percent graduation rate.
Why the disparity? No Child Left Behind.
Many states use an inflated graduation rate for federal reporting. The law never set any national completion goals and thus the states choose which criteria define that rate.
Check out the entire article at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/20/education/20graduation.html?_r=1&ref=education&oref=slogin
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