If you check out EdWeek today you’ll find NSBA’s very own Center for Public Education commentary Why not count them all? (registration required) on why schools should be given credit in NCLBcurrently states can apply to do so but no state has been given permission to do sofor those students who take more than four years to graduate high school. The commentary is based on The Center’s Better late than never report that showed that students are much better off after high school than their classmates who went on to earn a GED or didn’t graduate at all. As a matter of fact, the report also showed late graduates were nearly as well off after high school as their classmates with similar backgrounds who graduated on-time.
BoardBuzz strongly suggests you check out both the commentary and the report so you can advocate for schools to get credit where credit is due by counting all students who earn a diploma as graduates even those who just needed more time to do so.
