A new report from the New York Equity Coalition shows what this page has been claiming for years. It confirms that. Increased statewide high school graduation rates by. The statewide percentage jumped to 86.1% last year as in
cities rose to his 82%. But the report found that 70% of graduates used at least one state test waiver to "earn" their 2021 diploma after the Board of Trustees and the State Department seized COVID to ease graduation standards. This is up from just 10% in 2020.
Sevron Johnson of the Rochester chapter of the Urban League, one of the Equity Coalition's groups, told Post that relying on these exemptions "disrespects the very premise of a diploma."
And they're still doing it: In May, the Board of Trustees found that high school students who had failed the Board's test with scores of 50 to 64 had passed the classroom. Approved a "temporary" measure that would allow points to be appealed in some cases. subject. This will increase the graduation rate again. After all, New York City schools (at least) regularly commit grade fraud to drive up that rate.
Now parents are accustomed to these games.No wonder families are abandoning regular public schools in droves.
