Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f63G5Yf11786; Tue, 3 Jul 2001 12:05:34 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 12:05:34 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <01C1039F.0EDE0800.matthewscelza@caliteracy.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Matthew Scelza <matthewscelza@caliteracy.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:517] RE: Graduation Rates X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 Status: O Content-Length: 1122 Lines: 31 Hello, I'm replying to this posting: **Gaining Ground In 1998, the high school dropout rate was 8 percent for white students, around 14 percent for African American students and 30 percent for Latino students. The May/June 2001 issue of Gaining Ground, the newsletter of the Council of Chief State School Officers, focuses on the academic status of Latino students at the high school level, Latino students in higher education, and effective practices for serving limited English proficient students with disabilities. http://publications.ccsso.org/ccsso/publication_detail.cfm?PID=335 Does anyone else find these statistics a perfect example of selective sampling? I find these numbers to be exceptionally low. In Los Angeles, where I am, a first year high school class of 1,000 often graduates less than 500 four years later. The kids who "disappear" aren't counted in these dropout numbers. Peace, Matthew Scelza Programs and Advocacy Director California Literacy, Inc. 2028 E. Villa Street Pasadena, CA 91107-2379 626-395-9989 xt. 20 FAX 626-395-9987 www.caliteracy.org "Moving Literacy to the Mainstream"
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