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Re:I simulated California housing and learned about simulators by alasdair_ on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @08:21PM (#18020589)
>Looking at Graduation rates Arizona is well behind New York.

I never understood the US focus on graduation rates when "graduation" can mean vastly different things depending on the school.

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Re:I simulated California housing and learned about simulators by Retric on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @08:31PM (#18020648)
No single number is that meaningful on it’s own. But when a system has both lower standards and lower graduation rates that’s a clear sign of a problem.

Similarly, if your measuring graduates you need to ensure your measuring similar populations and one system is not simply dumping problems into a separate non counted category.

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Re:I simulated California housing and learned about simulators by dagw on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @10:16AM (#18024310)
Doesn't the US have some sort of standard curriculum which defines what you have to do in order to graduate? Like you must have passing grades in at least N subjects.
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