States must use same method to track high school graduation rates

Utah and all other states soon will have to calculate high school graduation rates the same way, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has announced. Spellings announced several changes to the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The idea is to make sure states don't use systems that make graduation rates seem higher than they are. Now, many states calculate graduation rates in different ways, making comparisons difficult. To read The Salt Lake Tribune article, click here. To read the U.S. Department of Education news release, click here.