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Officials explain methodology behind Mississippi's 89.4% graduation rate
Summary
MDE staff presented the 2024 graduation-rate calculations, explaining use of the federally defined 4-year adjusted-cohort method and subgroup patterns; staff cautioned pandemic-era measurement effects and posted full tables online.
MDE staff provided a technical briefing Jan. 18 explaining how the department calculated the state—s 2024 graduation rate and why some subgroup counts changed from the prior year.
Paula Allen, who presented the graduation-rate slides, said the department calculates rates in accordance with state law using the federally defined 4-year adjusted cohort graduation-rate method, which counts students who entered 9th grade in 2019-20. "These are the final…
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