These materials on high school graduation rates explain why the experts disagree about how many students are graduating from high school, show how to interpret the numbers that are out there, and describe what you can do at the local level to calculate accurate and reliable graduation rates so that your community can focus on making sure all students leave high school with a diploma.

At-a-glance: Calculating high school graduation rates. A summary of key points to keep in mind when examining high school graduation rates.

Calculating high school graduation rates. A step-by-step guide to understanding various ways of calculating high school graduation rates and recommendations for things districts can do to collect, analyze and report graduation rates that tell the whole story about high school completion in your community.

Archived chat, "The Straight Story on High School Graduation Rates," June 22, 2006