Portland Public Schools reaches 84% on-time graduation rate, sees slight decline for some student groups
Updated Jan 21, 2021;
Posted Jan 21, 2021
The state s largest district saw an uptick of 3 percentage points in its overall graduation rates from 2019 to 2020.Photo courtesy Portland Public Schools
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Portland Public Schools improved its graduation rate by 3 percentage points in 2020, according to figures made public Thursday by the Oregon Department of Education.
Nearly 84% of the district’s seniors graduated within four years. Statewide, that figure was about 83%, despite higher child poverty rates outside the state’s largest district.
Portland’s Black and Latino students posted the highest gains, with four-year rates growing to 77% each.
Oregon graduation rate climbs to 83%, a new high, but schools may have lowered the bar for a diploma
Updated Jan 21, 2021;
Posted Jan 21, 2021
The biggest improvements in Oregon graduation rates occurred among Black and Latino students and students with disabilities. About 76% of Black students graduated within four years statewide and nearly 80% of Latinos did so.Photo courtesy Portland Public Schools
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The biggest improvements occurred among Black and Latino students and students with disabilities.
About 76% of Black students graduated within four years statewide and nearly 80% of Latinos did so. Approximately 60% of students with disabilities graduated on time.
But the unprecedented upheaval that Oregon schools experienced last spring, as the pandemic closed them with little warning and educators were ordered to abandon normal grading practices, calls into question whether the latest uptick was primarily the result of schools improving their performance or re
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