Written By Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D., Associate Director of Education Studies.

The average national high school graduation rate, from 1997 to 2007, rose 3.1 percentage points to 68.8 percent, according to a recent report from Education Week. California’s graduation rate, meanwhile, dropped 4.7 percentage points to 62.7 percent. Only Nebraska and Nevada posted worse declines, and the problem is not limited to California high-schoolers.

Research from UC... http://www.pacificresearch.org/publications/how-california-can-improve-i...