Alaska Admin. Code tit. 4, § 06.825 – Graduation rates indicator

(a) A school serving students in grade 12 will earn points for the graduation rate indicator using graduation rates from the previous academic year. A school will earn between zero and 100 points for the four-year graduation rate for the all-students group, and between zero and 100 points for the five-year graduation rate for the all-students group as defined in (b) of this section. At least 10 students must be in the adjusted graduation rate cohort in order to include the graduation rate indicator in the school's performance score.
(b) For purposes of this section and 4 AAC 06.895(i),
1. (1) "five-year graduation rate" means a fraction, the denominator of which is an adjusted graduation cohort consisting of the sum of the number of students who first enrolled in the ninth grade five years earlier, adjusting for transfers in and out, émigrés, and deceased students, and the numerator of which is the number of students in the school who graduate
  1. (A) on or before June 30 of the reporting year;
  2. (B) with a regular high school diploma; and
  3. (C) within five years of first enrolling in a high school;
2. (2) "four-year graduation rate" means a fraction, the denominator of which is an adjusted graduation cohort consisting of the sum of the number of students who first enrolled in the ninth grade four years earlier, adjusting for transfers in and out, émigrés, and deceased students, and the numerator of which is the number of students in the high school who graduate from the high school
  1. (A) before June 30 of the reporting year;
  2. (B) with a regular high school diploma; and
  3. (C) within four years of first enrolling in a high school;
3. (3) "graduation rate" means the
  1. (A) four-year graduation rate; or
  2. (B) five-year graduation rate.

(Eff. 11/23/2003, Register 168; am 7/9/2005, Register 175; am 11/10/2005, Register 176; am 8/1/2008, Register 187; am 10/20/2018, Register 228; am 12/25/2020, Register 236)

Authority: AS 14.03.123, AS 14.07.020, AS 14.07.060, AS 14.50.080