Authority: IC 20-19-2-8; IC 20-31-8-5.2; IC 20-31-8-5.4

Affected: IC 20-24-7-13.5; IC 20-26-13

Sec. 3. (a) The graduation calculation shall be comprised of:

1. (1) the graduation to enrollment percentage of the school year being assessed;
2. (2) the graduation rate; and
3. (3) the graduation qualifying exam passing rate.

(b) To obtain a graduation calculation, a school must have at least ten (10) students graduate in the school year being assessed. If a school has fewer than ten (10) graduates in the school year being assessed, then the school's grade shall be based on the current graduates aggregated with each immediately preceding year's graduates until a cohort of at least ten (10) graduates is reached.

(c) The graduation to enrollment percentage is a fraction expressed as a percentage, the denominator of which is the school's within-year- average number of students reported for purposes of IC 20-24-7-13.5(b)(1), the numerator of which is the number of students who graduated during the school year and reported by August 1st to the department of education, the quotient of which shall be multiplied by four (4) and as follows:

1. (1) The graduation to enrollment percentage shall be weighted as ninety percent (90%) of the overall graduation calculation.
2. (2) The maximum graduation to enrollment percentage score is one hundred (100) points.
3. (3) The graduation to enrollment percentage shall be published with the school graduation rate.

(d) The graduation rate shall be determined as follows:

1. STEP ONE: Calculate the five (5) year graduation rate for the cohort immediately preceding the prior year cohort.
2. STEP TWO: Subtract the four (4) year graduation rate for the cohort immediately preceding the prior year cohort from the number determined under STEP ONE.
3. STEP THREE: Add the number determined under STEP TWO to the four (4) year graduation rate from the prior year cohort.

(e) The graduation rate shall be weighted as ten percent (10%) of the overall graduation calculation.

(f) A school's final graduation calculation score shall be:

1. (1) the sum of the weighted percentages for graduation to enrollment and graduation rate; multiplied by

2. (2) the graduation qualifying examination passing rate as follows:

   1. (A) If the graduation qualifying examination passing rate is at least ninety percent (90%), multiply by one (1).
   2. (B) If the graduation qualifying examination passing rate is below ninety percent (90%), multiply by the actual percent passing.

(Indiana State Board of Education; 511 IAC 6.3-1-3; filed Dec 3, 2015, 11:01 a.m.: 20151230-IR-511140508FRA; errata filed Jan 15, 2016, 3:33 p.m.: 20160203-IR-511140508ACA; readopted filed Oct 28, 2022, 1:46 p.m.: 20221123-IR- 511220293RFA)