Won’t the students who take longer than the traditional four years to graduate count against our AYP calculation?
By the time the students impacted by this rule are completing four years of high school; Georgia will have revised the process for calculating graduation rate. NCLB allows for students to count positively toward graduation when they complete high school in the standard number of years. Georgia is exploring various ways to define the standard number of years. However, systems should be aware that the special education diploma does not count toward AYP under the current graduation rule, nor will it count toward AYP under the new graduation rule.
