In 2019–20, 71 percent of students with disabilities graduated high school within four years versus 87 percent of all students¶

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q2 i? Only 71 percent of students with disabilities graduated within four years in 2019–20, compared with 87 percent of students overall. → Arnold 2025

Evidence¶

Arnold 2025¶

Arnold, J., Hayes, S., & Zagata, E. (2025). Leading inclusive, coherent, and effective assessment systems: Closing opportunity and outcome gaps for students with disabilities. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED673562

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The brief reports U.S. Department of Education statistics on four-year adjusted cohort graduation rates for 2019–20, in which "87 percent of students graduated from high school within 4 years, which was true for only 71 percent of students with disabilities."

"In the 2019–20 school year, 87 percent of students graduated from high school within 4 years, which was true for only 71 percent of students with disabilities (ED, 2021)."

Discussion¶

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