Making The Test Scores Go Up

The Texas accountability school system is the model for the No Child Left Behind Act. According to a recent study by Rice University and the University of Texas at Austin it is the graduation rates that are influencing the results in public schools, not student achievement
Here is how that works. Every year at least 135,000 high school young people drop out of school. Low achieving students leave, and the schools ratings go up. Who cares about those kids? Public education is to educate all our students. They should not be dropping out.