dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education. Commissioner Mitchell Chester

Mass. Graduation Rates Increase For 7th Consecutive Year
Mass. Graduation Rates Increase For 7th Consecutive Year
Mass. Graduation Rates Increase For 7th Consecutive Year
State education officials say improvements by Hispanic, low-income and non-native English speaking students helped drive up Massachusetts' public high school graduation rate for the seventh consecutive year.   The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced Monday that 85 percent of students who entered as ninth-graders in 2009-10, or entered that class at any point, graduated withi