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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 2024
Page
7
Iowa districts announced corrected four year graduation rates. Cedar Rapids Community School District reports 2023 rate at 77.5 percent, ten points below state average, while state totals show 87.5 percent for 2023. District aims to raise graduation rate ten percent by 2027 amid ongoing improvement efforts.
The Iowa Department of Education announced an error in its graduation rate calculation code and released corrected 2022 four year graduation rates for all Grant Wood AEA public school districts. The notice lists original rates alongside the updated figures showing district by district changes.
Doug Wheeler of the College Community School District defends graduation rate goals while noting a coding error lowered Iowa four year rates by 1 to 2 percent. Corrected data show 2022 at 87.4 percent and 2021 at 87.8 percent, with five year rates 89.7 and 90.1 percent respectively, as Linn-Mar reviews its data and emphasizes student support and transparency.
Tom Ecker, creator of Wuzzles and Crypto-Quote puzzles, announces final new puzzles will publish May 12 and that old puzzles will be reprinted. He drew on hand drawn tables and marks, with assistance from Diana Pesek, and once published under Tom Underwood due to his day job as Cedar Rapids school district athletic director.
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