East SBV Times

The graduation rate of students with disabilities at Provisional Accelerated Learning Academy in the 2017-2018 school year decreased from the previous school year’s graduation rate of 100 percent, according to the California Department of Education.

According to CDE data, graduation rates indicate an increase in disproportional academic performance between white, Black, Latino, and English learner students.

According to the National Centre for Education Statistics, in the 2017-2018 school year, of the 50 states where data was collected, students with disabilities were at the bottom of 4-year high school graduation rates by student group.

Angela Johnson, a research scientist at NWEA, says “taken together, prior research suggests that inequities exist in the quality of education experienced by current ELs and non-ELs and that these inequities explain achievement gaps in middle and early high school” in The Effects of English Learner Classification on High School Graduation and College Attendance.

Ranking	Student Group	Graduation Rate 2017-2018	Previous Year Graduation Rate 2016-2017
1	White	66.7	75
2	Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	55.6	66.7
3	Hispanic or Latino	52.8	59.7
4	Black or African American	50	84.6
5	English Learners	45.5	55.6
6	Students with Disabilities	44.4	100
7	American Indian or Alaska Native	0	100
7	Asian	0	0
7	Filipino	0	0
7	Foster Youth	0	0
7	Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0	0
7	Two or More Races	0	100