Question

Some people are concerned that new tougher standards and​high-stakes tests adopted in many states have driven up the high school dropout rate. The National Center for Education Statistics reported that the high school dropout rate for the year 2014 was 6.5​%. One school district whose dropout rate has always been very close to the national average reports that 125 of their 1767 high school students dropped out last year. Is this evidence that their dropout rate may be​ increasing? Explain.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Calculate the drop-out rate given the data:

125/1767 x 100% = 7.1 % drop out rate <==== indicates it might be increasing since it is greater than the usual 6.5 % drop out rate.