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In rural Maine, a university eliminates most Fs in an effort to increase graduation rates

The Hechinger Report

Is anyone interested in taking an assessment today?” Only 11 percent of the students who entered UMPI in 2005 graduated in four years, and only 30 percent graduated in six — all at a time when the region desperately needs more college grads. Dobrin lectures on blood clots and vessels, mapping out diagrams on a whiteboard. Dobrin asks.

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Held back, but not helped

The Hechinger Report

In the mid-2000s, Louisiana implemented high-stakes tests known as Louisiana Educational Assessment Program, or LEAP, which required fourth and eighth graders to show that they were grade-level proficient. Most students lost months or even years of school time after Katrina hit in 2005. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report.

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