Definitions:
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education defines a student retention as a student who was reported to have repeated the grade in which he or she was enrolled during the previous school year. Blank data on the district report indicates that the district did not enroll students in that particular grade.
Number – Number of retentions.
Rate – Retention rate per 100 students enrolled in grades 1-12.
NA – Data not available.
Data Source:
From the Mass. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
http://www.doe.mass.edu/infoservices/reports/retention/
Appendix A: District Total Retention Rates and District Retention Rates by Race
Footnotes:
Data as of June 19, 2013.
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