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Despite rising city high school graduation rates, City University of New York graduation rates have not risen.
The city wants more kids to be ready for college — but high schools aren’t offering enough advanced courses to help them get there, a new study found.
Only 28 of the 342 high schools studied by the Center for New York City Affairs offered Regents exams for algebra, chemistry and physics.
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Advanced work at the high school level gives grads a better chance of placing out of remedial classes , the report notes.
While the city’s high school graduation rate is up, graduation rates at City University of New York, where city high school grads account for 70% of the freshman class, haven’t budged, the researchers say.
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“This is the big, big important mystery we have to solve if we want to have increased graduation rates as a country,” said Kim Nauer, one of the authors of the report.
A Department of Education spokeswoman noted the city stats show that the number of kids prepared for college has risen over the last eight years.
“The fact that there is more work to do doesn’t change the gains that have been made,” said spokeswoman Erin Hughes.
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