The 2016 Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic report is co-authored by Jennifer DePaoli and John Bridgeland of Civic Enterprises and Robert Balfanz and his team at the Everyone Graduates Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education. The 2016 report is presented by lead sponsor AT&T, with supporting sponsorship from Target and State Farm.

The report is based on the most recent comprehensive data from the National Center for Education Statistics at the U.S. Department of Education (2013-14).

The 2016 report provides a new national and state-by-state examination of graduation rates for regular district, charter, virtual and alternative schools, a look at the validity of graduation rates, and policy recommendations for change.

Follow this link to read the full 2016 Building a Grad Nation report, or follow this link for the 2016 Executive Summary.

• Online School Enriches Affiliated Companies if Not Its Students
  The New York Times, Motoko Rich
  May 18, 2016
• BUILDING A GRAD NATION: Alternative, Charter, and Virtual High Schools “Disproportionately Represented” Among Low-Graduation-Rate High Schools, According to New Report
  Alliance for Excellent Education, Jason Amos
  May 17, 2016
• Study: Alternative Schools Like Virtual, Charters Hurt Overall Graduation Rates
  WFSU Radio, Lynn Hatter
  Mary 16, 2016
• Our View: Yes, state can improve learning
  Santa Fe New Mexican
  May 14, 2016
• New Mexico falls to last place for graduation rate
  Albuquerque Journal
  May 13, 2016
• Report: California’s charter schools lag behind traditional schools in graduating students
  EdSource, Fermin Leal
  May 12, 2016
• N.M. has nation’s worst high school graduation rate
  The New Mexican, Robert Nott
  May 12, 2016
• Will High School Graduation Rates Reach 90% by 2020?
  Talent Refresh, Robin White Goode
  May 11, 2016
• Report: NM has nation’s worst high school graduation rate
  KOB4, Blair Miller
  May 11, 2016
• Report ranks New Mexico as worst state for graduation rates
  Daily News 7/24
  May 11, 2016
• Do public schools have better graduation rates than charters? Yes, but it’s complicated
  Washington Examiner, Jason Russell
  May 10, 2016
• El informe “Building a Grad Nation” examina los obstáculos en el camino hacia lograr un índice de graduación del 90% para todos los alumnos de escuela secundaria
  Education Dive
  May 10, 2016
• These are the US states where poor students have the best shot at graduating high school
  Quartz, Amy X. Wang
  May 10, 2016
• GradNation report announces peak 82.3% high school completion rate
  Education Dive, Erin McIntyre
  May 10, 2016
• Building a Grad Nation Report Examines Roadblocks on the Path to 90% High School Graduation Rates for All Students
  Hola Arkansas
  May 10, 2016
• El informe “Building a Grad Nation” examina los obstáculos en el camino hacia lograr un índice de graduación del 90% para todos los alumnos de escuela secundaria
  Iowa Latino News
  May 10, 2016
• U.S. High School Graduation Rate Hits 82.3 Percent, Report Finds
  Philanthropy News Digest
  May 10, 2016
• Not good enough on graduation
  U.S. News and World Report, District Administration, Ariana Fine
  May 10, 2016
• EEUU afronta trabas para aumentar tasa de graduación de secundaria al 90% para 2020
  La Raza, Maria Peña
  May 9, 2016
• Charter, Alternative, Virtual Schools Account for Most Low-Grad-Rate Schools, Study Finds
  Education Week, Catherine Gewertz
  May 9, 2016
• Not Goof Enough on Graduation
  U.S. News, John Bridgeland and Robert Balfanz
  May 9, 2016
• Digging deeper into high school grad rates
  Politico, Caitlin Emma
  May 9, 2016
• Building a Grad Nation Report Examines Roadblocks on the Path to 90% High School Graduation Rates for All Students
  PR Newswire
  May 9, 2016
• Charter Schools Have Lower Graduation Rates Than District Schools (and That Doesn’t Mean a Thing)
  Tuscon Weekly, David Safier
  May 9, 2016
• NATIONAL REPORT UNDERSCORES IDAHO’S GRADUATION RATE CHALLENGE
  Idaho Ed News, Kevin Richert
  May 9, 2016
• Ask the Right Questions About Charter School Graduation Rates
  Education Post, Nelson Smith
  May 9, 2016
• National report underscores Idaho’s graduation-rate challenges at alternative and virtual schools
  World News Report
  May 9, 2016
• Feds: N.J. graduation rates among best in nation
  North Jersey.com, Hannan Adely
  May 9, 2016
• Building a GradNation 2016: Communities, states have work to do to reach 90%
  American Graduate, Aja Williams
  May 9, 2016