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California’s high school graduation rate hit 87.5%, the highest since 2017, prompting state officials to celebrate the gains.

That compares with 51.7% of graduates who meet college or career readiness standards.

Rising graduation rates nationwide are not uniformly reflected in other measures of student learning.

State officials on Thursday celebrated new heights in just-released high school graduation rates, though similar achievement levels were not seen in other measures of student learning.

California’s graduation rate of 87.5% is the highest since the launch of the state’s current accountability dashboard in 2017. That rate is up 4.5 percentage points since 2017 and 1.1 perce

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