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• Understanding Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rates
• Overview of adjusted cohort graduation rates with examples
• Introduction to the Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate
• Detailed guide explaining how graduation rates are calculated
• Graduation Frequently Asked Questions
• Commonly asked questions about calculating and reporting graduation rates
• Graduation Data Quality Checklist 
• List of ways to review and check district graduation data
• ESSA Federal Guidance
• Federal non-regulatory guidance from January 2017

• Understanding Median Student Growth Percentiles
  • Overview of student growth percentiles with examples
• An Overview of Student Growth Percentiles
  • Overview of student growth percentiles from the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessments (NCIEA)
• A Technical Overview of the Student Growth Percentile Methodology
  • Technical paper providing a detailed explanation of the statistical methodology used to calculate student growth percentiles

• Reporting Student Attendance and Determining Chronic Absenteeism Rates
  • Guide explaining how attendance is reported and calculated

The Title I Accountability webpage has multiple resources available related to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) accountability data in the School Performance Reports, including the annual ESSA Profile Companion Guide and Technical Guide to Summative Ratings and Identification of Schools.