Statewide, achievement declined in math and improved in reading, she writes. “For some student groups, proficiency rates have actually decreased at the same time that their graduation rates have increased.” Beth Hawkins looks at the discouraging data. Consider Minneapolis Public Schools’ Roosevelt High School, which sits solidly in the middle of its district in terms of socioeconomics. Between 2014 and 2016, its graduation rate rose from 58 percent to 75 percent. During the s