BREAKING: Special report: School officials dodge accountability ratings by steering low achievers to alternative programs

Having trouble viewing this email? | View it in your browser   In Orlando, the nation's tenth largest school district, thousands of students who leave alternative charters run by a for-profit company aren't counted as dropouts. It's part of a national pattern: Regular schools can stow poor performers in alternative programs to make their numbers look better, driving up average test scores and graduation rates. FOR MORE ON THIS STORY, GO TO:   USATODAY.COM     Help | Advertise | Home Delivery | Privacy Policy - Your California Privacy Rights     © 2017 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22108