Houston fudges dropout rate. (update).A recent investigation revealed that Houston Independent School District The Houston Independent School District (HISD) is the largest public school system in Texas and the seventh-largest in the United States.[1] Houston ISD serves as a community school district for most of the city of Houston and several nearby and insular municipalities. either mishandled, lost or hid paperwork for thousands of students who may have been dropouts. An investigator's report showed that a high school administrator shredded shred n. 1. A long irregular strip that is cut or torn off. 2. A small amount; a particle: not a shred of evidence. tr.v. more than 100 boxes of student records. District staff explained to an investigator, who asked why records were missing and why 30 student reports had been altered, that the network specialist faked them and later changed them back. In the June June: see month. 2003 issue of DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, it was reported that Houston Houston, city (1990 pop. 1,630,553), seat of Harris co., SE Tex., a deepwater port on the Houston Ship Channel; inc. 1837. Economy The fourth largest city in the nation and the largest in the entire South and Southwest, Houston is a port of entry; succeeded in closing the achievement gap between minority and white students. But one expert claimed student dropouts were not considered. At the time, school officials had no comment. |
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