L.A. Unified, California showcase record graduation rates; other measures show setbacks
Graduation rates continue their rise despite staggering rates of chronic absenteeism and standardized test scores that appear to have erased five years of progress.
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### Response: Graduation rates continue their rise despite staggering rates of chronic absenteeism and standardized test scores that appear to have erased five years of progress.