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SEATTLE, Wash. – About 45,000 Washington high-school students participate in nontraditional alternative schools, and that may be a bad thing.
A Pro-Publica report suggests high numbers of students in alternative education could be a red flag.
Alternative-school students in our state must meet the same requirements as others to graduate.
But, the Seattle Times reports there are ways around taking the rigorous state tests.
And some alternative-programs aren’t getting very good results.
The Times highlighted one called I-Grad that’s enrolled more than 2,600 students, but has awarded just over 500 credentials.
Some of the students earned more than one, meaning well over 2,100 students earned nothing.