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A new study finds that nearly one-third of American students do not complete high school, and many who do graduate are unprepared for college.

The report, compiled by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, is called “Public High School Graduation and College Readiness Rates in the United States.” Lead author Dr. Jay Greene estimates that as many as one million high school students—about 30% of those who enter the ninth grade—do not graduate from high school.

Although the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) puts the national graduation rate at more than 86%, Greene says that figure is misleading. He says the DOE counts among high school completers those students who received the GED, or General Equivalency Diploma, also known as the General Educational Development certificate.

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