Dropout math: Fuzzy? Read this.

Let's say your local high school reports a graduation rate of  70 percent and a dropout rate of 3 percent.

Confused by the seemingly ignored 27 percent of students who didn't graduate and didn't drop out? You're not alone.

Graduation and dropout rates can be confusing — and for some, these numbers will only become more confusing as more rigorous graduation requirements take hold nationwide. 

So it is that we commend to you the Eugene Register-Guard's recent editorial on this very subject. An while it's specific to the situation in Oregon, it's a good primer on why dropout math can seem so very fuzzy.