Writing in Education Week, Bernard Gassaway, a former New York City public schools teacher, principal, and superintendent adds his voice of discontent about the growing deception in high school graduation rates across the nation.

Too many Kentucky’s school systems are certainly playing this game by passing out thousands of “Hollow Diplomas” each year, which discrepancies between high school graduation rates and college and career ready rates and discrepancies between high school graduation rates and Algebra II End-of-Course Exam performance (Algebra II is a stipulated high school graduation requirement in Kentucky) make readily apparent.