Audit: Oregon Department of Education has failed to oversee $338 million program for boosting high school graduation rates

Measure 98 diverted funding to more rigorous instruction, but state officials aren’t tracking results.

 

By James Neff

Oregon Journalism Project

The Public Service Building in Salem houses the central offices of the Department of Education.
— Oregon State Archives Scenic Images collection

The Oregon Department of Education needs oversight to make sure it corrects identified problems.

That is the blunt assessment of a Sept. 23 audit by the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office of…