claim: "texas’ high school graduation rate went from 27th in the country in 2002, to second highest in the country in 2013."
author: rick perry
evidence_1: get high school dropout facts and statistics and learn why dropping out of high ...  the highest graduation rates of any developed country, now ranks 22nd out of 27  ... the percentage of graduating latino students has significantly increased. ...  accessed february 26, 2014, https://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/p23-210. pdf.
evidence_2: jul 18, 2016 ... as governor, perry often ballyhooed upticks in texas jobs. ... through 2014, perry  also talked up how well texas ranks nationally in high school ... "and a decade  later, texas had the second-highest high school graduation rates in ... "texas'  high school graduation rate went from 27th in the country in 2002, ...
evidence_3: the dropout rate for foreign-born youth shrank from 29 percent in 2000 to 10 ...  more likely than non-hispanic white or asian youth to have dropped out of high  school. ... the rate among foreign-born youth declined from 27 to 10 percent  during ... of upper-secondary graduation rates, for selected countries, are  available from ...
evidence_4: april 27, 2017 ... other countries receiving a large share of visas during this time  include canada ... 5 more than half of all h-1b visa approvals in fiscal 2013 went  to ... california (17.7%), new jersey (14.0%), texas (12.2%) and new york ...  maryland had the second-highest ratio, with 4.9 h-1b approvals per 1,000  workers.
evidence_5: countries. nces activities are designed to address high-priority education ... you,  as our customer, are the best judge of our success in communicating information  effectively. ... other racial/ethnic groups increased during this ..... (indicator 27). ....  snapshot of high school status dropout rates for racial/ethnic subgroups .