We're talking about graduation rates, not college entrance and whatever. We're talking about graduation rates.
The reality is that graduation rates, under this department, have declined from 41% in 2017-18 to 34% in 2021-22, and the target that has been set going forward is 26%. Then the measure of success is going to be that we maintain 26%, or maybe we'd get to 26.2% or something, because that would be an increase. That's going to be the measure of success. We've set no targets in terms of where we go with this measurement. It's a critical measurement in erasing the socio-economic gaps for first nations.
I'm astounded that after two years we haven't been able to set a target. I get the decline. The difference is because we've switched to the cohort method. I understand that. We weren't measuring that method properly in the past, so do we have the history? Your report talks about needing baseline data to set the target. What is the history? You're not reporting that history in your departmental results report. Do we know, based on the new cohort methodology, whether 26% is higher or lower than it was in prior years?