"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) U.S. Department of Education Holds High School Summit: Diploma Should Be a "Road Map to a Prosperous, Purposeful Future," Says Secretary Paige; (2) Measuring Graduation to Measure Success: Alliance Policy Brief Focuses on Graduation Rate Calculation; (3) Task Force on Graduation, Completion, and Dropout Indicators Issues Final Report; and (4) American Fifteen-Year-Olds Continue to Lag Behind International Peers: U.S. Students Perform Below Average in Math and Science, Score at Average in Reading. (Contains 3 footnotes.) [This issue of Straight A's contains a special insert that outlines the spending totals for education programs that have an impact on middle and high school students and schools.]