(WXIA) -- The number of students receiving diplomas is on a steady rise, as it jumped for a second time using a new formula.

For 2013, Matt Cardoza of the Georgia Department of Education reported, the graduation rate marked 67.4 percent in 2011, followed by 69.7 percent in 2012.  The new way to figure the graduation rate is based on the adjusted cohort rate, which is required by the U.S. Department of Education. 

The four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate defines the cohort based on when a student becomes a freshman, Cardoza said. The calculation takes the number of students who graduate within four years and includes adjustments for student transfers. 

"I am very pleased that our graduation rate continues to increase, no matter how it is calculated," State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge said. "While our graduation rate is still far too low and we have much progress to be made, we are moving in the right direction."

CARROLLTON, Ga. -- Violet & Daisy, the new film from Academy Award-winning screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher, will be shown in Carrollton this week ahead of its June release.

Fletcher will host the screening, which will be Friday, May 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Carrollton Cultural Arts Center.

"It is incredibly exciting and a real honor to have a world-class talent like Fletcher coming to talk to our students," UWG English professor Dr. Alison Umminger, who organized the event, said in a statement. "Events like this give our film program greater depth and a real-world resonance. We hope our students will be inspired."

Violet & Daisy tells the story of a pair of teenage assassins fighting crime in New York City. It stars "Gilmore Girls" alum Alexis Bledel and The Lovely Bones star Saoirse Ronan, as well as James Gandolfini and Danny Trejo. The screening is free and open to the public.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Aimee Copeland captured our hearts last Summer when she lost both her hands and legs to a flesh eating bacteria during zip line accident. But there is hope tonight here in Columbus, Ohio.

With a new set of prosthetic hands now in place, Aimee Copeland can wipe down tables, fold a towel, hang clothes, she can even flat iron her hair and do it all on her own.

The 24 year old is the first woman in the world with bilateral upper limb amputations to be fitted with the all new iLimb ultra revolution prosthetic hands. And we couldn't wait to check in on her.

The iLimb Ultra Revelation hands are the most advanced high tech hands on the market, by touch bionics, are supposed to work. We were there in Hilliard, just outside of Columbus, as Aimee learned, step-by-step, how to be even more independent with her iLimbs.