The four - year adjusted
cohort graduation rate reported by Pennsylvania for the 2014 - 15 school year was 72 percent for Black students and 89 percent for White students.
The four - year adjusted
cohort graduation rate reported by the state for the 2014 - 15 school year was 79 percent for Black students, but 90 percent for White students.
Not exact matches
Source:
Graduation rates are calculated by states using the Adjusted
Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) method, as
reported by the U.S. Department of Education.
In 2006, a U.S. Department of Education
report noted that black graduates were more likely to take on student debt, and in 2007, an Education Sector analysis of the same data found that black graduates from the 1992 - 93
cohort defaulted at a
rate five times higher than that of white or Asian students in the 10 years after
graduation (Hispanic / Latino graduates showed a similar, but somewhat smaller disparity).
Those
reports found marked increases in progress toward
graduation and in
graduation rates for the
cohorts of students who entered SSCs in the falls of 2005 and 2006.
Few would argue that there is no need for common definitions regarding how to
report high school
graduation rates — a consensus that's been in place since the 2008 adjusted
cohort graduation rate rules were first issued.
Because not all states have the systems in place to
report accurate
graduation rates, four - year
cohort estimates provide an excellent approximation of the percent of students who graduate on time with a standard diploma.
The
cohort graduation report includes disaggregated data on students and
rates for each high school in Utah.
This
report is the first to analyze 2014
graduation data using new criteria established by ESSA, which defines a low - graduation - rate high school as one that enrolls 100 or more students and has an Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) of 67 percent
graduation data using new criteria established by ESSA, which defines a low -
graduation - rate high school as one that enrolls 100 or more students and has an Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) of 67 percent
graduation -
rate high school as one that enrolls 100 or more students and has an Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) of 67 percent or be
rate high school as one that enrolls 100 or more students and has an Adjusted
Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) of 67 percent
Graduation Rate (ACGR) of 67 percent or be
Rate (ACGR) of 67 percent or below.
For the most recent
cohort,
graduation rates as of both June and August (including summer graduates) are
reported.
To provide context for this analysis in light of recent
reporting by WAMU questioning the validity of Ballou High School's
graduation rates in 2016 - 2017, the state Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) would decrease to an estimated 70.6 percent if Ballou High School seniors who missed at least 60 days of school were excluded as
graduation rates in 2016 - 2017, the state Adjusted
Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) would decrease to an estimated 70.6 percent if Ballou High School seniors who missed at least 60 days of school were excluded as
Graduation Rate (ACGR) would decrease to an estimated 70.6 percent if Ballou High School seniors who missed at least 60 days of school were excluded as graduates.