That is, we can estimate the numbers of students who fall off track for earning a diploma at various points between the 9th grade and
the expected time of graduation.
Not exact matches
• Among African Americans, 26 %
of those in the control group attended college full -
time at some point within three years
of expected high school
graduation; among those in the treatment group, the voucher offer increased this rate by 7 percentage points, a 25 % increment.
Among African Americans, 26 percent
of the control group attended college full -
time at some point within three years
of expected high - school
graduation.
For example, one
of Virginia's goals
expects 84 % on -
time graduation, with corresponding goals
of 85 % for five - year and 86 % for six - year
graduation.
Johns Hopkins researchers also found a strong relationship between sixth - grade attendance and the percentage
of students graduating on
time or within a year
of their
expected high school
graduation.
These are not the inverse
of the
graduation rate because some students stay in school after the
expected on -
time graduation date.
These programs are
expected to boost the size and quality
of Kentucky's workforce since studies show that high school students who participate in dual credit coursework have increased college enrollment and on -
time college
graduation rates.
In the few months, or weeks in some cases, between exam period to
graduation date, and
graduation ceremony to «real world», a lot is
expected to change in a short period
of time, and the transition is not always an easy one.