Sentences with phrase «for graduation rates»

Of course, we should hold schools accountable for graduation rates.

More alarming, regulatory double - dealing severely lowers the stakes for the graduation rates of at - risk student groups.

But what course will lead us to stronger and smarter accountability for graduation rates?

He would add teeth to federal enforcement rules that require full disclosure and accountability of schools for graduation rates.

It is using a similar metric for graduation rate goals.

The other factor is whether your school's score went up or down compared with the previous year or a 3 - year average for graduation rates.

Well if we do that, then the graduation rate's gonna go down and we'll be in trouble for graduation rates.

It is perfectly appropriate to hold high school leaders accountable for graduation rates and reward them for doing a good job — as long as their goals are reasonable.

Ohio set long - term goals for their graduation rate at 93 % for the four - year graduation rate and 95 % for the five - year rate by 2027.

It also accounts for graduation rates, suspension rates and absenteeism.

Arizona set long - term goals for its graduation rate at 90 % for all students (including all subgroups) by the year 2030, with interim progress set at 85 % by the 2025.

Recent data shows that the Waterbury district was in the bottom 10 percent in 2016 for English and Math on the SBAC, and was among the bottom 5 percent for graduation rates in 2015.

Regulatory double - dealing severely lowers the stakes for the graduation rates of at - risk student groups.

The double standard being applied to this new accountability — strict for test scores and lenient for graduation rates — raises another major specter.

This question of what interrupted the rising high school graduation rate is important because of what future changes may bode for the graduation rate.

However, if this recent increase is due to improved long - term, environmental conditions, such as restrictions on the pollutants produced by leaded gasoline, new reforms like the Common Core have fewer implications for graduation rates.

However, according to a Miami Herald review of the report, «The Sunshine State ranked near the bottom nationally for its graduation rate.

The Ohio Virtual Academy received an F for its Graduation Rate component due to a 53 % rate of graduation in four years.

Clemson, S.C. (April 20, 2016) The National Dropout Prevention Center / Network (NDPC / N) is pleased to announce that K12, Inc., a technology - based education company and leading provider of proprietary curriculum and online school programs for students in pre-K through high school, is now sponsoring Solutions to the Dropout Crisis, a television format webcast that delivers practical strategies for graduation rate improvement to educators across the nation.

As for the graduation rate increase?

This report details state - set goals for graduation rates under the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law, showing how improvement targets are often so low that they undercut the aim of significantly raising graduation rates.

Separately, DCPS has set a more aggressive goal to graduate 85 percent of students within four years by 2017 - 2022 in its new strategic plan, A Capital Commitment 2017 - 2022 (public charter high schools set goals and academic achievement expectations in their charter agreements, including for graduation rates).

D.C.'s graduation rates are lower overall and for most subgroups when compared to peer cities with similar starting points for graduation rates.

«Look in School Libraries for Graduation Rates.»

A number of states have little or no accountability for the graduation rate accountability of subgroups.

If you hold schools and districts accountable for their graduation rates, they have an incentive to just pass more students along and out the door.

It also accounts for graduation rates, suspension rates and absenteeism, all in an effort to give schools «the ability to take a more complex, comprehensive look at what is going on in their school,» John McDonald, a consultant to CORE, said when the system was unveiled.

For student proficiency on the tests, it had 163 points out of 300; for growth in students» scores over last year, it scored 140 points out of 300; and for its graduation rate of 72 percent it had 108 points out of 150.

It has a similar goal for graduation rates: Montana wants a 90 percent graduation rate by 2022 - 23.

West Virginia's goals for graduation rates are 95 percent for all students, and for each subgroup, by the 2029 - 30 school year.

For graduation rates, 93 percent of all students must graduate for a district or school to earn an A grade, and for subgroup graduation rates to improve by half the gap between their current graduation rates and 100 percent by 2025 - 26.

For graduation rates, the state wants to reduce the percentage of all non-graduating students by half over six years; the goal for all students is 94.9 percent in 2022.

It's an open question whether we'll make the equivalent policy adjustments in higher education as we did in K - 12: will someone create a «GED for college» or will we start holding colleges accountable for their graduation rates to boost education attainment?

For English language proficiency, it was 22 percent, and for graduation rates, it was 38 percent.

An ambitious goal for graduation rates has a place in a revised strategic plan — it is a measure of success that students, teachers, families, businesses, and communities can rally behind.

The Education Department set a series of goals for graduation rates, attendance, test scores and other qualitative measures that each of the schools is supposed to meet by June 2017.

States also made significant adjustments to their accountability models, including ensuring high schools are held accountable for graduation rates, bolstering subgroup accountability, and strengthening the criteria schools and districts must meet before they are no longer deemed low - performing.

The Free Press series looked at school districts that were in the bottom 5 percent in the state's Top - to - Bottom rankings, which evaluates student performance in mathematics, reading, writing, science, social studies and for graduation rates.