Sentences with phrase «graduation gap»

The state Department of Public Instruction also wants to cut the high school graduation gap in half over six years.

More than a quarter of colleges and universities have black - white graduation gaps higher than 20 percentage points, but the data also show that improvement is possible, Nichols said.

Among the 676 institutions analyzed, 22 percent had a black - white graduation gap of less than 5 percentage points, and at 8 percent of the colleges, black students graduated at the same rate (or higher) as white students.

The Special Education Graduation Gap Huffington Post, 1/14/16 «The good news is that we are learning a lot more about how to help students with disabilities graduate high school.

It says while there have been some advances in the past year - for example, GCSE results improving in the north - east England and the university graduation gap closing slightly - generally, progress has been static.

In fact, the high school completion rates of black students did not stall until the mid-1980s, diverging slightly from the overall trend, though the substantial graduation gap between whites and minorities has changed very little in the last 35 years (Heckman and LaFontaine 2010).

For example, Georgia State University has drawn national attention for eliminating graduation gaps by race, poverty and first - generation college - going status.

College attendance and graduation gaps between students from high income and low income families also have grown over time (Bailey and Dynarski, 2011).

Improve 4 - year graduation rate and cut «graduation gap» by 29 percent over the next five years.

By 2023 - 24, cut the achievement gap in half for all subgroups; cut the graduation gap in half for all subgroups.

Closing the Graduation Gap also maps the intersection between education and the economy, as it relates to the impact of schooling on the key economic outcomes of employment, income, and poverty.

This graduation gap is the most important economic, civic, and social problem of our time.

From expanding horizons in elementary school, to unearthing passions in middle school, to embracing subject mastery in high school, Boys & Girls Clubs are leading the charge to close the graduation gap for good.

Over the last decade, the graduation gap grew by 19 % between white students and underrepresented minorities...

In fact, only 65 percent of black and Hispanic students graduate high school, with little evidence that the graduation gap between them and white students has changed in the last few decades.

High school graduation rates ticked up in a majority of states in 2014, and graduation gaps between white and minority students narrowed in most states that year, according to new federal data.

More information on the PPI is available from the University's report, What Does Promoting Power Tell Us About the Graduation Gap?

For example, we estimate that the black - white graduation gap is about 5 percent larger in the absence of test score manipulation.

[iii] We know such actions exacerbate the graduation gap, especially as research and practice show that disciplinary actions result in inequities that potentially can not be made up for during a child's school career such as: a significant loss of instructional time; increased likelihood of contact with juvenile justice and later [their contact] with prison [iv][v].

Last month, for instance, the federal government said the graduation gap between white and black students in Wisconsin high schools is the worst in the country.

Now when we talk about education in Oregon, we talk about focusing on strategies for closing the achievement gaps, the graduation gaps and the opportunity gaps that disproportionately affect underserved students of color, English Language Learners (ELL), LGBTQ2 + students, students living in poverty, students with disabilities, first - generation post-secondary students and students in foster care.

Cities in Crisis: Closing the Graduation Gap.

However, the graduation gaps for African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learners continues to stagnate.

This article is part of the «90 for All» series which will examine the challenges facing traditionally underserved students and the solutions that show promise for closing the graduation gap.

The statement also touted the narrowing of the graduation gap between white students and students of color.

Graduation gaps between students of color and their white peers have continued to shrink — but education leaders are nowhere close to calling victory on this front.