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On January 29, the Office of the State Superintendent released final analysis of DCPS high schools» attendance and graduation outcomes as conducted by by Alvarez & Marsal.

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Other policy - oriented scholars may be interested in socially engineering more invested fathers with an eye toward enhancing child outcomes, such as increased high school graduation rates.

New York spends more money per student than any other state in the country, and yet its schools yield mediocre education outcomes, such as test scores and graduation rates.

Since its implementation, the City has seen improved school outcomes in graduation and attendance as well as a continued commitment to identify and improve low performing institutions.

She required campuses to provide uniform data for comparisons of campuses, focused on outcomes such as graduation rates and expanded online offerings.

Evaluations of career academies have shown a positive impact (download) on academic outcomes such as high school attendance, credits earned, grade point averages, and graduation rates.

Measures of school performance based on carefully constructed comparisons of student achievement growth, and other important outcomes, such as high - school graduation and college enrollment rates, require student - level data that are not publicly available.

His research on the impact of Head Start on long - term outcomes such as high school graduation and college attendance was published in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.

The effects of high - stakes testing programs on outcomes such as retention, graduation, and admission into academic programs are different from the results of using grades alone.

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.

Education researchers and policymakers are increasingly interested in tracking students» long - term outcomes, such as high school graduation, college enrollment, college graduation, and earnings in the labor market.

Moreover, prominent voices in teacher preparation continue to question whether clear - cut measures of student outcomes — such as graduation rates or test performance — are legitimate measures of educational performance.

Looking beyond graduation rates, we also found that the phase - out process did not have a clear impact — positive or negative — on other academic outcomes for the phase - out cohort, such as credits earned or Regents exams passed, or on attendance.

I share your enthusiasm for character education, non-cognitive skills, high school graduation rates, and long - term outcomes such as college completion and labor market earnings.

Wolf and his colleagues plan to study the program going forward, including adding more important outcomes such as high school graduation and college - going.

For example, the Gates Foundation's small school reforms were widely panned as a flop in early reviews relying on student test scores, but a number of later rigorous studies showed (sometimes substantial) positive effects on outcomes such as graduation and college enrollment.

Finally, an expert college counselor would advise a student to compare colleges on the basis of their curricula, instructional resources, other resources (housing, extracurricular opportunities), and outcomes (such as graduation rates).

Since improved AP outcomes may not necessarily reflect increased learning and could come at the expense of other academic outcomes, I also looked beyond these immediate effects to the broader set of outcomes, such as high school graduation rates, SAT and ACT performance, and the percentage of students attending college.

Researchers need to consider ways to measure other outcomes that are meaningful in the debate, such as by designing studies with long follow - up periods to enable future research on high school graduation, college - going, and labor - market outcomes.

Performance ratings would be based on outcomes (such as graduation rates and graduates» earnings) as well as on access (e.g., the proportion of the student body receiving Pell Grants) and affordability (tuition net of scholarship aid).

As policymakers consider the design, expansion, or reform of private school choice programs, they should carefully examine not just a program's likely impact on short - term metrics such as test scores, but also how it might shape long - term outcomes, including college enrollment and graduatioAs policymakers consider the design, expansion, or reform of private school choice programs, they should carefully examine not just a program's likely impact on short - term metrics such as test scores, but also how it might shape long - term outcomes, including college enrollment and graduatioas test scores, but also how it might shape long - term outcomes, including college enrollment and graduation.

However, educational outcomes in reading and math, as well as graduation rates, for students with disabilities continue to lag.

The authors demonstrate that the effects of high - stakes testing pro- grams on outcomes, such as retention and graduation, are different from the results of using grades alone, and that some groups of students who are already faring poorly, such as African Americans and Latinos / Latinas, will do even worse if high - stakes testing programs are used as criteria for promotion and graduation.

give the school sufficient operational flexibility (such as staffing, calendars / time, and budgeting) to implement fully a comprehensive approach to substantially improve student achievement outcomes and increase high school graduation rates; and

Yet «these gains became ambiguous as time went on» and «did not lead to many improved outcomes in adulthood... with, for example, no statistically significant differences in high school graduation rates, employment, or criminal activity.»

Our study extends this work to examine the impact of CPS's double - dose algebra policy on such longer - run outcomes as advanced math course work and performance, ACT scores, high - school graduation rates, and college enrollment rates.

Among the additions were some things the commission had urged, such as stiffer high - school graduation requirements, as well as many it had not - yet these add - ons produced little by way of improved educational outcomes.

Leaving School Empty Handed: A Report on Graduation and Dropout Rates for Students who Receive Special Education Services In New York City This report examines the graduation outcomes of the more than 170,000 children currently classified as having disabilities and in need of special education services in New York City, based on Federal, New York State and New York City data from the school years between 1996 - 1997 and 2003 Graduation and Dropout Rates for Students who Receive Special Education Services In New York City This report examines the graduation outcomes of the more than 170,000 children currently classified as having disabilities and in need of special education services in New York City, based on Federal, New York State and New York City data from the school years between 1996 - 1997 and 2003 graduation outcomes of the more than 170,000 children currently classified as having disabilities and in need of special education services in New York City, based on Federal, New York State and New York City data from the school years between 1996 - 1997 and 2003 - 2004....

Overall, while questions remain, the regulations make clear that the graduation rate and performance data of students in foster care must be reported on, and can not be lumped in with other subgroups as part of a «super-subgroup» to conceal its outcomes.

A growing body of research connects skills like responsible decision - making and recognizing and responding to emotions with greater engagement in the classroom and improved academic outcomes such as higher graduation rates.

Toews: I support the superintendent's commitment to addressing the achievement gap and her focus on educational outcomes such as improving third - grade literacy and high school graduation rates.

She observed that if the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) 4 year graduation accountability indicator was applied to the schools participants had visited, they would be designated as failing schools; whereas, these schools have strong graduation outcomes for their students who, however, come to these schools after already being in high school for more than one or two years and failing or disconnecting in their first high school.

As part of an overall restructure of the state's school accountability report card, Ohio created a CTE - specific school report card, reporting on achievement, preparation for success, graduation rates and post-program outcomes.

Choosing the Right College with the College Scorecard Michigan College Access Network (MCAN) and Florida College Access Network (Florida CAN) present a webinar on the redesigned College Scorecard, a database which provides free, transparent and nationally comparable data on thousands of colleges and career schools in the United States on student outcomes such as graduation rates, student debt and post-college earnings.

Yet a number of the ways in which many (admittedly privileged) independent schools achieve their impressive learning outcomes - such as high standardized - test scores, strong graduation rates, and distinguished college admissions - are actually well within reach of public schools.

This study examines the relationship between 8th and 9th grade early warning indicators as predictors of graduation outcomes, as well as the relationship between 9th grade indicators and college enrollment outcomes.

Research demonstrates that increased spending per - student leads to increased positive outcomes, such as higher test scores and graduation rates (Does Money Matter, n.d.).

«ESSA shifts much of the responsibility for student outcomes to states, which must develop robust accountability systems that target large graduation rate gaps that continue to exist between different groups of students, as well as high schools that fail to graduate one - third or more of their students,» said Gov. Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education.

Research shows the importance of nonacademic factors for predicting outcomes such as retention, persistence, and engagement in college as well as graduation from college.

Members come together to accomplish outcomes that individuals could not accomplish on their own, such as increasing graduation rates or reducing absenteeism.

These kinds of interventions typically produce cognitive gains that last a few years and then fade — but, more important, also produce better life outcomes, such as less crime, fewer teenage pregnancies, higher high school graduation rates, and higher incomes.

They'll have to compete with data showing outcomes, such as attendance and graduation rates and readiness for the next stage at a community college.

Surely the outcome will be similar to the unfolding debacle in D.C., but for now most are willing to turn a blind eye so long as they can tout rising graduation rates across the Sunshine State.

When states reduce funding for institutions with lower outcomes, such as graduation rates, without taking student race / ethnicity or income into account, this often means they are defunding institutions with more low - income students and students of color, making matters worse.

We also looked at end - of - high - school outcomes, such as credits earned and graduation rates, for each student group.

Under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, states are provided with funding to develop the technical skills of secondary and postsecondary students who elect to enroll in CTE programs.46 Currently, 12.5 million high school and college students are enrolled in CTE programs.47 These programs help keep students in school; the graduation rate of CTE students is about 90 percent, 15 percentage points higher than the national average.48 However, research on their effectiveness is still in the preliminary stages.49 The best and most effective CTE programs are linked to and supported by local business or industry; provide real - world experiences or work opportunities; give students tangible outcomes such as an industry credential or college credit; and create pathways for pursuing college or career after graduation.50

GreatSchools argues that what is needed to make a strong rating system is a greater data transparency: «Of particular interest is information on student outcomes, such as student test scores, high school graduation rates, course completion rates, etc..»

Another example: To decide whether a school is doing a good job, we need to consider several different achievement measures (reading, mathematics, and so on); as well as information about resources (personnel, financial, policy); processes (curriculum, instruction, school climate); and other school outcomes (safety, graduation rate, student and parent satisfaction).

Research on the performance of charter school students should not focus exclusively on standardized test scores but analyze other outcomes as well, including participation in advanced courses, graduation rates, and college attendance and completion.

A common assumption of standards and tests - based school reform is that high - stakes testing, such as having to pass an exam for high school graduation, will produce improved learning outcomes.