Sentences with phrase «graduation rate is going»

For now, the good news is that the high school graduation rate is going up.

Graduation rates are going up.

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There was a correlation between children who went to preschool and graduation rates, reduced teen pregnancy, and reduced crime.

«We're 38th in the graduation rate... It's not just money that determines if we're going to have an effective school system.»

In the space of a generation, we have gone from being the best - educated society in the world to one surpassed by eleven other nations in college graduation rates.

«Here we are, poverty's going up, the graduation rate is stagnant or going down, businesses are fleeing, the state of New York in the past six years lost 857,000.»

«We recently learned that America's high school graduation rate went up to 83 percent, which is the highest on record,» President Barack Obama said in a speech Monday to cheering students and faculty at a D.C. high school.

Catholic schools, in particular, have long been flagged by social scientists for their strong graduation and college - going rates.

Sixty - five percent of students in Montana now go to a school with a Graduation Matters initiative, and we are already seeing the results of this statewide focus on graduation — our dropout ratesGraduation Matters initiative, and we are already seeing the results of this statewide focus on graduation — our dropout ratesgraduation — our dropout rates are down.

Catholic schools in particular have long been singled out by social scientists for their strong results in terms of graduation and college - going rates.

Catholic schools in particular have long been singled out for their strong results in terms of graduation and college - going rates.

What they saw was sobering but not surprising: Despite attempts to close achievement gaps between students of color, immigrant students, and low - income students and their more affluent white peers, wide disparities persisted in student performance on state tests, graduation rates, school attendance, and college - going rates.

While the federal government does not collect data on the graduation rates of students who receive Pell grants, an investigation by the Hechinger Institute suggests that billions of taxpayer dollars are going to students who never earn degrees.

College enrollment rates in the first year following high school graduation have also been going up, reaching 70 percent in 2010.

To improve our college - going, our retention rates, and our graduation rates, multiple stakeholders need to be involved in finding the solution that best suits students.

In «Graduation Rates Are Insufficient As An Accountability Measure,» Chad Aldeman looks at some problems with using highs school graduation rates for accountability purposes and presents data showing the large variation in college - going rates at schools with the same graduatGraduation Rates Are Insufficient As An Accountability Measure,» Chad Aldeman looks at some problems with using highs school graduation rates for accountability purposes and presents data showing the large variation in college - going rates at schools with the same graduation rRates Are Insufficient As An Accountability Measure,» Chad Aldeman looks at some problems with using highs school graduation rates for accountability purposes and presents data showing the large variation in college - going rates at schools with the same graduatgraduation rates for accountability purposes and presents data showing the large variation in college - going rates at schools with the same graduation rrates for accountability purposes and presents data showing the large variation in college - going rates at schools with the same graduation rrates at schools with the same graduationgraduation ratesrates.

Something amazing is going on with high school graduation rates.

A school may just be bad across - the - board, bad on graduation rates and bad on college - going rates.

If you construct an accountability system based purely off graduation rates, you're going to get some perverse results.

Several recent reports on college - going suggest factors that might improve college - going rates, especially for students who are at - risk of ending their education with high school graduation.

The upshot of this improvement in college readiness is that, upon graduation, while charter and public school students are just as likely to go on to post-secondary education, charter students enroll at four - year colleges at much higher rates.

One cause of the higher college - going rates was the higher graduation rates of the smaller schools.

Like students in many urban schools, BPS students have lower test scores, lower high school graduation rates, and are less likely to go to college than students from nearby suburban districts.

-RRB- While LaGuardia reports a 97 % graduation rate and an 89 % college readiness rate (although only 84 % college enrollment, which makes sense as some kids are going to want to go professional straight away), other schools, like Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, have only a 79 % college readiness rate (which is still higher than NYC's average of 50 %).

A school where the pass rate goes from 65 to 75 percent in a year may be making exceptional progress, but it is hardly adequate if a quarter of the students can't meet the graduation requirements.

YES reports a six - year graduation rate of 41 %, which is four times the national average for demographically similar students (97 % of YES Prep students are Hispanic or African - American, and 90 % would be first - generation college - goers).

A recent study of charter schools in eight states by Rand Corp., a think tank, also found they had higher graduation and college - going rates than traditional public schools, but that test scores were roughly the same.

«What I'm excited about is the dropout rate has gone down for every group and the graduation rate has gone up for every group,» state superintendent Terry Bergeson said.

If you are a parent in search of a good public school to enroll your child then you're in luck because this article is going to look at some of the best ranked schools based on a number of factors such as test scores, graduation rates, college preparedness, as well as teacher quality.

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.

If that be the case, then why have we seen no effort from Abele to fight for the Community Schools model, to use it to transform MPS like it has transformed public schools in Cincinnati, OH, where the graduation rate has gone from 59 percent to 82 percent since its conversion to Community Schools?

CPA's graduation rate is 86.9 % and of the graduates, 93 % go on to 2 - or 4 year - colleges.

We've never gone the whole school year below our capacity, and the HS graduation rate of our students (8th graders) is above the state average, and definitely above the average for our neighboring high schools.

The first head - shaker this morning was Rahm in his own words extolling an improved CPS graduation rate but writing almost exclusively about the great things going on at the private, religious school, Christ the King, where he was speaking.

There's clearly always a long, long way to go, but when you look at a billion dollars for early childhood education, when you look at 40 - plus states adopting higher standards, when you look at yesterday's high school graduation rates at record highs, the fact that we were able to put $ 40 billion behind Pell grants, 1.1 million additional students of color going to college than in 2008.

Indiana, Louisiana, and South Dakota, for example, can count General Education Development certificates in their graduation rate calculations, in spite of decades of evidence that has long - ago showed that GEDs are not what comedian Chris Rock once called good enough diplomas, and that the ex-dropouts who gain GEDs fare as badly as dropouts who never go back for such shoddy credentials.

So, is Arne going to set a new ESEA standard of a 100 % graduation rate by 2020 to replace the NCLB goal of 100 % proficiency rate by 2014?

In 2005, only 12 percent of city schools were rated A or B and 75 percent earned an F. By 2013, 34 percent of schools earned an A or B while only 17 percent earned an F. From 2004 to 2012, the New Orleans graduation rate has gone from 54 percent to 78 percent — surpassing the state average.

California is finally going to measure every school based not only on test scores, but also on their school safety and climate, graduation rates and efforts to engage families.

While Gipson reported that credit recovery is still going well in 2016, she did not offer any estimates as to what level it may impact the graduation rate.

Educators report that grades and graduation rates go up, bullying goes down, and students are better prepared for college, careers, and citizenship when they are taught Overcoming Obstacles.

E4E - Minnesota Executive Director Madaline Edison on ESSA: «The spirit of the law is really about going beyond your typical graduation scores and test rates to...

Evers said the new accountability system most likely will focus on data the state already has the ability to collect, such as proficiency and growth over time on a new state test being developed, advanced placement enrollment, graduation rates, college entrance exam scores and industry certification for students who don't go on to college.

Although Vermont's graduation rate — 88 percent of high school students graduate in four years — is well above the national average, only 52 percent of graduates went to college in 2013.

Jeff Gagne, policy director for the Southern Regional Education Board in Atlanta, said small but steady gains like those in Louisiana, including the state's high school graduation rate, are the way to go.

Today, New Orleans students are closing the achievement gap with their peers, graduation rates have dramatically increased accompanied by major boosts in achievement tests, and students are going on to college.

She points out how educators who go out of their way to help students are still restricted by NCLB's focus on test scores and graduation rates.

Ask them what the purpose of education is, and you'll likely get answers such as, «master the basics... prepare students for work... raise test scores... improve graduation rates... encourage life long learning... get more into college,» and the list goes on.

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

«Our graduation rate is about to come out, and that went up again,» he said.