Sentences with phrase «graduation rates below»

Students with a disability or with limited English proficiency had graduation rates below 80 percent, while the graduation rates of economically disadvantaged, black, Hispanic and American Indian students ranged between 82 and 83 percent.

«When a school continues to perform in the bottom five percent of the state and isn't showing signs of growth or has graduation rates below 60 percent, something dramatic needs to be done,» said Duncan.

The story is the same for our most vulnerable populations — low income students (42 %) and English Language Learners (20 %) have graduation rates below 50 %.

These schools include the lowest - performing 5 percent of elementary and middle schools, the lowest 5 percent of high schools, and high schools with graduation rates below 60 percent.

«When a school continues to perform in the bottom five percent of the state and isn't showing signs of progress or has graduation rates below 60 percent over a number of years, something dramatic needs to be done,» said Duncan.

Minnesota's new accountability system increases the focus on equity by supporting high schools with graduation rates below 67 percent overall or for any student group.

States that permit students in comprehensive support schools to transfer to another school must ensure that the receiving school is higher - performing — that is, that it is not (1) among the lowest - performing 5 percent of schools in the state or (1) a high school with graduation rates below 67 percent.

By the 2007 - 2008 school year, some 23 large and midsize schools with graduation rates below 45 percent were closed or on their way to closing.

Between fall 2002 and fall 2008, the school district closed 23 large failing high schools (with graduation rates below 45 percent), opened 216 new small high schools (with different missions, structures, and student selection criteria), and implemented a centralized high school admissions process that assigns over 90 percent of the roughly 80,000 incoming ninth - graders each year based on their school preferences.

Rochester retains a graduation rate below 50 %.

Identification of, and comprehensive, evidence - based intervention in, the lowest - performing five percent of title I schools, all public high schools with a graduation rate below 67 percent, and public schools in which one or more subgroups of students are performing at a level similar to the performance of the lowest - performing five percent of title I schools and have not improved after receiving targeted interventions for a State - determined number of years; and

The Louisiana legislature approved a 2008 measure requiring the state board to develop methods of targeted intervention or to identify other appropriate existing methods for districts with a four - year cohort graduation rate below 70 %.

By contrast, 1,132 of them had a graduation rate below 59 percent.

Mississippi and Florida both have more districts with a graduation rate below 60 percent than districts above 90 percent.

The four - year rate must be used when setting goals, as an indicator in state ratings, and when identifying high schools with a graduation rated below 67 percent for comprehensive support.

Similar to ESEA waivers, ESSA requires that states identify and intervene in the bottom five percent of schools and all high schools with a graduation rate below 67 percent.

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In this case, failing means student test scores are in the bottom 5 percent, test scores are getting worse instead of better, or the schools» graduation rates are below 60 percent for three consecutive years.

Rosemary Serra, president of the Nassau County Federation of Republican Women, said New York invested more money per pupil in education than most states, but still had a below average graduation rate.

Graduation Rates - When asked to estimate the percent of ninth - graders who graduate within four years of entering ninth grade, Americans on average offer a pessimistic guess of 66 percent, 9 percent below the U.S. Department of Education's official national estimate.

They don't know, for example, that schools like Stanford will offer full scholarships to students from a household income below $ 125,000 and that schools like Amherst have the highest graduation rates for low - income and minority students in the country.

Interact with the charts below to see how graduation rates for U.S. students, and different student populations, have changed over time and how your state's graduation rate compares.

High school graduation rates have increased by more than 20 percentage points, from below 50 percent to more than 70 percent.

Sometimes performance might be an indicator, such as when families keep sending their children to high schools with below 40 % graduation rates and / or schools with extremely negative value - add scores.

A majority of St. Louis Public Schools students scored below proficient in math and English, but higher scores in the attendance and graduation - rate categories made up for poor results in academic achievement, Emily Stahly, a research assistant at the Show - Me Institute, found in an analysis earlier this year.

As a result, the U.S. high school graduation rate in 2010 was still below the OECD average.

There was — and will continue to be — much to argue about, including test scores, graduation rates, and class sizes (see Diane Ravitch and / or Sol Stern at «related posts» below), but there is no doubt that Klein and Bloomberg have introduced some much needed common sense, business management practices, accountability, and, yes, a laser - like focus on student achievement, to a system that had become unmanageable and unproductive.

The graduation rate was 56 percent, at least 10 percentage points below the state average.

States must identify schools as «priority schools» if they are among the 5 percent lowest performing schools in the state or if their graduation rates are below 60 percent.

Despite the recent increase in high school graduation rates, the U.S. is still below the average for Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries.

In under - resourced and struggling school districts across the country, too many students continue to fall below national benchmarks on reading and math and on school attendance, high school graduation and college admission rates.

In the chart below, found in the report, k12, Inc. - operated virtual schools» graduation rates were as much as 50 percentage points below the state average.

Below, I have provided a table which compares Utah and its current elected State School Board model against the states which utilize Model IV in the following areas: ACT / SAT scores, graduation rates, graduation requirements, AP passage rates, charter schools, public education climate for growing businesses, and closing the achievement gap.

Across all groups, enrollment rates increased markedly when we counted all enrollments in the first year after graduation, compared to the first fall enrollments (see Figure D below and Appendix C, Tables 2 and 3).

CPS also admits that test scores and graduation rates for African Americans is significantly below the district average.

Meanwhile, some question the way graduation rates are calculated — and in any case, 64 percent is well below the national average of 82 percent.

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 graduation rate has fallen below the state average to 71 percent, and only 27 percent are college ready.

The high school graduation rate has increased dramatically from 2011 to 2017, improving at a faster rate than in the rest of the state — going from below 60 percent to above 78 percent during this time period.

Schools will also be identified as needing comprehensive support if their graduation rate dips below 67 percent.

Test scores for Native American students on the National Assessment of Educational Progress fourth grade reading test are 25 points below the national average, and the high school graduation rate for students in BIE schools is 59 percent, compared with 80 percent for students across the country.

The graduation rates for the schools that DeVos named in her written testimony are far below what is acceptable, and not inconsistent with claims about the thoroughly rotten academic performance of virtual charter schools in general.

ESSA defines a low - graduation - rate school as one that enrolls 100 or more students and has a graduation rate of 67 percent or below.

The citywide graduation rate actually declined a few points this year, and it's been hovering below a previous high - water mark for half a decade.

The graduation rate rose, but the school still ranks 431st, well below the state median graduation rate of 87 percent.

True, Randolph (originally a middle school, to which a high school was added) had a high graduation rate, but its ACT scores were far below the state average, indicating that students are not well prepared for college.

The graduation rate was 18 points below the national average.

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Several districts with graduation rates above 95 percent border those with rates below 75 percent.

«Certainly, Oakland Unified as a district has done a below - basic job, if you look at the graduation rates.

Even if all of the students regarded as «moderately off - track» receive diplomas, the graduation rate would stand at about 61 percent — 12 points below last year's.