Sentences with phrase «graduation rates declined»

Basically, graduation rates declined starting around 1975 and then started to rise again around 2000.

That increase was seen across all major demographic subgroups in the state, except for students with disabilities, whose graduation rate declined from 67 percent to 66 percent.

Graduation rates for 2016 are not available yet, but in 2015 only three of the schools met their targets; three schools saw their graduation rates decline.

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But when graduation rates are still stuck at 61 percent and the city itself is in a state of decline, the association should broaden its agenda past social justice to actual service.

Michael FallonSpecial to Education Week Sacramento — California's student - dropout rate appears to be declining despite the establishment of more rigorous high - school - graduation requirements, Superintendent of Public Instruction Bill Honig told a state l

Amid declining state support for higher ed, a plan to stretch the dollars and bolster graduation rates nationwide

Nationally, graduation rates fell slightly during the 1990s; the ratio of the number of regular diplomas awarded to the number of 10th graders enrolled three years earlier declined from 77 percent in 1991 to 76 percent in 2001.

Expert Offers Ideas on How to Improve U.S. Education Ventura County Star, December 10, 2011 «The decline in graduation rates in the United States comes not because the American education system has lost ground, but because the U.S. has stagnated, while other countries have surged ahead, according to Ronald F. Ferguson... a Harvard University professor and director of the Achievement Gap Initiative.»

Finally, it is possible that the introduction of more difficult GED examinations in 2002, which resulted in a temporary decline in the number of 16 - to 18 - year - olds obtaining the credential, contributed to the increase in the high school graduation rate during the decade ending in 2010.

Even so, the decline in the graduation rate of whites was almost as large as that for the population as a whole.

The decline «could have reduced the number of girls who left school to care for children and thus resulted in higher graduation rates.»

Nationwide the number of dropout factories — high schools with a graduation rate under 60 percent — declined from more than 2,007 in 2002 to 1,146 in 2013.

The results of the Cook et al. research complement those of Kelly Bedard and Chau Do, whose 2005 study of national data found that moving 6th graders to middle school resulted in a 1 to 3 percent decline in on - time high - school graduation rates.

The 2012 Annual Update of Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the Dropout Epidemic report found that 24 states increased their high school graduation rates by modest to large gains, while the number of high schools graduating 60 percent or fewer students on time — often referred to as «dropout factories» — decreased by 457 between 2002 and 2010, with the rate of decline accelerating since 2008.

-- Arne Duncan, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education New research reveals more than half of states increased graduation rates and number of «Dropout Factory» high schools declined by 23 % since 2002.

When Oakland Unified Public Schools, where I was previously superintendent, helped educators prioritize social and emotional learning (SEL), we saw dramatic increases in graduation rates for students of color, and a nearly 50 percent decline in suspensions.

Before the credit recovery program began across the district in the fall, the projected graduation rate was 54 percent, a steep decline from last year's all - time high of 77 percent.

From 1970 until about the year 2000 during a massive staffing surge, high school graduation rates actually declined.

While there are a few bright spots — graduation rates for the thirty - one high schools selected for extra funding and services are up to 59 % compared to last year's 54.5 % (twenty showed improvements; eleven showed declines)-- many of the schools still struggle mightily.

The report also finds that more than half the states increased their high school graduation rates, while the number of high schools graduating 60 percent or fewer students on time — often referred to as «dropout factories» — decreased by 23 percent since 2002, with the rate of decline accelerating since 2008.

Recent studies indicate that while it increased in the last decade, there was also a period between 1970 and 2000 when the graduation rate remained flat or even declined.

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.

Despite an overall decline nationally, these schools «pose a significant roadblock» in the effort to reach that landmark 90 percent graduation rate.

Black male student - athlete graduation rates have declined at 40 percent of the universities over the last two years.

In addition to mirroring the overall statewide graduation rate uptick, Valley schools experienced a statewide decline in dropout rates.

teachers» strike in Chicago is being viewed by many as an early skirmish in a coming war over the crisis in public education — stagnant or declining graduation rates, substandard educations, dilapidated schools, angry teachers, underserved students.

Unfortunately graduation rates for students of color could decline significantly in the coming years because Sen. Alexander neglected to require specific targets for states.

In addition, the district is facing a budget deficit, pension reform, and declining graduation rates.

If that were true, as more of these graduates take the ACT and SAT, one would expect test scores to decline as graduation rates increase.

Unfortunately, state data shows that academic performance in Muskegon Heights is declining in areas such as scores on the ACT and the graduation rate.

Overall Completion Rate Fell, But Decline was Concentrated among Nontraditional Age Students, Says National Student Clearinghouse ® Research Center ™ HERNDON, VA, NOV. 18, 2014 — In the first study of graduation rates for students who began college during the Great Recession, the National Student Clearinghouse ® Research Center ™ found that while a larger number of students enrolled...

Darling - Hammond, Rustique - Forrester, and Pecheone (2005) reported that graduation rates stayed the same or declined slightly from 1998 to 2001 in five states that required students to pass an exit exam (Indiana, North Carolina, New York, Florida, and South Carolina).

While the dropout rate is on the decline, the graduation rate is slowly climbing upward.

The 2012 Annual Update of Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the Dropout Epidemic report found that 24 states increased their high school graduation rates by modest to large gains, while the number of high schools graduating 60 percent or fewer students on time — often referred to as «dropout factories» — decreased by 457 between 2002 and 2010, with the rate of decline accelerating since 2008.