Sentences with phrase «graduation rates for»

The chart above displays graduation rates for each special program student population.

This sixth annual update on America's high school dropout challenge shows that these gains have been made possible by raising graduation rates for students who have traditionally struggled to earn a high school diploma, and focuses on the student subgroups and geographic areas that both contribute to this progress and are key to driving toward the 90 percent goal.

Building a Grad Nation 2016 Data Brief & State Progress Reports This Data Brief highlights state high school graduation rate trends and the progress being made to raise graduation rates for key student subgroups.

Improving High School Graduation Rates for Students Experiencing Homelessness Monday, April 16, 2018, 2:00 — 3:15 PM EDT

Four - year (on - time) graduation rates for Wisconsin's Latino students (77.5 percent) were close to the national rate (77.8 percent), but still result in wide achievement gaps when compared with white students.

Boston, Denver, Detroit, and Philadelphia reported graduation rates for English Language Learners.

In addition, a school is considered a high school if OSSE reported graduation rates for the school at any point between 2011 - 12 and 2016 - 17.

High school graduation rates for peer cities are from the U.S. Department of Education's EDFacts Regulatory Four - year Adjusted - Cohort Graduation Rate files.

Alliance came up with the list by ranking 4,200 U.S. schools based on their graduation rates for «underrepresented minorities,» and found that just 150 had a six - year graduation rate of 75 % or higher.

The scores are based on student proficiency on spring math and reading tests, individual student year - to - year growth on those tests and progress schools make in closing the achievement gap, plus graduation rates for high schools.

New federally - compiled graduation rates for 47 states and the District of Columbia left many states reeling this week as more rigorous and uniform standards highlighted wide achievement gaps and lower numbers than previously reported.

[9] Of the 11 peer group cities, Baltimore, Buffalo, Denver, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh had large enough African American student populations to report on graduation rates for African American students.

Of the five states that currently report graduation rates for homeless students, all have found that homeless students have lower graduation rates than those of low income but housed students.

High school graduation data for D.C. are from the Office of the State Superintendent for Education (OSSE) summary of graduation rates for school year 2016 - 17 and OSSE's LearnDC DC Report Card for previous years.

As Paul Tough points out in his recent New York Times article, «Rich kids graduate; poor and working class kids don't» the graduation rates for students from underrepresented communities are significantly higher at small liberal arts institutions, where students are encouraged to question the dominant discourse and develop their own policy perspectives.

The harder work in increasing graduation rates will come in later years as all subgroups move toward 90 percent graduation rates for the city in 2038 - 39 and as DCPS grows toward a graduation rate of 85 percent in 2021 - 22.

[10] Of the 11 peer group cities, Buffalo, Denver, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia had large enough Latino student populations to report on graduation rates for Latino students.

Graduation rates for students with disabilities have improved slightly in recent years.

Charter public schools in Oakland are increasing performance and graduation rates for all students, while serving a student body that reflects the community.

The State Education Department released graduation rates for the 2013 freshman class, and Rochester still falls behind the other Big 5 schools with a 51.9 % graduation rate.

NorthBridge College Success Program, an organization leading the way to increase Arizona's college graduation rates for students with learning disabilities,

In addition, the graduation rates for these four states were higher overall in 2001 (73 — 86 percent) than those for the five exam - only states (51 — 67 percent).

Klein also writes that an «independent review of ESSA plans by Bellwether Education Partners and the Collaborative for Student Success noted that Texas» long - term goals expected graduation rates for white...

In addition to these four state - based studies of voucher program impacts on test scores, some recent studies do show positive effects on graduation rates, parent satisfaction, community college enrollment, and other nonachievement - based outcomes, but it is unclear if these outcomes are lasting and valid.23 For example, research shows that nationally, graduation rates for students in public schools and peers participating in voucher programs equalize after adjusting for extended graduation rates.24 Some critics suggest that private schools may graduate students who have not successfully completed the full program.25 Also, in regard to parent satisfaction, while some studies do show greater satisfaction among parents whose children participate in voucher programs, the most recent evaluation of the D.C. voucher program shows that any increase in parent or student school satisfaction is not statistically significant.26

As of 2014, the four - year graduation rates for American high school students had risen to over 82 % (NCES, 2015).

Additionally, the graduation rates for Hispanic, American Indian and African American students in Nevada continue to lag behind the rates of most student subgroups.

Eligible students also experienced an increase in their rate of on - time high school graduation, but falsification tests show that this result is not due to the program, but rather due to broader secular improvement in graduation rates for disadvantaged youth.

Among other things, the study found that they «markedly improved graduation rates for a large population of low - income, disadvantaged students of color.»

Last week, the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) released the four - year graduation rates for the class of 2017, which reached a new statewide high of 82.7 percent overall.

One reason for the popularity is the astonishingly high graduation rates for children in the program, especially when compared to children in D.C. Public Schools.

The paper focuses on issues that have kept graduation rates for students of color between the upper 60s to low 70s percentage points, compared to rates for white students above 80 %.

Our challenge is how best to apply that knowledge and the strategies involved to improve graduation rates for students of color.»

Figure 7 below shows graduation rates for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the nation since 2011.

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...

ESSA legislation puts additional pressure on schools and districts to be accountable for raising graduation rates for students across subpopulations.

Under ESSA2, states have to set goals for improving student performance on state assessments and graduation rates for all students and for each student group.

TIME.com — The attention to low - graduation rates among some athletic programs should not distract us from the more systemic problem of low graduation rates for college students overall.

In addition to 100 percent achievement by 2029 - 30, the Connecticut plan claims that it will reach 94 percent graduation rates for all students, and all subgroups of students.

Eliminates focus on that state's students of color: Sen. Alexander's bill removes the requirement that states improve their graduation rates for students of color.

The new program will designate 94 of the city's most troubled schools, including the Coalition School, as Renewal Schools based on a list of criteria including low four - year graduation rates for high schools and poor test scores for middle and elementary schools.

The indicators include: student growth and achievement in reading and math; graduation rates for high schools; English language proficiency; for elementary and middle schools, an additional indicator on student growth such as science achievement, and at least one indicator of school quality or success, such as career and college readiness.

And in higher education, Duncan cited funding increases to the Pell Grant program, higher college attendance and graduation rates for students of color, and a new emphasis on campus safety and preventing sexual assaults.

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

As a result, states largely limited measures to graduation rates for high schools and, most commonly, attendance for elementary and middle schools.

Here are the grades and graduation rates for traditional Wasatch Front high schools, followed by the grades for the state's charter high schools.

The graduation rates for our most vulnerable students also remain unacceptably low — less than half of English Language Learners graduate, while more than 1/3 of low - income students did not graduate.

Although the increase is attributed to improved graduation rates for specific groups of students that have traditionally struggled to earn a diploma — including a 15 percentage point gain for Hispanic students and a 9 percentage point gain for black students over the past decade — gaps still remain when comparing these students to their white and Asian peers.

This support has resulted in improved graduation rates for schools, districts, and states.

The report quoted the National Education Policy Center (NEPC), which found the graduation rates for 2015 in virtual schools to be just half the size of the national average: 43 percent vs. 82 percent.

Graduation rates for students earning a Regents diploma increased by nearly 7 percentage points