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In 2013, Deming was named a William T. Grant Scholar for his project, The Long - Run Influence of School Accountability: Impacts, Mechanisms and Policy Implications, which explores the impact of test - based school accountability on post-secondary attainment and earnings, how high - stakes accountability impacts outcomes, and how test - based accountability in high school can complement college preparation.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

Efforts to Reduce College Costs May Have Little Impact on Degree Attainment (Diverse: Issues in Higher Education) Report: Boosting Quality More Effective Than Tuition Cuts (Inside Higher Ed) New research from David Deming showed that attempts to reduce college costs have little impact on degree compleCollege Costs May Have Little Impact on Degree Attainment (Diverse: Issues in Higher Education) Report: Boosting Quality More Effective Than Tuition Cuts (Inside Higher Ed) New research from David Deming showed that attempts to reduce college costs have little impact on degree complecollege costs have little impact on degree completition.

In particular, I examine 1) whether a child was below grade for age while still of school age (a proxy for grade retention); 2) three indicators of adult educational attainment (high school dropout, high school degree only, and some college); 3) adult wage and salary earnings and indicators of employment and receipt of public assistance income; and 4) an indicator for residence in institutionalized group quarters, a widely used proxy for incarceration.

Attaching high school graduation to the attainment of college readiness would mean denying diplomas to at least 60 percent of the nation's twelfth - graders.

Gershenson and Papageorge examined data on educational attainment as well as survey results containing multiple teachers» predictions as to how far in school students were expected to go, such as to finish high school, start college, or earn a degree.

General educational attainment of these students rose: four - and five - year high - school graduation rates increased by 17 percent and college enrollment rates increased by 30 percent.

[2] More recent work that tracks debt outcomes for individual borrowers documents that the main problem is not high levels of debt per student (in fact, defaults are lower among those who borrow more, since this typically indicates higher levels of college attainment), but rather the low earnings of dropout and for - profit students, who have high rates of default even on relatively small debts.

There is a significant body of high - quality evidence showing that part of this difference is causal (not explained by differences in student characteristics between two - and four - year colleges), although community colleges likely increase educational attainment relative to not attending college at all (http://papers.ccpr.ucla.edu/papers/PWP-CCPR-2012-004/PWP-CCPR-2012-004.pdf).

There are multiple issues that face higher education, from college access, degree attainment, and student success to the future of shared governance and leadership along with economic and global realities will require higher education to face serious adaptive challenges both now and in the future.

To begin to understand the extent to which teacher expectations matter, we first compare the college completion rates of students whose teachers have lower and higher expectations for their educational attainment.

Attainment is typically measured by benchmarks such as high school graduation, college enrollment, persistence in college, and college graduation.

The best answer to this latter question, I believe, is no, and it comes in two parts: 1) however much the economy is changing, not all high - school graduates need to be ready for college and career, in whatever way that term is reasonably defined, and 2) practically, since roughly two - thirds of our high schoolers do not graduate college and career ready, today we would deny well over a majority of our students a diploma if we were to impose these more - rigorous requirements on the attainment of a diploma.

Hitt, McShane, and Wolf set out to review all of the rigorous studies of school choice programs that have impact estimates for both student achievement attainment — high school graduation, college enrollment, and / or college graduation.

Similarly, economists Bridget Long and Ben Castleman found that Florida's Student Access Grant boosted college attainment the most for students who graduated in the top 25 percent of their high school graduating class but did not qualify for Florida's Bright Futures merit aid program.

But currently, Latino students lag behind white students in some key measures of educational attainment, such as high school graduation, enrollment in two - or four - year colleges, and college completion rates.

However, in this first study to examine how charter schools affect long - term student attainment, the authors found that charter — high school students had a higher probability of graduating and attending college.

However, there is much more work that can be done, and many states have the necessary data to answer important research questions about CTE (including questions about equity and access, effect of participation on high school graduation rates, college enrollment and attainment, and civic and employment outcomes).

At least 12 states described in their ESSA plan a vision to align K - 12 outcomes and post-secondary attainment goals to ensure students are graduating high school and college with the necessary knowledge and skills.7

Table 2 provides eighth - grade math scores by parental education — specifically for students with parents with the highest level of attainment having been a high school graduation but no college attendance.

High school graduation rates are up, but college attainment is flat.

It's an open question whether we'll make the equivalent policy adjustments in higher education as we did in K - 12: will someone create a «GED for college» or will we start holding colleges accountable for their graduation rates to boost education attainment?

Last month, the American Enterprise Institute published a paper by Collin Hitt, Michael Q. McShane, and Patrick J. Wolf that reviewed every rigorous school - choice study with data on both student achievement and student attainment — high school graduation, college enrollment, and / or college graduation.

A study more specific to Florida — Charter High Schools» Effects on Long - Term Attainment and Earnings — showed that students who attend Florida charter high schools are more likely to stay in college and earn more money than their counterparts in district schoHigh Schools» Effects on Long - Term Attainment and Earnings — showed that students who attend Florida charter high schools are more likely to stay in college and earn more money than their counterparts in district schohigh schools are more likely to stay in college and earn more money than their counterparts in district schools.

AZCan's members include nonprofits, high school staff, college outreach programs, funders, government agencies, and business leaders, all of whom are committed to closing the education attainment gap in our state.

The advisers will be placed in communities with low college - going rates and low adult educational attainment rates as part of MCAN's efforts to increase the number of students gaining additional training or degrees after high school.

At MCAN, McLaughlin will work to support MCAN's local community investment work through multiple high - impact programs developing the infrastructure and activity to increase Michigan's college attainment rate.

April 12, 2016 - LANSING, Mich. — Michigan's college attainment rate has increased to its highest rate in more than six years according to new census data released from Lumina Foundation.

The program embeds well - trained, near - peer college advisers into high schools across Michigan, particularly in communities with low college - going rates and low adult educational attainment rates.

The effort is spearheaded by the Michigan Higher Education Partnership Council, which includes a unique panel of business, government, college and university leaders who are collaborating to improve educational attainment in Michigan.

The United States has remained similarly stagnant in the attainment of higher education degrees; the U.S. is now «14th out of 26 industrialized nations in the proportion of adults with college degrees.

The purpose of this program is to provide competitive grants to applicants with a record of improving student achievement and attainment in order to expand the implementation of, and investment in, innovative practices that are demonstrated to have an impact on improving student achievement or student growth, closing achievement gaps, decreasing dropout rates, increasing high school graduation rates, or increasing college enrollment and completion rates.

It advises school leaders to collect data on their students» college attainment in addition to ensuring all students have access to high - level classes and counselors.

The theme of this year's conference was «Goal 2025: A Decade to Deliver» and focused on showcasing high - impact strategies and bold commitments toward increasing college attainment in Michigan.

«Communities interested in addressing the barriers present in their community that are stopping residents from accessing education beyond high school can use Charting the Course to build and embed a collaborative process for improving college attainment rates,» said Brandy Johnson, Michigan College Access Network Executive Dicollege attainment rates,» said Brandy Johnson, Michigan College Access Network Executive DiCollege Access Network Executive Director.

The goal of AdviseMI is to increase the number of high school students who enter and complete postsecondary education by embedding well - trained, dedicated, near - peer college advisers into high schools across Michigan, particularly those with low college - going rates and low adult educational attainment rates.

To earn the Governor's Award for Educational Excellence, schools and school divisions must meet all state and federal achievement benchmarks and achieve all applicable excellence goals for elementary reading, enrollment in Algebra I by the eighth grade, enrollment in college - level courses, high school graduation, attainment of advanced diplomas, increased attainment of career and industry certifications, and, if applicable, participation in the Virginia Preschool Initiative.

They have been recipients of the Reach Higher grant and have made strides toward improving college access and postsecondary attainment in their community.

What does the future hold for college attainment among Chicago's high school graduates?

Finally, an analysis of the pathway from high school to college reveals that attending college immediately after high school, specifically four year institutions, is associated with higher rates of certificate and degree attainment.

For instance, high school graduation and the attainment of a high school diploma or general equivalency diploma (GED) indicate that students have completed a course of study that should enable them to enroll in college and / or start a career.

Only about 46 percent of children aged three through six in families below the federal poverty line are enrolled in center - based early childhood programming, compared to 72 percent of children in families above the federal poverty line.1 Poor children are about 25 percent less likely to be ready for school at age five than children who are not poor.2 Once in school, these children lag behind their better - off peers in reading and math, are less likely to be enrolled in college preparatory coursework, less likely to graduate, and over 10 percent more likely to require remediation if they attend a four - year post-secondary institution.3 All of these issues compound one another to create a cycle of low opportunity: children in poverty are less likely to achieve high educational attainment, and low educational attainment leads to lower median weekly earnings and higher rates of unemployment.

At College Futures, we work to help students who are low - income and underrepresented in higher education achieve college success by increasing their rate of bachelor's degree attainment and closing the racial, ethnic, and gender gaps that begin in high school or earlier and persist through college compCollege Futures, we work to help students who are low - income and underrepresented in higher education achieve college success by increasing their rate of bachelor's degree attainment and closing the racial, ethnic, and gender gaps that begin in high school or earlier and persist through college compcollege success by increasing their rate of bachelor's degree attainment and closing the racial, ethnic, and gender gaps that begin in high school or earlier and persist through college compcollege completion.

But they do need a common definition of success — focused on student achievement, high school graduation and success and attainment in college.

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Our members include nonprofits, high school staff, college outreach programs, funders, government agencies, and business leaders, all of whom are committed to closing the education attainment gap in our state.

The summary report found a medium - to - large evidence base that shows positive benefits of dual enrollment on college degree attainment, college access and enrollment, college credit accumulation, completing high school, and general academic achievement in high school.

In Chicago, we are now able to give parents, teachers, principals and district leaders laser - like insights on students» attainment of the milestones that research shows matter most for high school and college success.

An increasingly prevalent type of program designed to address college attainment gaps are state - based financial aid programs that offer low - income middle school students a promise of funding for college in exchange for making a pledge to do well in high school, be a good citizen and not be convicted of a felony, and apply for financial aid to college.

We find that enrollment in this academy increases the likelihood of high school graduation and college enrollment each by about 8 percentage points, with the attainment gains concentrated among male students.