Sentences with phrase «on college enrollment among»

The TOT analysis assumes that winning the lottery had no impact on college enrollment among students who never used a voucher.

Not exact matches

Economist Jeff Denning has shown that a $ 1,000 drop in the price of Texas community colleges increased enrollment rates among students who would not have enrolled otherwise, but the effects on degree completion were far from definitive.

• Among students using the voucher to attend a private elementary school (most students attended Catholic schools), the estimated impact on full - time college enrollment was 8 percentage points, or roughly 31 %.

Susan Dynarski and her colleagues find that being assigned to a smaller class in the early elementary grades increased college enrollment rates among African Americans by 19 percent (6 percentage points on a base of 31 percent).

If an African American student used the scholarship to attend private school for any amount of time, the estimated impact on college enrollment was 9 percentage points, a 24 percent increase over the college enrollment rate among comparable African American students assigned to the control group (see Figure 1).

Some of the districts» top - performing public high schools were among those with the highest number of students who didn't take the exams: Northside College Prep and Lane Technical High School on the North Side and Lindblom Math & Science Academy, a selective - enrollment school located in the West Englewood neighborhood.

Creates college and career readiness indicators for high school recognizing multiple pathways for students, including measuring dual enrollment, performance on national assessments that exceeds a college - ready benchmark, and earning industry recognized credentials, among others.

Baltimore is not alone among large urban districts in essentially having two tiers of high schools: a handful of selective enrollment high schools and a larger group of lottery - admission or neighborhood schools where fewer graduates go on to college.

If an African American student used the scholarship to attend private school for any amount of time, the estimated impact on college enrollment was 9 percentage points, a 24 percent increase over the college enrollment rate among comparable African American students assigned to the control group.»

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

[20] Among the class of 2015, 86 % of the 389 graduates planned on attending 4 - year colleges, with enrollment at 134 different colleges including four Ivy League schools, Amherst College, Duke University, Williams College, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.