Sentences with phrase «on the college attendance rate»

Charter impacts on college attendance rates are large, with 59 percent of charter attendees enrolling in a four - year college as compared to 41 percent of non-charter attendees.

This research brief details the effects of K - 12 school integration on college attendance rates, college graduation, and intergenerational perpetuation of poverty.

Despite a range of federal programs designed to offset the cost of college, evidence shows that they have limited impact on the college attendance rate of even high - performing low - and middle - income students.

Not exact matches

Research I carried out at college showed that students on EMA had higher attendance rates than those not receiving it.

The region boasts a superior public education system — low student / teacher ratios of 12:1, high school attendance rates of 95 % (5 % absentee rate) and 88 % of the Capital District graduates go on to college.

What they saw was sobering but not surprising: Despite attempts to close achievement gaps between students of color, immigrant students, and low - income students and their more affluent white peers, wide disparities persisted in student performance on state tests, graduation rates, school attendance, and college - going rates.

There may also be benefits that we are not able to capture, such as impacts on SAT scores, graduation rates, and college attendance.

There might also be benefits that the researchers said they are not able to study, such as the impact on graduation rates and college attendance.

The ten indicators were: 9th - grade attendance rates; rates of college readiness at the end of each grade (as measured by the number of students on track to earn a Regents diploma as opposed to a less - rigorous «local» diploma); the number of credits earned and Regents exams passed by grade 12; dropout and transfer rates; graduation rates; and rates of receiving a Regents diploma.

Our data on students» adult outcomes include earnings, college attendance, college quality (measured by the earnings of previous graduates of the same college), neighborhood quality (measured by the percentage of college graduates in their zip code), teenage birth rates for females (measured by claiming a dependent born when the woman was still a teenager), and retirement savings (measured by contributions to 401 [k] plans).

Curriculum - based exit exams substantially increased the college - attendance rates of students with low GPAs in 8th grade, but had no effect on students with high GPAs.

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.

All three schools have high attendance, low suspensions, exceed the district four - year graduation rate, and send high percentages of their graduates on to four - year colleges.

A school's score is based on a numerous factors, including student progress as measured by the average growth in state test scores (PARCC) of individual students from one year to the next, the percentage of students who scored College and Career Ready or Approaching on the PARCC, school attendance rates, and school re-enrollment rates.

In California, the new funding structure is intended to leverage education dollars for high - need students, who lag behind on performance measures such as graduation rates, standardized test scores, attendance, preparation for four - year colleges and participation in Advanced Placement classes.

Organizations applying for grants will be encouraged to focus on strategies that increase parent and family engagement and student learning time; improve school safety, attendance, and discipline; address students» social, emotional, and health needs; accelerate students» acquisition of reading and mathematics knowledge and skills; and increase graduation and college enrollment rates.

Research on child development and outcomes in out - of - school time highlights the many benefits these programs have for students including achievement in the areas of literacy, STEM, school day attendance, career and college readiness, and graduation rates.

Our research shows that when students achieve a 92 percent attendance rate, earn 11 or more credits and pass at least one Regents exam in ninth grade, they are far more likely to graduate on time and be ready for entry into a college or career path.

WHEREAS, research on Community Schools has demonstrated improvements in student achievement, dropout rates, student behavior, attendance, parental involvement, graduation rates, college going rates and school accountability ratings.

We also find consistently strong evidence that students with disabilities who spend more time in general education classrooms experience better outcomes — fewer absences, higher academic performance, higher rates of grade progression and on - time graduation, and higher rates of college attendance and employment — than students with disabilities who are similar in other observable ways but spend less time in general education classrooms.

Schools earn a rating on a 1 - to - 10 scale in multiple categories, including student performance in ELA, math, and science, in addition to student attendance, school incidents, and college matriculation.

However, two careful, large - scale studies, reviewed in detail below, suggest that despite the lack of persistence of value - added on future test scores, one year of experience with a high - value - added teacher predicts higher rates of college attendance and adult earnings, as well as other important outcomes.

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.

Whack, at the District, says it's too soon to count on those graduation numbers, and that the charter office does score schools on «college readiness outcomes» including high school graduation rates, attendance, SAT / ACT performance, and AP coursework.

Effective academy counseling will increase attendance rates, graduation rates and students who are on track for successful transition into college and career.

Last year, CPS implemented a new school rating system that placed schools into one of five levels (Level 1 - plus, Level 1, Level 2 - plus, Level 2 and Level 3) based on factors including test scores, student gains, attendance and college enrollment.

Research on the performance of charter school students should not focus exclusively on standardized test scores but analyze other outcomes as well, including participation in advanced courses, graduation rates, and college attendance and completion.

«The exclusive focus on test scores as the measure of educational quality should be replaced with the use of multiple performance measures including rates of graduation, college attendance, post-school employment, criminal justice system involvement, etc.,» Schaeffer said in an email.