Sentences with phrase «school dropout rate calculated»

We conducted our analysis alternately using absolute student achievement, measured with statewide mean SAT scores for the 1989 — 90 school year and the mean high - school dropout rate calculated from 1990 census data, and with a second measure that represents the deviation of actual achievement from expected student performance.

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The release includes a model report card and a breakdown of how school ratings will be calculated based on student achievement, student growth, closing achievement gaps and whether students are prepared to graduate, as well as test participation, absentee and dropout rates.

Utah also calculates a high school dropout rate.

The state longitudinal dropout rate is calculated by determining the total number of students enrolled in Texas public schools in seventh grade and subtracting the total number of those same students receiving a high school diploma five years later, excluding students who will not graduate but are still enrolled in the regular school program that leads to acquiring a high school diploma (such as students who were retained or do not have sufficient credits), divided by the number of pupils in the original seventh grade group and multiplying by 100 to determine the percentage.

But dropout rate is no longer necessary to calculate, and it has all sorts of potential for mischief when schools publish it based on administrative data.