Sentences with phrase «seeing graduation rates increasing»

Capital Region schools, on average, saw their graduation rates increase nearly 1 percentage point to 85.4 percent last year, according to data released Friday by the State Education Department.

They've also seen their graduation rates increase.

The basic idea, again, is that over the last 40 years we've not only seen graduation rates increase substantially, we're also seeing significantly higher achievement (at least according to -LSB-...]

Storey County, Lincoln County and SPCSA increased their graduation rates by more than 9 percentage points, while Carson City, Lyon, Lander and Elko Counties saw their graduation rates increase between 5 and 7 percentage points.

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I think you are starting to see concrete results — you're seeing increased results in the graduation rates — I would like to look at that and see how we can strengthen that and make it better.»

The city has also seen an increase in high school graduation rates, two successive rent freezes and more than 350,000 jobs in the last four years.

But only when data is tied to action do we see increases in student achievement and high school graduation rates, as well as more dollars and resources directed to low - performing schools.

In its 10th year of existence, Guajardo's nonprofit development organization in Texas is run entirely by college - educated locals, and the school districts which it helps are seeing significant increases in graduation rates and college matriculation.

During his tenure, OUSD saw increased graduation rates, decreases in out - of - school discipline, a decade - high investment in teacher pay, and historic improvements in district operations.

In Kentucky, a form of ILPs called the individual graduation plan (IGR) has been a requirement since 2002, and the state has seen a dramatic increase in completion rates since switching to a web - based platform in 2006.

We find that they did, with double - dosing increasing four - and five - year high - school graduation rates by 8.7 and 7.9 percentage points, respectively, a 17 percent improvement (see Figure 2).

«That we've seen another rise in the graduation rate — despite a significant increase in the expectations for high school students — indicates the hard work and professional expertise of the teachers, principals and other educators in the commonwealth's high schools are making a real difference,» Staples said in a statement.

The Peach County School District in Georgia saw that their graduation rates slowly increased year after year when they switched to a 4 - day school week.

Florida's economy could see a combination of crime - related savings and additional revenue of about $ 507 million each year if the male high school graduation rate increase by just 5 %.

As many urban school districts across the country struggled to maintain or substantially increase graduation rates, the Wichita School District saw an unprecedented graduation rate increase of 19.3 %.

Across all groups, enrollment rates increased markedly when we counted all enrollments in the first year after graduation, compared to the first fall enrollments (see Figure D below and Appendix C, Tables 2 and 3).

When Oakland Unified Public Schools, where I was previously superintendent, helped educators prioritize social and emotional learning (SEL), we saw dramatic increases in graduation rates for students of color, and a nearly 50 percent decline in suspensions.

We've boosted graduation rates, provided services to struggling schools and that support has paid off by seeing great improvements in graduation rates and increased student achievement.»

We also saw advanced placement and early college experience enrollments increase by 127 percent since 2010 - 11 and graduation rates increase by 4.5 percent last year alone.

That increase was seen across all major demographic subgroups in the state, except for students with disabilities, whose graduation rate declined from 67 percent to 66 percent.

[10] With fewer students dropping out, New Hampshire saw an increase in graduation rates.

Offering additional education options, such as online learning, flexible schedules, and the ability to work at one's own pace, we can see an increase in student success, which ultimately means an increase in graduation rates.

They saw that attendance was a reliable predictor of graduation (of students with an attendance rate of at least 80 %, all graduated), and so developed a replicable graduation rate on - track measure to inform the way they support students — placing emphasis on engagement to improve attendance and increase the number of students earning a diploma from the school.

If the graduation rate increased to 90 percent for just one cohort of students, the country would see a $ 7.2 billion increase in annual earnings and a $ 1.1 billion increase in federal tax revenue.

I would have expected the graduation rate to increase by more than 6.8 % so I don't see this experiment as much of a success.

Governor Tomblin attributed progress on graduation rates in West Virginia to truancy diversion programs and referenced a program in Putnam County that has seen the county's graduation rate «increase from 78 percent to 90 percent since 2010.»

At Parkland Magnet High School — the school that once had the lowest graduation rate in Winston - Salem, the graduation rate has increased by 16.2 percent, and the community at large has seen an increase of more than 11 percent in its graduation rate.

They also saw an increase in graduation rates that exceeds that of NYC schools overall.

From 2013 to 2016, the average graduation rate for the three high schools increased by 4.3 points (see fig. 4).

Soon after I was approached by a large public university that also wanted to implement a belonging intervention with its incoming freshman class to see if it would help increase retention and, eventually, graduation rates (Study 2).