In addition, it's an unfortunate consequence of the inflexible, high accountability targets many states set (like a 95 percent
student attendance rate even for programs serving chronic truants) that when an alternative school opens its doors to students like Ed and Dario, the school itself risks sanctions.
Even if we were confident that the test score gains in New Orleans are not being driven by changes in the student population following Katrina (and Doug and his colleagues are doing their best with constrained data and research design to show that), and even if these test score gains translate into higher high school graduation and college attendance rates (which Doug and his colleagues have not yet been able to examine), we still would have no idea whether portfolio management and other high regulations in NOLA helped, hurt, or made no difference in producing these resu
Even if we were confident that the test score gains in New Orleans are not being driven by changes in the
student population following Katrina (and Doug and his colleagues are doing their best with constrained data and research design to show that), and
even if these test score gains translate into higher high school graduation and college attendance rates (which Doug and his colleagues have not yet been able to examine), we still would have no idea whether portfolio management and other high regulations in NOLA helped, hurt, or made no difference in producing these resu
even if these test score gains translate into higher high school graduation and college
attendance rates (which Doug and his colleagues have not yet been able to examine), we still would have no idea whether portfolio management and other high regulations in NOLA helped, hurt, or made no difference in producing these results.
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.
According to this number, Mission High is a «low - performing» school
even though its college enrollment, graduation,
attendance rates and
student surveys are some of the best in the country.
In Long Beach,
student test scores, AP class enrollment, high - school graduation
rates, and college -
attendance rates have all risen,
even as the city's challenging demographics remained almost unaltered.