Not exact matches
«[We] came out quite convinced,» report co-author Jeannie Oakes said by phone, «that not only community
schools as a
whole, but [their] components all made a positive difference in things like student achievement,
attendance, behavior and graduation
rates.»
by combining effective
whole -
school reforms with
attendance, behavioral, and extra-help interventions, graduation
rates can be substantially increased.
Today, thanks to this system of tracking freshmen
attendance and grades, Chicago's high
school graduation
rate is up more than 20 percentage points and is approaching the national average, despite having a student population that is much poorer than the nation as a
whole.