Before her confirmation vote in the Senate, DeVos was widely panned for circulating inordinately high (read: incorrect) four -
year cohort graduation rates for cyber schools affiliated with K12, in her written responses to senators» questions.
100 - point achievement index; 100 - point progress index; four -, five -, and six -
year cohort graduation rates; 100 - point English - learner progress index; various school - quality indicators depending on grade level
Achievement; growth; growth of lowest quartile of students; growth in four -, five -, and six -
year cohort graduation rates
Achievement; growth; social studies in certain grades; growth of students; on - track high school graduation for 9th graders; progress in English - language proficiency; four -, five -, and six -
year cohort graduation rates
Vermont also wants a 90 percent four -
year cohort graduation rate for all students and subgroups by 2025.
By 2030, decrease percent nonproficient by 50 percent, and decrease nongraduates by 50 percent, based on the four -
year cohort graduation rate.
Virginia also wants an 84 percent four -
year cohort graduation rate by 2024 - 25.
60 percent of all students and subgroups proficient in English / language arts, and 48 percent proficient in math by 2024 - 25; in addition, the state wants a four -
year cohort graduation rate of 94 percent for all students and subgroups.
New Tech's internal evaluation data indicates promising evidence that its model has replicated successfully, with an average four -
year cohort graduation rate of 86 percent, an average dropout rate of less than 3 percent, and a college enrollment rate of 67 percent immediately following high school graduation (New Tech Network Outcomes, April 2012; New Tech data 2012).
Universally applying a four -
year cohort graduation rate would result in the identification for comprehensive support of a significant number of alternative schools due to their program characteristics and without any regard to the achievements their students make during the time they are enrolled in such schools.
California intends to approve a different, but equally robust system, which will include indicators that are more appropriate for alternative schools (e.g., replacing four -
year cohort graduation rate with an extended year).
The Louisiana legislature approved a 2008 measure requiring the state board to develop methods of targeted intervention or to identify other appropriate existing methods for districts with a four -
year cohort graduation rate below 70 %.
The state's accountability measures are focused on the four -
year cohort graduation rate.
* This article was updated with the graduation rate for Latinos at Santee Education Complex, which was 82 percent for 2016, and to clarify that graduation rate for the three schools mentioned are based on the 2015 — 16 four -
year cohort graduation rate released by the California School Dashboard in the Fall 2017.
This year, LAUSD's four -
year cohort graduation rate is above 70 %, up from about 48 % a decade ago.
In 2014 the four -
year cohort graduation rate climbed to 93.5 percent, an increase of 10.7 percent over five years.
Graduation rates, in which the state must decide if it wants to use the extended — year rate in addition to the four -
year cohort graduation rate.
Not exact matches
According to a staff analysis, the second
year of funding will increase the enrollment target by an additional 150 students by 2023 and the four -
year graduation rate by an additional 6 percent for the 2023 entering
cohort.
Academic achievement, closing achievement gaps, four -
year adjusted
cohort graduation rates, «speed to proficiency» of English - language learners
Academic achievement, academic growth, English - language proficiency,
graduation rate (four - and five -
year adjusted
cohort rate).
Academic proficiency; academic growth using student - growth percentiles; English - language proficiency;
graduation rate (four -
year adjusted
cohort rate, but schools can earn additional points added for progress on longer
rates).
Academic proficiency, academic growth using value - added measures;
graduation rate (four - and five -
year cohorts); English - language proficiency
Academic achievement, academic growth, closing achievement gaps, four - and five -
year adjusted
cohort graduation rates, English - language proficiency
Academic proficiency, academic growth usingstudent - growth percentiles; English - language proficiency;
graduation rate, using both four -
year and seven -
year cohort rates
The state also has a goal of an 88 percent
graduation rate, using the four -
year adjusted
cohort rate, within 15
years.
Also proposes goals of a 94 percent
graduation rate for the four -
year adjusted
cohort rate, and 97 percent for the five -
year rate.
Academic achievement, academic growth (benchmark assessments), English - language - proficiency,
graduation rates using both four - and five -
year cohort rates.
In 2006, a U.S. Department of Education report noted that black graduates were more likely to take on student debt, and in 2007, an Education Sector analysis of the same data found that black graduates from the 1992 - 93
cohort defaulted at a
rate five times higher than that of white or Asian students in the 10
years after
graduation (Hispanic / Latino graduates showed a similar, but somewhat smaller disparity).
This
year, for the first time, Diplomas Count uses the U.S. Department of Education's Adjusted
Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR), as the primary source of data on high school completion.
This policy brief extends the analysis by a
year, adding information on high school
graduation rates for the 2006
cohort and providing a fifth
year of follow - up for the 2005
cohort.
Rates are Adjusted
Cohort Graduation Rates (ACGR) for the 2010 - 11 to 2013 - 14 school
years.
Annually measures, for all students and separately for each subgroup of students, the following indicators: Academic achievement (which, for high schools, may include a measure of student growth, at the State's discretion); for elementary and middle schools, a measure of student growth, if determined appropriate by the State, or another valid and reliable statewide academic indicator; for high schools, the four -
year adjusted
cohort graduation rate and, at the State's discretion, the extended -
year adjusted
cohort graduation rate; progress in achieving English language proficiency for English learners; and at least one valid, reliable, comparable, statewide indicator of school quality or student success; and
For purposes of determining adequate yearly progress on the indicator set forth at subparagraph (15)(iv) of this subdivision, the
graduation rate cohort for each public school, school district, and charter school for each school
year from 2002 - 03 through 2006 - 2007 shall consist of all members of the school or district high school
cohort, as defined in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, for the previous school
year plus any students excluded from that
cohort solely because they transferred to an approved alternative high school equivalency or high school equivalency preparation program.
In recent
years, NCES has released two widely - used annual measures of high school completion: the Adjusted
Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) and the Averaged Freshman
Graduation Rate (AFGR).
The
graduation rate is the percentage of the annual
graduation rate cohort that earns a local or Regents diploma by August 31st following the third school
year after the school
year in which the
cohort first entered grade 9, except that in a school in which the majority of students participate in a department - approved, five -
year program that results in certification in a career or technology field in addition to a high school diploma, the
graduation rate shall be the percentage of the annual
graduation rate cohort that earns a local diploma by August 31st following the fourth school
year after the school
year in which the
cohort first entered grade 9.
The four -
year adjusted
cohort graduation rate reported by the state for the 2014 - 15 school
year was 79 percent for Black students, but 90 percent for White students.
NCES and the Department of Education have released national and state - level Average
Cohort Graduation Rates for the 2015 - 16 school
year.
The four -
year adjusted
cohort graduation rate reported by Pennsylvania for the 2014 - 15 school
year was 72 percent for Black students and 89 percent for White students.
the
graduation rate cohort for each public school district shall consist of those students who first enrolled in grade 9 anywhere three school
years previously or, if an ungraded student with a disability, first attained the age of 17 three school
years previously, and who have spent at least five consecutive months, not including July and August, in the district since first entering grade 9 and whose last enrollment in the district did not end because of transfer to another district, death, court - ordered transfer, or leaving the United States.
[1] U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) through Public high school 4 —
year adjusted
cohort graduation rate (ACGR), by race / ethnicity and selected demographics for the United States, the 50 states, and the District of Columbia: School
year 2014 — 15.
States must identify low -
graduation -
rate high schools using the four -
year adjusted
cohort rate; the statute is silent on the
graduation rate measure that should be used here even though the four -
year rate must be used for goal - setting under the law.
Here's why: The National Governor's Association (NGA) says, with the signatures of all 50 states, the definition of when a student should graduate from high school: As defined in 34 C.F.R. § 200.19 (b)(1)(i)- (iv), the four -
year adjusted
cohort graduation rate (hereafter referred to as «the four -
year graduation rate») is the number of students who graduate in four
years with a regular high school diploma divided by the number of students who form the adjusted
cohort for the graduating class.
Kelly Edington, head of the Idaho Virtual Academy, released a statement sharing that virtual schools serve only about one percent of public school students in the state (1.7 or so), and pointed to the new federal guidelines requiring a four -
year cohort graduation calculation as the reason for the overall drop in
graduation rates from previous
years.
In Virginia and in the District, four -
year graduation rates are calculated by following a
cohort of students who started as freshmen and graduated with a diploma four
years later.
The graduating class of 2017, the
cohort she advised last
year, had a remarkable 96 %
graduation rate, with the majority of her students receiving some form of financial assistance to further their education.
Because not all states have the systems in place to report accurate
graduation rates, four -
year cohort estimates provide an excellent approximation of the percent of students who graduate on time with a standard diploma.
According to the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE), the «four -
year adjusted
cohort graduation rate» is now required in every state, and offers a more complex and accurate way of calculating the high school
graduation rate.
A
cohort «on - time»
graduation rate is the percentage of students in a
cohort who earn a diploma within four
years of entering the ninth grade.
Under the federal
graduation rate definition, each student is assigned to a
cohort when entering high school, the 2011 - 12 school
year for the graduating class of 2015.
Significantly increase the
cohort graduation rate to 95 percent (4 -
year rate) and 96 percent (5 -
year extended
rate) for all students and each student group;