Download or read book High School Graduation Rates in Washington and the United States written by Steven Aos and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book High School Graduation Rates in Washington State written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study determines the percentage of Washington State public high school students in the Class of 2001 who actually graduated.

Download or read book High School Dropout Graduation and Completion Rates written by National Academy of Education and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-04-17 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High school graduation and dropout rates have long been used as indicators of educational system productivity and effectiveness and of social and economic well being. While determining these rates may seem like a straightforward task, their calculation is in fact quite complicated. How does one count a student who leaves a regular high school but later completes a GED? How does one count a student who spends most of his/her high school years at one school and then transfers to another? If the student graduates, which school should receive credit? If the student drops out, which school should take responsibility? High School Dropout, Graduation, and Completion Rates addresses these issues and to examine (1) the strengths, limitations, accuracy, and utility of the available dropout and completion measures; (2) the state of the art with respect to longitudinal data systems; and (3) ways that dropout and completion rates can be used to improve policy and practice.

Download or read book Dropout Rates in the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Graduation and Dropout Statistics Annual Report 2011 12 Report to the Legislature written by Deb Came and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graduation and dropout rates are important indicators of K-12 education in Washington State. The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) prepares an annual report that provides a review of graduation and dropout statistics for schools and districts in Washington. This report includes information for all students as well as the subcategories of students represented within the Washington State Report Card. Graduation rates are calculated using an adjusted cohort rate methodology, mandated by the U.S. Department of Education, which tracks individual students' enrollment statuses over time. Results are produced for both four- and five-year cohorts of students. The four-year graduation rate is 77.2 percent for the Class of 2012. This cohort is made up of students who entered ninth grade for the first time in 2008-09. This is an increase of 0.6 percent over the Class of 2011, which had a four-year graduation rate of 76.6 percent. The five-year adjusted cohort graduation rate, for students who entered ninth grade for the first time in 2007-08, is 78.9 percent. This is an increase of 0.7 percent over the previous year, when the five-year rate was 78.2 percent. Graduation rate patterns among subcategories of students are similar to previous years for both the four- and five-year cohorts. For the adjusted cohort four-year rate, Asian students have the highest graduation rate (84.4 percent), followed by White students (80.4 percent), students identified with Two or More Races (78.1 percent), Black students (67.1 percent), Hispanic students (66.7 percent), Pacific Islander students (64.5) and American Indian students (56.8 percent). Female students have a higher graduation rate than male students (80.7 percent compared to 73.7 percent). Certain subgroups, including special education, limited English, low-income, and migrant students have graduation rates lower than the all-student rate. Students with a 504 Plan, however, have a rate (78.1 percent) that is higher than that for all students (77.2 percent). For the adjusted five-year rate, Asian students have the highest graduation rate (86.1 percent), followed by White students (81.6 percent), students identified with Two or More Races (80.2 percent), Hispanic students (70.4 percent), Black students (68.3 percent), Pacific Islander students (66.6) and American Indian students (56.6 percent). Female students have a higher graduation rate than male students (82.0 percent compared to 75.9 percent). Certain subgroups, including special education, limited English, low-income, and migrant students have graduation rates lower than the all-student rate. Students with a 504 Plan, however, have a rate (82.3 percent) that is higher than that for all students (78.9 percent). The following appendix was prepared by the Washington State Institute for Public Policy: Estimated Benefits from Changes in Washington State's High School Graduation Rate. [Appendices A through J, which are not included in this report, are available as electronic files under "Graduation and Dropout Statistics" at http://www.k12.wa.us/DataAdmin/default.aspx.].

Download or read book Dropout Rates in the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Graduation and Dropout Statistics written by Lisa Ireland and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The consequences of not graduating from high school are increasingly serious for both individuals and society as a whole. As a result, state and federal accountability systems now require reporting of more detailed graduation and dropout data. The federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) requires states to report disaggregated "on-time" graduation data for nine groups of students: the five major racial/ethnic groups, students with disabilities, students with limited English proficiency, students from economically disadvantaged families, and all students combined. Under certain conditions, the rate for these groups helps determine if a high school makes "Adequate Yearly Progress" (AYP) for federal accountability purposes. This report provides three types of results for the State of Washington at the state, county, district, and school levels: (1) annual dropout rates for the 2004-05 school year; (2) estimated graduation, dropout, and continuing rates for the cohort of students who were expected to graduate in 2005; and (3) extended graduation rates that include students who finish after their expected year of graduation. In school year 2004-05, nearly 16,000 students in grades 9-12 dropped out of school, about 5 percent of all high school students. Males dropped out at a higher rate than females, and 10 percent of all American Indian students dropped out of a high school grade during the year. Of the students who began grade 9 in the fall of 2001 and were expected to graduate in 2005, about 19 percent dropped out. About 74 percent of this cohort of students graduated "on-time" and 7 percent were still enrolled in school at the end of grade 12. An additional 5 percent graduated after their expected year, so the "extended" graduation rate was 79 percent. Asian/Pacific Islander and White students had the highest on-time graduation rates (80% and 78%) while only 55 percent of the American Indian students had graduated by the end of the four-year period. Thefollowing are appended: (1) Annual Dropout Statistics for Districts and Schools; (2) Cohort Graduation Statistics for Districts and Schools; (3) Extended Graduation Statistics for Districts and Schools; and (4) County Dropout and Graduation Statistics. (Contains 11 tables, 21 figures, and 30 footnotes.) [Appendixes are not included in the ERIC version of this report, but can be downloaded from publisher's web site. For the School Year 2003-04 edition of this report, see ED486516.].

Download or read book Dropout Rates in the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Educational Attainment in the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book No Child Left Behind Act Education could do more to help states better define graduation rates and improve knowledge about intervention strategies report to congressional requesters written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book 120 Years of American Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rethinking High School Graduation Rates and Trends written by Lawrence R. Mishel and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a knowledge-driven economy, those without at least a high school diploma will be far more limited in their work prospects than those with one. But scholars and educators disagree on the rate of graduation in U.S. high schools. Some new statistics seriously understate minority graduation rates and fail to reflect the tremendous progress in the last few decades in closing the black-white and the Hispanic-white graduation gaps. Rethinking High School Graduation Rates and Trends analyzes the current sources of available data on high school completion and dropout rates and finds that, while graduation rates need much improvement, they are higher, and getting better.

Download or read book Dropouts in America written by Gary Orfield and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only half of our nation's minority students graduate from high school. Dropouts in America confronts the challenges facing urban schools, as well as strategies to combat increasing high school dropout rates in the face of higher academic expectations.

Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Education written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2009-04-17 with total page 6964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of education has experienced extraordinary technological, societal, and institutional change in recent years, making it one of the most fascinating yet complex fields of study in social science. Unequalled in its combination of authoritative scholarship and comprehensive coverage, International Encyclopedia of Education, Third Edition succeeds two highly successful previous editions (1985, 1994) in aiming to encapsulate research in this vibrant field for the twenty-first century reader. Under development for five years, this work encompasses over 1,000 articles across 24 individual areas of coverage, and is expected to become the dominant resource in the field. Education is a multidisciplinary and international field drawing on a wide range of social sciences and humanities disciplines, and this new edition comprehensively matches this diversity. The diverse background and multidisciplinary subject coverage of the Editorial Board ensure a balanced and objective academic framework, with 1,500 contributors representing over 100 countries, capturing a complete portrait of this evolving field. A totally new work, revamped with a wholly new editorial board, structure and brand-new list of meta-sections and articles Developed by an international panel of editors and authors drawn from senior academia Web-enhanced with supplementary multimedia audio and video files, hotlinked to relevant references and sources for further study Incorporates ca. 1,350 articles, with timely coverage of such topics as technology and learning, demography and social change, globalization, and adult learning, to name a few Offers two content delivery options - print and online - the latter of which provides anytime, anywhere access for multiple users and superior search functionality via ScienceDirect, as well as multimedia content, including audio and video files

Download or read book The Condition of Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Condition of Education 2020 written by Education Department and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Condition of Education 2020 summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report presentsnumerous indicators on the status and condition of education. The indicators represent a consensus of professional judgment on the most significant national measures of the condition and progress of education for which accurate data are available. The Condition of Education includes an "At a Glance" section, which allows readers to quickly make comparisons across indicators, and a "Highlights" section, which captures key findings from each indicator. In addition, The Condition of Education contains a Reader's Guide, a Glossary, and a Guide to Sources that provide additional background information. Each indicator provides links to the source data tables used to produce the analyses.

Download or read book The Social Health of the Nation written by Marc Miringoff and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-07-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written for people who are skeptical and uneasy when they hear politicians, economists, and reporters tell Americans "You're never had it so good" as they recite lists of leading economic indicators. The Social Health of a Nation, as its subtitle indicates, tell us, "How America is Really Doing." The facts in this book confirm what many American know intuitively - they are not better off now, not with income inequality at its worst level in fifty years, not with more and more Americans dropped from insurance rolls, not with thousands of Americans feeling the effects of corporate downsizing, not with real wages on a long term decline. This book provides the facts to see the rest of the picture, the condition of the American national spirit that can never be revealed by economic indicators alone. It also provides a forceful argument that, without the social side of the picture, Americans are in the dark about the nation's progress. This book as not an ideological tract, however. It's purpose is portrayal, not prescription. Not everything reported is bad news; an entire chapter is devoted to indicators of improving social performance. Because it does not advocate, for example, a return to big government or any quick-fix solution, this book will be welcomed by readers from all parts of the political spectrum or of no particular political persuasion. It will appeal to concerned individuals from business, government, clergy, and other professions, and to those who represent no interest group. It will also be widely used as supplemental text in a variety of sociology, economics, and political science courses. The Social Health of the Nation is written by two sociologists, Marc and Luisa Miringoff. Marc is currently the Professor of Social Welfare Policy at Fordham University Graduate Center, and the founder and Director of the Fordham Institute for Innovation in Social Policy. Luisa is Professor of Socioogy at Vassar College, where she has served as Department Chair and Director of its Urban Studies Program. Both earned Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago. Since 1987, Marc has headed a research team to develop the Index of Social Health, a nationally recognized social barometer that has been featured in ten New York Times and four Washington Post articles. This index has commanded increasingly large electronic and print media attention because of its powerful presentation of trends in family life, income, health, housing, child poverty, and other social indicators of everyday life in the United States. The Social Health of the Nation will include the previously unreleased and very newsworthy Index for 1998. But it will contain much more. Influenced by the effectiveness of the Index of Social Health, in the summer of 1996, the Ford Foundation approached the authors with a plan. Alarmed by a lack of government attention in the United States to monitoring the nation's social health, the Foundation had a vision of creating a book building on the Index of Social Health, to show what is needed to advance this field and deepen its impact. To that end, the Foundation provided financial assistance for the book's development by funding Miringoff's Fordham Institute for Innovation in Social Policy to convene a twenty-five member team, the Working Group on Social Indicators, including nationally known pollster, Daniel Yankelovich, and Director of Research and Vice President of CNN, Judy Milestone. Each member of the Working Group was motivated to improve social reporting in the United States. They came from the media, universities, and government, representing fields as diversse as law, medicine, sociology, and economics. The vision of the Ford Foundation, with the assistance of this working group, has now become a reality in The Social Health of the Nation, a nine chapter book written by Marc and Marque Luisa Miringoff. This book does show the other side of the Official Portrait of How America is Doing, providing comprehensive coverage of improving, shifting, and worsening social performance. It fills in the blanks after all the economic indicators are posted. The book contains surprises, the same kind that have been made the yearly release of the Social Index of Health a subject of media attention for twelve years, an index whose 1998 figures will be released exclusively in this book. While some of the indicators will shock, other will give reason for hope, as we see evidence of improved performance in unlikely places. For those whose livelihoods and well-being depend on the social health of the United States, this book provides the information necessary to find creative solutions for improved performance. For students in a wide range of courses this book will become required reading.