Understanding The Factors That Affect Graduation Rates In Public School Districts In The United States And Improving Strategies Used To Raise Graduation Rates In The Los Angeles Unified School District

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Understanding the Factors that Affect Graduation Rates in Public School Districts in the United States, and Improving Strategies Used to Raise Graduation Rates in the Los Angeles Unified School District

Author : Julio A. Martinez (Graduate student)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Understanding the Factors that Affect Graduation Rates in Public School Districts in the United States, and Improving Strategies Used to Raise Graduation Rates in the Los Angeles Unified School District written by Julio A. Martinez (Graduate student) and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graduation rates at public schools in the United States are not where they are supposed to be. The average national graduation rate is 84.6%. Public schools have struggled to raise graduation rates to 100% and to make sure students are getting the best education possible. High school dropouts usually have a difficult time finding a full-time job and earn considerably less in their lifetime than graduates do. As adults, they tend to need assistance with housing, food, and other vital necessities. Dropouts also tend to commit more crimes and have a higher chance of being incarcerated during their adulthood. Low graduation rates are attributable to factors inherent to students' socioeconomic backgrounds, behaviors, and choices, as well as challenges faced by the public school districts. The factors predicting academic failure among high school students are dynamically intertwined and co-dependent. Many policies have passed and failed or not done enough to raise graduation rates to the ultimate goal of 100%. This proposed study intends to shed light on the factors that affect graduation rates in the Los Angeles Unified School District and finding ways to improve the strategies that are currently being used to monitor and raise graduation rates. This paper will propose a two-phase mixed methods approach via an emailed or mailed survey to administrators, parents, and students querying their knowledge and opinion on the factors that affect graduation rates at their schools. Suggested improvements to strategies to raise graduation rates that are currently in place will be the result of the study.

High School Graduation Rates Through Two Decades of District Change

Author : Elaine M. Allensworth
Publisher : Consortium on Chicago School Research
ISBN 13 : 9780990956389
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (563 download)

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Book Synopsis High School Graduation Rates Through Two Decades of District Change by : Elaine M. Allensworth

Download or read book High School Graduation Rates Through Two Decades of District Change written by Elaine M. Allensworth and published by Consortium on Chicago School Research. This book was released on 2016-05-15 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen years ago, high school students in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) were almost as likely to drop out as they were to graduate; today they are three times as likely to graduate as drop out. What is driving this remarkable increase? A new report from the UChicago Consortium on School Research addresses the extent to which various factors could account for the changes in graduation rates, including changes in student performance and student demographics, increasing numbers of charter and selective enrollment high schools that serve Chicago students, and changes in school practices around improving attendance and course performance. The study uses age cohorts - following students from freshman year in CPS until they turn 19. This allows the cohorts to be comparable over time, regardless of changes in grade promotion criteria. It finds graduation rates have increased by 22 percentage points over the last 16 years, from 52.4 percent among students who turned 19 in 1998, to 74.8 percent in 2014, with the most rapid increase occurring in the last six years. Freshman on-track rates have also risen during the same period, from 48 percent among students who were 19 years old in 1998 to 81 percent for students who will turn 19 in 2017, suggesting graduation rates will continue to rise. While changes in student demographics account for some of the increase in graduation rates, improvements in student performance in high school -compared to similar students who started high school in the past-accounts for most of the change; students are passing more classes and earning more credits in ninth grade. Not only are more students graduating, but they are leaving high school with higher achievement than graduates in prior years.

Progress Toward Increasing National and State Graduation Rates. Raising Graduation Rates

Author : Robert Balfanz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 21 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Progress Toward Increasing National and State Graduation Rates. Raising Graduation Rates written by Robert Balfanz and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first in a series of briefs examining the progress in raising high school graduation rates over the past decade. During this period, the prevailing belief has been that all students who wanted to or needed to graduate did so. However, it is now recognized that in every state there are too many communities and schools where high school graduation is not the norm. Moreover, a widespread national consensus developed that state and national graduation rates were far from where they needed to be to insure success in the 21st century. As awareness of the magnitude, scope and consequences of the nation's graduation challenge grew in the past decade, many states and communities responded with a call to action and a diversity of attempts to increase graduation rates. Has this made a difference? How far do we still have to go to graduate all students from high school prepared for college, career, and civic life? This first data brief looks at progress in raising graduation rates in the nation and its 50 states. It examines national and statewide progress in raising the high school graduation rate between 2002 and 2006. (Contains 3 tables.) [This document was produced by The Everyone Graduates Center, located at the Center for Social Organization of Schools, Johns Hopkins University.].

Rethinking High School Graduation Rates and Trends

Author : Lawrence R. Mishel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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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.

High School Dropout, Graduation, and Completion Rates

Author : National Academy of Education
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309163072
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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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.

More High School Graduates: How Schools Can Save Students FromDropping Out

Author : Ben Levin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781299398412
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (984 download)

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Book Synopsis More High School Graduates: How Schools Can Save Students FromDropping Out by : Ben Levin

Download or read book More High School Graduates: How Schools Can Save Students FromDropping Out written by Ben Levin and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "More High School Graduates" is a comprehensive guide for school leaders and government policymakers committed to boosting high school graduation rates. Drawing from his knowledge as an education official and professor, author Ben Levin presents a system to turn around secondary schools that is adaptable for local-, district-, and state-level decision making. Offering a road map for improvement, this book's practical and specific recommendations have increased graduation rates across hundreds of high schools. Components include: (1) Keeping track of all students' progress and intervening early to prevent failure; (2) Establishing curriculum and graduation requirements that support increased student success; (3) Improving teaching and learning; (4) Connecting with the community to engage families, local businesses, and other stakeholders in improving graduation rates; and (5) Implementing methods for planning, communicating, and winning support. The stigma of "dropout factories" hangs over school districts and education agencies. This book helps turn any school or district into a success factory producing more graduates and better learning outcomes. [Foreword by Michael Fullan. This book is a joint publication with opc.].

U.S High School Graduation Rates

Author : Richard J. Murnane
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book U.S High School Graduation Rates written by Richard J. Murnane and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I survey the evidence on patterns in U.S. high school graduation rates over the period 1970-2010 and report the results of new research conducted to fill in holes in the evidence. I begin by pointing out the strengths and limitations of existing data sources. I then describe six striking patterns in graduation rates. They include stagnation over the last three decades of the twentieth century, significant race-, income-, and gender-based gaps, and significant increases in graduation rates over the first decade of the twenty-first century, especially among blacks and Hispanics. I then describe the models economists use to explain the decisions of individuals to invest in schooling, and examine the extent to which the parameters of the models explain recent patterns in graduation rates. I find that increases in the nonmonetary costs of completing high school and the increasing availability of the GED credential help to explain stagnation in the face of substantial gaps between the wages of high school graduates and school dropouts. I point out that there are several hypotheses, but to date, very little evidence to explain the increases in high school graduation rates over the first decade of the twenty-first century. I conclude by reviewing the evidence on effective strategies to increase high school graduation rates, and explaining why the causal evidence is quite modest.

Staying in School

Author : Derek Messacar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Staying in School written by Derek Messacar and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High school dropouts fare substantially worse than their peers on a wide variety of long-term economic outcomes. On average, a dropout earns less money, is more likely to be in jail, is less healthy, is less likely to be married, and is unhappier than a high school graduate. But despite this growing education gap, dropout rates have remained mostly unchanged over the past three decades. This problem disproportionately affects low-income and minority students: among these populations, nearly half of all individuals do not graduate with their class. This paper presents a plan to increase the high school graduation rate. A key element of the proposal is for all states to increase their minimum school-leaving age to eighteen. In many studies, this intervention has been found to have a significant positive impact on several long-term outcomes. The proposal also calls for more resources for enforcement of new and existing compulsory-schooling laws, to maximize the impact of the policy change. More effort is also needed to keep students engaged in school, even at an early age. If states invest in effective support programs, they can further increase graduation rates and reduce future costs of enforcing compulsory-schooling policies. All of these interventions should be implemented with the goal of strengthening America's primary education system to promote college attendance and improve career outcomes among America's youth.

U.S High School Graduation Rates

Author : Richard J. Mumane
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book U.S High School Graduation Rates written by Richard J. Mumane and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I survey the evidence on patterns in U.S. high school graduation rates over the period 1970-2010 and report the results of new research conducted to fill in holes in the evidence. I begin by pointing out the strengths and limitations of existing data sources. I then describe six striking patterns in graduation rates. They include stagnation over the last three decades of the twentieth century, significant race-, income-, and gender-based gaps, and significant increases in graduation rates over the first decade of the twenty-first century, especially among blacks and Hispanics. I then describe the models economists use to explain the decisions of individuals to invest in schooling, and examine the extent to which the parameters of the models explain recent patterns in graduation rates. I find that increases in the nonmonetary costs of completing high school and the increasing availability of the GED credential help to explain stagnation in the face of substantial gaps between the wages of high school graduates and school dropouts. I point out that there are several hypotheses, but to date, very little evidence to explain the increases in high school graduation rates over the first decade of the twenty-first century. I conclude by reviewing the evidence on effective strategies to increase high school graduation rates, and explaining why the causal evidence is quite modest.

Completing College

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781878477538
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (775 download)

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Download or read book Completing College written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The report examines retention and degree attainment of 210,056 first-time, full-time students at 356 four-year non-profit institutions, using a combination of CIRP (Cooperative Institutional Research Program) Freshman Survey data and student graduation data from the National Student Clearinghouse"--Publisher's web site.

Dropouts in America

Author : Gary Orfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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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.

Dropout Prevention

Author : Duke University. Center for Child and Family Policy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Dropout Prevention written by Duke University. Center for Child and Family Policy and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Resources in Education

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 748 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Graduation for All

Author : Camilla A. Lehr
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1483363430
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Graduation for All written by Camilla A. Lehr and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2005-06-08 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effective dropout prevention strategies for educators! This resource offers guidelines for implementing dropout prevention strategies in the classroom and throughout the school system. The impact of increased graduation rates reaches farther than statistics-more graduates mean more individuals who are better prepared to meet the challenges of life after school, and better outcomes for youth, schools, and society in general. With the goal of producing an educated citizenry, the authors present tools and a plan for: Increasing graduation rates Meeting the standards set by the No Child Left Behind Act Pinpointing the most critical years for establishing a solid educational foundation

Factors Affecting High School Graduation Rates in Metropolitan Atlanta Public Schools

Author : Arunma Christy Ogbuagu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Factors Affecting High School Graduation Rates in Metropolitan Atlanta Public Schools written by Arunma Christy Ogbuagu and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

High School Influences on College Enrollment and College Graduation of Dallas Independent School District 2002 Graduates

Author : Linda K. Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (759 download)

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Book Synopsis High School Influences on College Enrollment and College Graduation of Dallas Independent School District 2002 Graduates by : Linda K. Johnson

Download or read book High School Influences on College Enrollment and College Graduation of Dallas Independent School District 2002 Graduates written by Linda K. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The overarching goal for American education under President Barack Obama has been to increase college enrollment and completion rates. The pressure to achieve this goal has been keenly felt in the postsecondary community, especially as federal and state funding have become increasingly tied to achieving higher college completion rates. Yet the adequate preparation of students lies primarily in the secondary system, and the literature contains many statistics that support the view that few students are adequately prepared, especially those who are educated in urban public school systems. The challenge was to determine actions that can be implemented by school districts that will significantly improve students' ability to enroll in and graduate from college. This research study examines the college enrollment and graduation rates, and variables linked to those rates, for the class of 2002 of the Dallas Independent School District (Dallas ISD) in order to uncover actions high school leaders can take to improve the college - going behavior of their graduates. The Dallas ISD is the nation's fourteenth largest public school district and has a very high proportion - eighty-seven percent - of low socioeconomic status students. Additionally, nearly one-third of the entire student body of 155,000 is composed of English language learners, the majority of whom were born in Mexico or whose parents were born in Mexico. The literature suggests that several high school factors are correlated with student success in college. These include student achievement, teacher quality, and the school environment. This study explores policies and practices that a district, or high school, can implement to improve student college preparation. Therefore, while it does provide statistics on student ethnicity for the class of 2002 graduates, the statistical analyses examine actionable variables, including teacher education levels and years of experience, and high school-level factors of percent of students taking advanced courses and college entrance exams. To explore the college enrollment and graduation rates of the class of 2002 Dallas ISD high school graduates, two types of analysis were conducted. The first provides descriptive analysis of the 6,509 class of 2002 high school graduates at the student-level. The second approach focuses on the high school as the unit of analysis. Partial least squares path modeling was used to compute the standardized path coefficients for a College Success Model of high school influence on college enrollment and graduation. This study uses SmartPLS, a program developed by Ringle, Wende, and Will (2005). This program for path modeling uses the partial least squares method for latent variable analysis. The latent variables in the model were high school college-going culture, teacher quality, student achievement, college enrollment, and college graduation. The findings of this study indicate that the high school environment has a significant effect on the future college enrollment and graduation of its students. The College Success Models explain a greater proportion of variance in college enrollment and graduation than any of the predictive factors taken alone. Students in high schools that promote a college-going culture - in particular one with an emphasis on academic rigor - and employ experienced, well-educated teachers were more likely to enroll in and graduate from college. School districts can take action to increase their high schools' college-going cultures and to encourage the professional development and further education of their teachers in pursuit of achieving higher levels of student college success.

The Effect of Dropout Intervention Strategies on the Graduation Rate in Selected Rural School Districts in New York State

Author : Stacey A. DeLaney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Effect of Dropout Intervention Strategies on the Graduation Rate in Selected Rural School Districts in New York State written by Stacey A. DeLaney and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rural school education in the nation comprises about a third of public school enrollment. In New York State (NYS), rural school education represents about one-third of public school education. This study provided the opportunity to discern which dropout intervention strategies may benefit rural schools in NYS so that students can best be helped to stay in school to meet graduation standards. Students who stay in school provide significant economic and social benefits to the state and to the nation (Alliance for Excellent Education, 2011; Brimley, Verstegen, & Garfield, 2012; Deye, 2011; Dianda, 2008; Rouse, 2005; Rumberger, 2011). To determine which intervention strategies may be of benefit, a researcher developed survey instrument was developed based on the 15 effective strategies derived from Schargel (2012). Schargel's work sought to determine effective practices of schools to alleviate the dropout crisis that exist in the nation's schools. Overall, this study indicated that the select rural school districts in the study employed dropout intervention strategies optimally. School districts employed such strategies either within the district or outside the district. There was a key finding revealed in this study. This study indicated that districts facing diminishing fiscal resources, while at the same time being challenged to meet tougher new graduation standards established by NYS, utilized Distance Learning Courses to improve their graduation rates.