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High Schools; Dropouts; Dropout Rate; Young Adults; Educational Trends; High School Graduates; Secondary Education; Educational Attainment; Education Work Relationship; Tables (Data); Race; Ethnicity; Sex; Age; Family Income; Disabilities; Geographic Regions; Graduation Rate; Student Characteristics; Trend Analysis; High School Equivalency Programs; Enrollment

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This report updates a series of NCES reports on high school dropout and completion rates that began in 1988. The report includes national and regional population estimates for the percentage of students who dropped out of high school between 2008 and 2009, the percentage of young people who were dropouts in 2009, and the percentage of young people who were not in high school and had some form of high school credential in 2009. Data are presented by a number of characteristics including race/ethnicity, sex, age, family income, disability, and geographic region. Annual data for these population estimates are provided for the 1972-2009 period. Information about the high school class of 2009 is also presented in the form on on-time graduation rates from public high schools. Appended are Technical Notes, Glossary, and Standard Error Tables. Among the findings: Event dropout rates: On average, 3.4 percent of students who were enrolled in public or private high schools in October 2008 left school before October 2009 without completing a high school program. Event dropout rates by sex: There was no measurable difference in the 2009 event dropout rates for males and females, a pattern generally found since 1972 (tables 1 and 3). Exceptions to this pattern occurred in 4 years--1974, 1976, 1978, and 2000--when males had measurably higher event dropout rates than females. Event dropout rates by race/ethnicity: Black and Hispanic students had higher event dropout rates than White students in 2009. Event dropout rates by family income: In 2009, the event dropout rate of students living in low-income families was about five times greater than the rate of their peers from high-income families (7.4 percent vs. 1.4 percent). (Contains 28 tables, 6 figures, and 30 footnotes.) [For the previous report, "Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972-2008. Compendium Report. NCES 2011-012," see ED513692.] Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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High Schools; Graduation Rate; Dropout Rate; Dropouts; High School Graduates; Student Characteristics; Educational Trends; Trend Analysis; Tables (Data); Educational Attainment; High School Students; High School Equivalency Programs; Enrollment; Low Income Groups; Ethnic Groups; Family Income

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This report builds upon a series of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports on high school dropout and completion rates that began in 1988. It presents estimates of rates in 2008, provides data about trends in dropout and completion rates over the last three and a half decades (1972-2008), and examines the characteristics of high school dropouts and high school completers in 2008. Four rates are presented to provide a broad picture of high school dropouts and completers in the United States, with the event dropout rate, the status dropout rate, the status completion rate, and the averaged freshman graduation rate each contributing unique information. Data presented in this report are drawn from the annual October Current Population Survey (CPS), the annual Common Core of Data (CCD) collections, and the annual General Education Development Testing Service (GEDTS) statistical reports. Appendices include: (1) Technical Notes; (2) Glossary; and (3) Standard Error Tables. (Contains 28 tables, 6 figures, and 28 footnotes.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Credentials; High Schools; Family Income; Graduation Rate; Dropout Rate; Dropouts; High School Graduates; Educational Trends; Academic Persistence; Student Attrition; High School Equivalency Programs

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This report builds upon a series of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports on high school dropout and completion rates that began in 1988. It presents estimates of rates in 2006, provides data about trends in dropout and completion rates over the last 3 decades (1972-006), and examines the characteristics of high school dropouts and high school completers in 2006. Four rates are presented to provide a broad picture of high school dropouts and completers in the United States: (1) Event dropout rate estimates the percentage of high school students who left high school between the beginning of one school year and the beginning of the next without earning a high school diploma or its equivalent (GED); (2) Status dropout rate reports the percentage of individuals in a given age range who are not in school and have not earned a high school diploma or equivalency credential, irrespective of when they dropped out; (3) Status completion rate indicates the percentage of individuals in a given age range who are not in high school and who have earned a high school diploma or equivalency credential, irrespective of when the credential was earned; and (4) Averaged freshman graduation rate estimates the proportion of public high school freshmen who graduate with a regular diploma 4 years after starting 9th grade. Findings are presented demographically overall, by sex, race/ethnicity, family income, age and region. Two appendixes are included: (1) Technical Notes and Glossary; and (2) Standard Error Tables. (Contains 36 footnotes, 4 figures and 25 tables.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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High School Graduates; High Schools; Income; Educational Development; Dropouts; Credentials; Labor; Labor Force; Graduation Rate; Correctional Institutions; Outcomes of Education; Correlation; Comparative Analysis; Employment Level; Unemployment; Public Health; Physical Health; Institutionalized Persons; Dropout Rate

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Dropping out of high school is related to a number of negative outcomes. For example, the average income of persons ages 18 through 65 who had not completed high school was roughly $20,100 in 2005.1 By comparison, the average income of persons ages 18 through 65 who completed their education with a high school credential, including a General Educational Development (GED) certificate, was nearly $29,700 (U.S. Census Bureau 2006). Dropouts are also less likely to be in the labor force than those with a high school credential or higher and are more likely to be unemployed if they are in the labor force (U.S. Department of Labor 2006). In terms of health, dropouts older than age 24 tend to report being in worse health than adults who are not dropouts, regardless of income (U.S. Department of Education 2004). Dropouts also make up disproportionately higher percentages of the nation's prison and death row inmates. This report builds upon a series of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports on high school dropout and completion rates that began in 1988. It presents estimates of rates in 2005, provides data about trends in dropout and completion rates over the last three decades (1972-2005), and examines the characteristics of high school dropouts and high school completers in 2005. Four rates are presented to provide a broad picture of high school dropouts and completers in the United States, with each contributing unique information: the event dropout rate, the status dropout rate, the status completion rate, and the averaged freshman graduation rate. The following are appended: (1) Technical Notes and Glossary; and (2) Standard Error Tables. (Contains 4 figures, 26 tables, and 22 footnotes.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Grade 9; Dropouts; Public Schools; Dropout Rate; High School Students

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This report presents the event dropout rates for public school students in grades 9 through 12 for two years--2002-03 and 2003-04. Data used to develop these rates are taken from the Common Core of Data (CCD) 2002-03 and 2003-04 State-level Public School Dropout files. Some key highlights from the two reporting years are discussed. (Contains 1 table and 2 footnotes.)

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High Schools; Dropouts; Dropout Rate; Graduation Rate; Student Characteristics; Graduation; High School Graduates; High School Students; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Racial Differences; Family Income

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This report builds upon a series of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports on high school dropout and completion rates that began in 1988. It presents estimates of most rates in 2004, provides data about trends in dropout and completion rates over the last three decades (1972-2004), and examines the characteristics of high school dropouts and high school completers in 2004. Four rates are presented to provide a broad picture of high school dropouts and completers in the United States, with each contributing unique information: (1) the event dropout rate; (2) the status dropout rate; (3) the status completion rate; and (4) the averaged freshman graduation rate. Appended are: (1) Technical Notes and Glossary; and (2) Standard Error Tables. (Contains 25 tables, 3 figures, and 25 footnotes.) [For "Dropout Rates in the United States: 2002 and 2003. E.D. TAB," see ED492587.] Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Early Childhood Education; Disadvantaged Youth; Elementary Secondary Education; Family Income; Educational Attainment; Internet; Access to Computers; Educational Technology; Demography; Age Differences; Racial Differences; Parent Influence; Socioeconomic Influences

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This report examines the use of computers and the Internet by American children enrolled in nursery school and students in kindergarten through grade 12. The report examines the overall rate of use (that is, the percentage of individuals in the population who are users), the ways in which students use the technologies, where the use occurs (home, school, and other locations), and the relationships of these aspects of computer and Internet use to demographic and socioeconomic characteristics such as students' age and race/ethnicity and their parents' education and family income. This report confirms that patterns of computer and Internet use seen in previous research are observed in more recent data. One of the more important findings presented in the report is that schools appear to help narrow the disparities between different types of students in terms of computer use. Differences in the rates of computer use are smaller at school than they are at home when considering such characteristics as race/ethnicity, family income, and parental education. Appended are: (1) Methodological and Technical Notes; and (2) Supplemental Tables. (Contains 18 footnotes, 14 tables, and 5 figures.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Student Records; Graduation Rate; Graduation; Educational Indicators; Computation; High School Graduates; Computation; Data Analysis; School Districts; State Surveys

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This report consists of two volumes, the first takes an in-depth look at the various graduation indicators, with a description of the computational formulas, the data required for each indicator, the assumptions underlying each formula, the strengths and weaknesses of each indicator, and a consideration of the conditions under which each indicator does or does not work. This second volume of the report is more technical in nature. The analysis presented in this volume provided the technical basis that Department policymakers used to identify an interim graduation indicator. Thus, using the information from Volume 1 as a backdrop, Volume 2 uses the best available national and state data to provide estimates of the various indicators. While this provides some basis for drawing comparisons across the indicators, the comparative analysis relies most heavily on student record data from two individual states. The state data represent the universe of students enrolled in public schools in each state over a sufficient number of years to compute the true cohort rate. The NISS panel recommended the true cohort rate as the only rate that will yield an accurate on-time graduation rate. The true cohort rate is thus used as the "gold standard" for a comparison of the performance of the various graduation indicators for the two individual states. The analysis of the state student record data then served as a basis for a related analysis of proxy graduation indicators computed for all 50 states and the District of Columbia at the national and state levels using NCES Common Core of Data. Appended are: (1) Notes Regarding Analyses of Student-Tracking Systems in Two States; and (2) Analysis of Change Component of Greene Graduation Indicator. (Contains 31 tables, 19 figures, and 24 footnotes.) [For Volume 1, see ED493141.] Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Student Records; Graduation Rate; Educational Indicators; Well Being; Computation; Measurement Techniques; Data Analysis; High School Students; High School Freshmen

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The first volume of this report examines the existing measures of high school completion and the newly proposed proxy measures. This includes a description of the computational formulas, the data required for each indicator, the assumptions underlying each formula, the strengths and weaknesses of each indicator relative to a true cohort on-time graduation rate, and a consideration of the conditions under which each indicator does or does not work. The second volume of this report provides documentation of the technical work that the Department leadership used to select an interim graduation rate. Appended are: (1) Description of Common Core of Data, Private School Universe Survey, and Current Population Survey; and (2) Formulas and Details of Each Indicator. (Contains 12 tables and 10 figures.) [For Volume 2, see ED493142.] Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Foreign Countries; State Departments of Education; Graduation Rate; Graduation; Public Schools; National Competency Tests

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This report presents the averaged freshman graduation rate for public high school students for school years 2002-03 and 2003-04 based on data reported by state education agencies to the National Center for Education Statistics. Rates are included for most of the 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and three other jurisdictions for both years. Comparing the averaged freshman graduation rate among public school students in the class of 2002-03 to that of 2003-04 in each of the 48 reporting states and the District of Columbia, 32 states and the District of Columbia experienced increases in the rate, 1 state experienced no change, and 15 states experienced declines in the rate over this 2-year period. (Contains 3 tables and 3 footnotes.) [Note: A previous version of this report included unstable estimates for Department of Defense schools, which have been removed.] Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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