Within every CPS race/ethnicity group, young men graduated from high school at a lower rate than young women of the same race/ethnicity¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2029: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In the 2019–20 ninth-grade cohort, young men graduated at lower rates than young women within each race/ethnicity group, with Black young men (78.2%) and Latino young men (82.8%) below the district average of 85.0%. → Mahaffie 2024

Evidence¶

Mahaffie 2024¶

Mahaffie, S., Usher, A., Nagaoka, J., & McKoy, D. (2024). The educational attainment of Chicago Public Schools students: 2023. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://toandthrough.uchicago.edu/tool/cps/

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Descriptive analysis of the 2019–20 CPS ninth-grade cohort (Figure 4) disaggregated by race/ethnicity and gender; e.g., Black young men 78.2% vs. Black young women 85.4% versus an 85.0% district average.

"Within each race/ethnicity group, young men graduated from high school at a rate lower than young women of the same race/ethnicity."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Gender — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause
• Race and Ethnicity — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause

Related Claims¶

• CPS high school graduation rates show large gaps by race/ethnicity and gender, with young men graduating at lower rates than young women within every race/ethnicity group — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• CPS's four-year high school graduation rate reached a record 85.0% in 2023, up about one percentage point from 84.1% in 2022 — related