Chicago graduation rates improved 17 percentage points (57 to 74 percent) between 2006 and 2015 while the ACT average rose from 17.6 to 18.5¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · design r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2019: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Graduation rates improved 17 percentage points, from 57 to 74 percent, over the same period. → Pitcher 2016 (2) q2 i? As 5,800 more students graduated, the ACT average rose over a point, from 17.6 to 18.5. → Pitcher 2016 (2)

Evidence¶

Pitcher 2016¶

Pitcher, M. A., Duncan, S. J., Nagaoka, J., Moeller, E., Dickerson, L., & Beechum, N. O. (2016). The Network for College Success: A Capacity-Building Model for School Improvement. University of Chicago. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/network-college-success-capacity-building-model-school-improvement

q2 · i? · design · r1

Descriptive district trend reported alongside the On-Track gains in the Introduction. The paper states graduation rates went "from 57 to 74 percent"; no test statistic or effect size is printed.

"Over the same time period, graduation rates improved 17 percentage points, going from 57 to 74 percent."

Pitcher 2016 (2)¶

Pitcher, M. A., Duncan, S. J., Nagaoka, J., Moeller, E., Dickerson, L., & Beechum, N. O. (2016). The Network for College Success: A Capacity-Building Model for School Improvement. University of Chicago. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/network-college-success-capacity-building-model-school-improvement

q2 · i? · design · r1

Secondary outcome reported in the Introduction to address concerns that graduation gains reflected lowered standards. The paper reports the ACT average rose "from 17.6 to 18.5"; no inferential test is printed.

"These improvements have not come at the expense of achievement; as 5,800 more students graduated, the ACT average score in Chicago actually rose over a point from 17.6 to 18.5."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Rising CPS graduation rates have been accompanied by higher achievement, including ACT and GPA gains — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• CPS high school graduation rates rose from 57 percent to 74 percent between 2006 and 2016 — related
• Graduates' academic qualifications improved alongside graduation rates, with ACT scores rising from 16.7 to 18.6 between 2003 and 2014 — related
• CPS four-year high school graduation rose from 57 percent in 2006 to 75 percent in 2017, with options-school graduates adding 4 more percentage points — related
• CPS graduation rates increased by 22.4 percentage points over 16 years, from 52.4 percent among students who turned 19 in 1998 to 74.8 percent in 2014 — related
• CPS four-year high school graduation rose from 58 percent (2007) to 82 percent (2019), with 18-point growth excluding options school graduates — related
• Seventy-six percent of CPS students graduated from high school in 2018, up from 57 percent in 2006 — related
• CPS graduates' qualifications improved: students graduating with at least a 3.0 core GPA rose from 21 to 32 percent between 2006 and 2015 — related
• Evidence on RJ's impact on academic outcomes is limited and mixed, with graduation-rate gains in one study and no GPA change in another — related
• CPS Freshman OnTrack rates rose from 58 to 89 percent between 2007 and 2017 while graduation rates rose 19 percentage points — related
• Data coding issues could account for some graduation-rate improvement between 2005 and 2008, but not for improvements in subsequent years — related