The four-year CPS high school graduation rate rose from 62.3 percent for the 2008 cohort to an all-time high of 83.2 percent for the 2020 cohort¶
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q2 i? The four-year high school graduation rate increased significantly since 2008, from 62.3 percent to 83.2 percent, with more gradual gains (about 1 percentage point per year) since 2014. → Malone 2021
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Malone 2021¶
Malone, M., Mahaffie, S., Hernandez, G., Usher, A., & Nagaoka, J. (2021). The educational attainment of Chicago Public Schools students: 2020. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. http://toandthrough.uchicago.edu/tool/cps/hs
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Descriptive trend analysis of CPS ninth-grade cohorts (N=25,696 to 26,895 per cohort) shown in Figure 1, including charter and Options students and excluding students who transferred out of the district; the report states the rate rose "from 62.3 percent to 83.2 percent."
"The four-year high school graduation rate increased significantly since 2008 , from 62.3 percent to 83.2 percent. Increases in the high school graduation rate have been more gradual since 2014 , at the rate of about 1 percentage point per year."
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Related Claims¶
- CPS Freshman OnTrack rates rose 28 percentage points from 61 percent (2007) to 89 percent (2019), then flattened in recent years — related
- CPS high school graduation rates rose from 57 percent to 74 percent between 2006 and 2016 — related
- CPS's four-year high school graduation rate declined for the first time in recent history in 2021, from 83.3% to 81.8% — 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
- 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
- At UCLA Community School, the share of graduates meeting UC/CSU A-G course requirements rose to 81% in 2021 and the 4-year graduation rate grew from 69% in 2012 to 90% in 2022 — related
- CPS four-year high school graduation rose to 84.0% in 2022, the highest rate in recent history, after a slight pandemic-related decline in 2021 — related
- Peñasco's high school graduation rate rose above 90% versus 76% statewide, and K-2 students outpaced state peers on formative assessments — related
- 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
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The four-year CPS high school graduation rate rose from 62.3 percent for the 2008 cohort to an all-time high of 83.2 percent for the 2020 cohort |
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The four-year CPS high school graduation rate rose from 62.3 percent for the 2008 cohort to an all-time high of 83.2 percent for the 2020 cohort |
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