CPS high school graduation rates rose from 57 percent to 74 percent between 2006 and 2016¶

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Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2020: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? CPS four-year high school graduation rates increased 17 percentage points over the decade, though 2016 was the first year since 2010 without improvement. → Nagaoka 2017

Evidence¶

Nagaoka 2017¶

Nagaoka, J., Seeskin, A., & Coca, V.M. (2017). The educational attainment of Chicago Public Schools students: 2016. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://toandthrough.uchicago.edu/data

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Descriptive trend analysis of CPS first-time freshman cohort graduation rates (Figure 3; 2016 N=26,314). The report states rates rose “increasing from 57 percent to 74 percent,” representing more than 4,000 additional graduates than in 2006, while the national rate rose from 73 to 83 percent.

"Over the past 10 years, high school graduation rates in CPS have shown remarkable improvement, increasing from 57 percent to 74 percent ( see Figure 3 )."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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