Systemwide CPS first-year on-track percentages ranged from 44.8 to 50.8 across the 1997–2001 cohorts¶
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q2 i? Systemwide, the percent of CPS students on track in their first year after elementary school was 44.8, 46.1, 49.1, 49.3, and 50.8 for the 1997-98 through 2001-02 cohorts. → Miller 2003
Evidence¶
Miller 2003¶
Miller, Shazia Rafiullah; Luppescu, Stuart; Correa, Macarena. (2003). How Well Do Vivaldi Students Succeed After Elementary School? (Unit 8888). Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/how-well-do-vivaldi-students-succeed-after-elementary-school
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Observational systemwide percentages in Table 10 covering all CPS eighth-grade classes from 1997 through 2001. The printed row "On Track 50.8 49.3 49.1 46.1 44.8" shows first-year on-track rates rising modestly over the five cohorts; corresponding off-track rates range from 32.2 to 29.2.
"On Track 50.8 49.3 49.1 46.1 44.8"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Systemwide CPS cumulative dropout percentages rose from 8.1 to 33.1 over five years — related
- Vivaldi first-year on-track counts fluctuated between 24 and 31 across the classes of 1997–2001 — related
- Vivaldi students' first-year on-track rates differed across destination high schools for the 1997 cohort — related
- Vivaldi students' first-year on-track rates differed across destination high schools for the 2001 cohort — related
- Freshman on-track performance varied across Kenwood's five successive ninth-grade classes from 1993-94 to 1997-98 — related
- Freshman on-track rates varied by the elementary school Kenwood students attended, as shown in maps and tables for the classes of 1997 and 2001 — related
- Schools vary widely in freshman on-track rates even among students with similar backgrounds — related
- Graduation rates by age 19 in Chicago varied substantially by race/ethnicity and gender, with African-American boys lowest (39 percent) and Asian girls highest (85 percent) — related
- Over 40 percent of Chicago Public Schools students drop out by age 19, with a slight downward trend across the 1991–1994 cohorts — related
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Systemwide CPS first-year on-track percentages ranged from 44.8 to 50.8 across the 1997–2001 cohorts |
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Systemwide CPS first-year on-track percentages ranged from 44.8 to 50.8 across the 1997–2001 cohorts |
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2003 |
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2006 |
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