Students in foster care had the lowest statewide testing participation, a dropout rate three times the statewide rate, and a 58 percent grade-12 graduation rate¶
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q2 i? Students in foster care had the lowest participation rate in California's statewide testing program, a dropout rate three times higher than the statewide rate, and a grade-12 graduation rate of 58 percent, lower than any other at-risk subgroup and far below the statewide average of 84 percent. → Shared Data Reveal the Invisible Achievement Gap of Students in Foster Care 2014
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Shared Data Reveal the Invisible Achievement Gap of Students in Foster Care 2014¶
Shared Data Reveal the Invisible Achievement Gap of Students in Foster Care. (2014). WestEd R&D Alert, Vol. 15, No. 1. https://www.wested.org/bookstore
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Analysis of the linked dataset's participation measures found foster care students "had the lowest participation rate of all students in California's statewide testing program, and they had a dropout rate three times higher than the statewide rate."
"the grade-12 graduation rate for students in foster care was just 58 percent—lower than the graduation rate of any other at-risk subgroup and far below the statewide average graduation rate of 84 percent."
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Related Claims¶
- Students in foster care had the lowest proficiency of any group on California's grades 2-7 mathematics test — related
- Students in foster care were consistently outperformed by low-SES students and scored at the two lowest performance levels at twice the statewide rate — related
- Arizona students in foster care had the lowest statewide testing participation rate, declining sharply in later grades — related
- Statewide testing showed an achievement gap in mathematics and reading for Arizona students in foster care — related
- Arizona students in foster care changed schools during the school year at about four times the rate of other students — related
- Students in foster care in Arizona constituted an at-risk subgroup demographically distinct from low-SES students — related
- Arizona students in foster care were less likely than all students statewide to attend the state's highest-performing schools — related
- Arizona students in foster care attended nontraditional schools at several times the rate of other students, especially in high school — related
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Students in foster care had the lowest statewide testing participation, a dropout rate three times the statewide rate, and a 58 percent grade-12 graduation rate |
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Students in foster care had the lowest statewide testing participation, a dropout rate three times the statewide rate, and a 58 percent grade-12 graduation rate |
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