Five-year graduation and dropout outcomes varied by eighth-grade ITBS achievement level, with students more than a year below grade level graduating at lower rates¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 1999 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Of 213 students at or above grade level on the eighth-grade ITBS, 150 graduated within five years and 29 dropped out. → Shazia Rafiullah Miller 1999 q2 i? Of 79 students more than a year below grade level, 37 graduated within five years and 20 dropped out. → Shazia Rafiullah Miller 1999 (2)

Evidence¶

Shazia Rafiullah Miller 1999¶

Shazia Rafiullah Miller, Stuart Luppescu, Robert M. Gladden, and John Q. Easton. (1999). How Do Kenwood Academy Students Perform? Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/how-do-kenwood-graduates-perform

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Table 3, top section for students at or above grade level, fifth-year row printed verbatim: "Fifth Year 1997–1998 213 n/a 2 150 29 32". Counts are descriptive; no test reported.

"Fifth Year 1997–1998 213 n/a 2 150 29 32"

Shazia Rafiullah Miller 1999 (2)¶

Shazia Rafiullah Miller, Stuart Luppescu, Robert M. Gladden, and John Q. Easton. (1999). How Do Kenwood Academy Students Perform? Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/how-do-kenwood-graduates-perform

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Table 3, bottom section for students more than a year below grade level, fifth-year row printed verbatim: "Fifth Year 1997–1998 79 n/a 3 37 20 19". The report offers this table to show how well the school serves its most- and least-prepared students.

"Fifth Year 1997–1998 79 n/a 3 37 20 19"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Barton students more than a year below grade level in eighth grade dropped out at higher rates than students at or above grade level — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• High-level outcome measures like graduation rates offer little actionable guidance for educators within a school year — related
• Of Barton's 81 eighth-grade graduates of 1993, 44 graduated within five years, 26 dropped out, and 10 left CPS — related
• Within every student category, freshman GPA, course failures, and absences are strongly related to five-year graduation rates, with large drops per half grade point, per additional course failure, and per absence band — related