Nearly 90 percent of Chicago freshmen who miss less than a week of school per semester graduate, regardless of 8th grade test scores¶
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q2 i? Freshmen who miss less than a week of school per semester graduate at nearly 90 percent, and this holds regardless of their prior 8th grade test scores. → Freshman Year: The Make-it or Break-it Year 2007
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Freshman Year: The Make-it or Break-it Year 2007¶
Freshman Year: The Make-it or Break-it Year. (2007). Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago. http://ccsr.uchicago.edu
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An observational analysis of Chicago Public Schools attendance and graduation records for the 2001 entering cohort reports that "Nearly 90 percent of freshmen who miss less than a week of school per semester graduate, regardless of their 8th grade test scores." A companion figure plots four-year graduation rates by days absent per semester, declining from 87 percent to near zero at 40-plus days.
"Nearly 90 percent of freshmen who miss less than a week of school per semester graduate, regardless of their 8th grade test scores."
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Related Claims¶
- Freshmen who miss more than two weeks of school per semester fail at least two classes on average, regardless of incoming test scores — 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
- Freshman attendance below 85 percent predicts non-graduation even among students with similar grades — related
- Four-day school weeks have no detectable effect on high school attendance — related
- Attendance Support students maintained a 3.0 GPA despite low attendance but graduated high school at 71 percent, below the district average, and fewer than half attended college — related
- CHSRI freshmen were absent about 10 fewer days per year than similar students at similar non-CHSRI schools, a statistically significant gap in every year studied — related
- Most Chicago freshmen fail at least one course, miss substantial school, or earn below a C average in their first year — related
- Non-core course failures in ninth grade were associated with decreases in four-year graduation rates similar to core course failures — related
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Nearly 90 percent of Chicago freshmen who miss less than a week of school per semester graduate, regardless of 8th grade test scores |
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Nearly 90 percent of Chicago freshmen who miss less than a week of school per semester graduate, regardless of 8th grade test scores |
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