Statistics on children, youth and families in Pennsylvania from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children
4-Year Cohort Graduation Rate - Students who graduate from high school three years after their ninth-grade year in Pennsylvania
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Why This Indicator Matters
[1] Harris, D. N., Liu, L., Barrett, N., & Li, R. (2023). Is the Rise in High School Graduation Rates Real? High-Stakes School Accountability and Strategic Behavior. Labor Economics, 82, 102355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2023.102355
[2] National Center for Education Statistics. (2023). On-Time Graduation. Equity in Education Dashboard. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences. https://nces.ed.gov/programs/equity/indicator_c6.asp#citation
[3] Rumberger, R.W. & Plasman, J.S. (2018). Developing Equity Indicators for On-Time Graduation. The Committee on Developing Indicators of Educational Equity, National Research Council. https://sites.nationalacademies.org/cs/groups/dbassesite/documents/webpage/dbasse_193232.pdf
Definition and Source
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Definition
Effective with the 2009-10 school year, the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) began implementation of this new methodology to calculate the graduation rate for all public high schools, comprehensive Career and Technical Centers (CTCs) and charter schools that graduate students from 12th grade. The transition to the new method of calculating the graduation rate is required by the U.S. Department of Education, and is a more precise way to measure the true graduation rate.
Notes
In cases of "LNE" (low number event) the cohort size is less than 10 and therefore not publicly reported.
The year listed is the second half of the school year; for example, 2010 refers to the 2009-2010 school year.
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