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Matthew Atwell; Robert Balfanz; Vaughan Byrnes; John M. Bridgeland – Civic, 2023
For over two decades, there have been sustained efforts across the nation to increase high school graduation rates toward the goal of a 90 percent high school graduation rate for the Class of 2020 and improving educational outcomes for all students. The work of many educators, policymakers, organizations, and young people across the country…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Graduation Rate, Educational Change, Educational Attainment
Jesper Eriksen; Shaun M. Dougherty – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Vocational Education and Training (VET) programs are prevalent in a European context, but often struggle with drop-out rates that exceed those of general upper-secondary education. Using Danish administrative data, we study the effects of reform-induced reductions in shares of VET students who did not pass their lower secondary final exams on…
Descriptors: Career and Technical Education, Peer Influence, Secondary School Students, Academic Persistence
Serena Canaan; Stefanie Fischer; Pierre Mouganie; Geoffrey C. Schnorr – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2022
To boost college graduation rates, policymakers often advocate for academic supports such as coaching or mentoring. Proactive and intensive coaching interventions are effective, but are costly and difficult to scale. We evaluate a relatively lower-cost group coaching program targeted at first-year college students placed on academic probation.…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Academic Probation, Student Improvement, Program Evaluation
Bonnie E. Brett; Johann Liljengren – Colorado Department of Education, 2024
One of the Colorado Department of Education's (CDE) five strategic plan goals is that "Students graduate high school with knowledge, skills and experience needed for college and career success." Students who attain this goal have the potential for better life outcomes and have choices as they graduate high school. This report provides an…
Descriptors: State Policy, Dropout Prevention, Graduation Rate, Nontraditional Education
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Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2021
The "First-Year Effects of Early Indicator and Intervention Systems in Oregon" study provides information to the Oregon Department of Education and Oregon districts that are adopting or considering adopting an early indicator and intervention system (EIIS), as well as to other interested state and district education leaders who are…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Identification, Early Intervention, Graduation Rate
Ethan R. Van Norman – Online Submission, 2022
The Promise Fellow Program is an intervention designed to prevent dropout amongst students in grades 6-12 in Minnesota that show early warning signs of school disengagement. The program is led by interventionists known as Promise Fellows and provides three research-based supports that align with the National Dropout Prevention Center's "Basic…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Federal Programs, Attendance, Instructional Program Divisions
Fergus, Meredith; Whelan, Nicole – Minnesota Office of Higher Education, 2021
In 2015, the Minnesota Legislature enacted a state postsecondary educational attainment goal that 70% of Minnesota adults (age 25 to 44) will have attained a postsecondary certificate or degree by 2025 (Minn. Laws 2015 Chapter 69 Article 3 Sec. 6). Most importantly in recognition of existing gaps in attainment, the law also sets 30% and 50%…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, College Graduates, Minority Group Students, Racial Differences
Chang, Gwang-Chol; Eck, Matthias; McOmish, Elspeth; Sass, Justine; Vargas Tamez, Carlos; Wallet, Peter; Imhof, Adolfo Gustavo; Montoya, Silvia; Li, Yifan; Antoninis, Manos; Murakami, Yuki; Zekrya, Lema; Dewan, Pragya; Mishra, Sakshi; Mizunoya, Suguru; Onam, Oscar; Reuge, Nicolas; Yao, Haogen; Yameogo, Jean Luc; Brossard, Matt; Dreesen, Thomas; Dsouza, Andrea; Jeon, Youngkwang; Kamei, Akito; Nagesh, Radhika; Nugroho, Anindita; Pontuschka, Rafael; Akmal, Maryam; Azevedo, João Pedro; Azzi-Huck, Kaliope; Cobo, Cristobal; Gilberto, Alison; Holla, Alaka; Shmis, Tigran; Tanaka, Nobuyuki; Wong, Yi Ning; Carvalho, António; Charbonnier, Eric; Doumet, Marie-Hélène; Heckmann, Corinne – UNICEF, 2021
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Bank and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have collaborated in the third round of the Survey on National Education Responses to COVID-19 School Closures, administered by the UNESCO…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Coping
Lavertu, Stéphane; Tran, Long – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2022
After a tumultuous reception, the Biden administration's regulations for the federal Charter Schools Program (CSP) were finalized in July. Although the Administration backpedaled partway on issues related to community demand and racial integration, its final rules cracked down on so-called "for-profit charters," in line with the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Proprietary Schools, Educational Legislation, Educational Administration
Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2021
This year's study is the 34th in a series of annual reports on trends in dropout and attrition rates in Texas public schools, with the initial attrition study released by the Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) in 1986. The 2018-19 study builds on a series of studies by IDRA that track the number and percent of students in Texas…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Student Attrition, Dropouts, Graduation Rate
New Mexico Public Education Department, 2021
The 2021 Tribal Education Status Report presents information and data related to students, teachers, funding, and other indicators regarding American Indian students attending New Mexico's public school districts for the 2020-2021 academic year. This report was prepared by the New Mexico Public Education Department (NM PED) and the PED's Indian…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Students, Tribes, Elementary Secondary Education
New Mexico Public Education Department, 2022
In compliance with the Indian Education Act (NMSA1976 Section 22), the purpose of this Tribal Education Status Report (TESR) is to inform stakeholders of the New Mexico Public Education Department's (NMPED) and Local Education Agency's (LEAs) current initiatives specific to American Indian (AI) students and their educational progress. This report…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Students, Public Schools, Charter Schools
Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2021
This year's study is the 35th in a series of annual reports on trends in dropout and attrition rates in Texas public schools. The 2019-20 study builds on a series of studies by the Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) that track the number and percent of students in Texas who are lost from public school enrollment prior to…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Student Attrition, Dropout Rate, Educational Trends