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High School Graduation
Graduation Requirements | Graduation Rates | On-Track Indicators
Students who graduate from high school significantly increase their prospects for a productive, stable and successful future. Graduation from high school is a critical indicator that students will be able to benefit from and contribute to the workforce, economy and society. In order to ensure more students graduate, it is imperative that there is clear understanding about who currently graduates, who does not graduate, why, and how more students can remain on track to a diploma.
On-Track Indicators
America's High School Graduates: Results from the 2005 NAEP High School Transcript Study
The Nation’s Report Card (2005) communicates the courses taken and grades received by high school graduates in the United States. The report examines the relationship between coursetaking patterns and student achievement, as well as comparing performance among student demographic groups. It also compares students’ achievement longitudinally.
National Institute of Statistical Sciences/Education Statistics Services Institute Task Force on Graduation, Completion, and Dropout Indicators: Final Report
Produced by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), this report discusses conceptual, data, and implementation issues related to the calculation of graduation, completion, and dropout indicators (GCD).
The On-Track Indicator as a Predictor of High School Graduation
This report, written by Elaine M. Allensworth and John Q. Easton of the Consortium on Chicago School Research, examines how indicators such as course failures and credit accumulations can be utilized to predict whether or not a student is on track to graduate from high school.
