New England Board of Higher Education » high school success http://www.nebhe.org NEBHE Mon, 12 Aug 2013 19:54:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Trends & Indicators: High School Success http://www.nebhe.org/thejournal/trends-indicators-high-school-success/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trends-indicators-high-school-success http://www.nebhe.org/thejournal/trends-indicators-high-school-success/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:00:00 +0000 Shoshana Akins http://www.nebhe.org/?post_type=thejournal&p=9060 Updated April 2012 ...

New England public schools were expected to award more than 147,000 high school diplomas in 2008-09. Fully 78% of New England 9th-graders graduate from high school in the "normal" four years time, compared with 70% nationally. Nearly a dozen foreign countries outperform the U.S. in the percentage of 25- to 34-year-olds with a high ...]]> Updated April 2012 ...

  • New England public schools were expected to award more than 147,000 high school diplomas in 2008-09.
  • Fully 78% of New England 9th-graders graduate from high school in the "normal" four years time, compared with 70% nationally.
  • Nearly a dozen foreign countries outperform the U.S. in the percentage of 25- to 34-year-olds with a high school credential.
  • Nationally, Latino youth represented 22% of the K-12 public school population and 15%
    of the overall U.S. population in 2010, according to a new report from Excelencia in Education.

Figure HSS 1: Public High School Graduation Rates, 2009

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Source: New England Board of Higher education analysis of U.S. Department of Education data: Fall 2005 Freshmen and Projected 2008-09 High School Graduates.

Figure HSS 2: New England High School Graduation Rates by Race/Ethnicity and Gender, 2008

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Source: New England Board of Higher Education analysis of Editorial Projects in Education (EPE).

Figure HSS 3: High School Attainment Rates for 25- to 34-Year-Olds in OECD and Partner Countries, 2009

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Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Education at a Glance; OECD Indicators, 2009, Table A1.2a., Indicator A1.

 

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More than three-quarters of New England 9th-graders graduate from high school in the normal four years time, compared with 70% nationally. Several foreign countries outperform the U.S. in the percentage of 25- to 34-year-olds with a high school credential.

Fig. 6: Public High School Graduates in New England, 2010 to 2022

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  • More than three-quarters of New England 9th-graders graduate from high school in the normal four years time, compared with 70% nationally.
  • Several foreign countries outperform the U.S. in the percentage of 25- to 34-year-olds with a high school credential.

Fig. 6: Public High School Graduates in New England, 2010 to 2022

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Source: New England Board of Higher Education analysis of Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) data.

Fig. 7: New England Public High School Graduates by Race, Projected 2010 to 2022

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Source: New England Board of Higher Education analysis of Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) data.

Fig. 8: High School Graduation Rates, 2006-07

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Source: Postsecondary Education Opportunity.

Fig. 9: New England High School Graduation Rates by Race/Ethnicity and Gender, 2005-06

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Source: New England Board of Higher Education analysis of Editorial Projects in Education (EPE) Research Center data, Diplomas Count 2008.

Fig. 10: High School Attainment Rates for 25- to 34-Year-Olds in OECD and Partner Countries, 2008

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Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Education at a Glance; OECD Indicators, 2009, Table A1.2a.

Fig. 11: Education Pipeline: High School Graduation, College Participation and Success, 2006

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Note: 150% of time means that students attending four-year institutions graduate within six years and students attending two-year institutions graduate within three years.

Source: National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS).

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