Project GraduationImplementing the 4-Year Cohort

Graduation Rate

Current Multiple MeasuresProjected Four-Year Dropout Rate – A measure of the cumulative proportion

of the 9th grade class that would drop out prior to graduation if that year’s grade-specific dropout rate was to remain constant over the four years until that class is to graduate.

Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate – Number of high school graduates

receiving a high school diploma in a given year divided by the average number of students enrolled in 8th grade five years earlier, 9th grade four years earlier, and 10th grade three years earlier.

AYP Graduation Rate – Number of graduates divided by number of graduates, plus the number who exit with documents other than a diploma and number of dropouts from graduating class in 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades.

4-Year Cohort Graduation Rate – Number of on-time graduates in a given

year divided by the number of first-time entering 9th graders four years earlier adjusting for transfers in and out.

Multiple Measures

14.10% 13.30% 13.01%11.18% 10.08% 9.76% 8.39%

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62.10%64.70% 65.00% 65.90% 66.20% 67.10%

81.56% 81.95% 83.13%85.49% 86.72%

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A TREND ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS DROPOUT AND GRADUATION RATE MEASUREMENTS FOR ALABAMA

PROJECTED FOUR-YEAR DROPOUT RATE

AVERAGED FRESHMAN GRADUATION RATE

AYP GRADUATION RATE

FOUR-YEAR COHORT GRADUATION RATE

Linear (PROJECTED FOUR-YEAR DROPOUT RATE)

Linear (AVERAGED FRESHMAN GRADUATION RATE)

Linear (AYP GRADUATION RATE )

Definitions4-Year Cohort Graduation Rate

Graduate – A student who receives a high school diploma within four years.

Transfers in – A student who joins a cohort after the beginning of the 9th grade during the 4-year cohort period.

Transfers out – A student who transfers to another school, emigrates, or dies during the 4-year cohort period.

Students NOT Counted as Graduates4-Year Cohort Graduation Rate

Any student who drops out of school.

Any student who was not promoted to the next grade and who will not graduate with their cohort.

Any student who failed to return.

Any student who passed all required subtests of the AHSGE but did not earn all required credits.

Any student who earned all of credits for graduation but did not pass required subtests of the AHSGE.

Any student who earned a Graduation Certificate in fulfillment of their IEP requirements.

Any student who completed their GED.

“The Numbers”4-Year Cohort Graduation Rate

9th Grade Cohort of 2005-2006

4-Year Cohort Graduation Rate of 65.06%

9th Grade/2006 10th Grade/2007 11th Grade/2008 12th Grade/2009 Total % of Total

9th Grade Cohort 65,233 ----- ----- ----- 65,233 100%

Dropouts 1264 1446 1219 464 4,393 7%

Not Promoted/Failed to Return/Did Not Earn Credit 6230 3292 3675 2955 16,152 25%

Exit/Other AHSGE Non Passage Graduation Certificate/GED

----- ----- ----- 2250 2,250 3%

Graduates 4-Year Cohort Rate ----- ----- ----- 42,438 42,438 65%

9th Grade Cohort ----- ----- ----- ----- 65,233 100%

Focus for the Future4-Year Cohort Graduation Rate

9th Grade TransitionFreshmen AcademiesAdvisement Programs

FIRST CHOICEAlternatives to Retention (K–12)

Credit RecoveryResponse to Instruction (RtI)

Academic and Career Counseling and Support