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Wills, Ted; Neild, Ruth Curran; Pileggi, Molly – Philadelphia Education Research Consortium, 2019
School learning starts with school attendance. Students need to be in school to receive instruction and learn from their teachers and peers. When schools have high rates of poor attendance, their academic achievement levels suffer. Ninth grade is a critical juncture that comes with increased student autonomy -- and new pitfalls, including the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 9, Attendance Patterns, Academic Achievement
Pileggi, Molly; Strouf, Kendra – Philadelphia Education Research Consortium, 2019
This brief is an addendum to an earlier report, "Getting on Track to Graduation" (see ED613890) published in May 2018 by the Philadelphia Education Research Consortium (Crofton and Neild, 2018). Focusing on two cohorts of first-time ninth grade students (the Classes of 2019 and 2020), Getting on Track to Graduation examined the extent to…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 9, Credits, Graduation Rate