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Download full textJohn Q. Easton; Briana Diaz – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2023
Research studies show that students' grades are more predictive than test scores of their future academic success, including high school and post-secondary outcomes. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) recognizes the importance of grades through its longstanding "Bs or Better" campaign. Yet within CPS, boys' grades are consistently lower than…
Descriptors: High School Freshmen, Secondary School Mathematics, Gender Differences, Grading
Lauren Sartain; Silvana Freire; John Q. Easton; Briana Diaz – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
Across an array of educational outcomes, evidence suggests that girls outperform boys on average. For example, in Chicago, ninth-grade girls earn math GPAs that are 0.29 points higher than boys on average. This paper examines explanations for this gap, such as girl-boy differences in academic preparation, behaviors and habits, and experiences in…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Achievement Gap, Mathematics Achievement, Grades (Scholastic)
Allensworth, Elaine M.; Healey, Kaleen; Gwynne, Julia A.; Crespin, René – University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, 2016
High school graduation rates in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) have shown remarkable improvements over the past 16 years. Students used to be about as likely to drop out as they were to graduate; now they are three times as likely to graduate as to drop out. Moreover, recent large improvements in the percentage of students on-track to graduate…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Graduation Rate, Educational Change, Demography
