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Kwakye, Isaac; Lacalli, Emma – Washington Student Achievement Council, 2023
Washington's high school graduation rate has increased over the past decade. In 2022, 82 percent of high school students in the state graduated in four years, a six-percentage point increase over the 2013 graduation rate. This report looks at postsecondary enrollment trends for Washington high school graduates in the classes of 2020 and 2021…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, High School Graduates, Graduation Rate, Enrollment Trends
Austin, Megan; Backes, Ben; Goldhaber, Dan; Li, Dory; Streich, Francie – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2022
Taking advanced courses in high school predicts a broad array of positive postsecondary and labor market outcomes. Yet students from historically disadvantaged groups and low-income backgrounds have long been underrepresented in these courses. To address this problem, more than 60 districts in Washington state implemented a policy that…
Descriptors: High School Students, School Districts, Educational Policy, Advanced Courses
Kwakye, Isaac; Lacalli, Emma – Washington Student Achievement Council, 2023
The Washington Student Achievement Council partnered with the North Central Educational Service District to design and develop a series of animated videos to share simple and clear information with students about the Washington College Grant and the benefits of pursuing education or training after high school. The videos aimed to build an engaging…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Student Financial Aid, Video Technology, Information Dissemination
Johnson, Cinda – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2016
This report analyzes data for secondary special education students in Washington who left high school during the 2013-14 school year. These data were collected by the state starting on June 1, 2015, from all 233 districts with high schools: 230 districts, two state schools, and one educational service agency (a collection of 27 small districts…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Special Needs Students, High School Graduates
Goldhaber, Dan; Long, Mark C.; Person, Ann; Rooklyn, Jordan – Center for Education Data & Research, 2016
Why individuals choose not to sign up for social programs, particularly when the costs of sign-up are low and the benefits generous, is a crucial question for policy scholars. In this paper, we show that a substantial share of qualified middle school students fail to sign up for Washington State's College Bound Scholarship program, and this…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, College Bound Students, Mixed Methods Research, Program Evaluation
Riggers, Marcia L. – 1985
A study examined the home and family life courses provided in secondary schools throughout the state of Washington. Course offerings and student enrollment figures were analyzed. Survey instruments were mailed to the home and family life teachers in each of the secondary schools in Washington. A computer analysis of the data reported from 143…
Descriptors: Course Content, Educational Trends, Elective Courses, Enrollment Rate