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Alison Jeanne Frary – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study is to determine if and to what extent disparities in the referral of student subpopulations for discretionary discipline exist and if changes in disparity correlate with changes in campus academic achievement. In this study, 31 million observations of discipline data generated by reason code 21, violations of the student…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Public Schools, Minority Groups, Discipline
Caropelo, Frank, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This quantitative study tested a relationship between the bell schedule models used in Oregon high schools, and mean graduation rates during the school years 2017-2020. One-hundred fourteen public high schools in Oregon with adjusted cohorts of at least 100 students were examined. Bell schedules were categorized by the day/meet pattern as seven…
Descriptors: High School Students, Graduation Rate, School Schedules, Public Schools
Stéphane Lavertu – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2024
For more than twenty-five years, public charter schools have served Ohio families and communities by providing quality educational options beyond the local school district. But it's no secret that we've also had a long-standing debate over whether increasing school choice impacts students who remain in traditional districts. In important--and…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Choice, Graduation Rate, Attendance Patterns
Jodi Frager – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In the landscape of modern education, the role of a superintendent has become increasingly complex, marked by demands for higher student achievement and round-the-clock communication. This complexity, underscored by technological advancements and evolving accountability measures, underscores the criticality of strategic planning for school…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Public Schools, Superintendents, School Districts
Sofoklis Goulas – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented challenges to the education sector, and its ramifications have extended far beyond the extended closure of many American schools. Among other things, they include a substantial enrollment decline in a non-trivial number of public schools across the United States, some of which were already experiencing…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools, Public Schools, School Closing
Jose Balmori de la Miyar; Daniel Prudencio; Adan Silverio-Murillo – Journal of Education for Business, 2023
This paper calculates the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on educational outcomes for undergraduate business programs in Mexico. We use administrative data from the National Association of Universities and Institutions of Higher Education and a difference-in-differences empirical strategy to estimate the impact. We find a negative effect on…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Outcomes of Education, Undergraduate Students
Wentworth, Matthew T. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This study examines whether Superintendent-Principal Partnership Longevity has a relationship with student Annual Graduation Rates in New York State from 2009 to 2018. Previous research has explored the role of individual school leadership longevity (superintendent or principal) on student achievement. Superintendent-Principal Partnership…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Principals, Interprofessional Relationship, Graduation Rate
Kansas State Department of Education, 2024
The Kansas Graduate and Dropout Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of how the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) calculates and reports the Adjusted Cohort Graduation and Annual Dropout Rates. Sections include: (1) Introduction; (2) Terminology; (3) Data Sources; (4) Graduation Calculations; (5) Dropout Calculation; and (6)…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Home Schooling, Students with Disabilities
Sarah Ruth Morris; Alison Heape Johnson – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2024
High school graduation is a pivotal milestone that can shape students' future, offering them opportunities for higher education and gainful employment. Because research shows grade point averages and course failures to be predictive of high school graduation, it is important for students' life outcomes that their teachers assign them equitable…
Descriptors: Grading, High School Graduates, Graduation Rate, Cost Effectiveness
Ashley B. Clayton; Rachel E. Worsham – Innovative Higher Education, 2024
This study examined the effectiveness of the Carolina College Advising Corps (CCAC) on two college readiness outcomes: advanced college preparatory course enrollment and SAT test-taking behaviors. The focus of this study is on concrete college readiness measures beyond mere college aspirations, as these measures more accurately predict college…
Descriptors: Public Schools, High Schools, Partnerships in Education, Academic Advising
Stacia Dillin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
High school graduation represents a pivotal milestone with far-reaching implications for an individual's future in social, economic, professional, and personal spheres. Despite its significance, only approximately 85.5% of students in the United States successfully earn their diploma each year, with groups such as black, Hispanic, American…
Descriptors: School Choice, High School Students, Graduation, Public Schools
Jacqueline Denise Dowdy – ProQuest LLC, 2021
For more than two decades, there has been an increased emphasis on improving academic outcomes for K-12 students across Florida. Such emphasis has resulted in state reform efforts to enhance student academic performance and school accountability. High-stakes testing has been selected as one means for assessing student outcomes and measuring school…
Descriptors: High Schools, Public Schools, Graduation Rate, Educational Policy
Darris R. Means; Jenay F. E. Willis; Kim Getfield; Devon Golden; Bryson Henriott; Brandon Lee; Alejandra Medina; Hannah Reilley; Lily K. Tunstall; Ying Zhou – Rural Educator, 2024
Since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, increasing attention has been paid to rural communities. For our study, we used a multicase study approach that included five states to study the difference between the rhetoric about the need to focus more attention on rural communities soon after the 2016 election and the practiced reality of state…
Descriptors: State Policy, Access to Education, Success, Rural Areas
Rubin, Paul G.; Ness, Erik C. – Higher Education Policy, 2021
State higher education governing agencies in the United States are uniquely positioned between the state government and public postsecondary sector. However, few studies have considered how this organizational characteristic influences these agencies' role in the policy process. The current study seeks to contribute to this gap in the literature…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational Policy, Institutional Characteristics, Higher Education
Arthur Rahman – ProQuest LLC, 2024
There is an underrepresentation of Filipino American and Asian American school administrators. The problem is that low Filipino American administrator-Filipino American student ethnicity match ratios and low Asian American administrator-Filipino American student race match ratios have negatively affected the graduation rates and chronic…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Student Characteristics, Racial Differences, Ethnic Groups