ERIC Number: ED607678
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Aug
Pages: 2
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ISSN: ISSN-
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Tracking Eighth-Graders' Postsecondary Outcomes in Harris County
Holzman, Brian; Wu, Jie; Zhang, Mingming; Martinez, Matthew J.
Houston Education Research Consortium
This study tracked college and workforce outcomes for students who began 8th grade in fall 1998 and attended a Texas public school. Students were tracked for 17 years, through summer 2015, when they were approximately 30 years old. Of the 38,322 eighth-grade students in Harris County, 30 percent finished a postsecondary certificate or degree. Female, white, Asian, and non-economically disadvantaged students were more likely to earn a postsecondary credential than male, black, Hispanic, and economically disadvantaged students. [The results for this study are available on an interactive website: https://www.datahouston.org/story/8thgrade.html.]
Descriptors: Grade 8, Outcomes of Education, Postsecondary Education, Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Educational Attainment, Enrollment, Social Differences, Equal Education, School Districts
Houston Education Research Consortium. 6100 Main Street, MS-258, Houston, Texas 77005. Tel: 713-348-2532; e-mail: herc@rice.edu; Web site: https://kinder.rice.edu/houston-education-research-consortium
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 8; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Rice University, Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC)
Identifiers - Location: Texas
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