The Yearly Success and Progress Rates report goes beyond traditional student outcome measures by showing year-by-year rates of retention, persistence, transfer, completion and stop-out. It is designed to help institutions and states better identify and inform effective intervention points to increase student success. This report examines yearly academic progress for approximately 2.3 million individuals who began college for the first time in fall 2015 with the intent to earn a credential. Their yearly progress and success rates can be compared among 50 states and Washington D.C. through interactive data dashboards available on the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center's website. Academic progress is measured in each subsequent academic year for six years after entry. The report shows the highest level of academic progress made, broken out by the type of starting institution and enrollment intensity at entry (full-time vs. part-time). Results do not account for enrollment status changes after entry. The outcome categories are modeled after those used in the Student Achievement Measure (SAM), and can be used as the most current national and state benchmarks for institutions participating in SAM. Unlike in SAM reporting, undergraduate certificates are counted as completions in this report. A recent data reporting change occurred that improved student-level data matching in the Clearinghouse database. As a result, the outcomes of the fall 2015 beginning postsecondary student cohort are the primary emphasis of the report this year. There may be some trend discontinuities from the previous editions. [For the sixth report in the series, see ED613160.]