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Download full textSchool District of Palm Beach County, 2024
On January 22, 2023, the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) released high school graduation rates for the State of Florida and the District. The FY23 Federal High School Graduation Rate includes standard diplomas but excludes special diplomas and General Education Diplomas (GEDs). Students with Disabilities (SWD) on Access Points curriculum…
Descriptors: High School Students, Graduation Rate, School Districts, Trend Analysis
Pileggi, Molly; Turner, Alyn; Liu, Lindsey; Fontana, Jason – Philadelphia Education Research Consortium, 2020
Nationally, credit recovery has been used as a strategy to encourage and enable students to re-take previously failed courses needed to graduate. The School District of Philadelphia (SDP) offers both in-person and online options for recovering failed or missing credits required for graduation. This study provides a snapshot of the district's…
Descriptors: Required Courses, Repetition, Urban Schools, Eligibility
Peer reviewedHarris, Julie C.; Jonas, Deborah L.; Schmidt, Rebecca A. – Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia, 2021
In Virginia, all high school students can earn either a Standard diploma or an Advanced Studies diploma, the latter being a college preparatory diploma. Starting in 2017, the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) began requiring students graduating with the Standard diploma to earn a career and technical education (CTE) credential to encourage…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Vocational Education, Credentials, Graduation Requirements
Oregon Department of Education, 2019
The Oregon Statewide Report Card is an annual publication required by law (ORS 329.115), which reports on the state of public schools and their progress towards the goals of the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century. The purpose of the Oregon Statewide Report Card is to monitor trends among school districts and Oregon's progress toward…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Early Childhood Education
Oregon Department of Education, 2020
The Oregon Statewide Report Card is an annual publication required by law (ORS 329.115), which reports on the state of public schools and their progress towards the goals of the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century. The purpose of the Statewide Report Card is to monitor trends among school districts and Oregon's progress toward achieving…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Early Childhood Education
Houston Independent School District, 2016
The Optional Flexible School Day Program (OFSDP) is approved by the Texas Commissioner of Education and is offered by the Houston Independent School District (HISD) to provide students with flexible school hours and days of attendance. The goal of the program is to improve the graduation rates for students who are in danger of dropping out of…
Descriptors: Flexible Scheduling, School Schedules, Nontraditional Students, Nontraditional Education
Booth, Eric; Shields, Joseph; Carle, Jill – Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2017
In 2008 New Mexico changed its graduation requirements for regular education high school students who completed more than their senior year of high school in a New Mexico public school. Students who entered high school in 2009 were the first to have to complete (pass with a D or better) at least one advanced course (a course designated by the New…
Descriptors: High School Students, Advanced Courses, Graduation Requirements, College Readiness
Houston Independent School District, 2015
The Optional Flexible School Day Program (OFSDP) is approved by the Texas Commissioner of Education and is offered by the Houston Independent School District (HISD) to provide students with flexible school hours and days of attendance. The goal of the program is to improve the graduation rates for students who are in danger of dropping out of…
Descriptors: Flexible Scheduling, School Schedules, Nontraditional Students, Nontraditional Education
Alabama State Department of Education, 2018
This two-page Quick Facts document provides a snapshot of general state statistics, facts about public schools, the State Board of Education, and financial data. [For "Alabama Education Quick Facts, 2016-2017," see ED578987.]
Descriptors: Public Schools, State Boards of Education, Educational Finance, Statistics
Houston Independent School District, 2014
The Optional Flexible School Day Program (OFSDP) is approved by the Texas Commissioner of Education and is offered by the Houston Independent School District (HISD) to provide students with flexible school hours and days of attendance. The program offers opportunities for students to make progress toward completing high school if they are unable…
Descriptors: Flexible Scheduling, School Schedules, Nontraditional Students, Nontraditional Education
Oregon Department of Education, 2018
This annual report is a snapshot of Oregon's education system that includes important statewide data about the state's students, teachers and schools. The 2017-18 Statewide Report Card includes: (1) Graduation and dropout rates; (2) Early childhood data; (3) Attendance and regular attender data; (4) Student demographics and information on specific…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Early Childhood Education
Alabama State Department of Education, 2017
This two-page Quick Facts document provides a snapshot of general state statistics, facts about public schools, the State Board of Education, and financial data.
Descriptors: Public Schools, State Boards of Education, Educational Finance, Statistics
Modarresi, Shahpar; Wade, Julie; Zhao, Huafang; Wolanin, Natalie – Montgomery County Public Schools, 2014
The MCPS Office of Shared Accountability conducted an evaluation of the "High School Plus" (HS+) program implemented in Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools (MCPS). HS+ is one of the intervention programs offered by MCPS to provide additional ways of earning high school credits for students who have failed courses required for…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Nontraditional Education, Program Evaluation, Intervention
Paeplow, Colleen – Wake County Public School System, 2013
Retention means repeating one or more courses in high school, rather than a full grade. Over 3,500 high school students were retained in 2011-12 in Wake County Public School (WCPSS), with the largest numbers in grades 9 and 10. Some students enter high school below grade level. In 2011-12, half the WCPSS high schools had greater than 30% of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Readiness, Academic Failure, Reading Achievement
Houston Independent School District, 2016
The Advanced Virtual Academy (AVA) Twilight High School (THS) provides Houston Independent School District (HISD) high school students opportunities to earn credits toward graduation and pass state-mandated assessments. The program targets students who are at risk of not completing courses required to earn a high school diploma. This 2014-2015…
Descriptors: School Districts, High School Students, Graduation Requirements, At Risk Students
