scholarly journals High School Completion in Context: Student- and School-Level Factors Related to On-Time Graduation

2019 ◽  
Vol 121 (10) ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Mathew C. Uretsky
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Multilevel Models ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Research Question ◽  
High School Graduation ◽  
High Risk Group ◽  
School Level ◽  
Critical Element ◽  
High School Diploma ◽  
School Graduation

Background/Context There is an expansive body of research concerning high school graduation; however, most studies omit students who persist through four years of high school without earning a diploma. In addition, there is scant research exploring longer term outcomes among students whose academic trajectories do not fit within the traditional four-year model of high school graduation, including eventual graduation, postsecondary enrollment, or engagement in the workforce. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study The current study addresses the substantive gaps in research regarding high school noncompletion by examining the college and workforce outcomes of persisters—defined here as students who do not formally withdraw from high school, nor earn a regular diploma, four years after entering high school as a first-time ninth grader. Research Design The present study accessed five years of linked, longitudinal, student-level administrative data from the Maryland Longitudinal Data System. Multilevel models assessed the relationship between student- and school-level factors with the odds of students earning a high school diploma four years after beginning their freshman year. Independent variables included student-level demographic and academic indicators and school-level concentrations of student characteristics. Conclusions/Recommendations This study offers a first look into the academic and employment trajectories of an understudied and high-risk group of young adults. The multilevel examination of student- and school-level factors indicated that on-time graduation for four-year persisters should be understood as a function of students within their academic environment. Overall, persisters had less favorable college and workforce outcomes when compared with students who earned a high school diploma, suggesting the need for interventions that promote college and workforce readiness across the population of persisters. The findings presented herein suggest that the phenomenon of persisting should be considered, along with dropout, as a critical element of a more informed analysis of high school graduation. Implications for research, policy, and practice are discussed.

Gender Differences in Patterns of School Victimization and Problem Behaviors During Middle School and Their Relation to High School Graduation

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-357
Author(s):  
Kevin Tan ◽  
Ryan D. Heath ◽  
Aditi Das ◽  
Yoonsun Choi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Risk Group ◽  
High School Graduation ◽  
High Risk Group ◽  
School Graduation

Victimization and problem behaviors during middle school detrimentally influence student learning. However, less is known about how they may cooccur and collectively affect high school graduation and whether the interrelationships vary by gender. Using data from a nationally representative cohort of seventh-grade students from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1997; N = 1,009), latent class analyses identified three groups among boys and two among girls. Results indicated that 50% of boys in the high-risk group (high victimization and problem behaviors) did not graduate from high school on time. Furthermore, boys in the moderate-risk group (high victimization, low problem behaviors) graduated from high school on time at a rate comparable with the low-risk boys. Two groups emerged for girls (i.e., low vs. high risk) in which each corresponds to graduation in an expected direction. Findings from this study underscore the importance of gender differences in intervention efforts, especially during middle school.

APPLICATION OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS IN ENROLLMENT AND STUDENT TRAINING AT VIETNAMESE UNIVERSITIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 276-287
Author(s):  
The Vinh Tran ◽  
Tran Kim Thanh ◽  
Tran Manh Tuong ◽  
Vu Anh Linh Duy
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
High School Graduation ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Entrance Exam ◽  
Entrance Exams ◽  
School Graduation ◽  
And Training ◽  
Machine Learning Models

In Vietnam, since 2015, the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam has decided to abolish university entrance exams and advocates the use of high school graduation exam results of candidates for admission to go to universities. The 2015 and 2016 exam questions for the Math exam are the essay questions. From 2017 up to now, the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam has applied the form of multiple-choice exams for Mathematics in the high school graduation exam. There are many mixed opinions about the impact of this form of examination and admission on the quality of university students. In particular, the switch from the form of essay examination to multiple-choice exams led the entire Vietnam Mathematical Association at that time to send recommendations on continuing to maintain the form of essay examination for mathematics. The purposes of this article are analysis and evaluation the effects of relevant factors on the academic performance of advanced math students of university students, and offer solutions to optimize university entrance exam. The data set was provided by Training Management Department and Training Quality Control and Testing Laboratory of the University of Finance – Marketing. This dataset includes information about math high school graduation test scores, learning process scores (scores assessed by direct instructors), and advanced math course end test scores of 2834 students in courses from 2015 to 2019. Linear and non-linear regression machine learning models were used to solve the tasks given in this article. An analysis of the data was conducted to reveal the advantages and disadvantages of the change in university enrollment of the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training. Tools from the Python libraries have been supported and used effectively in the process of solving problems. Through building and surveying the model, there are suggestions and solutions to problems in enrollment and input quality assurance. Specifically, in the preparation of entrance exams, the entrance exam questions should not exceed 61-66 % of multiple choice questions.

Improving High School Graduation Through School Climate

2021 ◽  
pp. 019263652199321
Author(s):  
David G. Buckman ◽  
Nathan W. J. Hand ◽  
Arvin Johnson
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
School Climate ◽  
Graduation Rates ◽  
High School Graduation ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
The Body ◽  
Public High Schools ◽  
High School Graduation Rates ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
School Graduation

The purpose of this study was to contribute to the body of literature regarding decisions school leaders make when developing strategic plans to improve student outcomes. This study investigated whether there is a significant relationship between school climate and graduation rates for public high schools in the state of Georgia when controlling for potential covariates. Using an ordinary least squares multiple regression procedure, this study found a positive school climate increased high school graduation rates ( b = .164, p ≤ .01).

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