eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In 2020, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the high school dropout rate was 5.3% About Cognia Cognia offers accreditation and certification, assessment, professional learning, and improvement services to institutions and other education providers.

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Dropout Course Assessment Secondary 93

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

With people of color expected to make up a quarter of the state’s population by 2035, these gaps represent an economic threat to Minnesota; unless more residents get to and through college, there won’t be enough qualified workers to fill the jobs that require a post-secondary degree or certificate. “[O]ur They are still behind .

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Dropout Secondary Course Report 71

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Their ESSA plans detail systemic transformations of assessment methods and other practices, according to Lillian Pace, the senior director of national policy at KnowledgeWorks. High schools were rated on standardized tests, as well as dropout, attendance and graduation rates. But developing such systems is a complicated task.

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Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 70

Edsurge

MAY 22, 2023

Cooney is a licensed social worker who provides on-the-ground training to school-based counselors and other mental health professionals. Then after we work to get a community stabilized, that's when we can go in and do an assessment of who may need some additional support, like our mental health interventions.

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Secondary Training System Elementary 178

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

In New Orleans, the large number of dropouts who lack HiSET credentials drives the astronomically high count of so-called “opportunity youth.” After an academic assessment, using the Test of Adult Basic Education, or TABE, Irving-Marin asks students about barriers holding them back, and about goals five or 10 years in the future.

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Dropout Policies Report System 54

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

The district relied on individual schools to call families, while its department of research, assessment and data conducted surveys at individual school sites to find out whether families had an internet connection and computer access. It also offers training on site at public housing complexes.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 109

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

They spoke of teachers inadequately trained to support special education students. Even students with cognitive delays may be able to attend modified post-secondary programs if given adequate preparation and encouragement in school. Yet general education teachers rarely have much training in special education.

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Education Strategy Report Training 111