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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi! The latest report on national high school dropout and completion rates was just released (read below). You can find the dropout and completion rate for the schools in your library service area here:
<a href="http://schools.oregonlive.com/">http://schools.oregonlive.com/</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The current data looks bleak in too many cases, but take a look at the
<a href="http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2015/2015015.pdf">charts in the report</a>. You’ll see that since 1972 dropout rates have declined. Low-income, Hispanic, and Black teens still dropout at a higher rate than middle/high income White teens, but over time their
dropout rates have declined the most.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>How does this related to library teen services?</b> If a school with a high dropout rate is in your service area, you may be able to use this data to advocate for improving teen services at your library—especially outreach to low-income,
Hispanic, and Black teens. You can <a href="http://schools.oregonlive.com/search/">
look at reading, writing, math, and science test scores</a> of students at schools in your service area too. This can help you plan the types of programs that may help students in the subjects they need the most help.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">NCES releases Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972-2012<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">On June 25, 2015, the National Center for Education Statistics will release
<em><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972-2012</span></em>. The report draws on an array of nationally representative surveys and administrative datasets to present statistics
on high school dropout and completion rates. The report includes national estimates of the percentage of students who drop out in a given 12-month period (event dropout rates), the percentage of young people in a specified age range who are high school dropouts
(status dropout rates), and the percentage of young people in a specified age range who hold high school credentials (status completion rates). In addition, the report includes state-level data on event dropout rates and the percentage of students who graduate
within four years of starting ninth grade (adjusted cohort graduation rate). Data are presented by a number of characteristics including race/ethnicity, sex, and socioeconomic status.
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<p><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Key findings from this year's report include the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">On average, 3.4 percent of students who were enrolled in public or private high schools in October 2011 left school before October 2012 without completing a high school program. Event dropout
rates have trended downward, from 6.1 percent in 1972 to 3.4 percent in 2012. Black and Hispanic students had higher event dropout rates than White students in 2012 (6.8 percent, 5.4 percent, and 1.6 percent, respectively).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">In October 2012, approximately 2.6 million 16- through 24-year-olds were not enrolled in high school and had not earned a high school diploma or alternative credential. These status dropouts
accounted for 6.6 percent of the 38.8 million noninstitutionalized, civilian 16- through 24-year-olds living in the United States. Among all individuals in this age group, status dropout rates trended downward between 1972 and 2012, declining from 14.6 percent
to 6.6 percent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">The 2012 status dropout rates for Asian/Pacific Islander (3.3 percent) and White (4.3 percent) 16- to 24-year olds were lower than those for Black (7.5 percent), Hispanic (12.7 percent), and
American Indian/Alaska Native (14.6 percent) 16- to 24-year-olds. White and Black status dropout rates fell from 1972 to 2012, from 12.3 to 4.3 percent and from 21.3 to 7.5 percent, respectively. Between 1972 and 1990, Hispanic status dropout rates showed
no clear trend, but between 1990 and 2012 they fell from 32.4 percent to 12.7 percent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">In 2012, 91.3 percent of 18- through 24-year-olds not enrolled in high school had received a high school diploma or alternative credential. Since 1980, the status completion rate has shown an
upward trend, starting at 83.9 percent in 1980 and rising to 91.3 percent in 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">In 2012, Asian/Pacific Islander (94.9 percent) and White (94.6 percent) young adults had status completion rates that were higher than Black (90.0 percent), Hispanic (82.8 percent), and American
Indian/Alaska Native (79.0 percent) young adults (table 9). The status completion rate for persons of Two or more races (91.9 percent) did not measurably differ from the rates for White or Asian/Pacific Islander young adults.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">To view the full report when it is released, please visit
<a href="http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2015015">http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2015015</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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