Understanding the Cohort Graduation Rate March >

> Presentation Topics  What PIMS data is used for cohort, graduation and dropout calculations  How 9 th grade entry date effects graduation rate  How PIMS data is used to calculate the graduation rate  How and why students are re-attributed  How the cohort graduation count differs from the yearly graduation count 2

> PIMS Data and Graduation Rate Important Data Elements (in order)  Grade 9 Entry Date  Graduation Status Code, Diploma Type Code  District Code, Location Code  District Code of Residence, Location Code of Residence  Special Education, Student Status, Foreign Exchange Student, Residence Status Code  Gender Code, Race or Ethnicity Code, LEP/ELL Status, Economic Disadvantaged Status Code 3

> PIMS Data and Graduation Rate Grade 9 Entry Date  Grade 9 Entry Date is a school year record and is entered using the last possible day of the given school year in ISO Format (20XX-06-30)  A Grade 9 Entry Date should only be entered for a student when they actually start grade nine for the first time or the first time their IEP designates them as being in grade nine  Once a student enters grade nine, the same Grade 9 Entry Date must be entered in every Student Template record submitted from that point forward. It must never change for a student even if they repeat 9 th grade or change locations  Multiple Grade 9 Entry Dates result in a student being reported in multiple cohorts 4

> PIMS Data and Graduation Rate 4-Year Graduation Rate 5 = Graduates at end of four years Adjusted cohort at end of four years Definitions:  Graduates: Students who exit secondary education with a regular high school diploma (Graduation Status Code G and Diploma Type code 806)  Adjusted Cohort: Students who entered 9 th Grade for the first time four years ago, minus those who transferred out plus those who transferred in

> PIMS and Graduation Rate Determining Graduation Status  Step 1: Determine last year enrolled at LEA  Examines all four years of Student Template  Step 2: Determine graduation status  Graduation Status Code  T or L  ‘Transfer’ – Removed from LEA’s Cohort  A, B, C, D, E, F, H, O, R, W  ‘Dropout’ – Non-grad  Null/Blank  ‘Retained’ – Non-grad  G – refer to:  Diploma Type Code  806  ‘Grad’ - Graduate  816  ‘GED’ – Non-grad 6

> PIMS Data and Graduation Rate Example One of Determining Graduation Status 7 Student ID District Code School Year Graduation Status Code Diploma Type Code Grade 9 Entry Date Student1LEA Student1LEA Student1LEA Student1LEA G Student1LEA G STEP 1 STEP 2 Student1LEA Grad

> PIMS Data and Graduation Rate Example Two of Determining Graduation Status 8 Student ID District Code School Year Graduation Status Code Diploma Type Code Grade 9 Entry Date Student2LEA Student2LEA T Student2LEA T STEP 1 STEP 2 Student2LEA Transfer

> PIMS Data and Graduation Rate Example Three of Determining Graduation Status 9 Student ID District Code School Year Graduation Status Code Diploma Type Code Grade 9 Entry Date Student2LEA Student2LEA T Student2LEA G Student2LEA G STEP 1 STEP 2 Student2LEA Grad

> PIMS Data and Graduation Rate Example Four of Determining Graduation Status 10 Student ID District Code School Year Graduation Status Code Diploma Type Code Grade 9 Entry Date Student3LEA D Student3LEA Student3LEA Student3LEA STEP 1 STEP 2 Student3LEA Retained

> PIMS Data and Graduation Rate Determining Final Cohort Location  Step 1: Determine last year enrolled in Pennsylvania  Examines all LEAs’ Student Templates over all four years  Step 2: Determine all locations enrolled in last year enrolled in Pennsylvania  Step 3: Perform attribution based on attribution map 11

> PIMS Data and Graduation Rate School Year Attribution Map 12

> PIMS Data and Graduation Rate Example One of Determining Final Cohort Location 13 Student IDDistrict Code School YearGraduation Status Student1LEA Retained Student 1LEA Transfer Student 1LEA Grad Student1LEA Grad

> PIMS Data and Graduation Rate Example Two of Determining Final Cohort Location 14 Student IDDistrict Code School YearGraduation Status Student2LEA Transfer Student 2LEA Retained Student 2LEA Grad Student2LEA Retained Student 2LEA Grad

> PIMS Data and Graduation Rate Example Three of Determining Final Cohort Location 15 Student IDDistrict Code School YearGraduation Status Student3LEA Dropout Student 3LEA Dropout Student 3LEA Retained Student 3LEA Retained

> Different Graduation Rates  Cohort Graduation Rate: 16 Graduates at end of four years Adjusted cohort at end of four years  Regular Graduation Rate: Graduates for this school year Twelfth Graders this school year Students reported as a dropout this school year Twelfth grade students this school year  Dropout Rate:

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