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What Is The Data Telling Us?. National Graduation Data Class of 2007. Source: Editorial Projects in Education. Maryland Graduation Rates. Maryland Graduation Data Class of 2007. Source: Alliance for Excellence in Education. 2005 NAEP High School Transcript Study.
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National Graduation DataClass of 2007 Source: Editorial Projects in Education
Maryland Graduation DataClass of 2007 Source: Alliance for Excellence in Education
2005 NAEP High School Transcript Study Curriculum Asian White Hispanic Black Rigorous 22% 11% 8% 6% Advanced Math 62% 46% 26% 29% Advanced Science or Physics 62% 46% 34% 32% 6 Year College Graduation Rates 66% 59% 47% 40% Note: These percentages represent the transcripts of those students who actually graduated. The Nations Report Card 2007
African American Over-Representation in Suspensions Nationwide
CHS DATA2010-2011 • 71% Caucasian 76% representation in Honors 78% representation in AP • 23% African American 9% representation in Honors 13% representation in AP
CHS DATA2010-2011 • 71% Caucasian 76% representation in Honors 78% representation in AP • 23% African American 9% representation in Honors 13% representation in AP
CHS DATA2010-2011 • 71% Caucasian 76% representation in Honors 78% representation in AP • 23% African American 9% representation in Honors 13% representation in AP
CHS DATA2010-2011 • 71% Caucasian 76% representation in Honors 78% representation in AP • 23% African American 9% representation in Honors 13% representation in AP
Costs of Dropping Out of High School • Over the course of a lifetime, a high school dropout earns, on average, about $260,000 less than a high school graduate • Dropouts from the Class of 2010 alone will cost the nation more than $337 billion in lost wages over the course of their lifetimes.
Costs of Dropping Out of High School • If the United States’ likely dropouts from the Class of 2006 had graduated, the nation could have saved more than $17 billion in Medicaid and expenditures for uninsured health care over the course of those young people’s lives. • Increasing the graduation rate and college matriculation of male students in the United States by just 5 percent could lead to combined savings and revenue of almost $8 billion each year by reducing crime-related costs.
An African American Male Has: • a 1 in 4600 chance of becoming an NBA player • less than a 1 in 1250 chance of becoming an NFL player • a 1 in 2000 chance of getting a PhD in mathematics, engineering or the physical sciences • a 1 in 548 chance of becoming a physician • a 1 in 195 chance of becoming a lawyer • a 1 in 53 chance of becoming a teacher • a 1 in 13 chance of going to prison before he turns 20 • a 1 in 7 chance of never graduating from high school • a 1 in 6 chance of going to prison before he dies