Does this mean we win?
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Those rankings are idiotic. Except for the complete cluster17 states, mostly they just give you a rough order of the demographics of each state. The rankings look a lot different if you compare students of comparable backgrounds from each state.
And I'm not sure what methodology they're actually using, but the statistics they list are pretty much all indirect measures at best of quality. Spending per pupil is not very strongly correlated with performance and graduation rate, while helpful, doesn't mean much if there is no standard assessment test enusring they graduated because they obtained the necessary skills and not because the schools just move people up and out.
And I'm not sure what methodology they're actually using, but the statistics they list are pretty much all indirect measures at best of quality. Spending per pupil is not very strongly correlated with performance and graduation rate, while helpful, doesn't mean much if there is no standard assessment test enusring they graduated because they obtained the necessary skills and not because the schools just move people up and out.
To be fair, I think the 'high school graduation rates' is a meaningless stat in today's economy.
In other words, I see no real difference in the people with only a HS diploma and the people without one.
In other words, I see no real difference in the people with only a HS diploma and the people without one.
High school graduation rate: 64.4%
Not even 2/3 of kids graduate high school?
So 1/3 of em may not realize right away(or at all) that 64.4% is less than 2/3.
What the hell. I get that poverty is all around. I get that economic opportunities are limited. Etc etc etc. All that is tragic.
But not even 2/3 of students graduate high school?
> Preschool enrollment: 53.1% (6th highest)
This is good news. Very good news. Study after study have all directly tied the ability to learn and how much you can take in as a student and adult with your exposure to education in the first 5 years of life.
Hopefully this sort of stat will help set one of the building blocks for future kids to stay the 17 in school and graduate. Its high school for goodness sake.
Not even 2/3 of kids graduate high school?
So 1/3 of em may not realize right away(or at all) that 64.4% is less than 2/3.
What the hell. I get that poverty is all around. I get that economic opportunities are limited. Etc etc etc. All that is tragic.
But not even 2/3 of students graduate high school?
> Preschool enrollment: 53.1% (6th highest)
This is good news. Very good news. Study after study have all directly tied the ability to learn and how much you can take in as a student and adult with your exposure to education in the first 5 years of life.
Hopefully this sort of stat will help set one of the building blocks for future kids to stay the 17 in school and graduate. Its high school for goodness sake.
Without looking I will bet you we rank close to the top in annual expenditures per student as a percentage of average household income within the state..
The high school graduation rate is usually the percentage of 9th graders who graduate four years later, so a kid who is coming back for fifth year counts the same way that an actual drop out even if he is still enrolled in school. I have no idea if a meaningful number of kids in Mississippi come back for a fifth year of high school, but unless you have free opportunities to make up class during the school year, you're basically going to have to count every poor kid who fails a graduation requirement as a "drop out" this way.