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Closing the Graduation Gap: Progress and Challenge in Raising High School Graduation Rates in Indiana

November 27, 2017

In 2015, Indiana had both the highest high school graduation rates of any state in the nation at 87.1 percent, and the narrowest graduation gap—4.5 percentage points—between low-income and non-low-income students. This happened in a state in which well more than one-third of the cohort of students were low-income. Indiana was also in the top five states for closing the graduation gap between all and low-income students from 2011 to 2015.

Type: Resource

TAG: Grad Rate Data

promises: Effective Education

channels: Grad Rate Data

SOURCE: Civic

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Paper Thin? Why All High School Diplomas Are Not Created Equal

July 27, 2017

Paper Thin? Why All High School Diplomas Are Not Created Equal provides a state-by-state analysis of the different types of diplomas that states awarded to the Class of 2014 and the impact on traditionally underserved students.
Building Blocks of a GradNation: Assets for Keeping Young People in School

September 19, 2015

Much has been written about how to prevent students from leaving high school before graduating, and which life experiences or risk factors