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Nearly 7,000 high school students drop out each day.
Alliance for Excellent Education
Nationally, more than 1/3 of African American and Latino students who enter ninth grade will not complete
high school with their peers in 4 years.
www.edtrust.org
The Education Trust reports that many new hires are deficient in
basic writing (72%), mathematics (54%) and reading comprehension
skills (38%).
Casner-Litto et al.
Until the final decades of the 20th century, the US had the best high
school graduation rate in the world. By 2006 it had slipped to
18th out of 26 industrialized countries.
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2010
In PA, 22% of ninth graders fail to graduate from high school
within 4 years.
PDE Ensuring Success for All High School Graduates
One half of all first year college students enroll in one or more
remedial courses.
The College Board
Nearly four out of every five students required to take remedial
courses in college had a high school GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Strong American Schools, 2008
Only 12 percent of the students enrolled in remedial
college reading courses eventually earn a degree.
Strong American Schools, 2008
Only 15.9% of all students who graduated in 2009 had access
to an advanced placement course that helped them earn a score of 3 or higher
(3= predicted college success).
The College Board
About half of all high school dropouts can be predicted by 6th grade.
Balfanz and Herzog
1 in every 5 students in the US is an English language learner.
Office of English Language Acquisition
The population of English language learners in the
commonwealth has grown 110% in the past 10 years.
Office of English Language Acquisition
In the United States about 30% of future dropouts present
with risk factors by 9th grade.–Failing grades in reading and math–Poor attendance–Behavioral infractions
Complex skills required to live and thrive in a 21st century global
environment:–Learning and Innovation skills–The 4C’s: Critical Thinking, Creativity,
Collaboration, Complex Communication– Information, media and technology skills
Partnership for 21st Century Learning
It is estimated that 93 million U.S. adults have Basic and Below Basic literacy skills.
National Coalition for Literacy
35 percent of all U.S. students are scoring “below basic” on the
National Assessment of Educational Progress in math with even higher
proportions of Hispanic, African American, and low-income students
scoring “below basic.”
(NAEP) (NCES, 2002, Math Assessment)
