Adjusted Cohort Graduation/Completion Rate - Report Mockup

Title I regulations (see Section 200.19) require states to report four-year adjusted cohort graduation rates, disaggregated by student group, at the school, district, and State levels beginning with four-year rates for the Class of 2010.

Extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rates may also be reported, upon approval of the the U. S. Department of Education. Wisconsin is seeking approval for use of six-year adjusted cohort graduation rates and begin reporting, if approved, with 2011-12 rates. Until 2011-12, Wisconsin intends to continue reporting rates according to the legacy rate formula used since 2003-04.

A mockup of the new Wisconsin graduation/completion rate report is provided below. Wisconsin reported adjusted cohort rates in this manner beginning with 2009-10 4-year rates.

GRADUATION/COMPLETION REPORT MOCKUP -- ADJUSTED COHORT RATES

Timeframe: All Timeframes • Four-Year Rate • Six-Year Rate • Legacy Rate (By Age 21)
View By: All Students • Gender • Race/Ethnicity • Disability • Economic Status • English Proficiency
Compare To: Prior Years • District/State • Selected Schools • Current Data Only

Four-Year Graduation/Completion Rates - All Students Pine Forest High School 2009-10 Compared to District/State
		Noncompleters			Completers
	Total Expected to Complete High School	% Not Known to be Continuing	% Reached Maximum Age	% Known to be Continuing	% Certificates	% HSEDs	% Regular Diplomas (Graduates)
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Big Woods District	###	#.#%	#.#%	#.#%	#.#%	#.#%	##.#%
WI Public Schools	###	#.#%	#.#%	#.#%	#.#%	#.#%	##.#%

Note: Data for 4- and 6-Year timeframes are first available for 2009-10 and 2011-12 rates, respectively. These rates will be used for school system accountability purposes beginning with 2011-12 (4-Year) and 2012-13 (6-Year) adequate yearly progress determinations. The Legacy Rates are based on a 2003-04 formula that includes students continuing until age 21. See cautions, definitions, formulas, and more.

TERMS AND DEFINITIONS - ADJUSTED COHORT RATES

Total Expected to Complete High School. Count of students who were expected to complete high school by any given year whether or not the students actually did. All students who enter high school are expected to complete high school. Total expected to complete high school is the denominator used to calculate graduation and completion rates. For four-year and six-year rates, this total is the count of students in the adjusted cohort for the graduating class. The adjusted cohort includes students associated with a specific graduating class, adjusted for each school due to changes in the enrollment status of students. Students are assigned to one and only one statewide cohort when they first enroll in a high school grade in WI public schools. At the end of the selected graduation timeframe, 4-year or 6-year, adjustments are made to remove any student from the his/her assigned cohort if the most recent WI public school has written confirmation that the student has transferred to another state or a nonpublic WI school, emigrated to another country, or is deceased prior to the end of that timeframe. Each remaining student in the cohort is included in the count of students in the adjusted cohort for the most recent WI public school accountable for the student.

Noncompleters. Students in the adjusted cohort who, as of the end of the timeframe, had not earned any completion credential in WI public schools.

Not Known to be Continuing. Status of a high school noncompleter who, as of the end of the timeframe, was not known to be continuing in high school. Students who counted in multiple annual dropout events over the multi-year graduation timeframe count no more than once here. Students who dropped out before being assigned to a cohort or who were counted as an annual dropout event and later returned to continue high school are not counted here. Students who complete the final school year of the timeframe without evidence of high school continuation the next year are counted here but would not count as an annual dropout event until the following year. Any noncompleter in the adjusted cohort who is not counted in other noncompleter columns to the right is counted here.

Reached Maximum Age. Status of a noncompleter who, as of the end of the timeframe, either (a) reached the maximum age of eligibility for a free public education at the time of exit from the most recent WI public school or (b) had no exit but reached that maximum age at the end of the timeframe.

Known to be Continuing. Status of a high school noncompleter who, as of the end of the timeframe, was known to be continuing high school. Examples include students without exit dates in the rate year or students with confirmed transfers to another WI public school at the beginning of the next school year. Students who completed the school term of the rate year and then transferred to a nonpublic WI school or another state to continue high school are also counted in this total.

Completers. Students in the adjusted cohort who, as of the end of the timeframe, had earned any high school completion credential in WI public schools. Students who earned regular diplomas are counted as graduates. For students with multiple credentials, the highest credential is counted. Credentials earned by students during the summer session immediately following the school term at the end of the timeframe are counted as being earned during the timeframe. Descriptions of credential types used in graduation/completion reports are found at Submitting and Publicly Reporting Data about High School Completion Credentials

FOR MORE INFORMATION, see:

Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rates
Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate Tip Sheet and Check list for WSLS/ISES Administrators
Improving High School Graduation
Graduation/Completion Report Mockup - Legacy Rates (2003-04 formula)
Graduation/Completion Rates on WINSS
Title I Regulations
High School Graduation Rate, Non-Regulatory Guidance