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Facts by State
Who is leaving?
Why are they Leaving?(Risk Factors)
Who Cares?
What is the Impact?
What to Do?
(Solutions)
100
In 2010/2011, name the state that has the lowest percentage of high school graduates.
What is Nevada?
100
Name one institutional factor that may play a factor in a student dropping out?
What is parent's employment status and income? What is parent communication with the school and parent's monitoring of the school? What is having a sibling drop out?
100
In 2011 a reports showed high school exit exams were correlated with a decrease in graduation rates. Was this over 10 percentage points or less than 10?
What is less than 10? ( 2% decrease in hs graduation rates where exit exams were given)
100
High school dropouts are twice as likely to be unemployed than college graduates or three times as likely.
What is three times as likely?
100
Name a state that has a high school that also offers college credit while you complete your high school degree?
What is FL, DC, WI?
200
One state has the least amount of students leaving high school. Give the percentage for the least amount of high school dropouts in that state.
What is 88%.
200
Which percentage of students is higher; the non- graduates who said classes were uninteresting or the percentage who felt unmotivated to work hard.
What is the larger percentage is 69 % percent felt unmotivated to work hard and 47 % felt classes were not interesting.
200
True or False : One in five non-graduates went to a public school in New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami, or Chicago
What is True.
200
What percentage of young people want to go to college? A) 45 % B) 60 % C) 87%
What is 87%
200
What kind of learning best helps students at risk for not graduating?
What is personalized learning?
300
Give the percent of high school students with limited English Proficiency in Wisconsin graduate high school in four years.
What is 67% Bonus info. For students with a disability the graduation rate drops to 66%.
300
Are the expectations of the students in early school relevant to later decisions?
What is yes, other factors include the students attendance.
300
Name a personal event in a student's life that correlates highly with dropping out?
What is being retained in an earlier grade?
300
In 2004, high school graduates made more money than those who don't complete high school. Is it over $10,000 per year difference?
What is no, the difference was $9,200. However this difference adds to about a million dollars less over a lifetime.
300
True or False: Attending a career academy school increased student completion rates.
What is FALSE! * These schools are located in areas that already had high completion rates. (they may attract better prepared or more motivated students)
400
Name the state that has the highest graduation rate of 88%
What is IOWA?
400
Name two risk factors associated with a student dropping out?
What is missing school, low grades, behavior or discipline problems, lack of involvement in class and school activities, transitioning in 9th grade.
400
True or False absenteeism is a factor in high school incompletion?
What is TRUE?
400
There is inconsistent data on how the drop out rate is reported. What is needed to measure the impact of high school dropouts?
What is reliable data?
400
What president asked for the age of a student to be raised to 18 to legally drop out
Who is President Obama?
500
Which state has the lowest graduation rate for student's with a disability?
What is Nevada?
500
Which states graduated the highest portion of English Language Learners?
What is Vermont and South Dakota?
500
List two reasons students have given for their decision to drop out?
What is classes not interesting? Not motivated or inspired Had to work Became a parent Had to care for family Did not believe they could fulfill the requirements.
500
Adults who earn about 41 percent less than other Americans.
Who are students without a high school degree?
500
What did Florida do to decrease its drop out rate?
What is use high school majors to have students focus on a concentration of classes focused around a specific career.