These efforts, along with others, have resulted in substantial progress, taking the AFGR from nearly all-time lows in the late 1990s to nearly all-time highs in the current release.
The AFGR for Hispanic students was up nearly 8 percentage points from two years earlier, and the estimated graduation rate for black students was up nearly 5 percentage points over the same period.
As states continued to construct their own graduation rates, in 2001 the Department of Education began using the AFGR as a benchmark measure of the high school graduation rate.
who counts as a "dropout." (113) AFGR is a particular method
(114) One calculates AFGR for a given area by dividing the
Department of Education considers AFGR to be the most
In the interim, states that do not yet have a system to accurately track transfers or four years of data available will be required to use the Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate (
AFGR).
By drawing on two prominent methods for calculating graduation rates: the National Governors Association's endorsed longitudinal approach and the Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate (
AFGR), this brief outlines how data are needed to track dropout trends and patterns, as well as how to direct resources and more effective strategies to ensure more students receive a high school diploma.
An additional 54,012 received another high school completion credential; (5) The averaged freshman graduation rate (
AFGR), an estimate of the percentage of high school students who graduate on time (i.e., within 4 years), was 74.7 in school year 2004-05.
The statistics generated are compared to a panel based graduation rate, the Average Freshmen Graduation Rate (
AFGR) produced by the National Center for Education Statistics and the Cumulative Promotion Index (CPI) published in Education Week.
This report presents the averaged freshman graduation rate (
AFGR) for public school students for two school years--2001-02 and 2002-03.