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Appendix 20: High School Cohort Definitions<br />

Appendix 20: High School Cohort Definitions<br />

Performance at the secondary level is determined for a cohort of students, consisting of<br />

students who first entered grade 9 in the same school year. Accountability for English<br />

Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics in 2010–11 will be based on the 2007 Accountability<br />

Cohort. Graduation-rate accountability for the 2010–11 school year will be based on the 2006<br />

Total Cohort. Foreign exchange students are not included in the cohorts.<br />

2007 School Accountability Cohort<br />

General Definition<br />

The 2007 school accountability cohort consists of all students, regardless of their current grade<br />

level, who were enrolled in the school on October 6, 2010 (BEDS day) and meet one of the<br />

following conditions:<br />

first entered grade 9 (anywhere) during the 2007–08 school year (July 1, 2007 through June<br />

30, 2008); or<br />

in the case of ungraded students with disabilities, reached their seventeenth birthday during<br />

the 2007–08 school year. The cohort year of students whose last enrollment record has a<br />

grade of “14” (i.e., 7–<strong>12</strong> ungraded) will be identified using their birth date, even if they have a<br />

conflicting entry in the “First Date of Entry into Grade 9” field. Ungraded students are included<br />

in the 2007 school accountability cohort if their birth date is between July 1, 1990 and June 30,<br />

1991 (inclusive).<br />

Students Included in the 2007 School Accountability Cohort<br />

The students below are included in the 2007 school accountability cohort if they also fit the<br />

general definition above:<br />

• Students with no Reason for Ending Enrollment Code or Reason for Ending Enrollment<br />

Date between BEDS day 2010 (October 6, 2010) and June 30, 2011.<br />

• Students who were enrolled in the school between BEDS day 2010 (October 6, 2010) and<br />

June 30, 2011 and changed grades after BEDS day 2010 (October 6, 2010); that is,<br />

students with a Reason for Ending Enrollment Code 782 — Entry into a different grade in<br />

the same school building.<br />

• Students who were enrolled in the school on BEDS day 2010 (October 6, 2010) and who<br />

dropped out after BEDS day 2010 (October 6, 2010) and on or before June 30, 2011; that<br />

is, students with one of the following Reason for Ending Enrollment Codes on their last<br />

enrollment record in the school after BEDS day 2010 and on or before June 30, 2011:<br />

136 — Reached maximum legal age and has not earned a diploma or certificate<br />

340 — Left school: first-time dropout<br />

391 — Long-term absence (20 consecutive unexcused days)<br />

408 — Permanent expulsion (student must be over compulsory attendance age)<br />

425 — Left school, no documentation of transfer<br />

357 — Left school: previously counted as a dropout<br />

306 — Transferred to other high school equivalency (GED) preparation program<br />

292 Student Information Repository System Manual for 2010–11 Version 6.2

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