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Appendix 20: High School Cohort Definitions
255 — Transferred to home-schooling by parent or guardian
272 — Transferred to a postsecondary school prior to earning a diploma
323 — Transferred outside district by court order
5938 — Leaving a NYC community school district under NCLB — a victim of a serious
violent incident
8338 — Incarcerated student, no participation in a program culminating in a regular
diploma
— the students transferred to an approved AHSEP or HSEP program (Reason for Ending
Enrollment Code 289 — Transferred to an AHSEP or HSEP program), had a subsequent
Reason for Beginning Enrollment Code 5654 — Enrollment in a AHSEP or HSEP program,
and then either earned a GED (Reason for Ending Enrollment Code 816 — Earned a High
School Equivalency Diploma (GED)) or remained enrolled as of June 30, 2011.
In-district or out-of-district placement students who left the United States (U.S.) and its
territories on or after BEDS day 2010 (October 6, 2010) and before June 30, 2011 (Reason for
Ending Enrollment Code 442 — Left the U.S.).
In-district or out-of-district placement students who died on or after BEDS day 2010 (October
6, 2010) and before June 30, 2011 (Reason for Ending Enrollment Code 459 — Deceased).
2006 School Total Cohort for Graduation Rate Accountability
General Definition
The 2006 school total cohort for graduation rate accountability consists of all students,
regardless of their current grade level, who met one of the following conditions:
first entered grade 9 (anywhere) during the 2006–07 school year (July 1, 2006 through June
30, 2007); or
in the case of ungraded students with disabilities, reached their seventeenth birthday during
the 2006–07 school year. The cohort year of students whose last enrollment record has a
grade of “14” (i.e., 7-12 ungraded) should be identified using their birth date even if they have a
conflicting entry in the “First Date of Entry into Grade 9.” Ungraded students are included in
the 2006 school total cohort if their birth date is between July 1, 1989 and June 30, 1990
(inclusive).
(Note: Five months is defined as 152 days: 365 days ÷ 12 months = 30.41 days per month;
30.41 × 5 = 152.05 or 152 days. Regular enrollment is defined as having a Reason for
Beginning Enrollment Code 0011, 5544, 7000, or 7011.)
Students Included in the 2006 School Total Cohort for Graduation Rate Accountability
Students who fit the general definition above and:
• whose last regular enrollment record was in a district school and the time between the
Reason for Beginning Enrollment Date and the Reason for Ending Enrollment Date (as of
June 30, 2010) was 5 months or longer.
whose last regular enrollment record was in a district school and the time between the Reason
for Beginning Enrollment Date and the Reason for Ending Enrollment Date (as of June 30,
2010) was less than 5 months, but the student was previously enrolled in the same school
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