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NYSED uses a 12-digit institution ID and a 12-digit SED code that is a BEDS code for P-12 schools or the institution ID for other institutions. BEDS…
Graduation rates and dropout rates measure different things: graduation rates track how many students in a cohort finish high school with a regular diploma, while dropout rates…
Percentage points measure the arithmetic difference between two percentages, while percent change measures the relative change from the starting value. If a school's proficiency rate rises from…
An enrollment number counts how many students were officially recorded at a school or district during a defined reporting period — nothing more on its own. It…
A graduation cohort is the group of students who enter ninth grade for the first time in the same school year. States track that group, add verified…
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