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School-year data and publication dates are different things. The data year is the period the numbers describe; the publication date is when the data product is released.…
Enrollment trends describe how many students were counted at a school, in a district, or statewide during a defined reporting period — not how good a school…
In New York State, four-year and five-year graduation rates measure the percentage of a ninth-grade cohort that earns a local or Regents diploma within four or five…
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…
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