CCR Data and Transparency Quiz

Nope. The lowest score, earned by Pennsylvania, was just 4 out of 32 possible points. See the state’s full details in its transparency report here.

Looking at only one indicator gives an incomplete picture. It’s important for states to consider multiple indicators of college and career readiness to get the most complete picture of student readiness. That data also needs to be disaggregated and count all students. Using only an aggregate number could mask gaps between different groups of students.

Not quite. California, Louisiana, and New Hampshire only report data for one of the three postsecondary indicators, but Pennsylvania doesn’t report any. See full transparency reports here.

The average score was just above a 50% - 16.5 out of 32 possible points.  See the full set of transparency reports here.

That’s right. For the full details on this and other criteria Achieve used to award points in the transparency reports, please see the transparency report methodology.

Sorry, not quite. Just Delaware and Nevada earned a perfect score in the category evaluating whether states report data for all eight indicators of student readiness. Check out their complete state reports here.

Nope. While there are small groups of states who report certain indicators the same way, only the adjusted cohort graduation rate can be compared across all states – and that’s because there is one mandated definition for how to calculate that number. Unfortunately, too many states collect data in ways that cannot be compared across states. Often the reason for this is that they only use data from a subset of students

Sorry, that’s incorrect. The 9th grade cohort is the best denominator to use when calculating college and career readiness outcomes because it counts all students who entered 9th grade together. Making calculations about 12th graders or high school graduates, for example, doesn’t account for students who have dropped out or fallen behind earlier in high school, leading to inflated figures.