Reply #32: I'm wrong - it was revised up to 8%

[AngryAmish]

CPS college grad rate revised
Chicago Sun-Times, Oct 12, 2006 by Maudlyne Ihejirika


A controversial April study exposing dismal college graduation rates for Chicago Public Schools students -- only 6.5 percent were earning four-year college degrees by their mid-20s -- had errors, its think tank author said Wednesday.

That figure is actually 8 percent, the University of Chicago's Consortium on Chicago School Research says in a revision issued this month in the wake of two universities' challenges of reported graduation rates for their CPS alumni.

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"This is a step in the right direction, but obviously the numbers aren't good enough," said Schools CEO Arne Duncan. "But people should understand this data is not current. The mayor didn't take over the system until 1995."

The earlier report, titled "From High School to the Future," stirred alarm among school watchdog groups and put CPS officials on the defensive with even more alarming data for black and Latino males -- only about 3 percent were earning degrees from four-year colleges within six years. For Latinos, that figure rose to 4 percent in the revision.


Still, 8% is dismal. They have some magnet schools that are truly good. The rest are pre-prison waiting rooms, just like the CPS administration likes it.