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Graduation Pathways Business Rules

SIRS Reporting Deadlines

Cohorts Reported

Cohort year is determined using the First Date of Entry into Grade 9 as reported in SIRS. The 2016 Total Cohort Graduation Rate data includes:

The 4-Year August and 5- and 6-Year cohorts are cumulative.

The 2016 total cohort consists of all students, based on last enrollment record as of June 30, 2020, with a First Date of Entry into Grade 9 during the 2016-17 school year (July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017), regardless of their current grade level.

Regardless of cohort, students are reported in the school and district where they were last enrolled as of the reporting date (4, years after date of first entry in grade 9). The last enrollment record is defined as the regular enrollment record with the most recent beginning date as of the reporting date. Cohort year is determined using the date reported in the First Date of Entry into Grade 9 field in the school year in which the last enrollment record occurred. For more information on cohorts, see Appendix V in the SIRS Manual.

Aggregations

Aggregations are done at five different levels:

If a school shows student data in more than one district:

Closed schools/districts:

Suppression

To ensure student confidentiality, the Department does not publish outcome data for groups with non-zero counts fewer than five (5) students or data that would allow readers to easily determine the performance of a group with enrollment from one to five students. o ensure student confidentiality, the Department does not publish outcome data for groups with non-zero counts fewer than five (5) students or data that would allow readers to easily determine the performance of a group with enrollment from one to five students.

Graduates

Students whose last enrollment record had one of the following exit codes in SIRS:

Students transferring to a High School Equivalency (HSE) are not considered graduates and are therefore not included in Pathways reporting.

More information on entry and exit enrollment codes as well as credential codes can be found in the SIRS Manual.

Pathways

All graduates must be reported with an appropriate graduate exit code, diploma code and pathway (COURSE_OF_STUDY) code. A student can only be reported with one Graduation Pathway, regardless of whether they satisfied the criteria for more than one.

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