Full Title: Number of students graduating from high school on time with a diploma.
Definition of Key Terms
Students: those reported in either Measure 2 or Measure 4A.
On Time: Within four years.
How to Calculate Measure/Collect Data
School/district promotion and graduation records of individual students who participated in AmeriCorps program.
This performance indicator is best suited for AmeriCorps programs that primarily serve 11th and 12th graders and whose objective is promoting high school graduation.
• Can you develop a reasonable baseline or “comparison” group consisting of the population you plan to serve? For example, what is the typical high school graduation rate of the population you intend to serve? This will become your comparison group or serve as your baseline. The youth served in your program should have a higher rate of high school graduation than this group.
Will you be able to set a “reach” target, the minimum anticipated percent of students participating in your education or mentoring program who you hope will graduate from high school; will the percentage you set challenge your program to reach that target?