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Durham, Rachel E.; Smith, Zyrashae; Cronister, Curt – Baltimore Education Research Consortium, 2020
This report is a compendium of college access-related data that is intended to provide a detailed overview of Baltimore City Schools (City Schools) students' experiences preparing for, enrolling in, and completing postsecondary education. Although constrained in its scope, this report is offered in light of the fact that, more and more,…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, College Readiness, Postsecondary Education, College Attendance
Durham, Rachel E.; Connolly, Faith – Baltimore Education Research Consortium, 2018
This brief is the seventh in Baltimore Education Research Consortium's (BERC's) "Launching into Adulthood" series, which examines the trajectories of Baltimore graduates over six years. BERC established a partnership with Baltimore's Promise and the Maryland Longitudinal Data System (MLDS) that has made it possible to examine both…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, College Attendance, Wages, Urban Schools
Wohn, Christopher; Boberiene, Liepa – Baltimore Education Research Consortium, 2018
Large urban school districts, such as Baltimore City Public Schools, are often faced with many data points and contexts in which to evaluate their students, schools, and programs. Schools can have widely varying proportions of students of different races, socioeconomic statuses, and disability levels. There are also many risk factors that can be…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Institutional Evaluation, Urban Schools, Public Schools
Durham, Rachel E.; Ruiz, Rudy; Connolly, Faith – Baltimore Education Research Consortium, 2017
This Fact Book follows a series of reports completed by the Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC) between 2011 and 2015, that examined Baltimore City graduates' enrollment in college and later degree completion (Durham, Stein, & Connolly, 2015; Durham & Olson, 2013; Durham & Westlund, 2011), as well as indicators of college…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, College Attendance, College Graduates, High School Graduates
Durham, Rachel E.; Olson, Linda S. – Baltimore Education Research Consortium, 2013
Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) has made great strides in its effort to lower the number of high school dropouts and to encourage prior dropouts to return and graduate by providing a broad set of options for students with a diverse set of needs and academic histories. At the same time, City Schools has initiated an effort to foster a…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Dropout Prevention, Graduation Rate
Mac Iver, Martha Abele – Baltimore Education Research Consortium, 2010
This report paints a collective portrait of the Baltimore City Schools dropouts of 2008-09 to summarize some of the commonalities that join their individual stories together. After examining the surface level demographic characteristics of these dropouts, researchers probed more deeply into their behavioral characteristics in the years preceding…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Dropout Characteristics, At Risk Students, Dropout Prevention