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Making the Transition

A series of web reports on how the graduates of each CPS elementary school are doing in CPS high schools.

Helping elementary graduates make a successful transition to high school has become a new priority for CPS schools. The customized reports below offer objective data to help understand how each elementary school's eighth grade graduates have fared through the transition. You can see at a glance how well these students have done after making the big transition from elementary school to high school --- a tough time for many students.

The main indicator that we use in this report is the "freshman on-track" rate. Freshmen are on-track if they have accumulated five full-year credits and have no more than one semester F in a core class. Students who are on-track at the end of freshman year are about four times more likely to graduate from high school than students who are not on-track.

The information in these reports will assist in understanding how a particular elementary school's graduates fare in high school. In addition, the reports provide more specific information such as which high schools are keeping the school's eighth graduates on-track to graduate from high school, if there are differences by student demographics, the grades freshmen get, and the trends over time.

Downloading Transition Reports

There are three ways to access a transition report:

1) Scroll through the list box to select a school, OR

2) Click on a letter above the list box to narrow your choices alphabetically, then click on a school, OR

3) Search for a school by typing the name or unit number in the search field (the results will automatically update to match what you've typed). Then, click on a school.

Once you have selected a report, click the "Download Selected Report" button. At this point, the page will reload and attempt to open a pop-up window with the report in it.

If the pop-up does not appear, or is blocked, a white box will appear above the school list box with a link to your report. Click on the link to open the report.

Find the Transition Report for your CPS School

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