DIA: ISSAQ Intake Survey
Category: Pathways to and Through Postsecondary
This study examines a broad array of potential indicators for early warning and college readiness indicator systems for different subgroups of English Learners in high school. Using data from 2008 through 2021 from the Chicago Public Schools, the study follows cohorts of students from eighth grade through college graduation, using logistic regression models to run exploratory analyses, and confirmatory analyses with omitted cohorts and machine learning methods. The study shows that current reporting obscures high achievement among some subgroups of ELs and identifies strategies with the most leverage for improving attainment for different EL subgroups.