More than Graduation Rates

The good news from CPS high schools is that graduation rates continue to climb. This is one but one measure of what is taking within the district. But I'd like to suggest that quantitative measures alone, which are too often used, miss the mark in terms of how schools are performing.

There has to be serious consideration of the qualitative...the means by which we find out if students are satisfied with their education, if they are better prepared to continue to march into adulthood.    Are the students curious?    Are they sincerely engaged in learning and exploring?   Are they getting the most out of classroom instruction?

And lest we forget, how are the students who come from difficult circumstances outside the classroom being assisted in school so that they get the most out of the classroom experiences??

Is much more than test scores and graduation rates.

Dick