Colorado Department of Education/ Colorado Legacy Foundation

(2015). SDP Key Findings Report for Colorado: Students' Progression from Ninth Grade to College, by Prior Academic Achievement . Strategic Data Project.Abstract

The Strategic Data Project (SDP) partnered with the Colorado Department of Education(CDE) and the Colorado Education Initiative (CEI) to investigate statewide trends in students’ high school graduation and their enrollment and persistence in college. This brief summarizes several of the key findings from this research collaboration.

(2015). SDP Human Capital Diagnostic for Colorado . Strategic Data Project.Abstract

The Strategic Data Project (SDP) collaborated with the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) and the Colorado Education Initiative (CEI) to conduct SDP’s Human Capital Diagnostic—a series of high leverage, policy-relevant analyses related to the state’s educator workforce. SDP’s Human Capital Diagnostic investigates questions on five critical topics related to teachers and teacher effectiveness: recruitment, placement, development, evaluation, and retention.

(2014). SDP College-Going Diagnostic for Colorado . Strategic Data Project.Abstract

Initiative (CEI) to produce the SDP College-Going Diagnostic. The diagnostic analyses focus on describing college enrollment and persistence rates of high school graduates across Colorado; describing patterns in students’ participation in college-level coursework (in particular, AP classes and concurrent enrollment participation) in high school; and investigating the extent to which students’ participation in AP classes and concurrent enrollment programs is associated with persistence at both two-year and four-year colleges.

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