Education & Lifelong Learning
Learning allows everyone to be productive citizens, self-sufficient and ready for life. Respect for and access to all types of educational opportunities throughout life equips us with the ability to learn, realize earning potential, think, and to access information in order to make effective decisions, while enriching our understanding of our diverse world.
Graduating from high school, higher education and formal training, imply necessary skills for employment and better opportunities, social responsibility and economic self-sufficiency.
A scale score is the student’s overall numerical score on a continuous scale (from approximately 2000-3000) that increases across grade levels, used to illustrate students’ current level of achievement and their growth over time. When combined together across a student population, scale scores can also describe school- and district-level changes in performance, as well as reveal gaps in achievement among different groups of students. Based on their scale scores, students fall into one of 4 categories of performance called achievement levels defined by specifications for what knowledge and skills students display at each level:
- Level 4 = The student has exceeded the achievement standard and demonstrates advanced progress toward mastery of the knowledge and skills needed for likely success in future coursework.
- Level 3 = The student has met the achievement standard and demonstrates progress toward mastery of the knowledge and skills needed for likely success in future coursework.
- Level 2 = The student has nearly met the achievement standard and may require further development to demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed for likely success in future coursework.
- Level 1 = The student has not met the achievement standard and needs substantial improvement to demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed for likely success in future coursework.
As college debt becomes higher, university student retention may become harder. The student attrition rate estimates the percentage of full-time, degree-seeking cohort freshman who entered the prior fall but are no longer enrolled.
The graduation rate for higher education in Nevada is a percentage of the number of students entering the institutions as undergraduate full-time, first-time, degree-seekers in a cohort year who complete their program within 150% of normal time (6 years for bachelor’s degrees, 3 years for associate’s degrees, 1.5 years for certificates).
Enrollment, technology and specialized needs signify access to educational opportunities to be ready for life; while parental and community involvement enhance the student learning experience.
Graduating Functional literacy, GED completion, college-readiness, quality libraries and needed technology are some of the keys to helping individuals participate as responsible citizens and realize their fullest potential.
Indicator Gauge Icon Legend
Legend Colors
Red is bad, green is good, blue is not statistically different/neutral.
Compared to Distribution
the value is in the best half of communities.
the value is in the 2nd worst quarter of communities.
the value is in the worst quarter of communities.
Compared to Target
meets target; does not meet target.
Compared to a Single Value
lower than the comparison value; higher than the comparison value; not statistically different from comparison value.
Trend
non-significant change over time; significant change over time; no change over time.
Compared to Prior Value
higher than the previous measurement period; lower than the previous measurement period; no statistically different change from previous measurement period.