The statewide tests (NECAP) serve as RI's common measure of math proficiency
This story begins with Rhode Island's public-school 8th graders in school year 2005-06 and continues to follow those students who then took the 11th-grade NECAP. The cohort includes the 9,301 students with records from both the 8th and 11th-grade statewide tests. Students who entered the RI public school system at any time after 2005-06 are not included.
We track this group's public-school journey along a math path into college, checking the persistence and success of these students through their 3rd semester of higher education.
This cohort of students will be examined through many lenses. These range from a smaller subset only at CCRI, to one that includes those students in all three of the state's public higher education institutions, or those in any postsecondary institution across the country. Data notes at the bottom of each page will clarify the student set used on each corresponding chart.
