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The President's 2020 College Attainment Goal

25- to 34-year-olds who completed an associate's or higher degree

Early Learning through High School

3- and 4-year-olds enrolled in preschool4th graders Proficient on the NAEP in reading4th graders Proficient on the NAEP in mathematics8th graders Proficient on the NAEP in reading8th graders Proficient on the NAEP in mathematicsFreshmen graduating from high school within 4 yearsPublic school graduates who took at least one Advanced Placement test in high school

Postsecondary Education and Training

18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in colleges and universitiesStudents completing a bachelor's degree within 6 yearsStudents completing an associate's degree within 3 yearsBachelor's degrees conferred in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics

Teachers and Leaders

School districts using teacher evaluation systemsSchool districts using principal evaluation systemsPublic high school teachers with a major in their main assignment area

An Excellent Education for All

Difference in current expenditures between high- and low-poverty districts
  1990-91 1994-95 1999-2000 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate 76.6 72.7 74.6 75.7 80.4 74.4 76.4
  Gap between White and
AFGR Total White Black Hispanic Asian/ Pacific Islander American Indian/ Alaska Native Black Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander American Indian/Alaska Native
2006-07 74.4 75.2 65.8 70.6 100.0 72.6 9.5 4.6 -24.8 2.6
2007-08 76.4 77.7 70.2 77.9 100.0 86.9 7.5 -0.2 -22.3 -9.2
Change between 2006-07 and 2007-08 higher higher higher higher no statistical difference higher lower lower lower higher
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "NCES Common Core of Data State Dropout and Completion Data File," various school years.
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