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[Barber Ray <rbarber@PENNCHARTER.COM>]

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Subject: [YALSA-L:5220] Fwd: Youth Indicators, 2005: Trends in the Well-Being
of American Youth

Of possible interest,

Mary K.
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> From: NcesWebmaster@ed.gov
> Date: August 1, 2005 11:35:18 AM EDT
> To: Subject: Youth Indicators, 2005: Trends in the Well-Being of
> American Youth
>
>      NCES has just released, 'Youth Indicators, 2005: Trends in the
> Well-Being of American Youth.' This report contains statistics that
> address important aspects of the lives of youth, including family,
> schooling, work, community, and health. The report focuses on American
> youth and young adults 14 to 24 years old, and presents trends in
> various
> social contexts that may relate to youth education and learning.
> Highlights from the report include:
>
> -Although a performance gap in reading proficiency between 13- and
> 17-year-old white students and their black and Hispanic peers was still
> present in 2004, this gap was smaller than in 1975.
> -The proportion of all 16- to 24-year-olds who were dropouts declined
> between 1998 (12 percent) and 2003 (10 percent). Between 1993 and 1998,
> the proportion of dropouts in this age group had fluctuated.
> -College enrollment rates of 18- to 24-year-olds increased from 26
> percent
> in 1980 to 38 percent in 2003; the enrollment rate of females increased
> more rapidly than that of males.
> -While overall college attainment rates have increased, substantial
> gaps
> remain. Among 25- to 29-year-olds in 2004, 11 percent of Hispanics had
> completed a bachelor's degree, compared with 17 percent of blacks, and
> 34
> percent of whites.
>
> To download, view and print the report as a pdf file, please visit:
> http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005050
>
>
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