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1. How did postsecondary educational outcomes for alternative high school completers within three years of high school compare to those of traditional... 4
2. How did early employment outcomes for alternative completers compare to those of traditional high school completers and noncompleters? 6
References 8
Methodology and Technical Notes 9
Table 1. Students who dropped out and high school completion type: Percentage of 2009 ninth-graders who ever dropped out of high school and percentage... 12
Table 2. Activities three years after high school: Percentage of 2009 ninth-graders who were enrolled and employed, by high school completion type (2016) 13
Table 3. Enrollment intensity and program type: Percentage of 2009 ninth-graders who were enrolled in postsecondary education, by enrollment intensity,... 14
Table 4. Employment and enrollment: Percentage of 2009 ninth-graders who were employed and those both employed and enrolled in postsecondary... 15
Table 5. Degrees earned by high school completers: Percentage of 2009 ninth-graders who had completed degrees of those who ever enrolled in postsecondary... 16
Table 6. Percentage of 2009 ninth-graders by high school completion type and demographic characteristics (2016) 17
FIGURE 1. Dropouts completion status three years later: Percentage of ninth-graders who ever reported a high school dropout episode, by completion... 2
FIGURE 2. Postsecondary enrollment level in 2016: Level of postsecondary enrollment of 2009 ninth-graders who were enrolled in 2016, by high school completion type 4
FIGURE 3. Employment and postsecondary enrollment after high school: Percentage of 2009 ninth-graders who were enrolled in postsecondary educaton... 6
FIGURE 4. Employment intensity in 2016: Percentage of 2009 ninth-graders who worked full-time, by high school completion date 7
FIGURE 5. Employment intensity while enrolled: Percentage of 2009 ninth-graders enrolled in postsecondary education who also worked full-time or... 7
Table A-1. Standard errors for Table 1. Students who dropped out and high school completion type: Percentage of 2009 ninth-graders who ever dropped... 12
Table A-2. Standard errors for Table 2. Activities three years after high school: Percentage of 2009 ninth-graders who were enrolled and employed,... 13
Table A-3. Standard errors for Table 3. Enrollment intensity and program type: Percentage of 2009 ninth-graders who were enrolled in postsecondary... 14
Table A-4. Standard errors for Table 4. Employment and enrollment: Percentage of 2009 ninth-graders who were employed and those both employed... 15
Table A-5. Standard errors for Table 5. Degrees earned by high school completers: Percentage of 2009 ninth-graders who had completed degrees of those... 16
Table A-6. Standard errors for Table 6. Percentage of 2009 ninth-graders who completed high school by various types, by demographic characteristics (2016) 18