Rochester Demographics and Indicators of Literacy

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Rochester Demographics and Indicators of Literacy

• Donald Pryor, PhD
• Director of Human Services Analysis
• November 28, 2006

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Adults Ages 25 Without A High School Degree, 2000
Census 2000
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Proportion of Families with Children lt18 Who are
Below Poverty Level, 2000
Census 2000
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RCSD K-12 Students Eligible for Free or Reduced
Lunch2004-2005
NYS Education Department
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Proportion of Families with Own Children lt18
Headed by Single Parents, 2000
Census 2000
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RCSD Students Not Meeting Standards on ELA Scores
NYS Education Department
Scoring at level 1 or 2 out of 4 levels.
2005-06 scores may not be entirely comparable to
prior years because of differences in norming.
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RCSD Students Not Meeting Standards on ELA
Scores, by Race, 2004 - 2005
NYS Education Department
Scoring at level 1 or 2 out of 4 levels.
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Students Not Meeting Standards on ELA
Scores2005-2006
NYS Education Department
Scoring at level 1 or 2 out of 4 levels.
2005-06 scores may not be entirely comparable to
prior years because of differences in norming.
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RCSD Students Not Meeting Standards on Math
Scores
NYS Education Department
Scoring at level 1 or 2 out of 4 levels.
2005-06 scores may not be entirely comparable to
prior years because of differences in norming.
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RCSD Students Not Meeting Standards on Math
Scores, by Race, 2004-2005
NYS Education Department
Scoring at level 1 or 2 out of 4 levels.
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Students Not Meeting Standards on Math
Scores2004-2005
NYS Education Department
Scoring at level 1 or 2 out of 4 levels.
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RCSD Graduation Rates of 2000 9th Grade Cohort
as of August 31, 2004
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Rochester
59
Syracuse
62
Albany
62
Buffalo
66
Yonkers
NYS Education Department
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RCSD Graduation Rates of 2000 9th Grade Cohort
as of August 31, 2004, By Race
NYS Education Department
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Percentage of NYS and US Adults At or Below Basic
Literacy (all races)2003
e.g., Ability to find info in a bus schedule
e.g., Ability to read a newspaper article
Source 2003 New York State Assessment of Adult
Literacy. U.S. Department of Education, National
Center for Education Statistics, www.air.org/NAAL.
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Percentage of NYS Adults At or Below Basic
Literacy by Race2003

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Source 2003 New York State Assessment of Adult
Literacy. U.S. Department of Education, National
Center for Education Statistics, www.air.org/NAAL.
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Percentage of Adults At or Below Basic Literacy,
1992, and Estimated Number of City of Rochester
Adults in 2005
78,700 City of Rochester Adults in 2005
Source Reder, Synthetic estimates of literacy
http//www.casas.org/lit/litcode/Search.cfm 2005
American Community Survey
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Wage Gap by Educational Attainment Grows
US Bureau of Labor Statistics