Catalyst Chicago
A new report from the Consortium on Chicago School Research has a surprising finding: Even students from top CPS high schools and programs are winding up at colleges far below their qualifications.
The study, released Thursday, is the fifth in the Consortium’s series on CPS graduates after high school. In this new study, Consortium researchers build on previous work that revealed a substantial mismatch between the colleges CPS students could get into and where they go. The study found this mismatch extends to top students in selective schools and programs. Even in schools such as Whitney Young and Lane Tech, about a third of students go to less rigorous colleges...