This blog is an introduction to our postsecondary success data tool. We highlight the information included and offer a description of the data that we used to conduct our analyses in the full report.

This blog highlights key takeaways from the Missouri Students’ Postsecondary Success Report. We find:

1. About half of in-state FTFT college students complete any postsecondary credential at a Missouri public IHE within six-years.

2. Students encounter multiple steps during college on the pipeline to degree completion; our analyses reveal that students exit at each of these steps.

3. FTFT in-state student persistence varies substantially by the racial composition of the high school students attend, with students from high schools serving the highest percentages of Students of Color persisting at the lowest rates.

4. Some of the largest disparities in FTFT in-state student postsecondary completion occur by the level of income of high schools with students from the lowest income high schools seeing the lowest rates of any degree completion.

5. Remediation rates for FTFT in-state college students at Missouri public IHEs has improved from 2010-2019.

Missouri’s 2022 legislative wrapped up, and education bills made the way to the finish line. Some of the highlights include a shift in minimum teacher salary, legislation to remove lead from school drinking water, and charter school funding equity.

This blog highlights key takeaways from the Missouri Students’ Postsecondary Access Report. We find:

1. Immediate college enrollment declined by 7 percentage points in Missouri between 2011 and 2019, while national enrollment increased by 2 percentage points over the same period.

2. Enrollment at 4-year institutions has remained stable, but enrollment at 2-year institutions has declined as the percentage of students entering the workforce has increased.

3. Missouri’s highest-income students are more likely to enroll in postsecondary education, while Missouri’s lowest-income students are the least likely to enroll in postsecondary education.

4. Missouri’s FAFSA completion rate is 14 percentage points below the national rate, signaling that many of Missouri’s students are not accessing financial aid to afford postsecondary education.

5. After the state ended its ACT testing policy, over 9,000 fewer students had access to the test.

Missouri’s 2022 legislative session begins next month, and already more than 120 education-related bills have been pre-filed. Some of pre-filed bills have recurring themes from bills offered in past sessions, some are inspired by current events, and several others offer specific strategies for supporting student and school success.

In this blog, we highlight three key areas that should be considered when the virtual classroom is used as a learning environment for students with disabilities.

In this blog, we draw attention to three key takeaways from the Middle schools receiving top PRiME Growth Scores released in the Missouri Statewide Student Growth Report.

In this blog, we draw attention to three key takeaways from the eleMiddle schools receiving top PRiME Growth Scores released in the Missouri Statewide Student Growth Report.

In this blog, we draw attention to three key takeaways from the elementary schools receiving top PRiME Growth Scores released in the Missouri Statewide Student Growth Report.

The 2021 Missouri legislative session wrapped on May 14. Despite several bills being proposed and debated around preK-12 education, only HB349 made it to the governor’s desk. Read on to learn more about Missouri’s Empowerment Scholarships program.

Today, we’re publishing our second annual Kansas City Regional Profile. Inside, you’ll find information on students, spending, and teachers in the traditional public school and public charter school districts in Jackson, Cass, Clay, and Platte counties.

Today, we’re publishing our second annual St. Louis Regional Profile. Inside, you’ll find information on students, spending, and teachers in the traditional public school and public charter school districts in St. Louis City and County, Jefferson County, and St. Charles County.

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In this blog, we offer a snapshot of our deeper analysis of school discipline disparities in Missouri.

The state legislature is back in session and ready to debate a variety of education topics. Here, we provide a list of PRiME research items related to the bills that were pre-filed and expected for debate during the 2021 session.

Following the COVD-19 shutdown in Spring 2020 and new state Senators and Representatives set to be sworn on January 6, this is sure to be an active session in the state legislature. In this blog we preview the pre-filed bills and potential debates over education-related laws here in the Show-Me-State.

The PRiME Center is pleased to share the 2020 Missouri Education Profile, presenting a 30,000 foot overview of Missouri’s schools and students and the resources supporting them. In this blog, you’ll find a brief description of the information in the 2020 profile

In this blog, we give a preview of the results shown in our new evidence primer on the Community Eligibility Provision.

The PRiME Center is pleased to announce that Emily Cupito has joined as Managing Director. In this role, Emily will work closely with the Director of Research and Evaluation, the Center’s affiliated professors, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students to conduct and share policy-relevant research on education in Missouri. Emily will also focus on outreach to school and district leaders, policymakers, and education stakeholders, ensuring they have access to evidence they need to make pressing decisions. Here, Emily shares her personal vision for how research can influence education policy and practice.