{"id":174565,"date":"2023-03-21T16:15:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T02:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=174565"},"modified":"2023-03-21T16:15:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T02:15:08","slug":"ccri-class-of-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/21\/ccri-class-of-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic impacted vulnerable populations of class of 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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From the abrupt switch to online learning in the fourth quarter of their 10th grade year to returning to in-person instruction in the last quarter of 12th grade, students in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s public high school class of 2022 experienced unprecedented disruptions to their high school careers. These experiences impacted the recent graduating class’ post-high college enrollment, as reflected in the data in this year\u2019s College and Career Readiness Indicators (CCRI<\/abbr>)<\/a> report. Since 2009, the CCRI<\/abbr> has provided information on the academic achievement of public school graduates and how well they have transitioned to college.<\/p>\n

College enrollment rates have risen slightly to 51% after dipping to 50% at the start of the pandemic, but the rate for the class of 2022 is still four percentage points lower than pre-pandemic levels. This mirrors a nationwide trend of a slow recovery of college enrollment.<\/p>\n

Pandemic impacts and recovery have differed for various student groups. Native Hawaiian students saw the largest declines in college enrollment rates, decreasing from 44% in the class of 2019 to 35% in the class of 2020, and further dropping to 34% in the classes of 2021 and 2022. The statewide on-time high school graduation rates also have dipped from 86% to 85%.<\/p>\n

The CCRI<\/abbr> also provides valuable insight into how public school graduates have transitioned into college-level coursework at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. For those from the class of 2022 who enrolled at UH<\/abbr> (both four-year and community college campuses), 46% had completed a college-level math course in high school or enrolled in college-level math in their first semester, a one percentage point drop from the class of 2021. However, for English, the percentage of students who completed a college-level English course in high school or enrolled in a college-level English course in their first semester dropped six percentage points to 59%, its lowest level since 2016.<\/p>\n

“The class of 2022 experienced the brunt of the pandemic, which disproportionately impacted our most vulnerable populations,” said Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Department of Education (DOE<\/abbr>) Deputy Superintendent Tammi Oyadomari-Chun. “We pay close attention to trends in CCRI<\/abbr> outcomes since the CCRI<\/abbr> provides the most consistent data of post-high outcomes of our graduates. The data are used to inform planning and support at the school and state levels as well as our partnership with the UH<\/abbr>.”<\/p>\n