In partnership with the UChicago Consortium on School Research, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC), the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), and the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES).
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What are the career outcomes of Illinois high school seniors from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, and which pathways through college and work offer the most promising prospects?
To answer these questions, IWERC joined with the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC), the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), and the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) to analyze data from the Illinois High School 2 Career project.
Part 1 of the Illinois High School to Career Series examines education and earnings outcomes for Illinois youth from families across the socioeconomic spectrum. We find that educational attainment and industry of employment were better at predicting students’ earnings outcomes than their economic origins alone. Yet students’ economic origins were strongly related to their educational attainment and industries of employment, contributing to persistent income disparities across generations.
Data viz: Students with higher degrees earned more
Data viz: Students from low-income families earned less
Deputy Director, University of Chicago Consortium on School Research
Senior Data Scientist, Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC)
Senior Data Scientist, Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC)