How is a particular years graduation cohort created?
For the class of 2010, the cohort was created using four Department of Education reports that are submitted at the student level. The reports are the DOE-PE, DOE-AT, DOE-DM, and DOE-GR. For more specific information about each report, visit www.doe.in.gov/stn. The following explanation describes how the 2009-2010 graduation cohort was calculated: 9th grade: First, all students who were reported by a school as first –time 9th graders on the DOE-PE (pupil enrollment) report three years prior to the year being calculated are placed in the cohort. For example, when calculating the 09-10 cohort, all students who were reported for the first time as 9th graders in 2006-2007 would be included. This does not include students who may have repeated 9th grade. 10th grade: Next, students who were reported as 10th graders on the 2007-2008 DOE-PE (Pupil Enrollment) report are added in. These must be students who do not exist in the 9th grade group (described above). Generally, these would be students
