Measuring Patterns of Immediate and Continued College Enrollment among CPS Graduates

College enrollment and persistence metrics allow school districts, higher education institutions, and practitioners to track the impact of their work with students and alumni over time. In this technical brief, we review how we calculate these metrics, grappling with the tradeoffs of different decision rules, and explain our ultimate re-definition of enrollment and persistence on the To&Through Milestones Tool and in To&Through research.