Arizona Minority Student Progress Report 2018

Abstract

The report provides an overview of how Arizona students fare on a variety of academic indicators from P-12 through postsecondary education. Although this report focuses largely on disparities in student achievement based on students’ minority status, the authors recognize that the term “minority” may no longer be accurate. Minority students have become the largest demographic group in Arizona’s P-12 public education system and their representation continues to grow. This shift in the diversity of our state’s student population is substantial and suggests that the Arizona of the near future will look very different from the Arizona of today. As minority students become adults, Arizona’s economic well-being will rest on the quality of the education that they receive and their ability to be successful in college or a career.