A new report from the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Educational and Employment Outcomes for the New Jersey High School Classes of 2014 and 2015, utilizes the New Jersey Statewide Data System to analyze the trajectories of New Jersey high school graduates.
Heldrich Center researchers used descriptive statistics to analyze these graduates’ educational and employment outcomes, such as enrollment in postsecondary education, financial aid received, degree attainment, and employment after high school. This analysis highlights the pathways students take after graduation, showing that 66% either immediately enrolled in postsecondary education or joined the New Jersey workforce.
The report was written by Heldrich Center staff María Belén Conde Oviedo, Graduate Research Assistant; Khudodod Khudododov, Ph.D., Research Project Manager; Iman Basit, Graduate Research Assistant; and Kristine Joy Bacani, Research Project Coordinator.
About the New Jersey Statewide Data System
The New Jersey Statewide Data System (NJSDS), formerly the New Jersey Education to Earnings Data System (NJEEDS), is the State of New Jersey’s centralized longitudinal data system for public administrative data. Through coordination with partnering state agencies, NJSDS is a large statewide interagency and intergovernmental platform where data from participating agencies are securely stored to expand access and analysis to improve governance efforts, policymaking, and performance of public initiatives.
NJSDS aims to help the public and stakeholders make data-informed decisions to improve public policies and practices for New Jersey residents. This includes facilitating longitudinal and linked-data research, providing statistical data, and publishing reports on the NJSDS website. NJSDS is a collaboration between four New Jersey state agencies, each sharing individual-level data. The system is owned by the State of New Jersey and operated by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.