Hope Chicago is a non-profit dedicated to removing financial barriers to attaining a college education for Chicago Public Schools students. It provides scholarships for students to attend summer school in order to get them on track for a 4-6 year graduation. Hope Chicago wants to better understand which types of students achieve the most success in summer school. TechTeam will perform data analysis to answer the following questions:
Which types of students were likely to be successful in summer school? What are their academic (and otherwise) backgrounds like?
How many students earned enough credits to bump them into an “on-track” status? What percentage is this of all students who attended summer school?
Given that some students were “successful” and others weren’t, what was the return on investment overall? Who was summer school “worth it” for?
TechTeam will also build a website that allows students to check their scholarship status and which requirements they have and haven’t satisfied prior to the disbursement date.