enrolled, not high school graduates Dropout rates for grades 7-12 and 9-12 High school dropout rates Literacy rates Reading assessment results % of adults who are illiterate Test scores Reading, math, and science assessment ; results Average SAT/ACT scores Post Post-secondary enrollment secondary education Absenteeism Truancy/absenteeism rates State department of education; Local school districts School % of children who attend licensed Local surveys; Local school districts readiness preschool programs; % of households or state departments of education with children ages 2-5 years where children are read to or told stories every day by a family member Employment Employment, the availability of safe, stable, quality, well-compensated work for all people impacts health in many ways. Jobs that protect against exposure to physical risks and hazards; environments that support healthy activities and behaviors; organizational structures that limit stress; and wages, salaries, and benefits that protect against poverty and support and promote health,are key to individual and community health. Unemployment inability to secure any job is associated with poor health, including –the – increased stress, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, arthritis, and depression and, accordingly, is an Executive Office of Health and Human Services issue priority (increasing
enrolled, not high school graduates Dropout rates for grades 7-12 and 9-12 High school dropout rates Literacy rates Reading assessment results % of adults who are illiterate Test scores Reading, math, and science assessment results Average SAT/ACT scores ; Post secondary education Post-secondary enrollment Absenteeism Truancy/absenteeism rates State department of education; Local school districts School readiness % of children who attend licensed preschool programs; % of households with children ages 2-5 years where children are read to or told stories every day by a family member Local surveys; Local school districts or state departments of education Employment Employment, the availability of safe, stable, quality, well-compensated work for all people impacts health in many ways. Jobs that protect against exposure to physical risks and hazards; environments that support healthy activities and behaviors; organizational structures that limit stress; and wages, salaries, and benefits that protect against poverty and support and promote health,are key to individual and community health. Unemployment –the inability to secure any job – is associated with poor health, including increased stress, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, arthritis, and depression and, accordingly, is an Executive Office of Health and Human Services issue priority (increasing