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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Indic Res. 2018 Aug;11(4):1249–1280. doi: 10.1007/s12187-017-9469-4

Table 4:

Education domain. Changes, additions, or subtractions in Metric listed by indicator with justification of reasons for change. There are no changes to the Indicators from original HWBI.

Indicator Original Metric New Metric Justification
Participation and Involvement Adult Literacy Reading on grade level Literacy is a sliding scale for youth. Being on target at a certain age will account for this.
Participation and Involvement High school completion High school drop-out rate Adjustment made to accommodate post-secondary attainment in adults. Dropping out would be equivalent to high school diploma among adults.
Participation and Involvement Post-secondary attainment High school completion Age restricts post-secondary attainment. High school marks top academic achievement in this age range.
Participation and Involvement Late graduation Added to capture children who struggle academically, but still complete school.
Social, emotional, and developmental aspects Bullying Face-to-face bullying This is same as original, except split into two different forms to account for varied social interactions.
Social, emotional, and developmental aspects Electronic bullying Specific to online community. The other half of the bullying metric.
Social, emotional, and developmental aspects Social relationships and well-being Flourishing This is the same general concept retained, except called by different name. Looks at health of social relationships.