Sentences with phrase «american ninth graders»

Evidence regarding the mediating role of academic self - efficacy among Asian American students is scarce, but a study by Eaton and Dembo (1997) found that, on average, Asian American ninth graders had lower academic self - efficacy beliefs but higher achievement behaviors compared to non-Asian American students, suggesting that academic self - efficacy may not be responsible for the high achievement of this group.

There's a joke going around among American ninth graders: Want to scare your parents?

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Graduation Rates - When asked to estimate the percent of ninth - graders who graduate within four years of entering ninth grade, Americans on average offer a pessimistic guess of 66 percent, 9 percent below the U.S. Department of Education's official national estimate.

According to a 2009 nationally representative survey of ninth grader, 17 percent of African American students reported going to class late «sometimes,» versus 10 percent of white students.