Not exact matches
But progress is generally much larger in math than in reading; in fourth
grade than in eighth
grade; in eighth
grade than in
twelfth grade; for African
American and Hispanic students than for whites; and for low performers than for high performers.
Twelfth -
grade American government texts, where a political theory perspective is expected, routinely say almost nothing about civil disobedience.
The single best thing that could happen to
American education in the next few years would be for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to begin regularly reporting state - by - state results at the
twelfth grade level.
Yet less than half of Asian
American students were reading (English) at a college - ready level in
twelfth grade.
Keep in mind that these are the students who made it to
twelfth grade; since about 20 percent of
American students drop out, the proportion of all young people in a cohort of eighteen - year - olds who make it to the college - ready level in either subject is more like one in three.
African
American and Asian
American students are doing better in terms of college completion than their
twelfth -
grade NAEP scores would predict.
Specifically, why might African
American and Asian
American students be doing better in terms of college completion than their
twelfth -
grade NAEP scores would predict?
Kindergarten through
twelfth grade teachers are invited to preview two of the Whitney's spring exhibitions,
American Legends: From Calder to O'Keeffe and Blues for Smoke.