Sentences with phrase «american twelfth grade students»
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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.
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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?