Sentences with phrase «widening academic achievement gap»

Thus demographic disparities in disciplinary incidents serve to further widen any academic achievement gaps.

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Study Links Brain Anatomy, Academic Achievement, and Family Income MIT News, 4/17/15 «In recent years, the achievement gap in the United States between high - and low - income students has widened, even as gaps along lines of race and ethnicity have narrowed, says Martin West, an associate professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and an author of the new stAchievement, and Family Income MIT News, 4/17/15 «In recent years, the achievement gap in the United States between high - and low - income students has widened, even as gaps along lines of race and ethnicity have narrowed, says Martin West, an associate professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and an author of the new stachievement gap in the United States between high - and low - income students has widened, even as gaps along lines of race and ethnicity have narrowed, says Martin West, an associate professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and an author of the new study.»

The struggle to communicate can stymie both content mastery and academic language acquisition in ELLs, widening the achievement gap between them and their native English - speaking peers.

There also is growing evidence that widening differences in socioeconomic status, not race, are driving academic achievement gaps.

Academic data has found that these students often have lower academic proficiency rates than their English - only counterparts and this achievement gaps continues to widen over the course of their academic Academic data has found that these students often have lower academic proficiency rates than their English - only counterparts and this achievement gaps continues to widen over the course of their academic academic proficiency rates than their English - only counterparts and this achievement gaps continues to widen over the course of their academic academic careers.

However, recent research has shown that children exposed to high levels of adversity may be less prepared to succeed in school, in part due to deficits in executive function skills.6, 7,9,10,11 These deficits may undermine children's abilities to succeed in academics and develop positive peer and teacher relationships.12, 14,15 This may have long - term implications for school success given that the achievement gap tends to persist and even widen throughout the school years.16, 17