Sentences with phrase «among eighth graders»

After the 2014 National Assessment of Educational Progress geography results showed abysmal proficiency rates among eighth graders — 27 % of all students, 11 % of those eligible for free or reduced - price lunch, and 7 % of Black students — the Senate asked GAO to report on the challenges of geography education in K — 12.

Another educator, language arts / humanities teacher Nancy Slentz of Meridian Middle School in Lynden, Washington, was searching for a way to boost the homework completion rate among her eighth graders, so she developed a system that allows students to record their own grades.

But on TIMMS, only eight nations have a higher average math scale score among eighth graders.

At the same time, there was a corresponding decrease among eighth graders who smoked.

Daily use also declined among eighth graders, to 0.7 percent compared with 1.1 percent the year before.

Inhalant use — the one category of drug use that is typically higher among younger students — is back up to 2015 levels among eighth graders, measured at 4.7 percent, compared to 3.8 percent in 2016.

There was a significant decline this year among eighth graders» past year misuse, reported at 0.4 percent in 2017, down from 0.8 percent last year, and significantly down from 2.9 in 2001.

There was a significant drop in past year use among eighth graders, from 2.7 percent in 2016 to 2 percent this year.

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Between 1992 and 1995, the proportion of eighth graders using illicit drugs almost doubled; among tenth graders it jumped by nearly two - thirds; among seniors it escalated by nearly half.

In the 2011 test, 40 percent of fourth - graders were assessed as proficient or better in math; among eighth - graders only 35 percent qualified as proficient.

Made up of scores from 550,000 fourth and eighth graders from more than 40 countries, the assessment shows a handful of East Asian countries scored among the highest, whereas U.S. students wound up in the middle of the pack.

Previous research by Gassman - Pines, Ananat and Gibson - Davis found that after states experienced widespread job loss, test scores dropped among eighth - graders in that state.

In 2017, 79.8 percent of eighth graders said they disapprove of regularly vaping nicotine, but that number drops to 71.8 percent among 12th graders.

Two eighth graders who appeared in the film as sixth graders said facing bullies and getting lost were among their top concerns about middle school.

Among black and Hispanic eighth graders, Texas students started at about the same place as their national peers in 1990.

African - American eighth graders in DoDDS schools scored second in the nation when compared with their peers in non-military schools; Hispanics placed first among Hispanic students nationwide.

Enthusiasm for mixing it up peaked among sixth graders at Lyme - Old Lyme, and dropped with seventh graders and eighth graders.

Among Florida ELL eighth - graders at middle schools that do not have a sufficient number of white eighth - grade students, only about 10 % scored at or above the proficient level in math.

For several years, data suggested that the city had seen improvements among all ethnic groups, including in graduation rates, which have risen about 14 percentage points for black and Hispanic students since 2005, and a national standardized test given every other year to a sampling of fourth and eighth graders.

Nationally, average NAEP scores were also lackluster, with average math scores declining slightly among fourth - and eighth - graders, and in eighth - grade reading.

While Virginia students again ranked among the nation's highest achievers, the 2009 NAEP results for the commonwealth show that overall achievement among Virginia fourth graders is similar to achievement in 2002, while the overall average reading score for eighth graders has declined.

Among the graduating eighth graders, however, only 5 percent began the year at or above grade level in both subjects.

Among the state's eighth - graders, 49 % can not solve a problem involving money or identify the fraction that represents the shaded portion of a rectangle.

Fewer than a third of students are reading on grade level, and the math proficiency rate among eighth - graders is less than half the city average.

It found that, among black eighth - graders, those who attended schools that were more than 60 percent black scored notably lower on a national math test.

Fourth - grade students recorded the highest gain — four points — among 21 urban school systems since 2011; fourth - graders also scored higher in math, and eighth - graders scored higher in reading.

The tests, which are given to third through eighth graders and will begin this year on April 5, were shortened, time limits were removed, and the results will not be a factor in teacher evaluations, among other changes.

While the 2016 election brought a renewed interest in engagement among youth, 4 only 23 percent of eighth - graders performed at or above the proficient level on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) civics exam, and achievement levels have virtually stagnated since 1998.5 In addition, the increased focus on math and reading in K - 12 education — while critical to prepare all students for success — has pushed out civics and other important subjects.