Sentences with phrase «average achievement declined»

• Suburban Chicagoland: In 229 school districts in suburban Chicagoland, low - income enrollment rose by an average of 22 percentage points, but average achievement declined by an average of only 1 point in reading and 3 points in math.

Not exact matches

As our schools serve greater numbers of Hispanic students and fewer whites, for example, we should expect achievement to decline somewhat because Hispanic students, who are more likely to live in poverty, tend to perform at lower levels, on average, than whites.

With male academic achievement declining by almost every measure, and their scores possibly dragging down national averages, administrators are taking a fresh look at same - sex classrooms and the concept that boys and girls might do better when they're apart.

Researchers have typically found that a one - point decline in the average baseline achievement of a student's classmates leads to a smaller (e.g. one - tenth of a point) decline in the achievement of that student.

• «The amount of homework for high school seniors has decreased... and grades have risen as average student achievement has been declining.»

Moreover, the fact that relative achievement continues to decline after students» initial entry into middle schools suggests that average educational quality in Florida is lower in stand - alone middle schools than in schools serving grades K — 8.

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.

While rapid principal turnover has negative effects on student achievement «on average,» some individual schools are able to manage rapid turnover in ways that prevent achievement decline.