Sentences with phrase «by eighth grade»

Those kids who were already obese in fifth grade were also more likely to have reached a healthy weight by eighth grade, if they lived in a state with strict laws.

Overall, 27 percent of kids in the study were overweight or obese when they started school and that ratio increased to 38 percent by eighth grade.

An important thing to remember is that the game is over by eighth grade.

She's found that many of the most common language features of middle school texts are unknown to large proportions of students, even by eighth grade.

We say we want to get students achieving such - and - such a standard by eighth grade.

Every school — particularly those serving disadvantaged learners — should be encouraged to have a knowledge - rich curriculum that results in virtually all students scoring proficient in reading comprehension by the eighth grade.

Students receive a solid foundation that will enable them to be serious writers by eighth grade.

One in 10 elementary school students who were «far off track» in reading and math in a 2012 study were able to meet on - track college readiness benchmarks by eighth grade.

The difference diminished over time, and these boys were bullied about the same amount by eighth grade.

In one middle school, he noted, 17 percent of Latino students and just 6 percent of ESOL students passed algebra by eighth grade with a C or higher, compared with 90 percent of white students.

She paired her brother up for a school dance and was voted «The Next Ann Landers» by her eighth grade class.

In her assessment of four California public schools that use Waldorf methods, Oberman found that students tested below peers in language arts and math in the second grade, but they matched or tested above their peers in the same subjects by eighth grade.

Graham revealed that this boy was her father, and that he graduated school by the eighth grade having learned English, some numbers, penmanship, patriotic lure, and some Longfellow.

It is noteworthy that skills such as «Communicate clearly the purpose of the writing using a thesis statement» and «Use transitions between paragraphs and ideas» are identified as a ninth and tenth grade skills and yet in some schools such skills are expected to be introduced in sixth grade and mastered by eighth grade.

Previously, vouchers under the Cleveland program were only available to private - school students who had chosen to leave the public schools and obtain a voucher by the eighth grade.

«That's why our kids in sixth grade start off reading three grades behind and then by eighth grade they are reading Animal Farm and Hamlet.»

The writers of the standards have defended them by arguing, for example, that algebraic concepts are covered extensively before high school, even if the standards don't include a formal algebra course by eighth grade.

Among the findings of The No Child Left Behind Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: A Progress Report are that students with disabilities are doing better in terms of placement in various academic categories, «positive change is greater at the fourth grade and dissipates by the eighth grade,» and «since 2004 there has been a palpable and positive change in the overall attitude of educators toward educating students with disabilities.»

Ninety - eight percent of KIPP reading classes and 90 percent of KIPP's math classes outperform their surrounding districts by eighth grade.

According to a 2010 Government Accountability Office report, about 13 percent of students nationally changed schools four or more times by the eighth grade.

Districtwide, he observed that many third - graders start off testing below national averages but come very close to that level by eighth grade.

Research suggests teaching algebra to all students by eighth grade may be ineffective, however.

Shyness made boys more likely to be bullied through fifth grade (compare black solid line and black dotted line), but did not influence how much they were bullied by eighth grade.

In the U.S., more than 60 percent of students are off - track in math and reading by eighth grade.

By the eighth grade he could jump his height (5» 6») and long - jump 17» 2».

But by eighth grade, the roles reverse — learning is almost entirely student - driven.

Essentially, the continuum means that every the year kids in my program become more responsible for their own learning until, by eighth grade, they have the tools, confidence and worldview necessary to start the year with a single provocation: «How do you want to change the world?»

... By the eighth grade, students in top performing nations are studying algebra and geometry, while in the U.S., most eighth - grade math courses focus on arithmetic.

In fact, even this year, our percent of «1's» goes dramatically down in grade seven while our «2's» go up, and by eighth grade we've dramatically reduced «1's» and substantially increased «3's and 4's.»

By eighth grade she was writing essays about education reform.

Looking at data from students who lived in the HCZ neighborhood and attended a Promise Academy charter school there, and others who only attended Promise, Fryer and Dobbie found that by eighth grade, both groups had closed the achievement gap in math.

By eighth grade, students are supposed to spend slightly more time on nonfiction than fiction.

By eighth grade, Florida students begin to lose their advantage on the NAEP, and by 12th grade, they fall behind national averages.

A key requirement is that students take Algebra 1 by eighth grade.

By eighth grade, a well - rounded and well - implemented curriculum should result in all children having the broad knowledge they need to be proficient readers — just like most privileged kids do today.

For example, a lottery study in New York City found that by eighth grade (around 13), charter - school pupils were 30 points ahead in maths.

By the eighth grade, that figure rises to 90 percent.

By eighth grade, after the cumulative benefits of a more coherent curriculum and more productive tests, students would begin to score much better on all reading exams, including those that aren't based on a school curriculum.

The federal advisory panel's report argues that curricula should be designed to prepare elementary and middle school students to take a formal algebra class by eighth grade.

By eighth grade, when many U.S. students are still grappling with fractions and arithmetic, overseas students are studying algebra, geometry and trigonometry.

By eighth grade, during those years, only seven special education students were tested in reading.

The recruiter told him that half the students were expected to drop out by the eighth grade.

By eighth grade, only one in four students is reading at grade level.