Students who fail to read well
by fourth grade often have a greater likelihood of dropping out and a lifetime of diminished success.»
Not exact matches
By fourth grade, teachers [
often] assume students have internalized basic organizational skills and no longer watch closely to make sure everything gets done.
By fourth grade, black and Hispanic students
often are two to three
grade levels behind their white peers, and they have less exposure to rigorous content.
This legislation, which passed with overwhelming bi-partisan majorities at the time, was based upon the sound evidence that children who can not read on
grade level
by fourth grade begin a cycle of falling behind and are much more likely to drop out of high school, and experience a spiraling set of consequences that
often lead to unemployment and incarceration.
The studies regarding single - sex classrooms in elementary schools
often boast shockingly positive results: a 2008 Stetson University study in Florida found that teaching single - sex math classes in
fourth grade increased proficiency scores on the FCAT
by 27 percent for girls and 30 percent for boys.