In Paterson, Evans» plans call more for closing and reopening as many as eight schools in
different grade configurations, as well as educational changes.
We conduct an analogous analysis of high - school entry, taking advantage of
the different grade configurations of the schools students attended in 6th grade.
The key assumption of our methodology is that there are no unobserved differences between students who in 3rd grade attended schools that had
these different grade configurations that affect achievement precisely in the year when students enter middle school.
National Center for Education Statistics 2005 data reveal that 6th, 7th, and / or 8th graders are found in schools with at least 60
different grade configurations.
«Today there are 186 elementary schools, 58 middle schools, 55 high schools, and another 30 schools with
different grade configurations.
Not exact matches
This is a schematic illustration of the multilayer
configuration with layers of
different porosity (
graded porous material).
In last year's fall issue of Education Next Columbia Business School researchers Jonah Rockoff and Benjamin Lockwood reported their findings from a review of almost ten years of data for Gotham school children who were in
grades 3 though 8, in all
different school
grade configurations, and concluded rather ominously:
Perrotti makes the comparison that, years ago, when we first started talking about
different configurations of families or students, educators often worried about how to talk to young kids «about sex» when those kinds of discussions in schools didn't happen until at least fifth
grade.
We use a school - level measure that has been standardized across the sample of schools included in our analysis, taking into account the various
grade configurations in
different schools.
In my research I have identified 34
different examples of charter school innovation, including small size; untenured teachers; contracts with parents; real parent and teacher involvement in school governance; outcome -(rather than input --RRB- based accreditation; service learning fully integrated into the curricula; unusual
grade configurations; split sessions and extended school days and years to accommodate working students; and computer - assisted instruction for at - risk and other frequently absent students.
In recognition of the association noted above — that suspension rates differ by the
grade configuration of schools — performance levels are
different for elementary, middle, and high schools.
Skill areas are essentially
different configurations of learning standards that a student should have already mastered prior to their current
grade.
There are several
different suspension
configurations to choose from across the E-Pace range, with stiffened sports springs featuring on higher -
grade cars along with adaptive dampers.