Sentences with phrase «eighth graders in»

The factbook reports that just 53 percent of eighth graders in Central Falls were reading - proficient.

Should eighth graders in America be assigned to college preparatory classes without a serious conversation about the costs associated with this so called desired experience?

Eighth graders in only five states — Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Vermont — and Department of Defense schools achieved at a statistically higher level.

Raymond and Leinenbach (2000) studied five classes of eighth graders in a pre-algebra in an inner - city middle school.

Eighth graders in only five states — Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Minnesota and Vermont — achieved higher average math scores than Virginia students, compared with seven states in 2011.

Forty - five percent of white eighth graders in Virginia earned proficient or advanced reading scores, as did 17 percent of black students, 26 percent of Hispanic students and 49 percent of Asian students.

Eighth graders in six districts showed higher average scores than their predecessors in 2009.

Given that only about one - third of eighth graders in the US are proficient in math, and that over 60 % of community college students are required to enroll in developmental math courses, it seems clear that our current practices are not improving student thinking and problem - solving ability in mathematics.

TIMSS tests fourth and eighth graders in math and science.

Last November, before any students had taken the 2015 SBAC tests, the Connecticut Commissioner of Education, representing Gov. Dannel Malloy, signed an agreement that the 2015 SBAC tests would fail 59 percent of high school juniors in English, 67 percent of high school juniors in math, 56 - 62 percent of third through eighth graders in English, and 61 - 68 percent of third through eighth graders in math («Cutoff Scores Set for Common - Core Tests», Education Week, November 17, 2014).

It's a similar story for eighth graders in reading, better than the national average, but they haven't maintained any significant growth in years.

At a KIPP Academy in the South Bronx — one of the worst - off sections of New York City — 86 % of eighth - grade students scored at grade level in math in 2006, compared with 16 % of all eighth graders in the community.

A sample of 2,300 fourth graders and 2,100 eighth graders in New York City took the test in 2009.

Proficiency levels of Hispanic eighth graders in Virginia have not changed significantly since 2000.

Twenty - three percent of Hispanic eighth graders in the commonwealth achieved at or above the proficient level, statistically higher than the 17 percent nationwide and the same as Hispanics in the South.

Black eighth graders in the commonwealth also outperformed their peers, achieving an average score of 268, compared with 260 nationwide and 262 for the region.

The study began with a national sample of about 26,000 eighth graders in 1988 and follows these students at 2 - year intervals through high school and further.

The average score of Hispanic eighth graders in Virginia was 256, which is statistically higher than the national average, but did not represent a significant change from 2007.

Black eighth graders in Virginia achieved an average score of 250, which represented little change from 2007's average of 252.

Meanwhile the Smarter Balanced assessments will be ready for field testing this spring — California, for example, is set to administer the testing to 95 percent of all third through eighth graders in both math and English language arts.

Twenty - two percent of Hispanic eighth graders in the commonwealth demonstrated proficiency or better, compared with 16 percent nationwide.

For the first time since 1990, math scores dropped for fourth and eighth graders in the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the country's most respected tool for measuring how well students understand key academic concepts.

Why tracking does not occur equally across schools By examining state - level tracking data, Loveless finds that tracking eighth graders in math courses is quite popular across all fifty states.

In other words, increasing the share of eighth graders in tracked courses by ten percentage points is associated with an additional 20,000 students scoring 3 or higher on AP exams nationwide.

After several years in development, it was first given to eighth graders in 2014.

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.

The study found that after multimedia technology was used to support project - based learning, eighth graders in Union City, New Jersey, scored 27 percentage points higher than students from other urban and special needs school districts on statewide tests in reading, math, and writing achievement.

So, in a series of posts, I am going to describe some key steps I'm using with my eighth graders in order to scaffold our way towards our TED conference.

Two out of three eighth graders in this country can not read or do math at grade level.»

The sharpest gains for these high - performing eighth graders in Texas were between 2000 and 2005, building on the improvement made in math by Texas fourth graders four years earlier.

The bad news is that the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) finds a significant gap between eighth graders in the South and their counterparts in other parts of the nation.

Previously, I worked with third through eighth graders in a public school, and have taught continuing legal education to attorneys.

Seventh and eighth graders in Deirdra Grodes social studies classes study the existence of slavery in colonial America and its role in the Civil War.

But a visitor rounding the corner would see a tame scene: fifteen or so eighth graders in a circle, passing on a series of gentle taps to each other's hands, until the chant stops and the last student to be tapped — with laughing and good - natured eye rolling — is «out.»

Evan played a sixth grader in the film who imagines the worst will happen when he bumps into two eighth graders in the hall and drops his lunch.

Eighth graders in Mollie Ferguson's Globaloria class at Tygarts Valley Middle School, in Mill Creek, W.Va., design their own video games utilizing the Globaloria social network.

Surveys by Rozelle's team have found that more than half of eighth graders in poor rural areas in China have IQs below 90, leaving them struggling to keep up with the fast - paced official curriculum.

The school is currently expanding its program to serve Middle School students and will be accepting new seventh graders in the fall of 2014, and new eighth graders in the fall of 2015.

In today's age of billion dollar entertainment where the computer graphics look better than reality, sometimes we need a game that looks like it was doodled by a bored eighth grader in algebra class.

It was at Lakeside, notes Gladwell on page 51, that «Bill Gates got to do real - time programming as an eighth grader in 1968.

An eighth grader in the early 1990s attended middle schools offering at least two distinct tracks in [each of] English language arts, history, and science.

«Tonight, I issue a challenge to the nation: Every state should adopt high national standards and, by 1999, every state should test every fourth grader in reading and every eighth grader in math to make sure these standards are met.»

I do not know if you remember me or not, however PURE helped me in 1999 when I was an eighth grader in Chicago Public Schools.

Finally, there is Emily, an eighth grader in Silicon Valley, whose problems with math will place her on a lower academic track if she remains at the same high school in her affluent community.

In fall 2009, eighth grade was included, and every eighth grader in the district took the Success Highways resiliency assessment.

My son Roman is an eighth grader in the Gilbert School District.

Not exact matches

In our study, we analyzed data from a nationally representative survey of eighth -, 10th -, and 12th - graders that's been conducted annually since 1991.

The group of sixth - through - eighth graders that gathered in the conference room are New York's top sellers, a.k.a. the Girl Scouts» «cookie executives.»

As soon as I turned 13, she presented me with my first tube of cherry - red lipstick and my first pair of high heels — three - inch heels they were in those days, and I thought them not only uncomfortable but incredibly hideous — and from then on made me go to church thus shod and painted, indistinguishable from the other eighth - graders whose arms hadn't had to be twisted.

And, unbelievably, on the last retreat a month ago, an eighth grader came out with this one: «In church on Sunday, it's like it's all about us or something.