Sentences with phrase «entering academic achievement level»

«Research has shown practically no relationship between the entering academic achievement level for a class of students and a teacher's subsequent value - added estimate,» Kelli Gauthier, a spokesperson for the Tennessee Department of Education, said.

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In terms of academic performance, KIPP students» achievement in grade 4 (before entering KIPP) is lower than the district average by 0.09 standard deviations in reading and by 0.08 standard deviations in math, or roughly one - quarter of a grade level in each subject.

It also discovered that: disadvantaged girls were also significantly less likely to have continued their academic career than more advantaged girls, although the achievement gap was less marked; and that disadvantaged girls were much less likely to enter four or more AS - level exams than other girls, and almost four times less likely to enter three or more A-levels than other girls.

Children enter school with different levels of skill, and these initial differences often affect children's subsequent language growth, cognitive development, literacy and academic achievement.6, 7,8 Children who exhibit delays at the onset of schooling are at risk for early academic difficulties and are also more likely to experience grade retention, special education placement, and failure to complete high school.9, 10,11