Sentences with phrase «entering ninth graders»

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However, she says a 2004 study by Robert Balfanz and Nettie Legters at Johns Hopkins University also found that many ninth - graders who fail algebra and are held back from entering tenth grade end up dropping out.

Suppose a student entered «Lincoln High School» as a ninth grader in, say, fall of 2012.

Graduation Rates - When asked to estimate the percent of ninth - graders who graduate within four years of entering ninth grade, Americans on average offer a pessimistic guess of 66 percent, 9 percent below the U.S. Department of Education's official national estimate.

In a study published in the Journal of Educational Research (Jan - Feb 1991), Summer Birth Date Children: Kindergarten Entrance Age and Academic Achievement (ERIC Document EJ426449), Sandra L. Crosser compared academic achievement indices of seventh through ninth graders (n = 45) who entered kindergarten at age five with indices of similar children who entered at age six (n = 45).

Keep in mind that about a third of TMA's entering ninth - graders start off at or below a fifth - grade level of proficiency in math and reading, and come from 50 to 60 different middle schools across Washington, Pardo adds.

And the program is encouraged for sixth and ninth graders, who are also entering a grade that signifies a major transition.

The intensive six - week summer program for rising seventh, eighth, and ninth graders is a key component of Summerbridge's effort to ensure students are receiving academically rigorous instruction through middle school and upon entering their first year of high school.

Of 166 students who entered as ninth graders, only 107 graduated.

In reality, 38 % of those who entered the high school in ninth grade were accepted to college, 25 students out of the original 64 ninth graders.