Sentences with phrase «ethnic subgroup by»

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The researchers identified several hundred differences in methylation associated with either Mexican or Puerto Rican ethnicity, but discovered that only three - quarters of the epigenetic difference between the two ethnic subgroups could be accounted for by differences in the children's genetic ancestry.

The rest of the epigenetic differences, the authors suggest, may reflect a biological stamp made by the different experiences, practices, and environmental exposures distinct to the two ethnic subgroups.

The report gives only passing attention to the positive impact of NCLB on the education of the most disadvantaged students, a consequence of the requirement to report performance by specific subgroups (e.g., racial and ethnic groups and the economically disadvantaged).

But this provision was likely to have harmed its intended beneficiaries, by arbitrarily sanctioning schools that enroll students from several different racial or ethnic subgroups.

Our call for more studies on racial / ethnic subgroup disparities echoes a recommendation published 15 years ago by the AAP Task Force on Minority Children's Access to Pediatric Care that more attention be paid to the heterogeneity of API populations.24

The federal government is permitting many schools to escape accountability for the progress of racial or ethnic subgroups under the No Child Left Behind Act, according to a computer analysis released by the Associated Press last week.

For a school or district to make adequate yearly progress, both the overall student population and each subgroup of students — major racial and ethnic groups, children from low - income families, students with disabilities, and students with limited proficiency in English — must meet or exceed the target set by the state.

Kopperud points out that the new law requires chronic absenteeism rates to be disaggregated by all the significant subgroups, including racial and ethnic subgroups as well as subgroups for homeless students and foster youth.

Under the new law's language, the information must be broken down by various student subgroups, including racial and ethnic identity and disability status, as well as homeless and foster care students.

The main body of this report documents gross disparities in the use of out - of - school suspension experienced by students with disabilities and those from historically disadvantaged racial, ethnic, and gender subgroups.

In addition, states are required to disaggregate these indicators, excluding English language proficiency, by individual subgroups of students, including those from low - income families, those from major racial and ethnic groups, those with disabilities, and English language learners.

But ESSA also creates a pilot program allowing up to seven states to experiment with local assessments that could eventually be used statewide.73 As under NCLB, test results must be disaggregated and reported at the school level and by student subgroups, such as racial and ethnic groups, students designated as economically disadvantaged, and students with disabilities.

By allowing states to ditch racial, ethnic, and economic subgroup categories and replace them with a super-subgroup subterfuge that commingles poor and minority students into one, the administration is making it difficult for families, especially black, Latino, and Asian families who are joining the middle class for the first time and moving into suburbia — to get the information they need to make smart decisions for their kids, and impede them from helping to advance systemic reform.

The odds of having comorbid disorders are higher than expected by chance for most racial / ethnic subgroups, except when base rates of disorders were already high or when cell sizes were small.