Sentences with phrase «even by eighth grade»

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In math the graduates of the University of Florida, the state's premier university, outperformed the other institutions at teaching students in fourth to eighth grade by as much as 10 percent of a standard deviation, even though NCTQ gave it no better rating than Florida State or Florida Atlantic.

In fact, even this year, our percent of «1's» goes dramatically down in grade seven while our «2's» go up, and by eighth grade we've dramatically reduced «1's» and substantially increased «3's and 4's.»

In addition, the LAUSD average 59 percent four - year graduation rate was found to range widely by individual high school and by ethnicity, even when comparing students of similar eighth - grade English performance.

«It is also important that our students master the basics of math and the essentials of algebra and even geometry by the end of eighth grade,» Clinton adds.

Alumni completion of challenging courses in middle school (by the end of eighth grade), as defined by the state — this is certain to include Algebra I but may include other courses, or even non-curricular achievements if sufficiently well - defined (such as the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme assessment, or proficiency in a foreign language).

The writers of the standards have defended them by arguing, for example, that algebraic concepts are covered extensively before high school, even if the standards don't include a formal algebra course by eighth grade.