Sentences with phrase «for twelfth graders»

In fact, there were marked declines for twelfth graders in the 10th percentile, perhaps because more low achievers were staying in school rather than dropping out.

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Either way, the gains for eighth graders were only half as large, and they all but evaporated by twelfth grade.

Thirty - five percent of twelfth graders were prepared for college in reading (and 36 percent in math); eight years later, 34 percent of their age cohort had completed a college degree.

They got to work, and the thirty eleventh and twelfth graders meticulously combed the cafeteria for clues, examining a cut gas pipe, scattered fingerprints, a spattering of blood, and even vomit left at the scene.

Another way to think about it: proficient for today's eighth graders reflects approximately what the average twelfth grader knew in mathematics in 1990.

This randomized - controlled experiment examined the effects of project - based economics curriculum developed by the Buck Institute for Education on student learning and problem solving skills in a sample of 7,000 twelfth graders, taught by 76 teachers in 66 high schools.

So Miller arranged for her eleventh and twelfth graders at James Buchanan High School in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, to visit five classes at nearby Mountain View Elementary School, and offer fun chemistry activities for the school's kindergartners and third and fourth graders.

That's because the proportion of recent high school graduates attending college is far higher than the proportion of twelfth graders who are prepared for college — and that gap has worsened over time.

According to data from the 2002 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), only 28 % of fourth graders, 31 % of eighth graders, and 24 % of twelfth graders performed at or above a proficient (i.e., competent) level of writing achievement for their respective grade level (Persky, Daane, & Jin, 2003).

Parents» highest level of education is defined by the highest level reported by eighth - graders and twelfth - graders for either parent.

With the 6th graders we did out to twelfths, which was difficult for many of them to build «evenly».

Youth: Ethics in Service (YES) From the School for Ethical Education comes this meaningful opportunity for service - learning for second to twelfth graders and the educators responsible for them.

Data from the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), often described as the Nation's Report Card, also shows that U.S. students have work to do — more than 60 percent of eighth and twelfth graders each did not meet the «proficient» level for reading.