Poor kids do worse on average, with only 20 % of children who are eligible for
free or reduced lunch reading proficiently.
Not exact matches
Somehow
reading this article and looking over and over at the graphics of the neediest States using the
free or reduced lunch program slightly eased my own shame and /
or guilt; because I still hardly believe this is our reality.
After controlling for average class size, per - pupil spending in 1998 - 99, the percentage of students with disabilities, the percentage of students receiving a
free or reduced - price school
lunch, the percentage of students with limited English proficiency, and student mobility rates, high - scoring F schools achieved gains that were 2.5 points greater than their below - average D counterparts in
reading (see Figure 2).
The 309 schools included in the study differed from other city schools in the following ways: They had a higher proportion of English Language Learners (ELL), special education, minority students, and students eligible for the Title I
free or reduced - price
lunch program, as well as lower average math and
reading scores.
The school characteristics include whether it is in an urban area, grade level (e.g., high school), the number of students enrolled, student - teacher ratio, the percentage of students who are eligible for the
free or reduced - price
lunch program, the percentage of minority students, and measures of student achievement in
reading and math.
The students, almost all African American, more than 80 percent of whom qualify for
free or reduced - price
lunch, came with skill levels all over the map; a majority
read at a 5th - grade level
or below.
In this study, 27 high - poverty elementary schools (75 — 100 % eligibility for
free or reduced - price
lunch) were matched by prior
reading achievement and poverty level and randomly assigned to one of two implementation conditions: a core treatment condition that directly replicated implementation procedures used in previous experiments,
or a core treatment with structured teacher adaptations condition.
Among students eligible for
free or reduced - price
lunches, public school 4th graders outperformed their charter school counterparts in
reading and math.
Only 17 percent of children who are eligible for
free or reduced lunch are at proficient
reading levels.
Given that the one out of every eight white suburban fourth - graders not on
free -
or -
reduced lunch are struggling with
reading is equal to the levels in big - city districts — and the rate of black fourth - grade suburban counterparts who are functionally illiterate is only four percentage points lower than that of big - city peers — suburban districts are actually falling down on their jobs.
In the summer of 2015, South Berwyn, Illinois, a district where 100 % of students are eligible for
free or reduced lunch and 90 % are English language learners, defied the odds and not only avoided summer slide but experienced a significant increase in
reading proficiency.
Among economically disadvantaged students,
or those who qualify for
free or reduced - price
lunch, statewide 64.7 percent were proficient
or advanced in math and 70.5 percent in
reading.