Sentences with phrase «grader reading»

I like the recording of a 5th - grader reading Theodore Roethke's «The Sloth»:

I mean if you've got a 5th grader reading at a second grade level, and by the end of the year he's reading at a 4th grade level that should be rewarded.

In this system, a third grader reading at a sixth - grade level can read that level of books with other kids at the same reading level, regardless of their grade in school.

A sixth grader reading at a second grade level will not want to be seen carrying around a «baby book,» even if it's the only thing she can read.

No one believes your first grader read As I Lay Dying, lady.

«Nationally, only one third of fourth graders read proficiently on national assessments, and preschool or school - age programs alone are not enough to raise these rates to acceptable levels, especially for the most vulnerable children.

In the 1990s, NAEP results revealed almost half our 4th graders read below a basic level.

Are they satisfied with a situation where African - American and Hispanic 12th graders read and do math as well as white 8th graders?

Statewide, more than three quarters of 4th graders read below grade level, the same share of 8th graders are below grade level in math, and nearly one third of high - school students drop out.

In its first year, 2004 — 05, the percentage of kindergarten and 1st - grade students reading at or above grade level increased from 26 to 96 percent; in the same period, the percentage of 5th graders reading at or above grade level increased from 18 to 55 percent.

Third graders read about New World explorers.

New findings by Harvard Graduate School of Education Associate Professor Nonie Lesaux released in a report today by Strategies for Children, Inc., revealed that 43 percent of Massachusetts third graders read below grade level, which may lead to continued struggles in high school and puts them at...

This is all on top of the fact that its overall scores are still distressingly low (e.g., 19 percent of its eighth graders read proficiently).

Cleveland is next to last in all four categories — for instance, 9 percent of its fourth graders read proficiently.

Initially the first - graders read to fifth - graders from their favorite books; then the fifth - graders read to first - graders from their favorite books.

«When first - graders read from text with at least a moderate amount of consistent linguistic information, more reach the end - of - the - year benchmark than students who read text with less consistent information but more of it.»

In 2002, it reported that about 25 percent of eighth - and twelfth - graders read below basic levels, and it found that more than 6 million adolescents have been «left behind» academically and will be similarly disadvantaged when they enter the U.S. labor market.

Her research revealed that 43 percent of Massachusetts third - graders read below grade level, which may lead to continued struggles in high school and puts them at significant risk of not graduating or contributing to the state's knowledge - based economy.

That heightened engagement was evident in November 2016 when 6th graders read Long Walk to Water, based on the true story of one of the «lost boys» of Sudan who made it to the United States, then returned to his homeland to found Water for South Sudan.

In this randomized controlled trial involving 312 students enrolled in an after - school program, we generated intention - to - treat (ITT) and treatment - on - the - treated (TOT) estimates of the program's impact on several literacy outcomes of fourth, fifth, and sixth graders reading below proficiency on a state assessment at baseline.

Typical third - graders read at anywhere from a first - to fifth - grade level.

We offer day care, with 4th graders reading to preschoolers.

While 49 percent of White, non-Hispanic, fourth - graders are taught to read at the level expected at that grade, only 17 percent of Pennsylvania's African - American fourth graders read at grade level.

Hispanic fourth - graders read better than the average of all students in 31 other states.

Seventh graders reading a variety of articles about the impact of TV violence on children in order to formulate recommendations to parents.

Thirty - three percent of the nation's fourth - graders read Below Basic levels of literacy, according to this year's edition of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the federal exam of student achievement.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as «The Nation's Report Card» showed in 2011 that only 34 % of fourth graders read at a «proficient» level, while the rest read at either a «basic» level (33 %) or below basic (33 %).

And it made the claim that 70 percent of American eighth - graders read below grade level and that's simply false.

Another grave concern for educators is the academic gap that would be left by teacher assistants that are primarily tasked with making sure students read on grade level by the third grade — presumably still a significant goal for Senator Berger who was a key driver in the state's Read to Achieve legislation that mandates all third graders read on grade level or be held back from advancing to the fourth grade.

Although the percentage of third graders reading Below Basic according to Connecticut's standardized tests declined from 65 percent in 2006 - 2007 to 46 percent in 2010 - 2011, far too many children attending Walsh aren't getting the high - quality instruction, curricula, and school leadership they need for long - term success.

The NAEP found that just 28 percent of Tennessee fourth graders read proficiently.

5th grader reads well but does not comprehend My grandson is in 5th grade and reads well but does not comprehend nor retain what he... read more

The percentage of all fourth - graders reading Below Basic on the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress, the federal test of student achievement.

«Twelfth graders read 20 - 40 pages a night in English, and history and analytical writing classes meet every day,» said Howland.

The percentage of all eighth - graders reading at Proficient and Advanced levels in 2015.

Forty - five percent of Latino fourth - graders read Below Basic (a two point decline over 2013 and an 11 point decrease over 2002); 48 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native fourth - graders read Below Basic (unchanged from 2013, and a mere one point decline over 2002); 21 percent of white fourth - graders read Below Basic (unchanged from 2013, but a four point decline over 2002); and 18 percent of Asian fourth - graders read Below Basic (a two point decline over 2013, and a 12 point decline over levels 13 years ago).

Thirty - four percent of Latino eighth - graders read Below Basic (a two point increase over 2013, but a nine point decrease over 2002); 15 percent of white eighth - graders read Below Basic (a one point increase over levels two years ago, but one point lower than in 2002); 37 percent of Native eighth - graders read Below Basic in 2015 (one point lower than two years ago, and two points lower than in 2002); and 14 percent of Asian eighth - graders read Below Basic (unchanged from 2013, but 10 points lower than levels 13 years ago).

The percentage of black eighth - graders reading at Proficient and Advanced levels in 2015.

The percentage of black eighth - graders reading Below Basic on NAEP in 2015.

There, fourth - graders reading Below Basic declined by 25 percentage points (from 69 percent to 44 percent) between 2002 and 2015, while the number of kids reading at Proficient and Advanced levels increased by 17 percentage points (from 10 percent to 27 percent).

The percentage of all eighth - graders reading Below Basic on NAEP 2015.

Twenty - one percent of Latino eighth - graders read at the highest levels on NAEP in 2015 (unchanged from 2013, but five points higher than in 2002); 44 percent of white eighth - graders read at Proficient and Advanced (two points lower than in 2013, but three points higher than levels 13 years ago); 22 percent of Native eighth - grade students read at the highest levels (three points higher than in 2013, and four points higher than in 2002); and 52 percent of Asian eighth - graders read at Proficient and Advanced levels (unchanged from 2013, but 16 points higher than levels 13 years ago).

As a nation, are we content that 70 percent of our entering 9th graders read below grade level?

The percentage of black fourth - graders reading Below Basic declined by 19 percentage points (from 61 percent to 42 percent) in that period, while the percentage of Latino fourth - grade peers struggling with literacy declined by 18 percentage points (from 47 percent to 29 percent).

The percentage of black fourth - graders reading at Proficient and Advanced levels on NAEP in 2015.

«Nationwide the average black 12th grader reads at the level of a white eighth grader.

Michael Petrilli: — as we have now in early reading — there was evidence 20 years ago on phonics — on phonemic awareness, that was finally incorporated into our schools — now we have good evidence that these level texts, just having kids who are fifth graders reading first grade texts over and over again, has not been working.

Screening data show that only 39 percent of ninth - graders read at or on grade level, «very much mirroring what we knew about our middle school students, says Annie Wolfe, secondary curriculum and development officer.

Nearly 30 elementary campuses had double - digit increases, all signs that the district is on its way to meeting its goal of having 100 percent of third - graders reading at or above grade level by 2019.

When layered on top of 90 minutes of high - quality classroom reading lessons, expert tutorials (Phillips & Smith, 2010; Vellutino, Scanlon, Sipay, et al., 1996) or very small group reading instruction (Mathes et al., 2005) result in 98 percent of all 1st graders reading on level.