Sentences with phrase «graders achieving»

In New York, the number of 3rd through 8th graders achieving at the proficient level on the new tests fell by nearly 50 percent.

Since 2005, the percentage of Virginia fourth graders achieving at proficient or above has risen by a statistically significant seven points.

NCES says the percentage of the commonwealth's fourth graders achieving proficient or advanced scores in mathematics has improved significantly since 2007, when only 42 percent met or exceeded the NAEP proficiency standard.

The percentage of fourth graders achieving at the advanced level in mathematics rose from seven percent in 2009, to nine percent.

The percentage of eighth graders achieving at the advanced level in mathematics rose three points, to 11 percent, which also represents a statistically significant improvement in performance since 2009.

The numbers of those fourth - graders achieving proficiency or above on annual state reading tests grew from 27 percent to 32 percent from 2005 to 2011.

In Massachusetts, on the other hand, roughly the same share of 8th graders achieved proficiency on the state test (52 percent) as did so on the NAEP (51 percent).

Only 44 percent of fourth - graders and 43 percent of eighth - graders achieved proficiency in reading, compared to 34 percent and 35 percent, respectively, in the nation.

And Louisiana Believes is demonstrating early success: Louisiana 4th graders achieved the highest growth among all states on the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress reading test, and the second - highest in math.

Sixteen percent of black fourth graders achieved at or above the proficient level, compared with 15 percent nationwide and in the South.

In 2009, 98 % of Brockton's seniors passed the mathematics and English exam by graduation; 78 % of its 10th - grade students achieved either advanced or proficient levels in English Language Arts (matching the state percentage); and 60 % of 10th - graders achieved similar levels in mathematics.

Nationally, 32 percent of public eighth graders achieved at the proficient level or above in mathematics — a statistically significant two - point decline compared with 2013.

Thirty - eight percent of Virginia eighth graders achieved proficient or advanced mathematics scores in 2013, compared with 40 percent in 2011.

23 percent of black fourth graders, and 32 percent of Hispanic fourth graders achieved at or above the proficient level, compared with 63 percent of white fourth - grade students.

In mathematics, 47 percent of Virginia fourth graders achieved at or above the proficient level, with 10 percent earning advanced scores.

Nationally, 34 percent of eighth graders achieved proficient or advanced scores and 4 percent earned advanced scores.

Fifty - six percent of white fourth graders achieved proficient or advanced mathematics scores, as did 22 percent of black students, 32 percent of Hispanic students, and 70 percent of Asian students.

Nationally, 33 percent of eighth graders achieved proficient or advanced scores — a statistically significant one - point decline — and three percent earned advanced scores.

Virginia fourth graders achieved an average score of 165 on the national science test, with no state performing at a statistically higher level.

Nationally, 33 percent of public school eighth graders achieved at the proficient level or above.

79 percent of fourth graders achieved proficient or advanced scores in reading, a two - point improvement compared with 2015 - 2016;

Not exact matches

For 2015 - 2016, approximately % of our 5th graders in CMS (11,420 total) achieved a Level IV / V on the 5th Grade Science EOG!

The 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress shows that reading and math scores for the highest - achieving 10 percent of 8th and 12th graders have barely budged in the past five years, which is evidence, Kronholz notes, that many of the country's brightest youngsters are «stuck in an academic rut.»

Based on that first - year success, Los Altos extended the program to all of its 5th - and 6th - grade classes, and to its 7th graders who were achieving at grade level and below.

While 93 percent of U.S. eighth - graders failed to achieve an advanced score on the test, only 5 percent of them «Disagreed a lot» with the statement that they «do well in math.»

Los Altos has extended the Khan Academy program to all of its 5th and 6th grade classes, and to its 7th graders who were achieving at grade level and below.

We see that only 57 percent of third graders with a prior CPS investigation achieve basic proficiency levels on the statewide reading exam compared with 65 percent of third graders with no prior CPS investigation.

Using that same standard, just 73 percent of 8th graders are proficient in math in the highest - achieving country, Singapore, according to the AIR study.

They even outperformed their peers in the largely wealthy, high - achieving Arlington school district, where 84 percent of third - graders passed.

After the same adjustments were made for 8th graders, private schools retained a 7 - point advantage in reading but achieved only parity in math.

Low - achieving 6th and 8th graders also reported much higher levels of parental support for their schoolwork in 2001 than in 1994.

In a 2015 Washington Post report, it was stated that for the second year in a row, the school's students showed positive testing results, with their third - graders showing a 95 % passing rate in math, even outperforming the 84 % passing rate of third - grader peers from the «largely wealthy, high - achieving Arlington school district».

Regardless of which test you put more stock in, there's a growing gap between high - achieving and low - achieving fourth - graders.

African - American fourth graders in Virginia public schools achieved an average reading score of 210, compared with 213 in 2007.

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.

Black eighth graders in Virginia achieved an average score of 250, which represented little change from 2007's average of 252.

For example, parents of a gifted fourth grader who achieves at a sixth grade level on nationally normed achievement test may be told those results are irrelevant as the fourth graders in this district are «really» sixth graders when they take a nationally normed test.

A longitudinal study examined the career aspirations of «high - achieving» ninth graders (who attained 75 % or better in their math courses) and «low - achieving» ninth graders (who attained less than 75 % in their math courses).

When two in five (40 percent) of eighth graders can not achieve even basic levels of comprehension in math, it's obvious we must do far more to improve Mississippi's education system.

More than half of North Carolina's third graders could be held back this year as districts work to implement the state's new «Read to Achieve» law.

Not only does this describe an uphill battle, but it serves to illustrate the puzzling priorities we often emphasize — one half of minority children don't complete high school, over one half of third graders can not read at grade level, and our policy and media attention are focused on affirmative action to achieve diversity in admissions as a compelling objective at our two flagship universities!

Only Hispanic fourth graders in Montana achieved a statistically higher average score than those in Virginia while no states were statistically higher in grade 8.

Black eighth graders in the commonwealth also outperformed their peers, achieving an average score of 268, compared with 260 nationwide and 262 for the region.

Twenty - three percent of Hispanic eighth graders in the commonwealth achieved at or above the proficient level, statistically higher than the 17 percent nationwide and the same as Hispanics in the South.

Twenty - eight percent of Hispanic fourth graders in the commonwealth achieved at or above the proficient level, compared with 21 percent nationwide.

This intensive one - to - one tutoring program, which focuses on the lowest - achieving 1st graders, originated in New Zealand in the 1970s and took hold in the United States in the 1980s.

The Kennewick School District had set and achieved the goal of getting 90 percent of its 3rd graders reading at grade level.

She began her career teaching 10th and 11th graders in Belmont, CA where she achieved National Board Certification in Adolescent Young Adult English Language Arts in 2000.

6th grader, Bladimir Rodriguez started at KIPP Academy Boston last year and shared how KIPP has helped him grow and achieve more while addressing his hope that the charter cap is lifted allowing KIPP to open a High School in Boston.

PUC Achieve Charter School, to open a school serving fifth - to eighth - grade students (starting in August with fifth graders).