Sentences with phrase «higher than their public school peers»

The result is that African - American students who switched from public to private schools scored, on average, 6.3 points higher than their public school peers; by contrast, Krueger reports effects of between 9.1 and 9.8 points for African - Americans placed in smaller classes.

But even when all students are included in the analysis, African - American students who attended private schools scored significantly higher than their public school peers (see Figure 2).

Not exact matches

One recent (if small study) that followed a diverse group 183 teens who attended public high school for a decade, starting in middle school, found that «by the age of 22, these «cool kids» are rated as less socially competent than their peers.

Homeschooled students have been shown to have higher average scores on the ACT test (26.5) than their public school peers (25).

You can rest easy here as well as research again indicates that homeschoolers» scores are typically higher than that of their public school peers.

«Our findings reveal that, across all grades and subjects, students in online charter schools perform worse on standardized assessments and are significantly less likely to pass Ohio's test for high school graduation than their peers in traditional charter and traditional public schools,» said McEachin.

Low - income minority adolescents who were admitted to high - performing public charter high schools in Los Angeles were significantly less likely to engage in risky health behaviors than their peers who were not admitted to those schools, according to a new UCLA - led study.

Students who attend five charter schools in the San Francisco Bay area that are run by the Knowledge Is Power Program, or kipp, score consistently higher on standardized tests than their peers from comparable public schools, an independent evaluation of the schools concludes.

While we estimated that, after one year, African - American students scored 7 percentile points higher on the math portion of the Iowa Test of Basic Skills than their peers in public schools, Barnard reports impacts of 6 percentile points for African - American students from low - performing public schools.

On average in the three cities, African - American students who switched from public to private schools scored 6.3 percentile points higher than their peers in the control group on the reading portion of the test and 6.2 points higher on the math portion.

In the «High School and Beyond» study, Coleman's team reported that students in Catholic high schools both learned more and had higher graduation rates than their public - school peHigh School and Beyond» study, Coleman's team reported that students in Catholic high schools both learned more and had higher graduation rates than their public - school School and Beyond» study, Coleman's team reported that students in Catholic high schools both learned more and had higher graduation rates than their public - school pehigh schools both learned more and had higher graduation rates than their public - school school peers.

A majority of the states in our sample have charter sectors that enroll a higher percentage of low - income students than their traditional public schools peers.

In 2007 they approved funding for the first public Waldorf methods high school, in the Sacramento Unified School District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the aschool, in the Sacramento Unified School District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the aSchool District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the adults.

Charter kids also had higher proficiency gains than their public - school peers compared with last year.

Students who use vouchers score significantly higher on test scores than their public school peers - just as they are more tolerant and their parents are more satisfied.

The WaPo reporters then claim, «But a U.S. Department of Education study released in June showed that students in the program generally scored no higher on reading and math tests after two years than public school peers.»

Participants in school choice programs graduate from high school at higher rates than their public school peers.

The fifth Portrait of the Movement report shows that California charter schools continue to beat the odds by helping their students achieve at higher levels than their peers in traditional public schools.

The CSF Baltimore scholarship recipients were graduating high school at a rate of 97 percent — a much higher rate than their peers in Baltimore public schools (between 40 and 60 percent), and a higher rate than students across Maryland (84 percent on average).

Private voucher schools have 4 - 5 % higher proficiency in Reading and Math than their public school peers.

These FCAT grades are clear: Charter students are at a dramatically higher - risk of attending an F school than their peers are at traditional public schools.

«This report shows that California charter schools continue to beat the odds by helping their students achieve at higher levels than their peers in traditional public schools,» said Jed Wallace, president and CEO, CCSA.

Those results showed that voucher program students who remained in the program were more likely to graduate from high school than their Milwaukee peers who attended public schools.

Results from a study conducted by a nonpartisan research team at the University of Arkansas showed that students in private - choice schools were more likely to graduate from high school than their peers at Milwaukee Public Sschools were more likely to graduate from high school than their peers at Milwaukee Public SchoolsSchools.

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that students attending private schools thanks to this program have equal or better academic performance than their peers in the local public schools, and have significantly higher graduation rates.

Those at higher - performing charter schools deemed themselves less conscientious, less self - controlled and less gritty than lower - achieving peers at district public schools.

Higher percentages of charter school students of every race attend predominantly minority schools (50 - 100 % minority students) or racially isolated minority schools (90 - 100 % minority students) than do their same - race peers in traditional public schools.

In Chicago, charter public school students grow more academically, graduate high school, enroll in college, and persist in college at higher rates than their peers at district - run open enrollment schools.

Using rich administrative data from the Wake County Public School System, we find that students who enter contemporary career academies are generally higher performing than their non-academy peers.

But at night we went to Cooper Union, and there we felt more at ease than in high school or public school and so on, because we were with our peers, and they were older than we, but we felt equal to them because we drew as well as they did.