"Low academic achievement" means that a person is not doing well in their studies or school work. They are not getting good grades or reaching the expected level of learning.
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Students with learning difficulties are more likely to
demonstrate low academic achievement despite recent advances in curriculum design, assessments to inform instructional decisions, and research - based intervention strategies.
Because of this mental health burden, student veterans are more likely to
show lower academic achievement and are at higher risk of dropping out of college.
Implemented in an elementary school
with low academic achievement rates and a high percentage of special education students classified with emotional disturbance, the UD program helped the school develop unified attitudes, expectations, consequences and team roles school - wide to improve discipline at all grade levels.
When you look at the statistics you will find that the problem of
low academic achievement for minorities has only worsened in recent years.
Attendance Works reports that students who miss 10 percent or more of the school year in kindergarten tend to
experience lower academic achievement in 1st grade; if they are low - income students, that disadvantage persists all the way through 5th grade and often beyond (see «Debunking the Myths about School Attendance»).
It might be the case, then, that in these and other ways, the school — notwithstanding its
persistent low academic achievement — acts as an important strand in the invisible web of social connectivity that helps to hold a community together despite all the malign forces trying to pull it apart.
And in a landmark ruling, the Kansas Supreme Court has ordered the state to address significant shortfalls in how its public schools are funded,
citing low academic achievement by black, Hispanic, and low - income students as among the deciding factors.
The traditional public system was in dire need of improvement then, and it is today, especially with regard to education equality: urban, minority students continue to be blamed (along with their parents & communities) for
lower academic achievement instead of given the same educational opportunities, funding and expectations as their peers.
Additionally, referred children with normal visual - motor skills and
low academic achievement did not significantly differ from normative standards on the WISC — III PS factor (Tiholov, Zawallich, & Janzen, 1996).
In fact, the man who tried to quadruple the number of standardized tests in order to «train» student on how to increase their CMT test scores managed to come up with a system that actually appears to have
lowered academic achievement as measured by the fraudulent CMT Testing system.
Educators may also be less supportive of underrepresented students throughout the college admissions process due to their race, as research shows that teachers systematically
expect lower academic achievement from students of color (Gershenson, Holt, & Papageorge, 2016).
It does so by boosting the ranking of teachers who are assigned more students whose family backgrounds and language and disability statuses are associated
with lower academic achievement — much like the standard practice for scoring competitive diving, in which the raw score of the judges is multiplied by the degree of difficulty of the dive.
The federal government has found black students are three times more likely than whites to be suspended or expelled, a disparity experts say contributes to
lower academic achievement among African - American students caught in the discipline system.
There's less philanthropy in low - trust regions, greater crime of all kinds, lower longevity, worse health,
lower academic achievement in schools.
Safe and affirming environments have been shown to affect educational outcomes: LGBT students
show lower academic achievement than their counterparts as a result of missing school to avoid harassment, being less likely to pursue higher education, and reporting higher levels of depression (Nieto 1992; GLSEN 2013).
Do you think that compliance with ESSA is our solution to
low academic achievement for students attending school in juvenile justice facilities?
Coming, as they often do, from families with a history of child and wife abuse, alcoholism, promiscuity, poor nutrition, a lack of discipline and
low academic achievement, they find adjustment to stricter, often fundamentalist standards difficult.
Children who are homeless often have
lower academic achievement, exacerbated by frequent moves, lack of privacy and psychological distress, than do children with homes.
The consequences of poverty — emotional issues, delayed development and
lower academic achievement, among others — put a child behind peers who do not struggle with poverty.
Children of parents whom Kim classified as «tiger» had
lower academic achievement and attainment — and greater psychological maladjustment — and family alienation, than the kids of parents characterized as «supportive» or «easygoing.»
These factors have all been linked to
lower academic achievement.
«Where a child grows up in impoverished conditions... with limited cognitive stimulation, high levels of stress, and so forth, that person is more likely to grow up with compromised physical and mental health and
lowered academic achievement,» said Martha Farah, director of the Center for Neuroscience and Society at the University of Pennsylvania.
«Although specific individual clinical implications of these findings can not be quantified, based on other studies, the observed cognitive delays at early ages could have significant long - term consequences such as increased risk of mental health disorders and
low academic achievement, in particular due to the ubiquity of the exposure,» said Dr. Guxens.
One of the strongest findings in recent social - science research is the link between low family income and
low academic achievement.
Previous research has indicated that children who are less engaged in out - of - school activities have
lower academic achievement, exhibit more problem behaviors, and struggle with socioemotional problems, than those who are involved in activities.
Low academic achievement is particularly important to control for because children only receive special education services if their disabilities are adversely affecting their educational performance.
Such trauma is consistently linked to a broad variety of negative life circumstances including poverty, juvenile delinquency, adult crime,
low academic achievement, substance abuse, mental disorders and poor health.
Pediatricians warn parents that
low academic achievement and obesity are linked to hours spent indoors watching television.
Research in psychology and education suggests that trauma is associated with poorer education outcomes, and that traumatised children use more school and system - level academic supports, have
lower academic achievement, and higher rates of grade repetition and school drop - out (Duplechain, Reigner, & Packard, 2008; Perzow, et al., 2013).