Sentences with phrase «lowest average achievement levels»

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Interestingly, the most comprehensive study of such things found atheists to be above average intelligence and education, but with lower levels of success and achievement than Christians of camparable background.

As our schools serve greater numbers of Hispanic students and fewer whites, for example, we should expect achievement to decline somewhat because Hispanic students, who are more likely to live in poverty, tend to perform at lower levels, on average, than whites.

On the third page of the study, the authors write: «Negative voucher effects are not explained by the quality of public fallback options for LSP applicants: achievement levels at public schools attended by students lotteried out of the program are below the Louisiana average and comparable to scores in low - performing districts like New Orleans.»

In terms of academic performance, KIPP students» achievement in grade 4 (before entering KIPP) is lower than the district average by 0.09 standard deviations in reading and by 0.08 standard deviations in math, or roughly one - quarter of a grade level in each subject.

Within KIPP schools, students in early grades have lower entering achievement levels, on average, than those in later grades, a pattern that is not evident at district schools.

The results indicated that children on average identified peers with stronger reading skills and the positive association between peer reading skills and children's own reading achievement was strongest for children with lower initial levels of reading skills.

That achievement level is adjusted once based on the extent to which the average achievement in that state, as measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), is higher or lower than the national average.

Before enrolling in KIPP, typical students had lower achievement levels than both the average in the elementary school they attended and the average in the district as a whole.

Based on the stability and level of performance on standard achievement tests in first and second grade (mean age in first grade = 82 months), children with IQ scores in the low - average to

The authors pointed out some of the advantages of low poverty noting, «Children whose parents read to them at home, whose health is good and can attend school regularly, who do not live in fear of crime and violence, who enjoy stable housing and continuous school attendance, whose parents» regular employment creates security, who are exposed to museums, libraries, music and art lessons, who travel outside their immediate neighborhoods, and who are surrounded by adults who model high educational achievement and attainment will, on average, achieve at higher levels than children without these educationally relevant advantages.»

According to the report, not only are fewer students interested in becoming an educator, but those who are interested have lower - than - average achievement levels, particularly in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) areas.

But its students out - perform the UK average in English and maths, and the ones who enter Dixons Trinity with the lowest achievement levels do better than anyone else.

High - need districts (where over 55 percent of students are economically disadvantaged or English Learners) saw lower levels of achievement on average, with about 33 percent of students meeting the standards compared to about 60 percent for districts with fewer high - need students.

Grade 4 test data, absentee students scored an average 12 points lower on the reading assessment than those with no absences — more than a full grade level on the NAEP achievement scale.

While many charter schools outperform traditional public schools, particularly among some student groups and in some communities, oftentimes the average achievement level of both charter school and traditional public school students is low.

Teachers with students with higher incoming achievement levels receive classroom observation scores that are higher on average than those received by teachers whose incoming students are at lower achievement levels, and districts do not have processes in place to address this bias.

Partly consistent with our expectations, students with an average intelligence level, good academic motivation, and / or relatively few externalizing behavioral problems show significantly better academic achievement than students with a low intelligence level, poor academic motivation, and / or many externalizing problems.

There is evidence that maltreated children are at greater risk for lifelong health and social problems, including mental illnesses, criminality, chronic diseases, disability1 and poorer quality of life.2 A history of child maltreatment is also associated with lower adult levels of economic well - being across a wide range of metrics, including higher levels of economic inactivity, lower occupational status, lower earnings and lower expected earnings.3 Existing research suggests a ripple effect caused by lower educational achievement, higher levels of truancy and expulsion reducing peak earning capacity by US$ 5000 a year4 or an average lifetime cost of US$ 210012 per person1 when considering productivity losses and costs from healthcare, child welfare, criminal justice and special education.