Not exact matches
Supportive parents had the best developmental outcomes, as
measured by
academic achievement, educational
attainment, family obligation (considered positive outcomes),
academic pressure, depressive symptoms, and parent - child alienation (considered negative).
The state English language proficiency assessment must align to Pennsylvania's
academic standards and the PA English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) and must
measure progress and / or
attainment of English for each language domain, i.e. reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
Academic skills in high school, at least as
measured by a standardized math test, explain only a small part of the socioeconomic gap in educational
attainment.
This new accountability
measure,
Attainment 8, will come into force next
academic year for all schools - but they were given the chance to opt into it a year early if they wished.
During the 2014 - 2015 school year, the average student who attended a CICS elementary campus was achieving at or above the national average as
measured by the NWEA
Measure of
Academic Progress (MAP) on both growth and
attainment measures.
Some of these
measures include industry - recognized certification program enrollment, college
attainment rates, and college remediation rates, which signifify that students were not ready for the
academic demands of credit - bearing coursework.
While they may whisk a few children from poverty to greatness, they do not close the
attainment gap, and this choice of
measure is flattering to the selective areas, since it gives higher weight than most to
academic attainment.