Sentences with phrase «ninth grade test scores»

She noted that so far only few studies have explored IQ in ART children, and no previous studies have included ninth grade test scores in a complete national cohort of 15 -16-year-old adolescents all conceived by ART.

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«And grades and test scores in the ninth grade mapped on beautifully to occupational and educational goals.»

«For students whose parents had college degrees, their parents» involvement in the seventh grade set forth a chain of reactions that improved their school behavior from teachers» perspectives in the eighth grade, which in turn increased their grades and test scores in the ninth grade,» Hill says.

The inaugural class of 110 ninth graders, admitted on the basis of grades, recommendations, interviews, and test scores, takes lab courses in biochemistry and engineering.

By ninth grade, missing excessive amounts of school can predict the likelihood of dropping out with more accuracy than past test scores (Allensworth & Easton, 2007).

Despite an A in algebra and excellent state math test scores, she had to fight to get into the ninth - grade geometry course that would keep her on track to take Advanced Placement calculus during her senior year.

For example, the consortium found that students» course performance and credits earned in ninth grade are more predictive of their likelihood of graduating high school than their race, gender, socioeconomic status, and standardized test scores combined.

Critics point to a report released last week showing how school districts in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties ignore objective data like test scores and grades, and they often place black and Latino ninth - graders in math classes below their level.

So last spring the district decided to adhere strictly to a matrix of test scores and grades when making ninth - grade math placements.

Perhaps, our ninth grade teachers did such a tremendous job that these students would have shown a tremendous growth over what they would have scored had they taken the test the previous year.

In years past, K - 12 accountability measures focused on data points such as third - grade reading scores, the number of ninth - graders taking algebra, or setting new records for the most number of AP tests taken and passed.

In order to move up to fifth and ninth grade, students must score basic in at least English or math, with a score of «approaching basic» allowable for the other test.

And those have been followed - up by further research finding that that ninth - grade teachers who are particularly good in helping student acquire non-cognitive skills are more successful «much larger in magnitude» in having students graduate and attend college than those whose work results in higher test scores alone (see You'll Want To Read This Interview With Education Researcher Kirabo Jackson).