Sentences with phrase «peers affects student achievement»

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When Stanford researchers recently peered into the brains of students to see how attitude affects achievement, they found something startling.

If there are no peer effects, the average achievement of male (or female) students should not be affected by the share of their peers who are female.

One way to estimate the possible size of peer effects at KIPP is to combine our findings with other research on how peers» prior scores affect student achievement.

Second, because many education policies change the composition of school and classroom peer groups, it is important to understand how such changes may affect student achievement.

Controlling for the demographics of a whole class can be messy, says Douglas Harris, a University of Wisconsin - Madison professor who has studied both value - added modeling and how a student's peers affect his or her own achievement.

She also noted that since school closures tend to disproportionately affect low - income and black students, «this holds the potential to contribute to the already troubling achievement gap between historically disadvantaged populations and their peers.»

Summer learning loss disproportionately affects low - income students and therefore likely contributes to the achievement gap between these students and their higher - income peers, according to researchers.

«Does Peer Ability Affect Student Achievement?