In the early 1990s, the average Latino and black student attended a school where roughly a third of students were low income (as measured by free and reduced
price lunch eligibility), but now attend schools where low income students account for nearly two - thirds of their classmates.
«Reduced
price lunch eligibility» corresponds to family income between 130 % and 185 % of the federal poverty line.
Proposals to serve students who attend schools with free and reduced -
price lunch eligibility of 75 percent or greater.
The district now reserves a share of seats at each school for low - income students, as measured by a student's free or reduced -
price lunch eligibility.99
Specifically, we calculate growth for schools based on math scores while taking into account students» prior performance in both math and communication arts; characteristics that include race, gender, free or reduced -
price lunch eligibility (FRL), English - language - learner status, special education status, mobility status, and grade level; and school - wide averages of these student characteristics.
Poor is defined by free / reduced
price lunch eligibility.
Alternatively, although we control for free or reduced -
price lunch eligibility, it may be the case that low - income families have a stronger preference for charter schools.
Meanwhile, in Caroline, Frederick, or Talbot County Schools, the median Title I school had about the same free - or reduced -
price lunch eligibility rate as the median non-Title I school in Baltimore City.
• Map performance on all of these measures against free and reduced -
price lunch eligibility rates to determine which schools are truly excelling at educating low - income students and which schools are simply coasting along with an advantaged student body.
Not exact matches
The law, signed by President Obama on Monday, will add 6 cents to school
lunch reimbursements and will expand
eligibility for free and reduced -
price lunches for kids — not as much as
lunch - reform supporters hoped for, but still hailed as a victory by many in the movement.
In our direct education work, FoodCorps currently concentrates on schools with high rates of students from low - income households, as measured by
eligibility for free or reduced -
price school
lunch.
While National School
Lunch Program participants have remained fairly steady, USDA Spokesperson Daniel says they have seen a 5 percent gain in families whose
eligibility has transitioned from reduced
price to free.
We therefore also evaluated the effect of actually being retained, again controlling for race,
eligibility for free or reduced -
price lunch, English proficiency, and baseline test scores.
We examine the Florida Tax Credit (FTC) scholarship program, which provides private school tuition scholarships to children from low - income families (defined as those making less than 185 percent of the federal poverty level, which is the same
eligibility requirement as for a free or reduced -
price lunch).
Roughly 40 percent of students were identified as economically disadvantaged based on their
eligibility for free and reduced -
price lunch.
Because the administrative files provide only a very coarse measure of family socioeconomic status —
eligibility for the federal free or reduced -
price lunch program — we constructed an additional proxy for family income by matching each student's residential address to U.S. Census data on the median household income in the student's neighborhood.
We also conducted a more sophisticated analysis that measures the relationship between a family's demographic characteristics (such as
eligibility for free - or reduced -
price lunch, median household income of the student's residential neighborhood, race, and student prior achievement level), a school's poverty level, and the likelihood that the parent makes a request.
In the year prior to entering a KIPP school, 80 percent of the KIPP students are from low - income families, as measured by
eligibility for free or reduced -
price school breakfast and
lunch (FRPL); 96 percent are either black or Hispanic; 7 percent are English language learners; and 7 percent receive special education services (see Figure 1a).
(check the facts, Winter 2010), David Bass presents evidence of substantial error in students»
eligibility for free or reduced -
price school meals through the National School
Lunch Program (NSLP), citing a recent Mathematica study that found most errors result from misreporting of household income.
Say, up to 185 percent of poverty, the cut - off for
eligibility for a reduced -
price lunch?
[7] Much of what they find corroborates existing empirical work, with the same caveats in interpretation: black students are more likely to be suspended, even conditional on
eligibility for free or reduced -
price lunch.
The student data include test scores, race and ethnicity,
eligibility for the federal free and reduced -
price lunch program, and status as an ESL or special - education student.
The district data also contain other information on students, such as race or ethnicity, gender, and
eligibility for free or reduced -
price lunch (a standard measure of poverty).
In this study, 27 high - poverty elementary schools (75 — 100 %
eligibility for free or reduced -
price lunch) were matched by prior reading achievement and poverty level and randomly assigned to one of two implementation conditions: a core treatment condition that directly replicated implementation procedures used in previous experiments, or a core treatment with structured teacher adaptations condition.
Other districts, such as Palm Beach, appear to distribute $ 259 per student for schools with 50 percent to 60 percent
eligibility, $ 324 for schools that are between 61 percent and 75 percent eligible, $ 389 for schools that are between 75 percent and 90 percent eligible, and $ 486 for schools with more than 90 percent of their students eligible for free and reduced -
price lunch.
[16] The income
eligibility thresholds for free and reduced -
price lunches are higher than the poverty levels used in the standard allocation formulas to states and LEAs: 130 percent of the poverty line for free
lunches (or $ 31,525 annually for a family of four for the 2015 - 16 school year) and 185 percent of the poverty line for reduced -
price lunches (or $ 44,863 annually for a family of four for the 2015 - 16 school year).
Free and Reduced
Priced Lunch Differences: Free lunch and reduced lunch eligibility do not have the same effects on student achievement and should not be used as one category (Harwell & La Beau, 2
Lunch Differences: Free
lunch and reduced lunch eligibility do not have the same effects on student achievement and should not be used as one category (Harwell & La Beau, 2
lunch and reduced
lunch eligibility do not have the same effects on student achievement and should not be used as one category (Harwell & La Beau, 2
lunch eligibility do not have the same effects on student achievement and should not be used as one category (Harwell & La Beau, 2011).
The authors relied on data about students»
eligibility for free and reduced -
price lunch as a measure of poverty.
Facing pressure from critics who said that vouchers would not go to the neediest students with that high of an income limitation, lawmakers dropped it to level that confers
eligibility for the federal free and reduced
price lunch program.
Total number and dollar amount of scholarships awarded and the percentage of students eligible for free and reduced -
price lunch for each of the student
eligibility categories
NAEP results are provided for groups of students defined by shared characteristics: gender, type of school, location, race / ethnicity,
eligibility for free / reduced -
price school
lunch programs, students with disabilities, and students identified as English language learners.
[13] lawmakers dropped it to level that confers
eligibility for the federal free and reduced
price lunch program.: http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/packed-house-for-school-voucher-bill-hearing/
Eligibility for free and reduced -
price lunches is determined by students» family income in relation to the federally established poverty level.
Results are provided for groups of students defined by shared characteristics — race or ethnicity, gender,
eligibility for free / reduced -
price school
lunch, highest level of parental education, type of school, charter school, type of school location, region of the country, status as students with disabilities, and status as students identified as English language learners.
Malloy proposes changing poverty measure from free and reduced
priced lunch («FRPL»)
eligibility to Husky A
eligibility.
The bill expands
eligibility for charters to receive facilities grants from a 70 % free or reduced
price lunch threshold to 60 %.
Currently, Connecticut identifies low - income students based on students»
eligibility for free and reduced
price lunch, or «FRPL.»
A recent analysis examined 2013 NAEP scores among states after adjusting for various demographic characteristics of each states» student population, such as
eligibility for free and reduced
price lunch, status as ELLs, and other factors.
We use panel data in Washington State to study the extent to which teacher assignments between fourth and eighth grade explain gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged students — as defined by underrepresented minority status (URM) and
eligibility for free or reduced
price lunch (FRL)-- in their eighth grade math test scores and high school course taking.
However, in a report that Richard Kahlenberg and I coauthored for the Century Foundation, we profiled diverse charter schools in which the proportion of low - income students (as measured by
eligibility for free and reduced -
price lunch) ranged from 30 to 70 percent, within 20 percentage points of the 50 percent goal (Kahlenberg & Potter, 2012).
The District attempts to compensate for some of these factors, weighing special education status, English proficiency, attendance, and
eligibility for free or reduced -
price lunch — a common proxy for poverty — in developing growth predictions for students.
School
lunch eligibility status (free, reduced
price, and full
price) also served as a proxy for socioeconomic status.