The percentage of fourth - graders on free - and reduced -
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After controlling for average class size, per - pupil spending in 1998 - 99, the percentage of students with disabilities, the percentage of students receiving a free or reduced -
price school
lunch, the percentage of students with limited English proficiency, and student mobility rates, high - scoring F schools achieved gains that were 2.5 points greater than their below - average D counterparts in
reading (see Figure 2).
The 309 schools included in the study differed from other city schools in the following ways: They had a higher proportion of English Language Learners (ELL), special education, minority students, and students eligible for the Title I free or reduced -
price lunch program, as well as lower average math and
reading scores.
The school characteristics include whether it is in an urban area, grade level (e.g., high school), the number of students enrolled, student - teacher ratio, the percentage of students who are eligible for the free or reduced -
price lunch program, the percentage of minority students, and measures of student achievement in
reading and math.
After three years of relatively flat and sometimes declining test scores, K12, Inc.'s full - time students appear to have increased their proficiency levels in both
reading and math, even as K12, Inc. serves a population with 62 percent of its student eligible for free - and - reduced
price lunch, compared to 49 percent nationally.
The students, almost all African American, more than 80 percent of whom qualify for free or reduced -
price lunch, came with skill levels all over the map; a majority
read at a 5th - grade level or below.
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.
Among students eligible for free or reduced -
price lunches, public school 4th graders outperformed their charter school counterparts in
reading and math.
Fifty percent of D.C.'s fourth graders
read Below Basic, a six percentage point decline over 2011 and a 19 percentage point decline from levels in 2002; 60 percent of fourth - graders on free - and reduced -
priced lunch plans
read Below Basic, a six percentage point decline from 2011 and a 15 percentage point decline from 2002.
Among economically disadvantaged students, or those who qualify for free or reduced -
price lunch, statewide 64.7 percent were proficient or advanced in math and 70.5 percent in
reading.
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