On the PARCC test, for example, School Without Walls — a selective DCPS school with
a relatively affluent student body — saw 97 % of its students reach the «college and career ready» bar in English and 76 % in math.
Not exact matches
The vast majority of
students at private schools (especially nonparochial ones) come from
relatively affluent, educated families.
They are present for both
relatively affluent and
relatively disadvantaged
students (with somewhat higher estimated effects for
students not eligible for free or reduced - price lunches).
In the NCLB era, schools could narrow the proficiency gap by helping
students reach a
relatively low bar, even if more
affluent students were achieving well over that bar.
In fact, according to an analysis by Urban Institute,
students in Colorado's poorest districts receive only an additional $ 401 per
student relative to more
affluent districts, a ratio that has remained
relatively unchanged for the past 20 years even as we get smarter about the impacts of income inequality and stratification across society.
We welcome articles on serving immigrant
students, ELLs, and homeless youth; solutions for resource shortages in rural areas; and supports for low - income
students who attend
relatively affluent suburban schools.