Sentences with phrase «repeat grades more»

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And regardless of social class, the stresses and distractions that afflict unemployed parents also afflict their kids, who are more likely to repeat a grade in school, and who on average earn less as adults.

More than 80 percent of women with advanced stage high - grade serous ovarian cancer experience relapses even after repeated surgeries and multiple rounds of chemotherapy, and this effective new approach to treat the disease could be a major step forward in preventing cancer from returning.

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A rigorous study by David Deming of Harvard, for example, found that Head Start graduates were less likely to repeat grades or be diagnosed with a learning disability, and more likely to graduate from high school and attend college.»

Since 2006, the number of Houston schools earning one of the state's top ratings has more than doubled to exceed 200 campuses, fewer students are repeating a grade level, and more are testing at the highest levels of academic achievement.

«School - aged children in both two - parent and single - parent families are more likely to get mostly A's, to enjoy school, and to participate in extracurricular activities and are less likely to have ever repeated a grade and to have ever been suspended or expelled if their fathers or mothers have high as opposed to low levels of involvement in their schools.»

Students from more than one racial background are more likely than their single - race peers to experience trouble in school, such as repeating a grade, skipping school, and being suspended, a new study shows.

Repeating Grades: More States Requiring Students To Be Held Back, Is It The Right Thing To Do?

Research shows that teachers who have repeated experience teaching the same grade level or subject area improve more rapidly than those whose experience is in varied grade levels or subjects.

A Study of Cumulative Advantage in the Educational Career,» by Notre Dame sociologist Megan Andrew, published Sept. 26, 2014, in the journal Social Forces is an empirically solid analysis that adds more weight to those who say retention — what education wonks call repeating a grade — is ultimately harmful.

These students are more likely to fail, repeat a grade, and, eventually, drop out.

The United States reported an average of more than one in 10 students repeating a grade, higher than the OECD average, while top - performing Finland and South Korea do not allow grade retention.

Chronic absenteeism in kindergarten, and even pre-K, can predict lower test scores, repeated patterns of poor attendance and retention in later grades, especially if the absences persist for more than a year.

Other findings include that 20 % of homeless students dropped out compared to housed students, and 15 % of all homeless students are held back or required to repeat one or more grades.

Yet — and despite what many educators already know — more and more states are adopting laws that require students to repeat the third grade if they don't score at or above the proficient level.

A North Carolina study found that students who attended sixth grade at a middle school were more likely to be suspended, and later to repeat a grade or drop out of school, compared to counterparts who attended sixth grade in an elementary school.17 A longitudinal study of New York City sixth graders found that attending sixth grade in a middle school, as opposed to a K - 8 school, produced a negative impact on achievement that began in the first year and extended throughout the middle school years.

Glover said he hates hates social promotion, but is unable to require more than a handful of students in each grade to repeat the year without getting bogged down in legal challenges that would only derail his efforts.

Chronic absenteeism in kindergarten, and even pre-K, can predict lower test scores, repeated patterns of poor attendance and retention in later grades, especially if the problem persists for more than a year.

Middle school students are more likely to face discipline problems when surrounded by large numbers of students who are repeating grades, according to a new study from researchers at Duke University.

Children with hunger are more likely to have repeated a grade, received special education services, or received mental health counseling than low - income children who do not experience hunger.

Male students were 20.4 % less likely to repeat a grade, 11.4 % more likely to complete high school, and 10 % less likely to be out of school and not working.

It found that the majority of students who attend virtual charter schools are low - achieving; they are also more likely to be designated as special education and more likely to have repeated a prior grade than their traditional brick - and - mortar school counterparts.

Black students who participated in the program were 10.7 % less likely to repeat a grade, 7.1 % less likely to be diagnosed with a learning disability, 11.1 % more likely to graduate from high school, and 13.6 % more likely to enter college.

They found that (a) teachers reported having more conflictual relationships with children exhibiting repeated impulsive behavior and (b) greater levels of conflict perceived by the teacher were associated with decreases in school engagement on the part of the child, as well as reduced academic competence in 1st grade.

Classnotes Podcast (May 11, 2018) Schools have long used the practice of holding students back to repeat a grade for such... read more

Children experiencing hunger have lower math scores and are more likely to repeat a grade (Alaimo, Olson, & Frongillo, 2001).

These students perform better in third grade reading and math tests, have larger test score gains over time, have fewer absences and disciplinary incidents, are less likely to repeat grades, and are more likely to graduate from high school in four years.

Children conceived to mothers living within 2 miles of a Superfund site before it was cleaned are 7.4 percentage points more likely to repeat a grade, have 0.06 of a standard deviation lower test scores, and are 6.6 percentage points more likely to be suspended from school than their siblings who were conceived after the site was cleaned.

Chronically absent students are more likely to fall behind in class; have difficulty catching back up; and either fail, repeat a grade, or drop out.

Economists from MIT and Harvard, among other co-authors, found in one paper that voucher winners «were about 10 percentage points more likely than (lottery) losers to have completed eighth grade, primarily because they repeated fewer grades,» and that «on average, lottery winners scored about 0.2 standard deviations higher than losers.»

Credit spreads can continue to narrow (supported by U.S. tax reform, which might result in more limited high yield and investment grade supply), but we don't anticipate a repeat of the Great Narrowing of 2017.

Repeated courses are both considered if retaken within three years; only the new grade is used if it has been three or more years since the course was first taken.

That benefit increases when more children in a community participate in early childhood education because they are less likely to repeat grades or drop out.

«A survey of over 20,000 parents found that when fathers are involved in their children's education including attending school meetings and volunteering at school, children were more likely to get A's, enjoy school, and participate in extracurricular activities and less likely to have repeated a grade.

For example, foster children and youth are more likely to repeat a grade, do worse on standardized tests, or drop out of school.

Pre-Kindergarten Fight Crime: Invest in Kids continues to fight for increases in high - quality pre-k programs because the preponderance of scientific research (and the experience of law enforcement leaders) shows that at - risk young children who participate are significantly less likely to commit juvenile and adult crime, need special education, and repeat an early grade and are more likely to graduate from high school and be productive members of society.