The achievement gap continues to grow as ELL students have the highest
secondary school dropout rates and alarmingly low college placement rates.
Not exact matches
A disadvantage, however, is that SAT scores and
dropout rates are much more closely aligned to
secondary -
school performance than to elementary -
school performance.
It's the profile of 165 free public
secondary schools in the United States, many of them in big cities known for sky - high
dropout rates, low test scores, metal detectors at the schoolhouse door, and rapid turnover among teachers.
Brazil introduced an aggressive conditional cash - transfer program (Bolsa Escola) that increased primary and
secondary school attendance and reduced
dropout rates, while Chile implemented a number of compensatory programs that improved student achievement in the lowest - performing and most - disadvantaged
schools.
The Missouri Department of Elementary and
Secondary Education decided to offer Check & Connect as an option for its
schools with especially high
dropout rates among students with and without disabilities.