Sentences with phrase «similarly high percentages of students»

Moreover, they do so while operating with similarly high percentages of students eligible for free / reduced lunch, similarly high student mobility rates, similar curriculum frameworks, and similar per - pupil expenditures.2

Not exact matches

To see how well schools in the United States do at producing high - achieving math students, we compared the percentage of U.S. students in the high - school graduating Class of 2009 with advanced skills in mathematics to percentages of similarly high achievers in other countries.

Similarly, the average percentage of students scoring Advanced in Writing is almost twice as high for schools with a full - time, certified librarian with support staff vs. those with a full - time certified librarian alone (16.7 % vs. 9.2 %).

The report paints a similarly discouraging picture in terms of reading proficiency — just 17.4 % of 3rd graders, 10.1 % of 8th graders, and 14.4 % of high school students with disabilities were able to meet the proficiency mark (all down by at least 25 percentage points from 2011 - 12).

Similarly, the development of 21st century skills is measured by percentage of students passing 3 out of 5 core subjects, which, again is only a meaningful goal if we know that core subject classes are rigorous, providing grade level instruction, and leading to high levels of performance on state standardized tests.