The expansion to include students with more diverse
socioeconomic backgrounds also facilitated the inclusion of students and teachers who had little to no previous experience with AP courses.
Not exact matches
All this despite the fact that private schooling doesn't actually yield better outcomes for students, according to a recent Statistics Canada report (instead, the apparent academic success of private school student is due to their
socioeconomic backgrounds).9 A UBC study
also found that students from public schools scored higher in first - year university classes than their private school counterparts.10
There was something about watching Max and J.J., two kids from vastly different
socioeconomic backgrounds, not only become pick - and - roll partners on the court but
also best buddies away from it.
In addition, we need to consider sex presentation, age, ethnic
background, and
socioeconomic status because these factors
also can determine results,» write Julie A. Freischlag, M.D., and Michelle M. Silva, B.A., of the UC Davis Health System, Sacramento, in an accompanying commentary.
The paper
also shows that the impact of education on these skills is even more dramatic for students from lower
socioeconomic backgrounds.
The study
also found that factors including family
background, health, home learning, parenting and early care and education explained over half the gaps in reading and math ability between children in the lowest versus highest
socioeconomic strata.
That's something that we
also wanted to bring to this film, to make it kind of a pop film that people of all
socioeconomic backgrounds can relate to.
By shifting the focus of NAPLAN in this way, it
also may be possible to downplay school comparisons based on year - level means (a statistic that is strongly correlated with students»
socioeconomic backgrounds) and to make greater use of NAPLAN's ability to compare schools based on the value they add, reflected in the progress students make.
Initially, in addition to observing, she
also conducted a survey of 2,273 teenagers in 1999 (average age 16 at the time), which focused on their attitudes, educational histories, family structures,
socioeconomic backgrounds, and interactions with parents.
The district
also redrew its attendance zone boundaries so that enrollment zones spanned neighborhoods of diverse
socioeconomic backgrounds.72
But it is not only magnet schools that can attract families from all along the
socioeconomic spectrum: Charter and traditional public schools can
also implement specialized programs that join students from diverse
backgrounds.
The relationship of
socioeconomic background to scientific literacy achievement and the influence of other student - and school - level factors are
also examined in this report.
The treatment and control classes were matched on CAT Total Reading and Total Language scores, and the research team
also attempted to match the groups on ethnic
background and
socioeconomic status by selecting classes from schools in the same or similar neighborhoods.
Data were collected not only about the students» personal school histories, but
also about their parents»
socioeconomic backgrounds, their neighborhoods, the curricula and facilities of their schools, and the qualifications of the teachers within those schools.
When we address the low graduation rates and underlying literacy issues facing young men of all
socioeconomic backgrounds, we are
also helping high - performing young women of all races and economic
backgrounds succeed.
Moreover, international experience confirms that it is possible to make progress in closing these gaps: not only have two dozen countries made substantial progress in overall achievement, but 17 countries that exceed US performance levels
also have a narrower gap among children of divergent
socioeconomic backgrounds.
Also in 1966, the Coleman Report said that family
background and
socioeconomic factors play a role in «achievement» — but it was interpreted to mean that «school resources» don't matter.
He
also conducted research analyzing the impact and effectiveness of Chile's national education voucher program, particularly for students of low
socioeconomic background.
If you can write a forty - page thesis on the political and
socioeconomic background of the Super Mario Brothers, you can
also write some cover letters.
Oberle and her colleagues
also found that all children benefited from the programs regardless of race,
socioeconomic background, or school location.
It
also serves as a safe haven where people of all sexual orientations, genders, ethnic and cultural
backgrounds and
socioeconomic levels can receive free HIV information, testing and counseling.
There are
also indications that they do so in relatively complex ways that interact with family
background and social context variables such as ethnicity, family structure, maternal employment status,
socioeconomic status, and gender (Schiamberg & Chin, 1986; Milne, 1989; Tocci & Englehard, 1991; Zimilies & Lee, 1991; Lee & Croninger, 1994).
Because media use practices and motivations vary among families from different
backgrounds, 21 we
also aimed to study whether these associations vary by family characteristics, such as
socioeconomic status (SES), primary language, and race / ethnicity.
I was referring to providing home - based services to families from low
socioeconomic backgrounds who were
also characterized by child maltreatment, mental health difficulties, or other psychological risks.
The analysis
also indicates that — regardless of race,
socioeconomic background, or school location — students showed significant positive benefits one year post intervention.
Some external factors, such as children's relationships with family members and their cultural or
socioeconomic background, and individual factors, such as physical, intellectual, developmental or behavioural disabilities, may
also influence young children's peer experiences.
Children from low
socioeconomic backgrounds or ethnic minorities
also represent at - risk populations for peer difficulties.