Sentences with phrase «socioeconomic status students»

[12] We investigate the degree to which schools vary in the gap between high and low socioeconomic status students, and then see whether these differences can be explained by differences in the pre-school preparation of high and low socioeconomic status students.

A study from the Consortium of Policy Research in Education (CPRE) of Philadelphia schools after the reform found that schools using positive rather than punitive disciplinary measures had more faculty cohesion, better teacher morale, and served higher socioeconomic status students than schools not complying with the reform.

They tend to have higher average socioeconomic status students than the population of elementary schools overall.

In addition, high socioeconomic status students are performing better than lower - status students on those same tests.

The same holds true for low - and high - socioeconomic status students.

«We do want to test at these higher cognitive levels, but we don't want to increase the performance gaps between male and female students, as well as between lower and higher socioeconomic status students.»

Not exact matches

Meta - analyses also indicate that young people of low socioeconomic status benefit more from attending these schools than do students from the middle and upper classes.

[* Editor's Note: All school districts receive the same federal meal reimbursement based on each participating student's socioeconomic status.

I hope all students regardless of socioeconomic status have access to information that will help mold their futures.

Being a responsible student, maintaining an interest in school and having good reading and writing skills will not only help a teenager get good grades in high school but could also be predictors of educational and occupational success decades later, regardless of IQ, parental socioeconomic status or other personality factors, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

Forty to 60 percent percent of the students at the schools qualified for free or reduced lunch, a marker for low socioeconomic status.

The study's finding that emotions influenced achievement held constant even after taking into account the effects of other variables, including students» intelligence and gender, and families» socioeconomic status.

The researchers recruited students from a wide income range, although socioeconomic status was not the original focus of their study.

The researchers are hoping to identify more precisely the factors related to socioeconomic status, other environmental factors, or genetic components that could predict which types of reading interventions will be successful for individual students.

However, when tests include cognitively challenging questions that require elevated critical thinking, females and lower socioeconomic students score lower than their male or high - status peers, even though the students have equal academic ability.

«Previous research tends to be polarized between the argument that students of color are overrepresented in special education due to racial bias in schools, and the argument that they are actually underrepresented in special education once you account for socioeconomic status and other related factors.

The findings held true for all students, regardless of whether they appeared likely or unlikely to attend selective schools, as predicted by student background characteristics such as race, gender, socioeconomic status, and pre-college test scores.

As is almost always true for U.S. education, what seems to matter most in a student's performance is his or her socioeconomic status.

A study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health found that female students, racial / ethnic minorities, and students of lower socioeconomic status are particularly affected, with teens in these categories less likely to report regularly getting seven or more hours of sleep each night compared with their male counterparts, non-Hispanic white teenagers, and students of higher socioeconomic status, respectively.

It also accelerates an upward - sloping population trend in agreeableness for students from low socioeconomic status, boosting agreeableness scores from the lowest levels observed at baseline to the highest levels at the eight - year follow up.

The researchers controlled for the students» socioeconomic status.

Doing so would also help serve to elevate the socioeconomic status of more students instead of maintaining social advantages, as some college officials worry is happening.3 Long writes, «There is a basic notion in this country of opportunity: Your parents» income (or lack thereof) should not dictate your station in life.»

This outlook, the team argues, causes students to respond to challenges by trying harder and has a greater impact on Asian - Americans» academic achievement than does cognitive ability or socioeconomic status.

Seventeen age -, IQ -, and parental socioeconomic status - matched typically developing adult males who served as controls in Experiment 1 were college students, graduate school students, hospital staff and their acquaintances (30.4 ± 5.6 years old; Table 1)(Hollingshead, 1957).

Simply put, the facets of a quality school model with high expectations will work for all students, regardless of race, ethnicity, or immigrant or socioeconomic status.

Because the local property tax base is typically higher in areas with higher home values, and there are persistently high levels of residential segregation by socioeconomic status, heavy reliance on local financing contributed to affluent districts» ability to spend more per student.

«Parent participation is the leading predictor that supports students» academic success, regardless of race, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, or cultural background.»

It is to say, rather, that there's long been a clear connection between families» socioeconomic status and students» academic achievement.

Because the local property tax base is typically higher in areas with higher home values, and there are persistently high levels of residential segregation by socioeconomic status, heavy reliance on local financing enabled affluent districts to spend more per student.

The author adds, «School practices to encourage parents to participate in their children's education are more important than family characteristics like parental education, family size, marital status, socioeconomic level, or student grade level in determining whether parents get involved.»

If every student's educational needs were identified and addressed with high quality teaching, high expectations and excellent school facilities and infrastructure — regardless of socioeconomic or Indigenous status — gaps might take care of themselves.

While the district was also beginning to see a greater range in terms of students» socioeconomic status, at the time of the initial course implementation, the district's rate of free and reduced lunch was approximately 10 - 12 percent.

Outcomes from the Knowledge in Action (KIA) project - based learning (PBL) Advanced Placement (AP) course (s) were compared with outcomes from traditionally taught AP courses among student groups who were matched for school - level achievement and socioeconomic status.

The matrix converts scores on standardized tests — the Stanford Achievement Test for English - speaking students and the Aprenda exam for Spanish - speaking students with limited English proficiency — scores on the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT), average course grades, teacher recommendations, and indicators for socioeconomic status into an overall index score.

One of the primary objectives of NCLB was to reduce inequities in student performance by race and socioeconomic status.

For more than 30 years, educational researchers have shown the link between socioeconomic status and student achievement, Smith said.

After taking into account differences in socioeconomic status, we found that parents of higher - achieving students are more likely to make a request, which perhaps reflects greater sophistication or interest on the part of these families.

Charter schools may not discriminate among students by ability, socioeconomic status, or eligibility for special education.

If the socioeconomic status and demographic characteristics of the classrooms taught by National Board teachers differ from those of noncertified teachers, measures of teacher quality that rely on student performance may be biased.

The resources available for this study ($ 500,000, or roughly $ 8,000 per teacher) would certainly have been more than enough to perform a rigorous analysis of the performance of National Board teachers vis - à - vis unsuccessful candidates, using a random sample of the two groups and adjusting for students» socioeconomic status and previous achievement levels.

When we control for the socioeconomic status of both the student and school, our findings are the same: student characteristics are not related to the type of teachers that parents prefer, while school characteristics are strongly related to parental preferences for teachers.

Minority students and those of lower socioeconomic status — often subject to lower expectations — tend to be overrepresented in remedial groups.

«For example, it has the highest proportion of resilient students (19.2 per cent), that is, disadvantaged students who perform among the top 25 percent of students across all participating countries and economies after controlling for socioeconomic status.»

Because the administrative files provide only a very coarse measure of family socioeconomic status — eligibility for the federal free or reduced - price lunch program — we constructed an additional proxy for family income by matching each student's residential address to U.S. Census data on the median household income in the student's neighborhood.

Based solely on their race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, there are students at high, middle, and low levels of achievement who are not receiving the educational challenges they need to succeed and excel.

Think of two students with identical GPAs, SATs, and family socioeconomic status (SES).

It is important to note that all of the schools studied were performing above their socioeconomic status and adding value to student learning.

Our challenges are clear and they line up with socioeconomic status, students with disabilities, and English language learners.

Many may have anxiety about the ticking clock, others may benefit from a less stressful testing experience, and numerous students (especially those of low socioeconomic status) may have undiagnosed disabilities.

Also here PISA suggests that there is much teachers can do about this: Even after accounting for students» performance, gender and socioeconomic status, students who said their teacher adapts the lesson to the class's needs and knowledge were less likely to report feeling anxious when they are well prepared for a test, or to report that they get very tense when they study.