Sentences with phrase «than their white peers on»

African - American 12th - graders scored on average 30 points lower than their white peers on the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress math exam, while Hispanic students scored 22 points lower.

As a group, these mostly Hispanic students have long scored significantly lower than their white peers on standardized tests like the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the nation's report card.

As a group, these largely Hispanic students have persistently scored significantly lower than their white peers on standardized tests like the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), known as the nation's report card, despite increased attention to this «achievement gap.»

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On average, white male students graduate with about 33 % more debt than their white female peers.

This allows for far larger reassurance and comfort than conventional Tooth White lightening kits allow, which is especially helpful for teenagers that face the daunting pressure of their peers on a daily basis.

Though the franchise might be a little more grown - up than its peers (it's certainly more violent, and not in a way that feels false), it still runs on a black and white metric.

They find black and Hispanic students were more likely to be disciplined conditional on receiving a referral for «minor misbehavior» than were their white peers.

Penn State University professor, David Ramey, detailed in a study two years ago that black children are more - likely than white peers to be suspended, expelled, and even sent to jail for the same acts of misbehavior; white children, on the other hand, are more - likely to be referred to psychologists and other medical professionals.

Given that the one out of every eight white suburban fourth - graders not on free - or - reduced lunch are struggling with reading is equal to the levels in big - city districts — and the rate of black fourth - grade suburban counterparts who are functionally illiterate is only four percentage points lower than that of big - city peers — suburban districts are actually falling down on their jobs.

But she, along with Ushomirsky and Williams illustrate that in the case of Florida, where the proficiency levels for black students in A-ranked schools are, on average, four percentage points lower than for white peers in C - ranked schools.

As Ushomirsky, Williams, and Hall point, out, the average gap in on - track performance rate for black and white students in Recognized schools is 18 percentage points, a mere two points better than for peers in low - performing schools.

Maryland's public school students made greater gains on a national standardized test than their peers in nearly every other state, although the achievement gap between white and minority students persists.

As a local example, one study focused on Charlotte - Mecklenburg shows both black and white students who attended desegregated elementary schools performed better on standardized tests than peers who attended segregated schools.

More than three times as many English language learner students score below the basic level on eighth - grade national math and reading exams as their white, English - proficient peers.

Coleman's arguments lamenting students of color score worse on the tests than their white peers — without acknowledging the ways in which systematic underfunding of schools, poverty, and institutional racism have disfigured our school system — end up pathologizing communities of color rather than supporting them.

As a Penn State University professor, David Ramey, detailed in a study published last month in Sociology of Education, black children are more - likely than white peers to be suspended, expelled, and even sent to jail for the same acts of misbehavior; white children, on the other hand, are more - likely to be referred to psychologists and other medical professionals.

But on most measures being considered — from GPAs to test scores — minority candidates tend to do less well than their white peers, said a story in Education Week.

· Nationally and in Rhode Island in 2015, White, non-Hispanic high school students report higher rates of being bullied on school property than their Hispanic or Black, non-Hispanic peers.»