While most WSFs
weight economic disadvantage, they often give higher weights to other student categories, such as students with disabilities (SWDs), English learners (ELs), and foster care or homeless students.
Not exact matches
In the Seattle system, a «basic student,» assigned a
weight of 1.0, is a native English speaker with no special needs or
economic disadvantage.
These adjustments give more value or «
weight» to compensate for higher educational cost associated with these characteristics (e.g.
economic disadvantage or limited English proficiency).