Sentences with phrase «where average student achievement»

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PISA also shows that girls in Australian schools also have lower average achievement in maths where they are, on average, approximately one - third of a school year behind male students.

But OECD's latest PISA survey found that Australia is the only country where differences in learning mathematics between advantaged and disadvantaged students are large, while the strength of the relationship between students» achievement in school and their family background is weaker than average.

He said equity in the Australian school system is above the OECD average, but OECD's latest PISA survey found that Australia is the only country where differences in learning mathematics between advantaged and disadvantaged students are large, while the strength of the relationship between students» achievement in school and their family background is weaker than average.

The school board decided to require the two - hour reading block at 59 elementary and 12 middle schools where students average scores of 25 or less on the Stanford Achievement Test.

Because of the way tracking was done (splitting the grade into two classes at the median baseline test score), the two students closest to the median within each school were assigned to classes where the average prior achievement of their classmates was very different.

We can see the relationship between vocabulary and reading achievement clearly in NAEP scores, where the students who had the highest average vocabulary scores were the students performing in the top quarter (above the 75th percentile) of reading comprehension.

Obfuscating distinctions — whether through grade inflation or grade elimination — helps students in schools where average achievement is high and hurts those where that average is low.

The proposal to put the science - lab cuts on the table was approved recently by Berkeley High's School Governance Council, a body of teachers, parents, and students who oversee a plan to change the structure of the high school to address Berkeley's dismal racial achievement gap, where white students are doing far better than the state average while black and Latino students are doing worse.

Because of this, Indianapolis is one of the few big cities in the nation where charter school students are progressing enough on standardized tests to close the achievement gap between urban districts and the state average.

These are institutions where the average test scores of incoming students indicate that they admit a wide range of students in terms of academic preparation and achievement.

High - need districts (where over 55 percent of students are economically disadvantaged or English Learners) saw lower levels of achievement on average, with about 33 percent of students meeting the standards compared to about 60 percent for districts with fewer high - need students.

From where EdTrust sits, the uproar over the Florida plan (and similar plans like it) also ignores its contention that Cut the Gap in Half actually forces states, districts, and schools to work harder because they must improve achievement for poor and minority students at annual clips greater than the average rate.

They serve students of all achievement levels — advanced, average, and struggling — by identifying where they have areas of need, as well as where they are excelling.

Few examples exist in states with diverse student populations where strong overall performance pairs with better - than - average achievement gaps.

In other cases where overall performance is at least average, several states with narrower - than - average achievement gaps serve student populations that are less diverse compared to the make - up of the student population nationally.