Sentences with phrase «which ninth grade students»

The study effectively compared the academic performance of all four groups according to results of a general test of academic performance which all ninth grade students in Denmark (at age 15 - 16 years) complete.

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The data included whether the students participated in MESA during the fall of ninth grade, which AP courses they took in high school and which fields or subject areas they said they were likely to pursue in college.

In the grade / subject areas in which we implemented all five policies described in Dobbie and Fryer (2011b)-- sixth and ninth grade math — the increase in student achievement is dramatic.

«For students whose parents had college degrees, their parents» involvement in the seventh grade set forth a chain of reactions that improved their school behavior from teachers» perspectives in the eighth grade, which in turn increased their grades and test scores in the ninth grade,» Hill says.

Starting in ninth grade, students also get help figuring out which colleges are the best fit, and then learn how to apply, meet deadlines, and write the all - important essay.

The National Center for Education Statistics created the measure, which compares the number of graduates in a year to an average of student enrollment in eighth, ninth, and tenth grades four years earlier.

All students at KIPP study elementary algebra, which many students do not take until ninth grade.

This year, it is attacking the adolescent literacy issue on several fronts: developing a diagnostic assessment to determine the kind of reading intervention individual students need; an academiclanguage building program called WordGeneration; analyzing data to see which programs work well in the schools; and a remedial reading course for eighth - and ninth - grade students reading at the third - grade level or below.

All ninth grade students are enrolled in the year - long Freshman Orientation course, which meets once a week for a 40 - minute class period.

But in general, instruction is both lively and practical, such as in one classroom where a biology teacher, donning a lab coat, leads a lab on extracting DNA from strawberries, or a ninth - grade math class in which a teacher integrates a Texas Instruments navigator system into every part of her lesson; she has her class turn assignments in via a graphing calculator and checks for comprehension with every student in real time.

When they prepare to enter ninth grade, the students select either an entry - level pathway, which could result in a diploma and a certificate in a field upon graduation, or a professional pathway, which would mean more math and science in core courses, probably leading to postsecondary education.

It also delays the point at which Bay State students reach Algebra I — the gateway to higher math study — from eighth to ninth grade or later.

Maryland's Baltimore County Public Schools closely examines the academic progress of students in ninth grade, which research shows is a particularly vulnerable time for students to start failing high school.

It is also noteworthy that Houston's average SAT - 9 reading scores for 2003 peaked in the first grade at the 51st percentile, and consistently declined beyond that point to the 27th percentile for ninth grade students, a level at which a student has almost no comprehension of the assigned textbooks.

«Beginning with first - time ninth grade students in 2018 - 2019, graduation requirements shall include a requirement that students either (i) complete an Advanced Placement, honors, or International Baccalaureate course or (ii) earn a career and technical education credential that has been approved by the Board, except when a career and technical education credential in a particular subject area is not readily available or appropriate or does not adequately measure student competency, in which case the student shall receive satisfactory competency - based instruction in the subject area to earn credit.

The students are still talking about the program, teachers said, and it is returning this summer, but only for students who will be enrolled next year, which some hope will be an incentive for students to choose Mann for ninth grade.

In the spring, six weeks of the course are dedicated to the ninth grade Capstone Project, which is designed to help students grow in their ability to collaborate, solve problems, think creatively, manage time effectively, and present persuasively through working with a small team of students on a topic of their own choosing.

The school, which serves grades six through 12, has the highest enrollment in ninth grade, 62 students.

By comparing the size of the Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) cohorts for the classes of 2011 and 2015 with the size of their actual ninth grade enrollments in 2007 - 08 and 2010 - 11 (the years those two cohorts entered ninth grade), it is possible to compare the count of ninth grade students with the adjusted cohort for that grade, which is calculated later and adjusted for students who have transferred in or out of the cohort.

Since it is known that receiving low grades in elementary school is a predictive factor for dropping out during middle school and that receiving more than one failing grade in a core academic course during ninth grade is a predictive factor for dropping out during high school, tutoring can make a difference.29 Providing access to tutoring to improve students» grades before they are at risk for dropping out could help them to complete further schooling, which, in turn, increases their likelihood of finding employment and earning a family - sustaining salary in adulthood.