News tagged with student achievement levels


Finances can shape kids' intentions about college

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- If college seems too expensive, what is the point of doing homework?





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Does class size matter?

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 28, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (20) | comments 2

No more vexing problem in education exists today than the achievement gap in this country. The difference between the extremes has rightfully attracted national attention, and one of the most popular policy proposals is ...


Study: Small Classes Give Extra Boost to Low-Achieving Students

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Small classes in early grades improve test scores in later grades for students of all achievement levels, but low achievers get an extra boost. That’s the finding of a study on the long-term effects of class ...


Small classes give extra boost to low-achieving students

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Small classes in early grades improve test scores in later grades for students of all achievement levels, but low achievers get an extra boost. That's the finding of a study on the long-term effects of class size in the November ...


Middle-school math classes are key to closing racial academic achievement gap

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

More challenging middle-school math classes and increased access to advanced courses in predominantly black urban high schools may be the key to closing the racial academic achievement gap, according to a University of Illinois ...


California high school exit exam gets a failing grade in Stanford study

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Graduation rates for low-achieving minority students and girls have fallen nearly 20 percentage points since California implemented a law requiring high school students to pass exit exams in order to graduate, according to ...


Switching schools affects student achievement, study

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Picture a kindergarten classroom of 20 students. By the time that class finishes fourth grade, only six students—30 percent—will have been continuously enrolled in the same school.


Study: Teachers choose schools according to student race

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2

A study forthcoming in the Journal of Labor Economics suggests that high-quality teachers tend to leave schools that experience inflows of black students. According to the study's author, C. Kirabo Jackson (Cornell Univer ...


High-quality child care leads to academic success for low-income kids

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For low income parents, finding high quality child care not only boosts the performance of their children in school, but actually combats the effects of poverty, according to a new study in the journal Child Development.


Cooperative learning methods top list of effective approaches for secondary mathematics

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cooperative learning methods have been found to be most effective in raising the math scores of middle and high school students, according to a comprehensive research review by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education's ...


Socioeconomic Desegregation Alone Is Not Effective in Improving Classroom Performance

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created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Although past research has linked academic achievement gains to socioeconomic desegregation in schools, a new analysis reveals some hidden academic and psychological risks of integrating low-income students in schools with ...



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