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The gender achievement gap, measured by standardized test scores, suspensions, and absences, in favor of female students, is larger at worse schools and among lower-income households. So poverty and school quality are partially responsible for the gap. [42]
These certifications can overlap. In Missouri, for example, middle school certification covers grades 6–8, elementary school certification covers kindergarten to grade 5, and high school certification covers grades 9–12. This reflects the wide range of grade combinations of middle schools, junior high schools, and elementary schools.
With a norm-referenced test, grade level was traditionally set at the level set by the middle 50 percent of scores. [10] By contrast, the National Children's Reading Foundation believes that it is essential to assure that virtually all children read at or above grade level by third grade, a goal which cannot be achieved with a norm-referenced ...
The same differences decrease significantly at the high school level with 89.4% of non-Hispanic whites, 87.6% of Asian Americans, 80.0% of African Americans, and 57% of Hispanics or Latinos having graduated from high school. [3] In 2015, the average SAT scores on the math section were 598 for Asian-Americans, 534 for White Americans, 457 for ...
The articles suggest rising GCSE scores owe more to 'teaching to the test' and grade inflation than to real gains in mathematical understanding. Between 1975, with the introduction of the national alphabetic grades to the O-Level , and the replacement of both the O-Level and CSE with the GCSE, in 1988, approximately 36% of pupils entered for a ...
For the 2006–2007 school year, the Cave Springs School District had 216 students enrolled—99 elementary students and 117 high school students. Per the 2005 School Report Card issued by the Education Oversight Board, the high school had 12 teachers teaching a student body consisting of 88% American Indian and 12% White with a graduation rate ...
Ivy Caliber (Schools that as a rule of thumb have below a 1 in 8 acceptance rate): scores 32–36; Highly selective (majority of accepted freshmen in top 10% of high school graduating class): scores 27–31; Selective (majority of accepted freshmen in top 25% of high school graduating class): scores 24–26
Gunston Middle School main entrance, Arlington, VA. Gunston Middle School is located at 2700 South Lang Street, in Arlington Ridge. The principal is Carolyn Ruth Jackson. [27] In 2012–13, there were over 800 students enrolled and more than 80 teachers (41 of whom have their Master's Degree).