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Thrown into the deep end of algebra
In the fall of 2019, four high schools in a San Francisco Bay Area district shook up many of their ninth grade math classes. Students had traditionally been separated into more than five math courses ...
Algebra I (or Integrated Math I) is considered a ninth grade course, but taking it on that schedule ... only 69% of California principals report using some form of assessment data — whether ...
but their test scores in 11th grade were higher than similar students who had learned math in a separate remedial classroom in ninth grade. Eleventh grade math achievement for remedial students who ...
Students who pass a “skip test” in middle school can accelerate ... measures required by the statute for proper math placement of ninth grade students,” Zepeda wrote.
Enrollment data for ninth grade presented on Oct. 24 showed ... pupil performance including statewide math assessment procedures, placement tests and other state-adopted standards, which the ...
And they did better on 11th grade math tests than their peers ... aimed to lessen that challenge. To test it, researchers randomly assigned incoming 9th graders in the district, Sequoia Union ...
Ninth- and 11th-grade students held steady from one ... that saw increases in math proficiency on the ISASP test. Carver students’ math proficiency went from almost 35% during the 2022-23 ...
The graduation rate among Illinois students hit a historic high, of nearly 88%, last school year, as did student performance ...
In language arts, third graders improved from 5.9% meeting expectations in 2023, to 10.8% in 2024. The state average was 37.2 ...
Ninth- and 10th-grade students in Utah can expect to take the Utah Aspire Plus test, which measures reading, English, math and science proficiency. The ACT is administered to students in 11th grade.
The percentage of 10th graders in the Cape and Islands public school districts who met or exceeded expectations on the 2024 ...