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Direct linkSarah Ruth Morris; Sarah Clark McKenzie – Educational Forum, 2025
Freshman grades relate to academic outcomes, yet limited research explores which students face the highest risk of course failure. With logit analysis using a five-year Arkansas dataset (n = 164,688), we find that economically disadvantaged ninth-grade students are more likely to fail a course than their more privileged peers. This disparity…
Descriptors: High School Freshmen, Grade 9, Grades (Scholastic), Failure
Download full textBrian Garcia; Chester Holland; Akisha Osei Sarfo; Ray Hart – Council of the Great City Schools, 2024
Over the years, the nation's large urban school districts have consistently learned from the progress of their peer districts across the country. Great City School districts that have embraced the challenge of educating America's urban children have recognized the value of benchmarking their performance and growth against the progress of others.…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Benchmarking, Academic Achievement
