NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Fazlul, Ishtiaque; Koedel, Cory; Parsons, Eric – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2022
Measures of student disadvantage--or risk--are critical components of equity-focused education policies. However, the risk measures used in contemporary policies have significant limitations, and despite continued advances in data infrastructure and analytic capacity, there has been little innovation in these measures for decades. We develop a new…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Students, Prediction, Disadvantaged
Kansas Association of School Boards, 2014
The percentage of public school students qualifying for free or reduced price meals has increased from about 33 percent to nearly 50 percent over the past 15 years. Kansas uses the number of students eligible for free (but not reduced-price) lunch to determine the amount of funding school districts receive to provide for services to at-risk…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Low Income Groups, Eligibility, Financial Support