Test scores in other grades are also above state averages.
In New York, black students switching to private schools in the fifth grade made gains, but those switching in other grades did not.
So while flexible teaching with low pupil-adult ratios is desirable in other grades, it is crucial in kindergarten, where only some children are prepared to read.
Students in other grades go on nature-related field trips, like camping, that help acquaint them with unfamiliar settings, Ms. Moskowitz said.
Two River Theater in Red Bank holds classes for children from first through 12th grades; the third- through fifth-grade program is full, but space remains in other grades.
Mr. McCall's aides have countered that scores in other grades went up, but Mr. McCall has not used his tenure there as a focus for any of his ads, despite making education one of his signature issues.
Fifth grade students at these schools report a significantly lower value of mathematics than students in other grades.
The target grades represent the majority of students in each broader grade range, and the findings were similar when students in other grades were included in the analysis.
Among university students, freshmen had a significantly higher incidence rate than students in other grades.
Behavioral patterns of wild female crested macaques were very similar to those of captive conspecifics in particular, and of other grade 4 species in general, and substantially different from species in other grades.
