As is apparent, relative to the non-proficient, proficient immigrants earn higher wages, have higher levels of educational attainment, have lived in Spain for a longer period, and are more likely to have a child in school, even though they have a similar number of children living at home.
Scores are reported as levels -- not proficient, basic, proficient, advanced.
(a) somewhat proficient (b) less than proficient (c) extremely proficient 5.
In addition, about 71percentt were proficient and advanced proficient in math and more than 89percentt were proficient and advanced proficient in science.
More than 77percentt of the fourth graders in the Princeton Regional School District scored advanced proficient or proficient in language arts and more than 88percentt scored advanced proficient or proficient in math, said Dr. Jeffrey Graber, the assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction.
On the science portion, 87.1percentt were proficient or advanced proficient, compared with 86percentthehe previous year.
On the math section, 65.9percentt were graded proficient or advanced proficient, compared with 65.8percentthehe previous year.
In eighth grade, 98percentt of Shrewsbury students were "proficient" or "advanced proficient" in language arts and 72percentt in mathematics.
In the language arts portion of the Elementary School Proficiency Assessment given to fourth graders, 79.1percentt achieved the proficient or advanced proficient level, compared with 55.1percentthehe year before.
In 1999, about 30percentt of the black fourth-grade students and 70percentt of the white students scored proficient or above proficient.
