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Major analyses will wait until data for all four years have been collected


Over 30,000 students in Adventist schools were tested in the fall of 2007.

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All results are for the total USA group for Achievement and Achievement Controlled for Ability. In addition, the results are broken out by Type of School.


Adventist students scored about half a grade level above what one would predict on average.


CognitiveGenesis shows that Adventist students at all levels of ability, on average, have higher achievement scores than predicted by their ability.


Each student’s achievement level can be predicted based on the student’s score on the ability tests. If a student was in the middle (50th PR) on ability, then you would expect (predict) an achievement score also in the middle (50th PR).

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Overall achievement (composite) for Adventist students were above the national norm in ALL grades (3-9, and 11).  The scores were above average by about 1/4 of a standard deviation.


Achievement was above average for ALL subject areas (Reading, Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, and Sources of Information).

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Overall achievement was at the 59th percentile. Achievement in the different subject areas ranged between percentile ranks of 52-61.


Actual achievement scores were above predicted achievement based on ability for all grades (3-9 and 11).

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Actual achievement scores were above predicted based on ability in all subject areas.


Achievement was above average and achievement was above prediction based on ability for both years one and two of the CognitiveGenesis study.


Achievement was very similar no matter the size of the school, the number of students per grade, the number of students per teacher, the number of grades per teacher, or the grade range within the classroom. Every group in all of the comparisons scored above
predicted.


The data for 2007 shows that students with 8 or more hours of sleep a night score higher than those with 7 or fewer hours.

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The data for 2007 shows that the more time a child spends interacting with his/her parent, the higher the achievement.


Students score higher in both achievement and ability the more years they spend in an
Adventist school.  The difference in achievement over ability also increases the more years they spend in an Adventist school.


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