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How Do SC Public Schools with High Rates of Poverty and Other Risk Factors Support High Academic Achievement for Their Students?

May, Jenny
South Carolina Education Oversight Committee
Asghar, Amina
Dixon, Riley
Felder, Tenell
Fulton, Gabrielle
Lavery, Matthew
Knight, Rainey
Yow, Dana
Abstract
Poverty is widely recognized as a contributing factor to low academic achievement. Children from poverty often score lower on standardized tests compared to counterparts who are not in poverty. These challenges are being overcome in some schools in South Carolina, and this study seeks to learn how.
Issue Date
2025-07-28
Keywords
Academic achievement--South Carolina, Poor children--Education--South Carolina--Evaluation, School improvement programs--South Carolina
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Text
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