High-achieving students who fell below the 90th percentile typically stayed at the 70th percentile or higher¶
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q2 i? Students who fell below the 90th percentile typically remained at the 70th percentile or higher rather than dropping far in the distribution. → Yun Xiang 2013
Evidence¶
Yun Xiang 2013¶
Yun Xiang, Michael Dahlin, John Cronin, Robert Theaker, Sarah Durant. (2013). Do high flyers maintain their altitude? Performance trends of top students. NWEA Research white paper, Thomas B. Fordham Institute. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/do-high-flyers-maintain-their-altitude-performance-trends-of-top-students/
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In the same longitudinal tracking of top students, the study reports that "Students who fell below the 90th percentile typically stayed at the 70th percentile or higher," indicating relative decline was usually modest. No effect size or count is printed.
"Students who fell below the 90th percentile typically stayed at the 70th percentile or higher."
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Related Claims¶
- The study operationalized high achievement as scoring at or above the 90th percentile on the NWEA assessment — related
- About three in five students identified as high-achieving in the first year remained high-achieving in the last year of the study — related
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High-achieving students who fell below the 90th percentile typically stayed at the 70th percentile or higher |
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High-achieving students who fell below the 90th percentile typically stayed at the 70th percentile or higher |
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2013 |
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2018 |
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