Talk:Academic achievement

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Extracurricular Activities

I have edited the first two paragraphs of the extracurricular activities section. However, the other two paragraphs need editing since they appear to be in essay format and do not adhere to the rules Wikipedia.

Purple-chameleon (talk) 16:08, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Dead Language Revival

American student academic scores are threatened, based on the Nations Report Card published by the U.S. Department of Education (Nations Report Card, 2011). While overall statistics show American students at or above proficiency at 86% (Persky, Daane, & Jin 2003), a closer look at that statistic shows that a mere 2% scored at the advanced level while 58% of those students performed at just the basic level (Persky, Daane, Jin, 2003, p. 21). Mediocracy is not an achievement, it’s a baseline. American students should do better. This entry explores a potential solution to the research question: What would it take to improve American student performance in critical thinking, communication, and foreign language skills? A potential solution would be to reestablish Latin as a learning requirement in American schools.

Research from a variety of scholarly sources support the value of bringing Latin and root languages into the school curriculum, including at the grade school level. It may be time for a dead language revival. Various research supports that learning Latin improves vocabulary, strengthens foreign language skills and promotes greater communication skills. These skills are critical for American students competing in a global and multi-cultural workforce.

References Persky, H.R., Daane, M.C., & Jin, Y. (2003) U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The Nation’s Report Card: Writing 2002, NCES 2003-529, p. 21 U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). National Report Card for 4th Grade Reading. Retrieved from https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/reading_2017/nation/scores?grade=4 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cynthia Mudge (talk • contribs) 00:28, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

Consequences of academic achievement

So far we have a lot of valid information on the antecedents to AA - what I'm personally missing is the side of consequences or the relevance of AA (e.g., financial prosperity in societies that use grades as selection criteria for jobs; and I'm sure there are many more I can't think of right now). Also, the article so far focuses only on individual AA but I'm sure it's also important a societal level. If anyone has more information and thoughts on these aspects, I want to invite them to contribute (my knowledge on this is very limited as I've only stumbled upon an encyclopedia article - "Spinath, B. (2012). Academic Achievement. In V. S. Ramachandran (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, Volume I (pp. 1-8)." in case anyone's interested.) --2A02:908:D7A:2220:4DC5:4857:12BF:29FD (talk) 18:09, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Practical research

Academic performance 49.145.232.39 (talk) 10:41, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Definition of academic performance 136.158.29.132 (talk) 13:08, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Race in America, sec 1

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