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academic achievement  

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  • Academic achievement can be defined as learned proficiency in basic skills and content knowledge. Documentation of achievement is an issue that has seen increasing concern among educators, policy makers, and the general public in recent decades and has been the driving force behind legislative and policy development in education since the turn of the 20th century. [Source: Encyclopedia of School Psychology; Academic Achievement]

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