6. Gyan Shala students vs. new students
An important question was to analyze the performance of new students as compared to Gyan Shala students.
Only in grade 8 and 9 did new students arrive at Gyan Shala according to the data. This was analyzed by looking at unique student IDs and comparing the student IDs in time t with the student IDs in time t-1 (meaning one year ago).
In grade 9 Gyan Shala students outperformed new students (36.0% versus 32.9%). Whereas in grade 8 Gyan Shala students scored slightly lower than new students (41.8% versus 42.8%).
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