academic performance
How well a student does in school, college, or university, usually measured through grades, tests, or assignments.
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IELTS use
Use this phrase when discussing the results or outcomes of education. It is useful in essays about exams, teaching methods, parental pressure, school funding, or technology in education.
Examples
- Regular feedback can improve students' academic performance by helping them understand their weaknesses.
- Some people argue that excessive homework does not always lead to better academic performance.
Collocations
- improve academic performance
- Smaller class sizes may help improve academic performance.
- poor academic performance
- Poor academic performance is often linked to a lack of support at home.
Word family
- Noun
- performance
- Verb
- perform
- Adjective
- academic
- Adverb
- academically
Paraphrases
- educational achievement: A more formal alternative, often used when discussing long-term results.
- school results: Simpler and less academic than academic performance.
Common mistakes
- students' academic performances are improved to students' academic performance improves. Academic performance is usually used as an uncountable noun in this context.