Sentences with phrase «account background characteristics»

The ratings were based on a complex formula that predicts how students will do — after taking into account background characteristics — on standardized tests.

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With this background in mind, then, let me spell out some of the characteristics of a biopolitical theology, which seeks to take into account man's total life set within nature and cosmos as well as within society and history.

In order to separate student characteristics from aspects of segregated public schools, Kainz used a statistical technique called «propensity score matching,» which allows for comparison of reading growth in segregated and non-segregated schools, while also accounting for numerous differences in the students» backgrounds.

Specifically, I examine whether the results change when I adjust my results to account for differences in student characteristics, including prior (age 7) test scores; gender; eligibility for free lunch; special education needs; month of birth; whether first language is English; ethnic background; and census information on the home neighborhood deprivation index.

These results, however, still do not account for differences in the backgrounds and characteristics of students who attend these types of schools that might in turn affect whether they engage in community service.

Only after these background factors are fully accounted for is the second step taken — a look at the characteristics of the schools that make the biggest difference in determining the variation in student achievement.

We compare the test scores of students in each of the seven categories, taking into account differences in the students» socioeconomic characteristics, including parent schooling, self - reported household income, the number of non-school books in the home, and the quality of the peer groups (calculated by averaging family background and home resources for all students in the classroom).

The version we use takes into account student background characteristics and schooling environment factors, including students» socioeconomic status (SES), while simultaneously calculating school - average student test - score growth.

Using data from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002, this study examines whether teachers disproportionally perceive minority students as having a disability even after accounting for student background, teacher traits, and school characteristics.

When we adjusted the gains made by students in each school to take into account a wide variety of individual and peer - group background characteristics, such as ethnicity, English language - learner status, family income, and student mobility rates, the yardstick's performance actually worsened.

«Background characteristics (e.g., race, gender, neighborhood poverty, free lunch eligibility, being old - for - grade, and special education status) are all related to high school grades and test scores, but they do not tell us any more about who will pass, get good grades, or score well on tests in high school, once we take into account students» eighth - grade GPAs, attendance, and test scores,» the authors said.

When differences in educational backgrounds, years of experience, and employment characteristics are taken into account, the wage gap between African American and white female, full - time teachers is reduced to roughly 93 cents on the dollar.

Third, they asked detailed accounts about family background and education at the time of marriage, allowing us to assess inherent differences in the characteristics of individuals who selected in the unions with varying degrees of age similarities between spouses.