Sentences with phrase «although standardized test scores»

No paralegal school entrance exam is required, although standardized test scores may be required to enter an Associate degree program.

Although standardized test scores can give a general idea of the level of student achievement (typically limited to items that ask for recognition of information), the scores they report do not offer detailed insights into what students think or what they know how to do in practice.

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Although the participation of Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans in advanced high school mathematics classes increased between 1982 and 1994, their scores in standardized mathematics tests were still lower than those of other students, and the discrepancy did not diminish between 1990 and 1996 (NCES, 1996).

Although the school still ranks as «low achieving,» students have made progress on standardized test scores, according to O'Blines.

Finally, the only study to have estimated the effect of charter school attendance on students» job prospects, although based on nonexperimental methods, finds that attending a Florida charter school increased students» earnings as adults despite having no impact on their standardized test scores.

Although more than half the students who spend an extra year in the same grade and attend summer school improve their scores on standardized tests, the remaining students held back continue to struggle.

Although acknowledging their challenges, both principals said they want to channel some of their resources toward improving standardized test results, particularly with talk at the federal level of tying funding to student test scores.

Although not the sole measure, standardized test scores make up the bulk of school quality assessments.

When asked to assess the success of the interventions, Galvez cited district reports on standardized test scores as evidence of improvement, although he acknowledged that district data shows test scores had been climbing before LAUSD beefed up the intervention program.

Although the document does not explicitly say, it appears the data refers to scores on the old Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) exams, which were discontinued after 2012 - 13.