Sentences with phrase «among state scores»
Researchers scaled state standards to match NAEP's and then analyzed differences among state scores in 2005, 2007 and 2009.
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On the other hand, Rhode Island's health care scores are actually great, thanks to its seniors being among the healthiest in the country — seventh of all the states — and the third - highest average Medicare payments in the country.
«The mining operations in the mountain ranges of Nueva Vizcaya have displaced scores of settlers, destroyed sources of livelihoods, and even caused the conflicts among tribes that are traditionally at peace with each other,» stated Bolusan.
The Seminoles are not the highest - scoring team in NCAA history — the record books show Division II Pittsburgh State scored 837 points in 15 games in 2004 — but they are among the highest.
A defense ranked among the top - two in the nation gave up a number of huge plays through the air and one ht, and the offense only scored one touchdown as No. 4 Wisconsin lost to No. 8 Ohio State 27 - 21.
According to the Tax Foundation, New York ranked high in the corporate tax category — seventh best in the nation — but was dragged down by bad ratings in the income, sales and property tax categories, scoring among the 10 worst states in each of those categories.
Former CPV exec Peter Galbraith Kelly Jr., who's among three co-defendants standing trial with Joseph, is accused of funneling him nearly $ 280,000 in bribes through his wife in a failed bid to score a contract to sell electricity to the state Power Authority.
The funding request — one of four so - called earmarks the Democratic freshman senator is seeking this year on behalf of the village — is listed among scores of grants for projects across the state that Gillibrand has requested and posted on her website, as required under new disclosure rules that took effect last year.
The three developers that are among the subjects of the subpoena all have received lucrative affordable housing grants or tax breaks from the state's affordable housing agency, the Department of Homes and Community Renewal — including some for projects that HCR staff initially scored lower than those of competitors.
Syracuse has one of the highest concentrations of poverty among black and Hispanic people in the United States and some of the lowest test scores and graduation rates in the state.
among black and Hispanic people in the United States and some of the lowest test scores and graduation rates in the state.
Three Long Island schools were selected as among the best in two states — New York and Colorado — in a pilot program honoring campuses that «put students, not test scores, first.»
Among the reforms DiNapoli proposes is giving his office the power to review public authority spending, and prohibiting such authorities from receiving state - appropriated funds until projects are identified, scored and ranked.
Astorino, who is still not well - known to more than a quarter of the state electorate, has a higher negative rating than positive score among voters.
Gidado was among the 68 elected Chairmen announced by the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC), after scoring the highest votes in the election conducted in all the 610 wards, 33 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and the 35 newly created Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) on Saturday.
Included among the proposed reforms is a teacher evaluation system based half on student test scores, an increase in the length of time before a teacher is eligible for tenure and allowing the state to take over failing schools and districts.
The state committed to adopting the Common Core standards, tying teacher evaluations to test scores, turning around or closing low - performing schools and increasing the number of charter schools, among other things.
His score was tied for the 32nd highest among all 59 members of the Illinois State Senate included in the Vote Card.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew, in his keynote address, said it wasn't a coincidence that patient scores in health care facilities represented by the UFT are among the highest in the state.
Previous research by Gassman - Pines, Ananat and Gibson - Davis found that after states experienced widespread job loss, test scores dropped among eighth - graders in that state.
Additionally, patients had to be judged «mentally reliable» — able to follow instructions and keep appointments — in order to qualify for the clinical trials, so their emotional scores might not represent the full spectrum of psychological states among cancer patients.
In addition, high IGF - 1 / IGF binding proteins - 3 ratios were associated with better maintenance of cognition determined by scores on the 30 - point Mini-Mental State Examination (100), and a similar correlation was noted among centenarians (101).
Rehm CD, Monsivais P, and Drewnowski A. Relation between diet cost and Healthy Eating Index 2010 scores among adults in the United States 2007 — 2010.
Russia, Ukraine are among the world's worst economies along with a score of struggling African states in the emerging countries sector.
The 10 - year - old «princess» rocketed to internet fame a few years ago when a video of herself and «hype girl» Rosie performing Nikki Minaj's «Superbass» surfaced, scoring them a guest spot on Ellen, among other state - side public appearances.
The criss - crossed film narrative is in a state of overuse, but writer - director James DeMonaco's droll, modestly stylish crime gewgaw «Staten Island» wrings a few suspenseful and comic pleasures out of a time - bending format that has served the likes of Quentin Tarantino («Pulp Fiction») and Sidney Lumet («Before the Devil Knows You're Dead») among scores of others.
Among the topics addressed are alterations made (Michael Gambon was deleted from the film), the script contributions of the uncredited David Rabe, casting, the cast's chemistry, struggling to earn an R rating, the real Westies gang being dramatized, the difficulties such a «slow burn» film would face being made today (he repeatedly laments the current state of cinema), his influences, the crime genre, how U2 nearly scored the film, how Ennio Morricone actually did score the film, and Joanou's disheartening personal career trajectory.
Among the film composers who've incorporated the often - mystical sounds of ancient ethnic music into western civilization's more straight - laced approach to movie scoring, the creative explorations of Mychael Danna has managed to turn soundtracks into a state of Zen.
The greatest improvements should be seen among schools that had already received one F grade from the state, since their students would become eligible for vouchers if they received a second F. To test this hypothesis, average FCAT scale - score improvements for schools were broken out by the grade they received the year before.
Never mind that the Aloha State's achievement scores are among the lowest in the land.
They found that states like Texas and North Carolina, with extensive accountability systems, were among the highest - scoring and fastest - improving states after demographic factors were controlled for.
Perform in top half of 4th and 8th grade NAEP scores among states by 2019; have 75 percent of 3rd graders proficient in reading by 2025; average ACT composite score of 21 by 2020; 95 percent graduation rate by 2024 - 25
For example, ESSA only slightly broadens the focus from test scores, does nothing to confront Campbell's Law, * doesn't allow for reasonable variations among students, doesn't take context into account, doesn't make use of professional judgment, and largely or entirely (depending on the choices states» departments of education make) continues to exclude the quality of educators» practice from the mandated accountability system.
Her litany of complaints about the academic results of Klein's «radical restructuring» is somewhat familiar — «inflating» test results and «taking shortcuts» to boost graduation — except for the charge that «the recalibration of the state scores revealed that the achievement gap among children of different races in New York City was virtually unchanged between 2002 and 2010, and the proportion of city students meeting state standards dropped dramatically, almost to the same point as in 2002.»
For more than three decades, the United States has been scoring below the international average among participating nations on tests of math and science achievement.
Of course, if the governor had not peevishly insisted in the first place on holding teachers» feet to the fire on test scores while simultaneously making watershed changes in their practice, New York would likely never have experienced the immune response we have seen — particularly among affluent parents in the state's politically powerful suburbs.
After teachers like Joseph - Charles and Philkhana began applying the Rutgers techniques in the classroom, students showed more interest in math, and the math test scores at what were among the lowest - performing schools in the state began to soar.
There is some hint that those parts of the United States that took school reform the most seriously — Florida and North Carolina, for example — have shown stronger rates of improvement, while states that have steadfastly resisted many school reforms (Iowa and Wisconsin, for instance), are among the nation's test - score lagStates that took school reform the most seriously — Florida and North Carolina, for example — have shown stronger rates of improvement, while states that have steadfastly resisted many school reforms (Iowa and Wisconsin, for instance), are among the nation's test - score lagstates that have steadfastly resisted many school reforms (Iowa and Wisconsin, for instance), are among the nation's test - score laggards.
Reacting to the rising criticisms directed toward PACT, voters may have grown disenchanted with the state's accountability system and removed test - score performance from among the criteria on which they evaluated school board candidates.
In a letter printed as an advertisement in the Tallahassee Democrat, Florida Education Association President Andy J. Ford discouraged local union affiliates from signing an agreement to implement a state plan that, among other provisions, would require districts to base teacher evaluations and compensation bonuses heavily on student test scores.
But, he says, even though King Middle School and Casco Bay High School score above the state average on standardized tests, there's no way to know how much of that success is due to the laptops, the expeditionary learning, the collaboration among teachers, or something else entirely.
In other states strong teachers unions may mobilize high turnout among members, their families, and friends, and punish and reward board members for their treatment of teachers rather than hold them accountable for student test scores.
Changes in test - score performance could be due to broader patterns of economic growth or varying rates of in - migration among states and countries.
But over the next decade those scores moved sharply upward so that by 2007, Florida's scores were tied for 8th highest among all the states.
Efforts to Improve Teacher Quality: Virginia scores among the top 10 states for its efforts to improve teacher quality.
Among the 43 states that in 1998 were gathering information on their students» performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Florida had the fifth - lowest 4th - grade reading scores.
It's the profile of 165 free public secondary schools in the United States, many of them in big cities known for sky - high dropout rates, low test scores, metal detectors at the schoolhouse door, and rapid turnover among teachers.
Among African Americans, test - score gains were also larger in the states with genuine alternative certification.
Each year since 1997, North Carolina has recognized the 25 elementary and middle schools in the state with the highest scores on the «growth composite,» a measure reflecting the average gain in performance among students enrolled at a school.
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