Sentences with phrase «at changes in»

We included administrative data from teacher, parent, and student ratings of local schools; we considered the potential relationship between vote share and test - score changes over the previous two or three years; we examined the deviation of precinct test scores from district means; we looked at changes in the percentage of students who received failing scores on the PACT; we evaluated the relationship between vote share and the percentage change in the percentile scores rather than the raw percentile point changes; and we turned to alternative measures of student achievement, such as SAT scores, exit exams, and graduation rates.

Once Amrein and Berliner identified the high - stakes states, they looked at changes in the average scores students earned on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

For more on this topic, an article in the Summer 2015 issue of Education Next looks at changes in where states set the bar for proficiency and finds that over the past year, more states rose the bar than lowered it.

What happens to children of unmarried mothers,» eminent scholars Sara McLanahan of Princeton University and Christopher Jencks of Harvard University look at changes in family structure for both blacks and whites over the past 50 years, and note its effect on the educational attainment and other life outcomes of the children raised in single parent families.

The best way to answer the question is to look at changes in student test - score performance among those in 3rd grade for the first time, as their test scores are unaffected by the retention policy.

To see whether the changes over time are genuine (and not just due to the change of the placement of the neutral category), it is important, therefore, to look at the changes in both support and opposition, as either or both can increase if fewer people choose the neutral opposition.

Lesson 3: Children should learn to undertake a decision - making exercise and to look at changes in the environment.

Let's look first at the changes in salary typically experienced by teachers moving to a new district.

Addison (Kate Walsh) returns to Seattle Grace to perform a surgery and is surprised at the changes in her former coworkers» lives; Meredith and Derek's clinical trial has its first patient; Ava / Rebecca (Elizabeth Reaser) returns with news for Alex. Dr. Wyatt: Amy Madigan.

Addison (Kate Walsh) returns to Seattle Grace to perform a surgery and is surprised at the changes in her former coworkers» lives; Meredith and Derek's clinical trial has its first patient; Ava / Rebecca (Elizabeth Reaser) returns with news for Alex. Dr. Wya (more...) Addison (Kate Walsh) returns to Seattle Grace to perform a surgery and is surprised at the changes in her former coworkers» lives; Meredith and Derek's clinical trial has its first patient; Ava / Rebecca (Elizabeth Reaser) returns with news for Alex. Dr. Wyatt: Amy Madigan.

They looked at changes in estradiol concentrations after only fourteen days, and reported some good news — the soy drinkers did not end up with more of the female hormone.

If we just look at the changes in grains from the invention of the modern steel mill and the high - yield dwarf varieties cultivated in the 1960s, it still doesn't completely match up with or explain the drastic rise of grain - related allergies and intolerances in the last two decades... but there is a missing link that might!

«We're looking at changes in zircon production on various continents throughout Earth's history and seeing how the changes correspond with the various icehouse and greenhouse transitions,» McKenzie said.

«By looking at changes in tumour blood vessels and the tumour stiffness and structure with ultrasound, we hope to identify the patients that are responding to the treatment, and those that aren't,» she says.

The lab of Whitehead Member Terry Orr - Weaver has conducted perhaps the most comprehensive look yet at changes in translation and protein synthesis during a developmental change, using the oocyte - to - embryo transition in Drosophila as a model system.

This is just the first of a series of similar studies, said Gilad, that will look at changes in gene expression over evolutionary time.

This is a way of analyzing fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) scans, which measure activity in the brain by looking at changes in blood oxygen.

«You look at changes in chemical shift and that tells you, for example, if there is an alpha helix or a beta sheet, which are two different conformations that a protein backbone often takes,» Frederick says.

The researchers assessed the damage by looking at changes in the surface reflectance of both visible and invisible light.

UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) PhD student Jing Wang says the simple nanotechnology looked at changes in circulating tumor cells, which could indicate whether a cancer is attempting to spread and reveal its response to treatment.

Additionally the functional effects of DBS will be explored in several ways 1) we will look at changes in brain activation patterns in response to specific tasks by means of functional MRI 2) we will look at the striatal D2 binding using [123I] IBZM SPECT 3) we will look at neuropsychological functioning using cognitive tasks.

They also looked at changes in Martian gravity — which is about one - third that of Earth's gravity — over 11 years (the same as the sun's cycle of activity).

«When you look at changes in the environment and climate change impacts, those who are most vulnerable to those changes are the very young and the very old,» De Souza said.

«We need to look at the changes in total precipitation and the timing and distribution of run - off patterns and see how that lines up with our current infrastructure,» Fahlund said in an email.

NSF's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, or DKIST, will look specifically at changes in the sun's corona associated with CMEs and solar flares when it comes online in 2020.

By looking at the changes in healthy food availability in a sample of food stores in the city of Baltimore between 2006 and 2012, researchers found that corner stores, particularly in neighborhoods with large numbers of black residents, were modestly but significantly more likely to carry a larger number of those healthful choices.

Now, a team of NASA and MIT scientists has indirectly measured this mass loss and other solar parameters by looking at changes in Mercury's orbit.

«Looking at changes in the number of dry days per year is a new way of understanding how climate change will affect us that goes beyond just annual or seasonal mean precipitation changes, and allows us to better adapt to and mitigate the impacts of local hydrological changes,» said Polade, a postdoctoral researcher who works with Scripps climate scientists Dan Cayan, David Pierce, Alexander Gershunov, and Michael Dettinger, who are co-authors of the study.

They looked specifically at changes in tongue length among resident bumblebees because this trait is intimately tied to the bee - flower relationship.

To test these predictions the researchers hope to look at changes in the fossil record and gather further evidence to first identify sexual selection in a fossil group.

By combining GOCE's high - resolution measurements with information from Grace, scientists can now look at changes in ice mass in small glacial systems — offering even greater insight into the dynamics of Antarctica's different basins.

For instance, one experiment will look at changes in the blood - brain barrier to learn more about why space travel can cause cognitive and visual problems.

Kolker and his colleagues, meanwhile, are using genomic analyses to look at changes in bacterial communities in soils as proxies to understand how the wetlands may be affected by oil.

«What they've basically done,» Watkins says, «is to look at changes in the sea surface over time, on the assumption the geoid itself doesn't change.»

The team also looked at changes in the genetic sequence of the Zika NS1 protein over time, noted David L. Akey, a research scientist in Smith's lab and the study's other lead author.

Other research highlighted at the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies event looked at changes in domestic property crime patterns during the 1980s and 1990s, presented by Professor Stephen Farrall of the University of Sheffield.

Take a look at the changes in betting odds for UKIP in 2015.

«We're looking at changes in ethics that give all New Yorkers... the feeling that everybody is working on their behalf.

But Assembly Democrats balked at the changes in early hours of April 1, the start of the state's fiscal year, saying an amendment would be taken up afar they returned from the Albany break.

You can get the best look at the changes in the picture above, from the official Titans website.

Some companies might balk at changes in food safety regulations, but Cecelia Packing Corp. is more than willing to meet the new standards.

Looking at changes in ETF holdings vs changes in total vault holdings between July 2016 and the end of the first quarter this year shows that the trend is broadly similar for gold, yet divergent for silver.

It only looks at changes in prices.

Regulators at the Securities and Exchange Commission have been looking at changes in the markets and automated trading strategies in connection with volatility.

Anyway, on Sept. 11, the New York Times published an article that noted the increasing frequency of extreme market gyrations has regulators «looking at changes in the markets and automated trading strategies.»

And when you look at the changes in demographics in the US population alone, choosing not to represent your evolving customer group will increasingly become a liability.

More from The New York Times: Wall Street Firm Despite US Shutdown Japan Sales Tax to Increase Next Year, Abe Says An Ex-Trader, Now a Sociologist, Looks at the Changes in Goldman

That's the first finding in this week's economic research wrap, which also looks at changes in the way women have spent their days in recent years and summarizes studies on spillovers from central bank balance - sheet normalization.

While it is key to be aware of the new changes made by the CRA, it equally important for Canadians to look at changes in their own life, and what that means for their taxes, she added.

Plus, it can be purchased with or without a chest pocket at no change in price.