Sentences with phrase «average cohort size»

We estimate that an 8th grader who attends school with 200 other 8th - grade students will score 0.04 standard deviations lower in both math and English than he would if he attended a school with 75 other 8th graders, the average cohort size for a K — 8 school.

In the New York City schools we studied, the average cohort size was 75 students in K — 8 schools, 100 students in K — 5 and K — 6 schools, and over 200 students in middle schools for grades 6 — 8 and 7 — 8 (see Figure 3).

Not exact matches

And the size of the change in test scores across these consecutive cohorts should correspond to the change in the average value added across all teachers in the grade.

With perfect compliance, equal - sized cohorts, and no dropouts or loss to follow - up, the first stage for the middle school lotteries would be two years, since this is the average time spent in middle school as of MCAS exams in sixth, seventh, and eighth grade.

The most striking difference across school types involves cohort sizes (the average number of students in each grade).

Cohorts ranged in size from 22 to 31, with an average of 28.

Within the data, a breakdown of school cohort size revealed that pupils scored nearly the exact same average scaled score regardless of cohort size — although there was a slight benefit of smaller cohorts in reading.

Because of its much larger size, the West German figures are close to the German average (24 % childless for the 1965 — 1969 cohort).

Meanwhile, average home size has continued to increase, driving new home prices higher, despite the fact that many among the two largest demographic cohorts, Millennials and Baby Boomers, are seeking smaller and more affordable housing options.