Sentences with phrase «average number of tests»

Our best estimate, based on the number of passed tests and the average number of tests taken by any one student, is that only 7 percent to 8 percent of the age cohort in 2012 passed at a level necessary to secure an advanced placement in most institutions of higher education.

And despite the vast expansion of the number of students taking AP courses and exams, the average number of tests taken by students during their high - school careers has barely changed: 1.7 AP tests per examinee in 1956 and 1.8 per examinee in 2005.

Not exact matches

For example, if you're testing a new donation page, your variables for success could be the number of donations, the total amount donated, or the average size of a donation.

To put these numbers in perspective, the average person encounters 360 millirems of annual «background radiation» from natural and man - made sources, including substances in Earth's crust, cosmic rays, residue from nuclear tests and smoke detectors.

«Their point is that the average performance of U.S. students on these comparative international tests is not a meaningful number,» Teitelbaum says.

For the remainder, the average number of variants tested was 6, but ranged from 1 to 27.

The results reveal that, after a comparison at national level, the vast number of substances tested show a clearly higher average consumption — thus more contaminant emissions — by private households than health care facilities.

Using different hardware and software setups and varying selection criteria, such as budget, nature and number of test beds, and the average number of students who simultaneously interact with the test beds, Kapila and Frank developed and studied the feedback control of the experiment and the wireless communication using iDevices such as iPod, iPhone 5 and iPad.

Graphs show the average number of mistakes per experimental group made during Grid walk testing of locomotor recovery at 1 day before injury to 28 days after injury.

The number I presented before was an average of 3 tests; a 12 minute run, a cycle ergometer test, and the Queens College Step Ttest, and the Queens College Step TestTest.

There are also a number of nutrients that are based on population average intakes rather than deficiency testing, such as manganese.

These numbers are all low compared to other sites we tested like Elite Singles, which had an average of 17 matches in 24 hours.

Uccelli and Paez found that, on average, first - grade English narrative quality scores were higher among children who, at kindergarten scored higher on the English vocabulary test, used a greater number of distinct words in their English narrative, and had higher story structure scores on their Spanish narrative.

(Almost all the African - American students came from schools with average test scores below the district mean; the few that did not had almost identical average impacts, but the number of available observations was too small to recover precise estimates.)

Figures 1a, 1b, and 1c compare the average number of absences, the share of students who were suspended, and the average test - score gains between fourth and eighth grade of students who ranked in the bottom - and top - quartile on each skill.

Even as the numbers and diversity of students taking college admissions tests are rising, average scores on the tests are increasing.

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).

Unlike conventional colleges and universities, Western Governors doesn't require students to spend a set number of hours in a classroom, average out their performance on assignments and tests, then hand out letter grades and credits.

However, Miami - Dade is among school districts that have bucked that trend, achieving higher - than - average graduation rates among its Latino students and seeing large numbers of them scoring well on Advanced Placement tests.

Where data was only available at the school level, district rates were calculated using a weighted average, using the number of students taking the test in each school as the weights.

The number of correct answers to test questions is placed in comparison to the norm (or average) and reported as a percentile.

But we see similar patterns in charter schools too: a number of studies have shown that charter school students have a higher chance of high school graduation or college enrollment even when their test scores do not differ on average from their traditional public school counterparts.

When ranked on the average point score - the average number of points scored per pupil in the tests - these 213 schools came out top.

That's a very high number, surpassing the average white test score of Massachusetts by 16 points.

The average number of students in the bottom five who met or exceeded the standards in the English Language Arts portion of the Smarter Balanced tests was 12.42 percent, and average who did so in the math portion was 8.71 percent.

A sample of 36 Great Expectation model elementary schools were matched with 556 Oklahoma non-Great Expectations elementary schools based on the following variables: ethnicity, free and reduced lunch eligibility, school size, average number of days students absent, percent of parents attending conferences, percent of teachers with advanced degrees, percent passing third grade reading test, district population size, unemployment rate, average household income, teachers per administrator, percent of student's in special education, instructional support budget, and district percent passing Algebra I. Five years of pass rates on third grade reading and third grade math state exams were examined.

Given the small number of Virginia's Hispanic test takers, NCES does not regard recent year - to - year changes in the average scores and proficiency levels of these students as statistically significant.

The number of LA Unified 12th - graders taking the SAT test rose last year, along with the District's average test scores on critical reading, mathematics, and writing portions of the exam, according to new data from the College Board, which develops the test.

Since 1998, the federal government has attempted to increase the accountability for preparation programs by requiring states to collect and report information about the programs, including completion rates, average scores on state and national teaching tests, and the number of student teaching hours required.

However, you may also set goals around attendance, spelling test averages, publishing a certain number of pieces in a class journal, or reading a certain number of books.

This belief is supported by a number of studies showing teachers» standardized test scores to be well below the average for all college graduates (see Corcoran, Evans, & Schwab, 2004).

These numbers are based on student test scores — U.S. News compared those test scores to state averages as a way of calculating how well a school serves its student body.

I still propose each class be given a number that reflects the the average number of years students failed to pass their Mastery Test (The Social Promotion Index).

The number of PUC students on average who met or exceeded the standards in the English Language Arts test was 40 percent, compared to 33 percent for the district.

They examined a variety of factors, such as student gender, age, health, socioeconomic status, education of parents, whether the school was urban or suburban, the number of years of experience among teachers, the school's average test performance and the rate of free - or reduced - price lunch program participation.

The results speak for themselves: Our students are community assets, instead of tax liabilities; academic test scores are improving; students spend more time actively learning; discipline problems have significantly reduced; and we cut students» average stay in half, while doubling the number of students who return to their home schools.

In Algebra 2 and geometry, the percentage of Jennings» students who meet proficient levels was higher than the state average, but only a small number of the district's students took those tests.

After analyzing data from written tests and structured interviews of average - and above average - performing fourth graders, Thompson (1992) concluded that the computer version of Dienes» blocks led to stronger student understanding of number system structure and algorithms than use of wooden blocks did.

My week of testing, which included a fair amount of highway driving, didn't even reach those numbers; I averaged 11.3 mpg in what was admittedly the coldest week of the winter of 2014/2015.

That's the average number of miles our test team puts on Audi vehicles in a given year.

After 135 miles in test car number three, the trip computer reports the equivalent of 147 mpg, an average speed of 23 mph (which, even for Switzerland, is very slow), and 127 miles of range remaining.

Report: 4 of 4 Previous reports: Sept.» 08, Jan.» 09, Apr.»09 Base price: $ 31,450 Price as tested: $ 36,020 Four - wheel - drive system: Two - speed, part - time electronic shift on the fly Long - Term Numbers Miles to date: 23,315 Miles since last report: 7,288 Average mpg (this report): 13.33 Test best tank (mpg): 17.18 Test worst tank (mpg): 8.25 (towing) Maintenance Oil change: $ 62.15 Mid-service: $ 132.50 Problem areas: Warped front rotors, some squeaks and creaks What's Hot, What's Not Hot: Awesome power, exhaust note, features, storage, fine tow rig Not: Interior quality not as good as competition, aggressive traction control, some squeaks and rattles Logbook Quotes * «King Cab is a great size for a personal - use truck, but if you want to put real people back there, get the Crew.»

REPORT: 2 of 4 Previous report: Dec»06 Base price: $ 28,935 Price as tested: $ 37,345 Four - wheel - drive system: Electronic, full - time two - speed LONG - TERM NUMBERS Miles to date: 8,092 Miles since last report: 3,999 Average mpg (this report): 15.78 Test best tank (mpg): 17.80 Test worst tank (mpg): 13.44 MAINTENANCE None this period Problem areas: Airbag light, sticky door handles WHAT»S HOT, WHAT»S NOT HOT: Great maneuverability, great on the trail, good fuel economy, easy to drive, functional rocker protection NOT: Sticky door handles, rear seat doesn't fold flat, needs more power LOGBOOK QUOTES * «Rear door handle sticks when dirty.»

Report: 3 of 4 Previous reports: Sept.» 08, Jan.»09 Base price: $ 31,450 Price as tested: $ 36,020 Four - wheel - drive system: Two - speed, part - time electronic, shift on the fly Long - Term Numbers Miles to date: 16,027 Miles since last report: 3,265 Average mpg (this report): 12.67 Test best tank (mpg): 16.37 Test worst tank (mpg): 10.84 (towing) Maintenance None Problem areas: Warped front rotors What's Hot, What's Not Hot: Exceptional drivetrain, great tow rig Not: Aggressive traction control, some creaks and rattles Logbook Quotes * «Great throttle response.»

That's a good but not brilliant number, given the Volkswagen Golf 103TSI we tested over the long term was averaging 7.1 L / 100 km — and without the same mix of freeway driving and soft - pedal eco operation around town that the BMW saw.

For many SUV drivers running costs are more important than outright speed so in this respect the Hyundai shone; even if its 10.6 L / 100 km average consumption figure on test was slightly higher than the «official» number of 9.0 L / 100 km.

Long - Term Numbers Miles to date: 10,820 Miles since last report: 5,090 Average mpg (this report): 16.2 Test best tank (mpg): 17.7 (highway @ 70 mph) Test worst tank (mpg): 9.9 (towing a 6x12 cargo trailer w / 1, 200 pounds of cargo into a headwind)

Audi notes that the Q7 TDI should get an average of 41.3 mpg, but that number is likely to come in lower with EPA testing.

While it might look like a reading system bug when playing, pouring resources into heuristic tests to try and guess the right point to flip the page is unrealistic (e.g., average guess of seconds per word times the number of words showing and flip the page when the resulting time has elapsed).

The left - hand Monthly Holdings column in Table 1 provides data on portfolio holdings over time — the average number of stocks passing the screen each month since testing began in 1998.