Sentences with phrase «average student scores»

The ratings are developed using a «Big Data» approach that incorporates multiple data points, including the state's recently introduced, and heavily scrutinized, «A through F Ratings» system, average student scores on standardized tests like the ACT and SAT, and high school graduation rates.

The same is generally true of math, with the exception of developmental bilingual programs, where average student scores grow more slowly than those of students in English immersion.

Borg, Plumlee, & Stranahan (2007) claim that schools with larger percentage of students of color will likely continue to have lower average student scores on accountability assessments.

Johanson et al. (2001) used comparison groups of mathematics and science students to look at student attitudes towards these subject areas; Shanahan et al. (2006) compared results on state tests in mathematics of students of teacher leaders with average student scores at the district and state levels.

Finally, I obtained average student scores on the New York State tests last spring (2014), before opt - out became a widespread phenomenon.

Inasmuch as a score of 617.1 points is more than one standard deviation above the average student score on the PISA, it is clear that a group of highly accomplished students has been isolated.

Are you ready to pick one state over another in terms of the likelihood that one state has its average student scoring higher on the NAEP achievement tests than the other?

Not exact matches

Despite maintaining stable, above - average scores, Canada's relative ranking on the OECD's prestigious Programme for International Student Assessment, which is administered to 15 - year - olds around the world, is slipping.

A comprehensive guide to Canada's 39 MBA school with data on average GMAT score, total enrolment, total number of faculty, percentage of female students, percentage of international students, standard degree length and tuition fees.

Schools receive points based on the following weighted ranking: 33.5 % reputation (higher is better), 20.5 % classroom experience (student - teacher ratio and cohort diversity), 13 % average GMAT scores (higher is better), 13 % tuition (lower is better), 13 % required work experience (more is better) and 7 % program length (shorter is better).

The 2010 entering class of 212 students has an average GMAT score of 700, 10 years of work experience each, and an average age of 34.

Some private student loan lenders post the average credit score and income of successful applicants on their website.

Not surprisingly, data released this month from the the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's Investor Education Foundation, which seeks to promote financial literacy, reveal high school students who are required to take personal finance courses have better average credit scores and lower debt delinquency rates as young adults.

Therefore, a grade of plus 3 meant that one had scored 15 percent above one's base grade, and students had to score an average of plus 2 in order to graduate.

Private school students, on average, score better than public school students in reading, math and a host of other subject areas, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

And a 2014 study of student performance at schools in California and New York, conducted by the American Institutes for Research, found that attending deeper - learning schools had a significant positive impact, on average, on students» content knowledge and standardized - test scores.

In other words, a student with a 1300 SAT score at a public high school where the average SAT score is 1000 will have an admissions edge over an equal student at a private school where 1300 is the average SAT score.

Students in 4th - 6th grade who went to bed an average of 30 - 40 minutes earlier improved in memory, motor speed, attention, and other abilities associated with math and reading test scores.

Even though almost every student at the KIPP Academy... is from a low - income family, and all but a few are either black or Hispanic, and most enter below grade level, they are still a step above other kids in the neighborhood; on their math tests in the fourth grade (the year before they arrived at KIPP), KIPP students in the Bronx scored well above the average for the district, and on their fourth - grade reading tests they often scored above the average for the entire city.

Homeschooled students have been shown to have higher average scores on the ACT test (26.5) than their public school peers (25).

The average ACT score in 2001 was 23.3, with 86 percent of students tested.

Improve students» achievement test scores across the spectrum by an average of 11 percentile points.

This can be an especially helpful tool if your student has above or below average scores on their test, and can assist in encouraging your student further.

Numerical scores in this analysis place the average performance of Waldorf students above that of students in OECD countries, and above 2 of the 3 high school systems in Austria.

For example, research has found homeschoolers generally score 15 to 30 percentile points above public school students on standardized tests and they're achieving above average scores on the ACT and SAT tests.

Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign reported in 2013 that on average, students who eat school breakfast attend 1.5 more days of school per year and score 17.5 percent higher on standardized math tests; when combined, these factors translate into a student being twenty percent more likely to graduate high school.

Going forward, move toward basing teachers» and principals» ratings, in part, on a 3 - year average of student test scores.

o and an average point score showing how much progress every student makes between Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 4.

By measuring average point scores rather than a single cutoff point, the new measure will also ensure that the achievement of all students is recognised equally, including both low attainers and high fliers.

This past year, 96 percent of students passed the Common Core math exams while 55 percent passed the English exams - both scores are well above state averages.

Syracuse students» test scores were also low, with 10.4 percent of students» scores in third - through eighth - grade being rated «proficient» versus the state's 39.1 percent average.

Students in Massachusetts and Connecticut scored above both the national and PISA average in math, while Florida scored below those averages.

According to Read to Succeed Executive Director Anne Ryan, students who miss 10 percent of kindergarten and first grade scored an average of 60 points below similar students with good attendance on third grade reading tests.

Millennium gives preference to students from below Houston Street, and so far all those who meet the admissions criteria — an A average, good attendance and strong test scores — have always been offered a seat.

Millennium, which offers preference to students who live below Houston Street, admits only those with A averages, good attendance and top test scores.

But in the English exams even students in the state's wealthiest schools saw scores slip a bit, from an average of 52 percent in 2013 passing to 49 percent this year.

Applicants who attended community college after high school before transferring to a four - year college or university were 30 percent less likely to be admitted, compared to those students who never attended a community college or only attended a four - year university to medical school, after adjusting for age, gender, race and ethnicity, parental education, grade point average and MCAT score.

The study also found that as the average percentage of African American teachers in schools increased, students» delinquent behavior scores decreased.

Surprisingly, as schools» average perceived peer inclusion increased, so did students» delinquent behavior scores.

U.S. students typically score below the average of OECD nations on international math and science tests.

With that caveat in mind, students in the biological sciences appear to be faring more poorly than those in the physical sciences and engineering: Their average depression score is slightly higher, and their career optimism score is lower (4.1 versus 4.7).

The team identified procrastinators among student volunteers, selecting people who scored 10 or more points above average on a 60 - point procrastination scale.

In science, U.S. students tied for 23rd place, with a score of 502 that matches the OECD average of 501.

But the strongest improvement was in the bottom quartile of students, who scored a full 10 percent better, on average, than the bottom quartile of the control section.

When asked to predict their scores on a midterm pretest near the beginning of the school year, students of all performance levels overestimated their scores by an average of 11 percent over the whole class.

By thinking about their thinking, a practice called metacognition, these students raised their final exam scores by 10 percent on average — a full letter grade.

Its students, a representative sample of the entire country, did worst in mathematics: Their score of 487 puts them in a tie for 30th place, well below the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) average of 496.

«And a student with the most helpful personality will score a full grade higher than an average student in this regard.»

Average scores for K - 12 students in the U.S. never top those lists in either science or math (although they do in both reading and civics).

Input variables were the total number of faculty members and incoming graduate students» average GRE scores, which were used as a way of measuring of students» capabilities.