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«The employees with the highest revenue per hour — an average of $ 208, compared with $ 138 for the full sample — were ambiverts who had a personality test score exactly between extroversion and introversion.»

On most tests, a score between 90 and 110, or the median plus or minus 10, indicates average intelligence.

On average, children who were breastfed for ≥ 8 months 1) scored between 0.35 and 0.59 SD units higher on standardized tests of ability or achievement and teacher ratings of school performance than children who were not breastfed, and 2) were considerably less likely than nonbreastfed children to leave school without qualifications (relative risk = 0.38; 95 % CI: 0.25, 0.59).

The small increase in the high - dose group did not translate into beneficial effects because authors found no difference between the three study groups for changes in spine, average total - hip, average femoral neck or total - body bone mineral density, trabecular bone score, muscle mass or sit - to - stand tests.

Over an average of five weeks the blended students» improvement between the entrance and the exit test was 9 points, compared to an average score increase of 3 points for the students in the control groups during the same time period.

A compelling way to see this is to look at the relationship across schools between the average test - score gain students make between the 4th and 8th grade and our summary measure of their students» fluid cognitive ability at the end of that period (see Figure 2).

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.

The correlation between ratings by principals and the average test scores of a teacher's students is significantly higher than the correlation between ratings by principals and the teacher's value - added rating in reading (0.56 versus 0.32), though not in math.

But the absence of a relationship between average school test scores and incumbents» electoral fortunes in the 2002 and 2004 school board elections raises important questions about the assumptions underlying accountability systems.

We estimate that improvement from the 25th to the 75th percentile of test - score change — that is, moving from a loss of 4 percentile points to a gain of 3.8 percentile points between 1999 and 2000 — produced on average an increase of 3 percentage points in an incumbent's vote share.

It shows a clear positive association between the variation in country - average test scores and the variation in teacher performance pay that can not be attributed to the other factors included in the analysis.

The simple correlation between spending per student and average TIMSS test scores is 0.13 in primary school and 0.16 in middle school, on a scale where 1.0 denotes an absolute positive correlation between the two variables and 0 signals no correlation (see figure 2).

We observe that there is virtually no relationship between the relative affluence of the overall student body of the school and the SES test score gap in that school: schools serving primarily high - SES students and those serving primarily low - SES students have the same average SES test score gaps (around 0.8 standard deviations) in both third and fifth grades.

We estimate that the average growth in English language arts scores due to changing from a fixed mindset to a neutral mindset (a one standard deviation change) is between 0.03 and 0.02 standard deviations in test performance.

In Figure 3, we relate the average SES level of the school to the test score gap in third or fifth grade between students in the top and bottom SES quartile.

School - level associations between average SES of the school and the gap in test scores between top and bottom SES quartile students

One full standard deviation (an effect size of 1.0) is roughly equal to the average difference in test score performance between a 4th grader and an 8th grader.

If one country's test - score performance was 0.5 standard deviations higher than another country during the 1960s — a little less than the current difference in the scores between such top - performing countries as Finland and Hong Kong and the United States — the first country's growth rate was, on average, one full percentage point higher annually over the following 40 - year period than the second country's growth rate.

Having a teacher from one program or another typically changed student test scores by just.01 to.03 standard deviations, or 1 to 3 percent of the average score gap between poor and non-poor children.

We found negligible differences in teacher quality between programs, amounting to no more than 3 percent of the average test - score gap between students from low - income families and their more affluent peers.

Eliminating exclusionary zoning in a metro area would, by reducing its housing cost gap, lower its school test - score gap by an estimated 4 to 7 percentiles — a significant share of the observed gap between schools serving the average low - income versus middle / higher - income student.

On average, black students typically score one standard deviation below white students on standardized tests — roughly the difference in performance between the average 4th grader and the average 8th grader.

«While England's brightest pupils score around average in international tests — and better in science — this analysis shows that there are some very big socio - economic gaps in attainment between the brightest pupils from poor and better - off homes.

Figure 2 shows the correlations between school - average social - emotional skills and key indicators of academic performance (GPA and state test scores) and student behavior (the percentage of students receiving suspensions and average absence rates) across CORE district middle schools.

«If the social class distribution of the United States were similar to that of top - scoring countries [Korea, Finland and Canada], the average test score gap between the United States and these top - scoring countries would be cut in half in reading and by one - third in math,» they announce.

The third problem, Ho explains, raises concerns about achievement gaps — for example, average differences between test scores of white or higher - income students and minority or poor students.

While the correlation between group and individual intelligence tests is quite high for average scores, in this study that correlation almost disappeared for gifted scores.

Charter schools have higher normalized SAT scores than traditional schools: With respect to SAT scores, when we normalized the comparison between the LAUSD Alliance charter and LAUSD traditional schools under consideration to equalize the rate of test participation, we found that the Alliance charter students outperformed the LAUSD traditional students with average scores of 1417 vs. 1299 — a significant difference.

Average test scores on accountability assessments throughout the 1990s show an increased gap in achievement between black and white students (Harris & Herrington, 2006).

National averages on the 4th and 8th grade mathematics and reading tests were between 12 and 18 test - score points lower for students with poor attendance than for their peers who hadn't missed any school in the reporting period, the analysis found.

Comparisons are based on statistical tests that consider both the magnitude of the difference between the group average scores or percentages and the standard errors of those statistics.

Louisiana 8th Grade Science Scores Edge Up Slightly Associated Press — May 10, 2012 Louisiana continues to lag behind the national average for NAEP science test scores, but the state's average score did improve slightly between 2009 andScores Edge Up Slightly Associated Press — May 10, 2012 Louisiana continues to lag behind the national average for NAEP science test scores, but the state's average score did improve slightly between 2009 andscores, but the state's average score did improve slightly between 2009 and 2011.

[18] Many studies [19] have calculated high correlations (mostly greater than 0.9) between estimates from models that control only for prior student test scores (such as SAS EVAAS), [20] control for student background (such as DC's IMPACT), and control for average classroom characteristics (such as Pittsburgh's system).

While white, black and Hispanic children all made modest test score gains in DC since 2003, the Rhee agenda has not significantly narrowed achievement gaps between the various demographic groups, nor has it brought disadvantaged DC youth up to the national average scores for peers of their same race and class in other cities.

On the old Connecticut Mastery Tests, the average Madison student score ranged from 86 to 94, while the statewide averages hovered between 63 and 76 -LRB-

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By examining the average achievement test results (45 % of the rating), the percentage of test scores that are below the acceptable provincial standards (45 % of the rating), and the difference between test scores based on gender (10 % of the rating), the Fraser Institute Report Cards develops a standardized «overall rating out of 10».

That's the average score between video and photo tests — which resulted in scores of 84 and 82 points, respectively.

The differences between QHD and Full HD displays is quite stark, with Full HD smartphones rating an average battery life of 8 hours and 24 minutes, which is 64 percent higher than the QHD phones in our test, which scored an average of 5 hours and 8 minutes.

The Galaxy A3 only scored an average of 1,458 on the Geekbench 3 multi-core test, which puts it firmly between budget devices such as the Moto G (2014)(1,142) and the Honor 4X (1,705).

Further, participation in NC Pre-K reduced the gap in average 3rd grade test scores between low - income children and their peers who did not qualify for free or reduced - price meals.North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Office of Early Learning.

For the chart below, average schools have test scores between the 40th and 60th percentiles in their state, while a top tier school is defined as the 90th percentile and above within its respective state.