Sentences with phrase «better test scores in»

«While relatively abundant research has evaluated the effects of public investments in computers for education on education outcomes, more often than not these evaluations fail to identify any positive association between an increase in computer use and better test scores in mathematics and reading.»

Research points to better test scores in reading and math when struggling readers use audiobooks.

We hear about the importance of teacher accountability, of better test scores in math, sciences, and English.

In Jenks, Okla., where students usually turn out some of the best test scores in the state, Superintendent...

If you just focus on raising test scores, some teachers say, «Well, I get the best test scores in the district or the state, so why should I improve?»

Not exact matches

Perfect scores in recent tests as well as incredible performance make this is top pick for your business.

Among the 18 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's assessment, the U.S. ranked at best eighth and at worst 12th, based on the range of scores from its 1,133 students tested.

What predicted a leader's success far better than tech skills or test scores, they found, was simply making a human connection with followers, being interested in their lives and careers, and being accessible to them.

To become a Top Pick, a car must excel at the publication's track tests, offer average or better reliability, perform effectively in government or industry crash tests, and return high owner - satisfaction scores in Consumer Reports» surveys.

In the parlance of one test he uses, for example, good salespeople score high for «expressive» and «driver» and low for «amiable» and «analytic.»

Lower average test scores might not be a problem if you can find out that kids are rapidly improving over time, making that cute house in the cheaper part of town not only good for your wallet, but good for your child's education too.

So were the average GMAT scores of its entering classes, which tended to range near 600, more than 100 points below the best schools, which typically report scores in the 700 - plus range on an entrance test where the highest possible score is 800.

Studies suggest firstborns score higher in IQ tests, earn higher salaries and perform better in school than their siblings.

Connecticut owes much of its improvement to a big jump in its Education ranking, climbing to No. 3 from No. 18, due largely to better high school test scores.

With about a 26 % acceptance rate, and an average Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score of 712, the US News & World report ranks it as the 14th best business school in the US.

Comparing national test scores, Catholic schools in general (as with most private schools) perform better in both reading and math than public schools although the advantage is stronger in reading than in Math though the difference in Math was still statistically significant; however, this could be due to the self selecting nature of the students in Catholic schools where the parents have made the decision to value education to the extent of paying for it.

My one question is... since when do you have to score well on a test to be able to believe or not believe in something?

Well, as it turned out all my fears, which the night before the test resulted in me tossing and turning prior to sleep and having visions and thoughts of never, ever getting a driver's license, were for naught because old Bob though limited to one eye, passed the test with pretty much the same score he received in 1963.

In the Gluten - Free Flour Blend Test, I tested Better Batter, Cup4Cup, Jules Gluten Free, and Tom Sawyer gluten - free flour blends in recipes for cake, pastry, yeast bread and cookies and scored them in each of 10 categorieIn the Gluten - Free Flour Blend Test, I tested Better Batter, Cup4Cup, Jules Gluten Free, and Tom Sawyer gluten - free flour blends in recipes for cake, pastry, yeast bread and cookies and scored them in each of 10 categoriein recipes for cake, pastry, yeast bread and cookies and scored them in each of 10 categoriein each of 10 categories.

The bad news is that Kane is now well and truly over his early season struggles in front of goal and has scored four times in his last two Premier League games and got their Europa League opener last night, Hopefully Laurent Koscielny will pass his fitness test because we will need to be at our defensive best on Sunday to cope with the danger of Kane.

Tactically it was a good game we could have finished stronger if all our chances were registered The game was played with monaco on our mind though carzola worked very hard but then we do not have to travel we need to be sure to score well on Wednesday to secure our position but also it was a good defensive exercise we won I am so delighted and proud as we needed the test and yes we passed the test it wasn't pretty but yes we are in the 3rd position

However, despite owning the 4th best scoring defense in the nation, MSU will be put to the test against Russell Wilson and the high - flying Badgers attack who possess the # 1 offense in the country (50.2 PPG).

In terms of creating and scoring goals, I think he has been one of the top players, so it'll be a good test.

The Tangerines have endeared themselves to everyone and on Tuesday will provide Sunderland with one of their most testing home encounters in the whole of 2010 simply because they aren't like other sides, they've never heard of the word fear at inside a stadium which has been nothing short of a fortress for the hosts, and Holloway's men will go their with an attacking intent and a purpose to score goals, plenty of them as well.

And in each one, the situation is the same — there's one neighborhood where poverty is concentrated, where crime rates are higher and test scores are lower and good jobs are pretty much nonexistent.

Finally, in Houston in 2010 — 11, he gave cash incentives to fifth - grade students in 25 low - performing public schools, as well as to the parents and teachers of those students, with the intent of increasing the time they spent on math homework and improving their scores on standardized math tests.

In contrast, parents who value a performance orientation, focus on their student's achievement as mainly measured by grades and test scores — the need to score better than others in order to succeeIn contrast, parents who value a performance orientation, focus on their student's achievement as mainly measured by grades and test scores — the need to score better than others in order to succeein order to succeed.

I couldn't help but see in him a personification of education these days — our focus on test - scores, assessment, standards, ranking and comparison, as well as a correlating misunderstanding of the importance of play (at one point in the film, a boy confronts this adult: «But they are toys!

Test scores go up, truancy goes down and attendance goes up,» says Joshua Simonds, the former executive director of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, who devotes himself to advocating for arts in the schools as part of a well - rounded education.

They feel like they're caught in this very competitive race, and without something that is easy to measure like test scores, they don't know how well their kids are doing.

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.

And that eating breakfast in the classroom is associated with higher attendance, improved academic performance, and better test scores?

Officials say changes Illinois has made in how it categorizes student performance — called cut scores - on standardized tests mean parents and community members must look beyond the report to evaluate how well the...

It's reflected in improved grades and test scores, strong attendance, a higher rate of homework completion, higher graduation rates, improved attitudes and behaviors in the child, as well as the child being more likely to become involved in positive extra-curricular activities.

Alex Ashbrook, director of D.C. Hunger Solutions, called in - classroom breakfast a possible «magic bullet of school reform» because some studies link a good breakfast to increased test scores and fewer visits to the school nurse.

This is in contrast to the usual ranking of schools by test score averages, which is more of an indication of how affluent the parents are than of how good the school is.

And especially in this moment when we really care a lot about accountability in schools, there has been an increasing emphasis on finding measures — like a student's standardized test scores — to tell us if a teacher is a good teacher.

Breastfed children had higher mean scores on tests of cognitive ability; performed better on standardized tests of reading, mathematics, and scholastic ability; were rated as performing better in reading and mathematics by their class teachers; had higher levels of achievement in school - leaving examinations; and less often left school without educational qualifications.

Table 1 shows clear and highly significant (P <.0001) tendencies for increasing duration of breastfeeding to be associated with higher scores on measures of cognitive ability, teacher ratings of performance, standardized tests of achievement, better grades in School Certificate examinations, and lower percentages of children leaving school without qualifications.

Babies born to mothers who had higher blood levels of DHA scored better on the attention tests until 6 months of age, and they scored better on different tests designed to measure visual learning in older babies at 1 year and 18 months.

We currently recommend just three models that received a score of Very Good or Excellent in our safety tests — the Joovy Scooter X2, $ 280, the Graco FastAction Fold Duo Click Connect, $ 280, and the Bugaboo Donkey Duo, $ 1,400.

We'll have kids who aren't interested in learning and we'll deal with them by writing IEPs (or whatever they're called) to lower the bar so that our dumbbells can maybe crawl over it.We'll have administrators lie and cheat their way to better test scores to get people like Bloomberg off their backs.

State lawmakers earlier this year agreed to a package of education policy changes that linked test scores to evaluations as well as in - classroom observation and made it more difficult for teachers to obtain tenure.

Belluck has used his own Twitter handle in recent days to dog the State Education Department over the results of third - through eighth - grade English and math test scores that showed charter school students performing slightly better than their public school counterparts.

But in recent weeks, Cuomo has indicated he will begin to emphasize a new direction in education after a legislative session that saw yet more changes to the state's teacher evaluation system that linked performance reviews to tenure as well as student test scores and in - classroom observation.

She gives the example of a school with five fifth grade classes, where students in one classroom score much better on the math tests than the other four.

Officials say research shows that after - school programing can help a child stay in school, avoid troubles with the law and do better when it comes to peer relationships and test scores.

But her stance on Common Core could factor into Rosa's relationship with state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, who has supported the move toward higher standards, as well as the use of student test scores in teacher evaluations.

Rosa has garnered support from the state's teachers unions as well as test refusal leaders, but Common Core advocates are fearful that Rosa will undo the work of her predecessor, Tisch, who championed the Common Core and the use of student test scores in evaluating teachers.

Since taking office in 2002, the mayor has closed 91 schools that regularly posted low test scores or graduation rates and has replaced them with smaller schools, on the premise that the more intimate environments served struggling students better.