Sentences with phrase «better than average»

He noted that eighth - graders actually did better than average on the new writing prompt.

In addition, many of these schools maintain a staff: student ratio that is far better than average.

However, it is very likely that some of those teachers identified as needing improvement would be above the 50th percentile and therefore better than average in terms of true value added.

White students did far better than average on the PARCC tests, while minority and low - income students did worse.

First, the question of schools doing «better than average» raised eyebrows as determining average performance means adding all schools» together and then dividing the by the number of schools — in the case of K - 12 public education, that's well over 98,000 schools, a substantial portion of which would have to be «below average» because that's how math works.

We need not get into the complicated issues of teacher ratings to notice that a student in District 2 is three times as likely to have a better than average teacher than a student in the South Bronx.

It does say their math scores lag behind other schools, but that's not a fair comparison unless New Orleans schools used to be better than average, which I highly doubt.

We're doing slightly better than the average, but our score has hardly moved compared to three years ago.»

Nor did the PTE note the anger of Professor Stephen Machin, one of the authors of the LSE report, that their findings had been «wrongly used» to support the conversion of «better than average» schools including primaries (https://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/apr/09/labour-academies-research-coalition-programme).

Even students in Massachusetts, one of the top performing states in the nation, do no better than average globally, Schleicher noted.

A separate study completed in 2014 by the National Council on Teacher Quality found MPS teachers received better than average compensation during the 2013 - 2014 school year.

It's no surprise that some successful low - income schools would be doing much better than the average low - income school.

In those papers, we report that the most talented U.S. students dreadfully lag peers abroad in math, that the percentage of U.S. students who are proficient is seriously lagging, and that the rate of improvement in the United States is no better than average.

In the US teachers unions have negotiated pension and health care benefits considerably better than the average benefits available to graduates working in private industry (where fixed benefit pensions hardly exist any more).

Hispanic fourth - graders read better than the average of all students in 31 other states.

In a conference in March sponsored by the investment firm Morgan Stanley, Mr. Packard said that «our kids are doing as well or better than the average child in a brick - and - mortar school.»

Although the vast majority of programs are practically indistinguishable, there are exceptions — at most one or two per state, our results suggest — that really do produce teachers whose average impacts on test scores are significantly better than average.

Despite a teacher pay freeze for the first three years of the Coalition Government, followed by just a one per cent rise after this, when taken as a whole education jobs have fared better than average overall.

Even a modestly better than average teacher (60th percentile) raises individual earnings by $ 5,300, compared to what would otherwise be expected.

In 1992, responsible researchers at the University of California, Irvine, happened upon an interesting finding that showed that when college students listened to Mozart for 20 or 30 minutes shortly before an exam, they tested a little bit better than average on certain kinds of spatial problem - solving tasks.

One, that, as you predicted, when you give teachers a chance to submit lessons they submit better than their average lesson.

I am quite sure that Catholic colleges have also amassed a considerably better than average record of getting into basketball's «March madness» over the years, given the percentage of all university students at Catholic schools.

When students at a particular school are outpacing the typical student in the rest of the state, most people would agree the rate of learning is, at least, better than average.

To determine whether the average National Board teacher is better than the average unsuccessful candidate, we need to draw random samples of both groups.

In short, those who defend the U. S. performance by pointing to the TIMSS are making the compelling claim that the United States is just a bit better than an average score that excludes many top performers but incorporates results from many second and third world countries.

The Buzz: Okay, so Wilson and Beckinsale aren't exactly De Niro and Streep... but their involvement still seems to suggest that the script is better than your average escape - from - impending - and - all - but - certain - death thriller.

Cox does a better than average job — almost everybody bombs when playing Churchill — capturing the leader's seriousness of purpose and the weight of his responsibility.

a more typical (if better than average) example of how contrived it can seem.

And Boyle concedes that Pixar's films are amazing and, again, «sophisticated,» a term that is appropriate but one people feel the urge to use so they make clear that it's better than the average animated movie, while still being, y ’ know, a cartoon.

: There is a better than average chance that Piercing will be a highly stylized dripping with atmospherics type piece and we'll soon find out if Pesce reteamed with DP Zach Kuperstein on this psychological thriller, but we're more curious in seeing how the filmmaker appropriates the source material and possibly steers clear of Takashi Miike imprint.

The widespread assessment also appears to be that it's been a better than average movie year thus far, despite the assumption that most studios tend to release their weaker films in the first half of the year.

While it doesn't stray from the formula, this is a better than average Christmas film thanks to strong performances and overall charming presentation.

As a murder mystery it's better than average but as a Poe anecdote, it deserved better.

What about Bloodrayne, Doom, Silent Hill or even the Resident Evil series (which were a little better than average.)

Only three deleted scenes are included, amounting to eight minutes of running time, but they're better than the average cutting - room clippings.

On that score, «Homefront» is better than average.

Enter a masked man ready to launch his pick - axe straight at you in the fun My Bloody Valentine 3 - D, which makes great use of the 3 - D format in a better than average horror film.

While Hobson covers a good array of topics, he can't make this a better than average commentary.

Newman is so revivified, in fact, that he has sparked his co-stars to give better than average performances.

In SPIFFING, the dialogue is better than average, but the story is questionable, especially later on as the obvious rush to complete the game leaves a lot to the imagination.

Given the familial aspect of a making - of doc directed by mom (monk - like director of Hearts of Darkness), featuring dad (Kurtz - like director of Apocalypse Now), is far more intimate thus staggeringly better than your average featurette.

It's obvious from the first episode that «Falling Skies» is working with a limited budget, but while the special effects are only slightly better than your average SyFy made - for - TV movie, they're never a crutch to the series.

It has a good story, better than average performances, and an intriguing premise, but its humor is forced and the dialogue is non-stop irritating.

However, there's enough just in the visuals to justify ranking Prometheus better than average, and we're not even getting at some of the excellent performances.

Alonso and I were both pleased to find that this was better than the average teen weepy.

I'm from NOLA, so being a better than average cook is pretty much ingrained in me.

No Escape is a better than average thriller with a rare dramatic turn for Owen Wilson — who shines as the harried father struggling to save his family.

While his film may be merely better than average, his leads are truly spectacular.

This is so much better than an average coming - of - age film.

The better than average cast does a good job of selling the material, but it is the material itself that compels while not being derivative or hackneyed.