Sentences with phrase «called median growth»

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Mike Winder, R - West Valley City, relies on a metric called median growth percentile, or MGP, to identify teachers who show high levels of student growth on standardized tests.

This score is called the median growth percentile (MGP), and it is useful because, unlike a simple average, it doesn't change much if one or two students do unusually well or unusually poorly relative to their peers.