Sentences with phrase «characteristics of the students entering»

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Data were entered and analyzed using SAS, BMDP, and Epi Info version 6.17 Statistical tests used to compare sociodemographic characteristics (Tables 1 and 2) included Student's t test, χ2 test, and Fisher's exact test as appropriate.18 Analyses of breastfeeding problems and frequency were examined using χ2 tests and Student's t test, respectively.

Since students who apply to charter schools are assigned to enrollment randomly, we can have some confidence that the characteristics of those who enter charter schools in kindergarten mimic those of the students who apply.

They acknowledge «suspicion of a modest [emphasis added] association between enrollment at the most selective flagship universities and unobservable characteristics of entering students, such as ambition and drive.»

The results are quite surprising: after adjusting the data for the effects of only a few observable characteristics, the black - white test - score gap in math and reading for students entering kindergarten essentially disappeared.

Second, we examine whether the size of the drop in relative achievement suffered by students entering middle school in grade 6 varied with the characteristics of the middle school they attended.

after adjusting the data for the effects of only a few observable characteristics, the black - white test - score gap in math and reading for students entering kindergarten essentially disappeared.

First, as teachers became aware of formative assessment characteristics and practices, most teachers recognized that they were already doing some formative actions — such as giving students general feedback — and entered an initial stage that we call consciousness raising.