Sentences with phrase «decrease in scores»

Most states have experienced a temporary decrease in scores, to be expected with an increase in test complexity.

The 56 % meeting or exceeding standard for CA's grade 11 E / LA result was an outlier with blinking red lights that defies meaningful interpretation other than a grossly discrepant cut score (to the low side) or some other test development flaw (such as an inadequate item bank for a computer - adaptive test) or an error in the test administration or scoring process, or some weird effect due to the increased number of grade 11 students with scores since EAP moved from voluntary to mandatory in 2015 [which usually would involve a decrease in scores, a reasonable interpretation for the decrease in Math EAP scores this year, rather than an increase in scores].

Part of that decrease in scoring is due to the large number of rule changes implemented prior to last season's game.

Historically underdogs have offered additional value in games with low totals, so you would assume that this decrease in scoring would lead to greater profits for playoff dogs.

This past year saw another decrease in score (78.8) but also saw a decrease in price (1120).

Indeed, CA's approach to introducing a new tests with likely «apparent» decreases in scores follows very poor educational testing practice....

This will maximize your credit age and prevent sudden decreases in your score that you didn't expect.

Although each «pull» for your credit history by a card issuer will lead to a small decrease in your score, my current credit score is now higher than when I started.

Parents reported a significant decrease in total PedsQL score by weight category for all age groups except the oldest, while only children aged 11 years reported significant decreases in scores, although decreases were present in all age groups.

Not exact matches

Other cities earn a relative score, where a one - point increase or decrease equates to a 1 % change in the cost of living.

On the flip side, each point increase in the SRT score was associated with a 21 percent decrease in mortality.

(So if you score a 7 today and in a month score an 8, your mortality rate dramatically decreases.)

Taking out new credit, even if it's used to consolidate debt, usually results in a small decrease in your credit score due to the hard inquiry required to obtain the credit.

Strong business credit scores can help business owners secure better interest rates on loans, decrease instances where you need to prepay for a specific product or service, and secure better trade terms with important suppliers in your industry.

The average FICO score on all closed loans was 724 in February 2014 compared to 745 in February 2013, or a 21 - point decrease.

I had just gotten a notification from Mint that one of my credit accounts had closed, and there was a slight decrease in my credit score — when in fact, I had paid off one of my student loans.

As shown in the chart, maintaining an open secured card account for two years was associated with a 24 - point increase in median credit score, while being charged off by the lender was associated with a 60 - point decrease in median credit score.

Something I haven't seen discussed and have been wondering, is if what should be an increase in fair catches will result in a decrease in the number of sequences that go scoring play + PAT, commercial, kickoff, commercial, offensive drive?

Wilshere was good if you compare his stats to the 10/11 season he has regressed in every single department except sucessful dribbles (how ever his successfull dribble % has decreased as now he attemps too many dribbles and just runs hopelessly into opposition players) and goals scored has increased.

When you have either Free / Coleman scoring 1 + touchdowns a game... You can't say, «run the ball» then wonder why Julio and Ryan's touchdowns decrease in the process.

If we have a corner or set piece and Olivier Giroud is not in the mix then we have decreased our percentage of scoring.

1) Domenico Berardi... This may come has a huge surprise but hear me out; at 21 Years of age he has pretty much established himself as a force to be reckoned with in Italian Football, scoring 39 Goals and Assisting 23 Times in 93 Serie A, apperances for Sassuolo; arguably last season wasn't his greatest as he only amassed 7 league goals and 6 Assists in 26 appearances, experimentation tactic wise led to a decrease in productivity.

These changes, along with the low scoring output in the 2014 Pro Bowl, caused oddsmakers to decrease the total by 20.5 - points (from 89 to 68.5) for last year's Pro Bowl.

I am talking about the new Power Rankings on the Sky Sports website which gives every player in the Premier League a score for their performance, and adds it to the previous four weeks, with the scores from longer ago decreasing in significance to give an overall form guide.

This decrease in drag causes the baseball to travel farther which explains why games are so high - scoring in Coors Field where the elevation is 5,280 feet.

In the evolving landscape of F1, a decrease in attrition and increase in the number of points - scoring positions in recent years has created opportunities for some drivers to shine and put together very impressive points finishing runIn the evolving landscape of F1, a decrease in attrition and increase in the number of points - scoring positions in recent years has created opportunities for some drivers to shine and put together very impressive points finishing runin attrition and increase in the number of points - scoring positions in recent years has created opportunities for some drivers to shine and put together very impressive points finishing runin the number of points - scoring positions in recent years has created opportunities for some drivers to shine and put together very impressive points finishing runin recent years has created opportunities for some drivers to shine and put together very impressive points finishing runs.

Such a move would not lead to a decrease in the quality of PSG's attacking threat given the way Lacazette has scored for fun this season.

After slipping up yet again last weekend, failing to score a single goal as they drew 0 - 0 at home to Blackburn — who have the leakiest away defence in the entire top - flight, Arsenal's title - support has decreased dramatically.

A recent analysis of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) found that, in fathers, a higher parenting self - efficacy score was related to lower work - family strain; and a key mechanism by which fathers» work / family strain was decreased was by their doing more than they regarded as their «fair share» of child rearing tasks.

Thickened feeds can reduce spitting up, but studies have not shown a decrease in reflux index scores (i.e., the «silent reflux» is still present).

The health risks associated with formula feeding for premature infants include increased incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis, 5 delayed brainstem maturation, 6 decreased scoring on cognitive and developmental tests,7 - 10 and decreased visual development.11, 12 Thus, human - milk feeding of premature infants is desirable, and effective strategies to increase breastfeeding rates in this population are needed.

The potential benefits of breast feeding are extensive and well - documented: decreased rates of infection, diabetes, leukemia, obesity, increased IQ scores; more rapid weight loss in nursing mothers; decreased rates of breast and ovarian cancer in women who nursed.

A single, small, retrospective case - control study examined the use of newborn transient evoked otoacoustic emission hearing screening tests as a tool for identifying infants at subsequent risk of SIDS.343 Infants who subsequently died from SIDS did not fail their hearing tests but, compared with controls, showed a decreased signal - to - noise ratio score in the right ear only (at frequencies of 2000, 3000, and 4000 Hz).

With this approach, we found that weight retention decreased with increasing lactation score in every prepregnancy BMI group at 6 mo and in in normal - weight, overweight, and obese class I women at 18 mo..

In fact, after last year's Open House at which scores of parents signed up for the G&T test on site, the number of Bronx children taking the G&T test for entry to Kindergarten increased by over 13 percent whereas in other boroughs the testing rate stayed flat or even decreaseIn fact, after last year's Open House at which scores of parents signed up for the G&T test on site, the number of Bronx children taking the G&T test for entry to Kindergarten increased by over 13 percent whereas in other boroughs the testing rate stayed flat or even decreasein other boroughs the testing rate stayed flat or even decreased.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration has cited decreases in chronic absenteeism, and boosts in state test scores as evidence of their success.

The study also found that as the average percentage of African American teachers in schools increased, students» delinquent behavior scores decreased.

Overall, each point increase in the SRT score was associated with a 21 percent decrease in mortality from all causes.

But in a paper published today in the journal Depression and Anxiety, academics, from Manchester and Newcastle Universities, show that women who attended a yoga class a week for eight weeks had decreased anxiety scores compared to the control group who received normal antenatal treatment.

Using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC - IV), the most often used assessment tool for measuring intelligence in children ages 6 to 16, the researchers found that arsenic in household water was associated with decreased scores on most WISC - IV indices.

The risk rises with decreasing Apgar score, but even slightly lowered scores can be linked to a higher risk of these diagnoses, according to an extensive observational study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in the journal The BMJ.

Low stress resilience was associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes after adjusting for body mass index, family history of diabetes, and individual and neighbourhood socioeconomic factors — the 20 % of men with the lowest resistance to stress (scores 1 - 3) were 51 % more likely to have been diagnosed with diabetes than the 20 % with the highest resistance to stress (scores 7 - 9) with diabetes risk decreasing in an approximately linear fashion with increased resistance to stress.

The results showed that the average score for all 15 different subscales / indexes in the various questionnaires decreased significantly in both scales.

For each millimeter increase in vestibular aqueduct size greater than 1.5 millimeters, the research team found an increase of 17.5 dB in speech reception threshold and a decrease of 21 percent in word recognition scores.

The contrast MA > HC indicates that MP induced greater decreases in BPND in midbrain in marijuana abusers (red circles), and color bars indicate t scores.

Poor B12 status as a baby was associated with a decrease in test scores at 5 years of age, reports researcher Ingrid Kvestad at Uni Research in Bergen, Norway and colleagues in a new study.

(B) SPM results for the voxel-wise correlation between MP - induced decreases in BPND (ΔBPND) and scores in negative emotionality (NEM).

In the marijuana abusers, MP - induced decreases in BPND in midbrain were correlated with increases in marijuana (r = 0.40, P = 0.05) and tobacco (r = 0.45, P = 0.03) craving, as well as with the dependency scores (r = 0.43, P = 0.04), such that the greater the decreases in BPND, the higher was the craving triggered by MP and the higher were the dependency scoreIn the marijuana abusers, MP - induced decreases in BPND in midbrain were correlated with increases in marijuana (r = 0.40, P = 0.05) and tobacco (r = 0.45, P = 0.03) craving, as well as with the dependency scores (r = 0.43, P = 0.04), such that the greater the decreases in BPND, the higher was the craving triggered by MP and the higher were the dependency scorein BPND in midbrain were correlated with increases in marijuana (r = 0.40, P = 0.05) and tobacco (r = 0.45, P = 0.03) craving, as well as with the dependency scores (r = 0.43, P = 0.04), such that the greater the decreases in BPND, the higher was the craving triggered by MP and the higher were the dependency scorein midbrain were correlated with increases in marijuana (r = 0.40, P = 0.05) and tobacco (r = 0.45, P = 0.03) craving, as well as with the dependency scores (r = 0.43, P = 0.04), such that the greater the decreases in BPND, the higher was the craving triggered by MP and the higher were the dependency scorein marijuana (r = 0.40, P = 0.05) and tobacco (r = 0.45, P = 0.03) craving, as well as with the dependency scores (r = 0.43, P = 0.04), such that the greater the decreases in BPND, the higher was the craving triggered by MP and the higher were the dependency scorein BPND, the higher was the craving triggered by MP and the higher were the dependency scores.

We predicted that MP's behavioral effects in marijuana abusers would be attenuated, consistent with preclinical findings (30), and that decreased DA reactivity in ventral striatum would be associated with higher scores in negative emotionality (neuroticism), which mediates genetic risk for marijuana dependence (31), and with addiction severity.

Because the SPM revealed a significant group difference in MP - induced changes in midbrain BPND, we also performed correlations with this brain region and showed a significant correlation with positive emotionality (r = 0.42, P = 0.003) such that the greater the BPND decreases, the lower the scores.