Sentences with phrase «demonstrated higher test scores»

In several recent studies, kids who used tablets instead of books demonstrated higher test scores and greater proficiency than those not using tablets.

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Studies show that children who eat breakfast at the start of their school day have higher math and reading scores, and demonstrate a sharper memory and faster speeds on cognitive tests.

When kids eat breakfast they demonstrate broader vocabularies, improved memory and faster speed on cognitive tests, and they score higher in both reading and math.

He makes a convincing case for incorporating valuable but less easily measured attributes into our view of intelligence, such as the persistence that can propel driven students to higher test scores than their less committed peers and the creativity demonstrated by individuals more in tune with intuition than intellect.

In a study involving dietary ketosis via a low carbohydrate diet (less than 10 percent of total calories), compared to subjects on a 50 percent carbohydrate diet, the low - carbohydrate subjects demonstrated better performance on memory tests, with higher scores being correlated to higher serum KB levels.14 A study using cultured mouse hippocampal cells showed that addition of the KB β - hydroxybutyrate (β - OHB) to cells exposed to Aβ resulted in no decrease in the numbers of dendrites or total neurons — two of the noted pathological changes in AD.

Urban students in grades seven and eight who were engaged in the LeTUS inquiry - based science curriculum demonstrated higher standardized test scores than students engaged in traditional instruction in a sample of 5,000 students.

Higher test scores in high school do not necessarily translate into greater postsecondary attainment and increased earnings in adulthood, yet our study demonstrates that, for many students, accountability pressure does seem to positively influence these long - range outcomes.

But what happens if a child, for example, scores a 150 on the test, but then fails to demonstrate any kind of higher performance in any subject whatsoever for a period of several years?

Studies have long demonstrated that parental involvement in a child's education at home and school results in higher grades and test scores, enrollment in higher - level programs, and higher graduation rates and college attendance.

The scores used to determine whether students demonstrated proficiency on the test were set too low, resulting in unexpectedly high passing rates for the state's elementary and middle school students.

Research by Will Dobbie and Roland Fryer demonstrates that the impact of attending an HCZ charter middle school on students» test scores is comparable to the impressive effects seen at high - performing charter schools such as the Knowledge Is Power Program (known as KIPP schools).

We first subtracted from each student's test score performance the child's demonstrated knowledge the previous year.We then adjusted those one - year - gain scores to take into account a statistical property that artificially generates larger gains for initially low - performing students (and smaller gains for high performers).

Without a doubt, the schools with scores demonstrating under 20 % proficiency on the SBAC spent more time on test prep than the schools in affluent districts with higher SBAC scores.

Head Start benefits associated with test scores may fade over time; however, despite that fade, studies have demonstrated that Head Start children have better outcomes later in life (e.g., higher graduation rates).

Likewise, a student who scores high on an achievement test or demonstrates substantial growth may still have room to grow in some areas.

Research demonstrates that increased spending per - student leads to increased positive outcomes, such as higher test scores and graduation rates (Does Money Matter, n.d.).

The Wisconsin proposal, however, is limited to children who are scoring in the top 5 percent of standardized tests or have been identified «by an education official» as being gifted and talented «if a student demonstrates evidence of high - performance capability in intellectual, creative, artistic, leadership or specific academic areas and needs services or activities not ordinarily provided in a regular school program.»

However, what I found in my classes is that my weaker readers scored higher on the math test than many of the children who in their daily lives demonstrated greater understanding of math concepts.

The evidence demonstrates that turnarounds produce at best temporary small increases in test scores, but at the high cost of destabilizing schools and communities in the long run.

Citing data from the California Charter Schools Association, the authors argue that charter students generally score better on statewide tests and have higher graduation rates even though it has widely been demonstrated that not all charter schools out - perform all traditional schools.

Test results from a partner school district of third - through eighth - grade students of first - year teachers demonstrate that those taught by Teachers College graduates scored significantly higher in reading and math than students of other teachers.

Studies from Tennessee, Wisconsin, and states throughout the country have demonstrated that students who are assigned to smaller classes in grades K - 3rd do better in every way that can be measured: they score higher on tests, receive better grades, and exhibit improved attendance.

And a student who scored «below basic high» on the Grade 6 SOL test and performs at «basic low» in Grade 7 has also demonstrated sufficient growth.

Research has consistently demonstrated vouchers and school choice increase high school graduation rates, college attendance rates, achievement test scores, parental satisfaction, school safety and discipline, tolerance of other cultures, racial integration, and civic engagement.

These breeds were chosen because of the high percentages of breeding animals for which test scores were available and demonstrated a high degree of HD.

The districts chronicled in the report are demonstrating that a well - rounded education can't be reduced to higher test scores or to churning out students who know how to perform to rigid guidelines.

Research demonstrates that social and emotional learning programs raise students» standardized test scores by an average of 11 percentile points, while improving attitudes, behavior, and interpersonal communication, and decreasing problematic conduct, such as drug use, high - risk sexual interaction, and aggression.