Sentences with phrase «difference in score among»

Not exact matches

One of the biggest differences in credit scores can be seen among different age groups.

Count South Carolina defensive line coach Deke Adams among those who insists Gamecocks defensive end Jadeveon Clowney is making a major difference for his team, without making much of a difference in the box score.

Adjustment for differences in maternal Raven score reduced the OR of having a low mental development index among children who were breast fed for less than three months to 1.6 (95 % CI: 1.1 to 2.3; table 4).

But among college - educated Republicans, a significant difference appeared, with Trump scoring 9 points better in the online poll.

Around 21 per cent of respondents said that they had contacted their MP in «the last two or three years»; among that group the net score was +5 — of those who hadn't, the net score was -8 — but we also asked whether those who'd contacted the MP were satisfied with the response, and this provoked the biggest differences of all.

Overall, the researchers found «no gender difference» in scores among children in grades two through 11.

In addition, the DVD includes numerous featurettes: «The Last Ride: The Story of The Missing» (with emphasis on its differences from most Westerns, that is, «It's not about cattle or land» and features strong women characters); «New Frontiers: Making The Missing» (featuring earnest declarations of mutual respect among the cast and crew); «The Modern Western Score» (with Horner); «Casting The Missing» (in which Eric Schweig, who plays the villain Chiden, observes, «This guy is like a hate junkiIn addition, the DVD includes numerous featurettes: «The Last Ride: The Story of The Missing» (with emphasis on its differences from most Westerns, that is, «It's not about cattle or land» and features strong women characters); «New Frontiers: Making The Missing» (featuring earnest declarations of mutual respect among the cast and crew); «The Modern Western Score» (with Horner); «Casting The Missing» (in which Eric Schweig, who plays the villain Chiden, observes, «This guy is like a hate junkiin which Eric Schweig, who plays the villain Chiden, observes, «This guy is like a hate junkie.

The white matter variations accounted not only for the range of scores among typical readers but also for the differences in performance between these children and others with a likely reading disability.

The most important characteristic included among our statistical controls is 8th - grade test score, which aims to capture differences in student ability and students» educational experiences prior to high school.

In short, this analysis confirms that inspection ratings can help detect differences in teacher practice and parental satisfaction among schools with similar test - score rankings and socioeconomic compositioIn short, this analysis confirms that inspection ratings can help detect differences in teacher practice and parental satisfaction among schools with similar test - score rankings and socioeconomic compositioin teacher practice and parental satisfaction among schools with similar test - score rankings and socioeconomic composition.

Because of the need for nationally standardized achievement tests to provide fine - grained, percentile - by - percentile comparisons, it is imperative that these tests produce a considerable degree of score spread — in other words, plenty of differences among test takers» scores.

Among each of the ten largest districts in Florida, the observed range between the 10th and 90th percentile of the SES test score gap is larger than the observed difference between the school district with the largest SES gap and the school district with the smallest SES gap (among the ten largest school districts in Florida, thatAmong each of the ten largest districts in Florida, the observed range between the 10th and 90th percentile of the SES test score gap is larger than the observed difference between the school district with the largest SES gap and the school district with the smallest SES gap (among the ten largest school districts in Florida, thatamong the ten largest school districts in Florida, that is).

While both countries, especially Chile, have made progress in narrowing test - score gaps among their students, large differences persist.

Researchers scaled state standards to match NAEP's and then analyzed differences among state scores in 2005, 2007 and 2009.

In comparing the results of the Program for International Student Assessment in 65 countries, OECD researchers found that differences among countries grade - retention trends could explain up to 15 percent of the variance among average scores on the 2009 PISIn comparing the results of the Program for International Student Assessment in 65 countries, OECD researchers found that differences among countries grade - retention trends could explain up to 15 percent of the variance among average scores on the 2009 PISin 65 countries, OECD researchers found that differences among countries grade - retention trends could explain up to 15 percent of the variance among average scores on the 2009 PISA.

The comparison with similar schools that didn't use the program revealed no real difference in student scores or in teacher - retention rates among those schools.

Though Brizard touts improvements in graduation rates and test scores among his accomplishments in his 3 1/2 years, opinion is sharply divided on whether he has made a significant difference in the performance of the district's largely low - income black and Latino students....

Differences among schools do not have much effect on test scores in reading and mathematics.

Nonetheless, researchers in this study found that in mathematics, 50 % of the variance in teachers» value - added scores were attributable to differences among teachers, and the other 50 % was random or unstable.

There were no differences in math test scores among students whose parents had low math anxiety, and no differences in reading achievement for parents with different levels of math anxiety.

First, we know from earlier studies that student attainment levels - high school graduation or enrollment in post-secondary education - may be higher among voucher users even when test score differences between them and their public school counterparts are nonexistent.

It turns out that the quality of state standards is not related to past gains in student achievement, the levels at which states set past proficiency standards did not make a difference in achievement, and standards have little effect on the variation on National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores both within and among states.

In other words, nearly 70 % of the difference in the average achievement scores among all Connecticut High Schools is directly attributed to the percentages of poor kids enrolled in each schooIn other words, nearly 70 % of the difference in the average achievement scores among all Connecticut High Schools is directly attributed to the percentages of poor kids enrolled in each schooin the average achievement scores among all Connecticut High Schools is directly attributed to the percentages of poor kids enrolled in each schooin each school.

This is because nearly all of the variability in test score performance lies in the demographic differences among the student.

For instance, the ranking of student achievement among students in Texas and Florida rose from average among states to scoring among the top four states in the nation after controlling for demographic differences.

One limitation in comparing scores across states is that such comparison fails to account for demographic differences among states and the impact those demographics may have on NAEP performance.

This is because nearly all of the variability in test score performance lies in the demographic differences among the students.»

One of the biggest differences in credit scores can be seen among different age groups.

Though there are some differences among them in terms of severity and time required to fix the damage, there are no scoring benefits — long or short term — when negative items such as these hit your credit score.

After controlling for the child's age and sex and adjusting for baseline severity of child and maternal symptoms, there was a significantly larger decrease in internalizing (adjusted mean score difference, 8.6; P <.001), externalizing (6.6; P =.004), and total (8.7; P <.001) symptoms among children of mothers who had a remission from major depressive disorder over the 3 - month period than among children of mothers whose major depressive disorder did not remit (Table 4).

Parenting sense of competence was slightly lower among intervention recipients (β level, − 0.92 [95 % CI, − 1.40 to − 0.44]-RRB-, an effect driven by lower scores on the satisfaction subscale rather than by differences in self - efficacy (Table 4).

The elevated 30 - month Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale scores in the intervention group were driven by a higher prevalence of depressive symptoms among the PP+HS group (a difference not present at baseline).

While violent traumatic exposure varied from direct to indirect among children, no comparable differences were observed in PTSD scores.

The results revealed that there are not significant differences in mean scores among boys and girls on total problems, internalizing and externalizing.

We selected the PCL - C score of 50 and above as the standard cut - off due to the influence of traditional Chinese culture on the frequency of healthcare workers» encounters with traumatic events and the DSM - IV - TR criteria for PTSD.2 Previous studies have provided valuable information regarding the prevalence of PTSD among doctors and nurses.28 — 31The prevalence of PTSD among the healthcare workers exposed physical violence in our study was similar to that reported in Atlanta.54 However, the prevalence rates of PTSD in these studies were different from the present study, 55 56 which might be attributed to differences in the studies» sample characteristics, designs, definitions and diagnostic criteria for PTSD, due to their varied cultural backgrounds.

This difference was most evident among those male students who exhibited a low - propensity - to - graduate score at baseline: those who participated in the PGC program had a graduation rate of 60 percent, whereas youths in the control group had a graduation rate of 30 percent.

Joint religious attendance among homogamous couples, for example, led to greater marital satisfaction, 22 and greater religiosity was related to higher levels of marital adjustment.23 Regarding gender differences, the more that husbands attended religious services and were generally more religious, the lower the frequency of marital arguments and the higher the marital adjustment scores in first marriages and remarriages.24, 25 For women in a remarriage, however, there were no differences in levels of marital adjustment regardless of the wife's level of religiosity.

Furthermore, the model operates across the entire range of psychological distress and not only among those partners displaying high levels of depressive affect (scores 16 and above on the CES - D), with sex differences operating to a greater extent among those partners in the high depressive affect subgroup.

Among these, data strongly support the validity of the Social Phobia and Difference measures of the SPAI and Total SAS - A score as assessment measures in the adolescent population even in non-American cultures and languages.