There are real
differences in performance at the school level.
They made a big
difference in the performances at New York's National, where the only items on the program that turned up negative were the saliva tests
The «attainment gap», categorised as
the difference in performance at GCSE between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils, is the largest for Irish and white British teenagers, standing at 46 percentage points and 32 percentage points respectively.
However, the «excellence gap,»
the difference in performance at the «advanced level,» is large and growing.
The attainment gap —
the difference in performance at GCSE between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils — is largest for Irish and white British teenagers; the attainment gap for Irish pupils stands at 46 percentage points while for white British pupils it is 32 percentage points.
Despite little or
no difference in performance at the elementary - school level, girls assume that math is for boys as early as second grade.
Not exact matches
Insiders
at family - controlled firms attribute their superior
performance to a
difference in priorities, says Matt Fullbrook, manager of the CCBE and co-author of the study.
First Round based its
performance evaluations on the
difference in a company's valuation between the VC firm's initial investment and current fair market value for the company or value
at the time of an exit.
When split testing ad creative, I recommend only testing one element
at a time (e.g. either interest targets or creative) so you know what's really making a
difference in performance.
The only
difference has been degree
in the expected improvement
in performance ie compete with the big clubs of Europe as
in West Ham's case being competing
at the top of the EPL and not risking relegation.
The majority of that
difference comes from their
performance in away matches, how can you side with the London club
in this agument if they can only get the job done
at home?
wake up people this isn't rocket science look
at the
performance of chelski / city & ours spot the
difference unless something dramatic happens
in next few hrs...........
Whether he plays or not, I believe the boys will put
in a tough disciplined
performance, and as long as the Referee and Officials put
in a good fair shift, I see Arsenal edging it 1 — 0, or maybe 2 — 1, and after the disappointment of dropping 2 points
in the 90th minute
at Anfield, with our 3 goal
difference advantage going into the match, we'll still be top of the pile on Monday morning.
Roma have yet to concede a goal when Kostas Manolas has been on the pitch so far.There is a big
difference between serie A & pl but his
performance against city was good wish we had signed him Fabian schar's contract ends
at the end of this season hope we go 4 him
in jan
It made such a
difference to really be able to enjoy an Arsenal
performance, especially
at a time
in the season when pressure is meant to be increased.
There's been a number of changes
at Anfield since the German manager took charge but the most important
difference has been an improvement
in performances on the pitch and this has been a mixture of individual progression, tactical success and strategic change.
According to Robert Hall, professor of pediatrics
at the University of Missouri School of Medicine
in Kansas City, there was no statistical
difference in growth, language development, vision or cognitive development among the children studied, although
in most categories the breast - fed infants did show slightly better
performance.
Parental involvement makes a huge
difference in kids» academic
performance —
at all grade levels.
Everyone experiences stressful days
at work, but how we respond to them makes a significant
difference in work
performance, the quality of our interactions, and how we feel both physically and mentally.
The home fans all expected the Dortmund star to make the
difference in Libreville following his impressive
performances at club level this campaign, having scored 20 goals
in 22 appearances
in all competitions.
But «
at the elite level, just a small impact can actually be quite a big
difference in terms of
performance,» Mason says.
From my experience (looking
at other PhDs
in my faculty), I do not see much
difference in the
performance of Dutch vs foreign Phd students.
Most studies on
differences in brain functions between men and women have looked
at psychological
performance.
Bowyer and his colleague Samuel Fenker, also
at Notre Dame, used state - of - the - art, commercial iris - matching software to measure
differences in the software's
performance when comparing more than 20,000 different images of 644 irises, taken between 2008 and 2011.
Dr Malcolm Fairweather, Head of Science and Innovation
at sportscotland, said: «
In high
performance sport the ability to understand and then optimise an athlete's
performance can mean the
difference between winning medals or, going home empty handed.»
«This study is very intriguing — it's the first to show that metacognition can be selectively enhanced by drugs
in the absence of
differences in task
performance,» says Steve Fleming,
at University College London, who wasn't involved
in the study.
«
At first glance, one might assume the
differences in exam
performance are based on academic ability.
Among elite athletes, practice accounts for a scant 1 percent of the
difference in their
performances — and starting sports
at an early age does not necessarily provide athletes an upper hand — according to new research.
«We were amazed by the dramatic
difference in performance between the two systems,» said senior author Bruce Conklin, MD, a senior investigator
in the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease and Roddenberry Stem Cell Center
at Gladstone.
Athletes who are better
at controlling their emotions tend to have better
performance, suggests new research published
in the journal Personality and Individual
Differences.
«We look to partner with women who instill confidence
in all generations to take risks and to keep pushing, all while making a positive
difference in the world,» said Todd Krinsky, GM of
Performance Business Unit
at Reebok
in a press release.»
Results: There were no
differences between groups
in the
performance tests or testosterone levels detected
at baseline (p > 0.05).
On the other hand, there was no
difference in time - trial
performance at the end of the study.
Yet, even
in those studies with detrimental findings
in endurance world, we don't see any real
differences in performance measures and some other antioxidant foods even show benefit
at holding off fatigue and
performance.
I haven't been
at it long enough to see
performance differences, but the above benefits are enough for me especially if my blood work improves
in my next followup.
I've noticed huge
differences in how I feel after just a few days of that and it's shown to improve athletic
performance but it's fascinating to look
at high intensity exposures to really heavy exercise which you just figured out with some of the latest research you're doing.
Breathing would not have made the least bit of
difference in his
performance, because no oxygen could have been used
at that «effort» level.
At the University of Texas at Austin, researchers working in the Human Performance Lab did a series of tests to see if pomegranate juice made any difference in fitness level
At the University of Texas
at Austin, researchers working in the Human Performance Lab did a series of tests to see if pomegranate juice made any difference in fitness level
at Austin, researchers working
in the Human
Performance Lab did a series of tests to see if pomegranate juice made any
difference in fitness levels.
Fish - out - of - water stories can become tiresome very quickly if they're not anchored itoeither a witty script or good
performances, but
at the very least., most films which go down this route
at least make an effort to emphasise the
differences in culture, even if it's just a passing, off - hand comment about how fast people move or the fact that there's no phone signal.
The second insurmountable problem is the
difference between Parker's
performance as a fortysomething banker, wife, and mother musing (
in voice - over)
at her computer and her previous
performance as a single, thirtysomething girl - about - town
in «Sex and the City»: There is none.
The
difference in having the
performance capture actor filmed
at the same time is clear when,
in one shot, Caesar takes the hand of Will Rodman, the character played by Franco.
In a study that examined whether some countries are particularly effective at teaching students from disadvantaged backgrounds, Eric A. Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson, and Ludger Woessmann find little difference in the rank order of countries by the performance of students from families where a parent had a college education and the rank order of countries by the performance of students whose parents had no more than a high school diplom
In a study that examined whether some countries are particularly effective
at teaching students from disadvantaged backgrounds, Eric A. Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson, and Ludger Woessmann find little
difference in the rank order of countries by the performance of students from families where a parent had a college education and the rank order of countries by the performance of students whose parents had no more than a high school diplom
in the rank order of countries by the
performance of students from families where a parent had a college education and the rank order of countries by the
performance of students whose parents had no more than a high school diploma.
Another study, by Eric Hanushek and Margaret Raymond, both also
at Stanford, evaluated the impact of school - accountability policies on state - level NAEP math and reading achievement measured by the
difference between the
performance of a state's 8th graders and that of 4th graders
in the same state four years earlier.
The
differences in performance were statistically significant
at conventional levels, meaning that we can be highly confident that they are not just chance occurrences.
for each system to identify
differences between its implementation and the desired standard of
performance and, if necessary, decide on the corrections to be made
in processes and / or the input of resources necessary to operation of the system; and, 3) to exercise
performance monitoring of the results obtained
at the
Results indicate that «soliciting identity information
at the end rather than
at the beginning of the test - taking session shrunk sex
differences in performance by 33 %.»
2) to exercise control of work processes for each system to identify
differences between its implementation and the desired standard of
performance and, if necessary, decide on the corrections to be made
in processes and / or the input of resources necessary to operation of the system; and, 3) to exercise
performance monitoring of the results obtained
at the output of each system to identify
differences between its implementation and the desired standard of
performance and, if necessary, decide on the corrections to be made
in the work processes of each system and / or the input of resources necessary for the operation of each system.
This analysis makes clear that large
differences in the
performance of high - SES students and low - SES students
in the same schools do exist; that these apparent gaps are not simply reflective of gaps
in preparation; and that while the variation across school districts is substantial, the variation within school districts may be even larger (
at least among the largest districts
in Florida).
Looking
at the SAT and ACT
performance of high school graduates by racial group, the percentage changes (about 5 percentage points from the third year on) are similar among white, black, and Hispanics, but the
differences in impact relative to the prior
performance of each group are sizable.
At the other extreme, countries that have adopted policies to stream students into different kinds of secondary schools have created large between - school
differences in student
performance (between - school variance above 60 per cent).