Sentences with phrase «differences in scores producing»

While the study shows some reliability in measuring teachers who either overperform or underachieve dramatically, the authors note that «the vast majority of teachers are in the middle of the scale, with small differences in scores producing large changes in percentile rankings.»

And when biased reviewers took more than 2.8 % off the scores awarded to grants from the nonpreferred applicants, the bias began to affect funding decisions — even though that number is smaller than the difference in scores produced by randomness.

Not exact matches

The differences in the data produce slightly different results, but the scores are usually very similar regardless of the bureau.

Real Madrid's interest is based upon a continuous doubt over whether Karim Benzema can ever produce consistency in front of goal that can score the amount they need to make the difference in La Liga and the Champions League.

But there is a considerable difference in the output of goals that Hull have produced as they have scored 12 goals in their five games.

«Instead of relying on intellect to produce good grades and high test scores,» Gauld writes in Character First: The Hyde School Difference, «students at Hyde learn to follow the dictates of their conscience so they can develop the character necessary to bring out their unique potential.»

Since 2005, however, there has been no statistically significant change in cut score for those Texas youngsters, although the national cut score for high performers has continued to rise — producing a statistically significant difference (to the disadvantage of Texas) in the two most recent administrations of NAEP.

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.

Even if we were confident that the test score gains in New Orleans are not being driven by changes in the student population following Katrina (and Doug and his colleagues are doing their best with constrained data and research design to show that), and even if these test score gains translate into higher high school graduation and college attendance rates (which Doug and his colleagues have not yet been able to examine), we still would have no idea whether portfolio management and other high regulations in NOLA helped, hurt, or made no difference in producing these results.

Offering teachers incentives of up to $ 15,000 to improve student test scores produced no discernible difference in academic performance, according to a study released Tuesday, a result likely to reshape the debate about merit pay programs sprouting in D.C. schools and many others nationwide.

The difference in test scores produced by the incentive system was about the same as that detected in earlier studies that measured differences in student performance when kids were taught by great teachers rather than average teachers.

In spite of the many millions of dollars poured into expounding the theory of paying teachers for higher student test scores (sometimes mislabeled as «merit pay»), a new study by Vanderbilt University's National Center on Performance Incentives found that the use of merit pay for teachers in the Nashville school district produced no difference even according to their measure, test outcomes for studentIn spite of the many millions of dollars poured into expounding the theory of paying teachers for higher student test scores (sometimes mislabeled as «merit pay»), a new study by Vanderbilt University's National Center on Performance Incentives found that the use of merit pay for teachers in the Nashville school district produced no difference even according to their measure, test outcomes for studentin the Nashville school district produced no difference even according to their measure, test outcomes for students.