Sentences with phrase «dropout than test»

Their study found attendance and studying more predictive of dropout than test scores or other student characteristics.

Not exact matches

It found that children of American homeowners scored no better on math and reading tests than renters» kids, nor did they have lower high - school dropout rates.

The scores of last year's MCAS tests given to Springfield school students rose across the board at a higher rate than the gain recorded by school districts statewide, and the dropout rate has fallen more than any other school system in the state.

Before then, the high school dropout rate was almost 16 percent; the percentage of our elementary students meeting national norms on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills in reading was less than 37; the percentage of our students testing in the bottom quarter was about 32.

By 2003 the dropout rate had fallen to 13 percent, the percentage of students meeting national norms was up to 41, and the percentage of students testing in the bottom quartile was down to about 24 - better than the nation as a whole.

California Dropout Research Project director says a student's GPA and course selections are better indicators of college readiness than test scores.

But as Heckman has shown, GED recipients also tend to have stronger cognitive abilities than other dropouts; after all, they passed a test to earn their credential.

The state, which took over the McDowell public schools nearly a decade ago, has failed to make much of a dent in the county's abysmal test scores and a dropout rate more than three times the national average.

As Dropout Nation noted last week in its report on teacher evaluations, even the most - rigorous classroom observation approaches are far less accurate in identifying teacher quality than either value - added analysis of test score data or even student surveys such as the Tripod system used by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as part of its Measures of Effective Teaching project.

A report by a Washington think tank about a California virtual charter run by the company found a series of problems, including dramatically lower test scores than traditional public schools, startling high dropout rates, questionable attendance figures and a host of other problems.

Documented student results better than those of comparable schools on a wide range of measures, including student test scores, student performances and demonstrations, success in later life, lower dropout rates, and parent and student satisfaction.

Student Engagement: Points can be deducted if test participation rates are below 95 percent, more than 13 percent of students are absent more than 16 percent of the school year or the dropout rate exceeds 6 percent.

The scores of last year's MCAS tests given to Springfield school students rose across the board at a higher rate than the gain recorded by school districts statewide, and the dropout rate has fallen more than any other school system in the state.

The dropout rate is high and achievement is low — more than half of the students are scoring below basic levels of competence on state reading and math tests.

In fact, 9th grade attendance was a better predictor of dropout than 8th grade test scores.

A guide dog dropout learned to detect bladder, kidney, and prostate cancer, accurately spotting cancer 95 percent of the time — better than some lab tests used for cancer screenings, according to a study in the European Respiratory Journal that also highlighted four trained dogs that could detect lung cancer with an accuracy of 71 percent while properly ruling out cancer 93 percent of the time.

MIT using bibliotherapy was chosen as a comparison group because: (a) it seemed inappropriate to withhold treatment by assigning children to wait - list groups when the efficacy of moderately intensive parent training is well - established; (b) comparisons to alternative treatments provide stronger tests of treatment efficacy than do comparisons to untreated controls; and (c) WLC cause problems in assessing outcomes because WLCs generate a disproportionate number of dropouts that are difficult to address in «completer» analyses (Werba et al., 2006).