Sentences with phrase «earn high test scores»

The test - taking techniques and strategies taught in our SAT tutoring and ACT tutoring programs enable students to earn higher test scores and gain admissions to competitive colleges and universities.

According to the National Education Association (2015), parental involvement, or family engagement, increases the likelihood that students will raise grade point averages and earn higher test scores, and attrition rates will decrease; socially, students improve their behavior and adapt better to the school environment, which also affects their academic successes during grade school and beyond.

More likely to earn higher test scores.

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Studies suggest firstborns score higher in IQ tests, earn higher salaries and perform better in school than their siblings.

Florida high school students who can't pass the two state tests needed for graduation could find it harder to earn a diploma starting next year, as the state moves to change what other exams — and scores — can be used in their place.

After earning the fifth highest score in the nation on Egypt's annual college admissions test, Elsayed comes to California and overstays his 6 - month tourist visa.

My kids have a short school day and little homework, yet Finnish students earn some of the highest scores of any nation on international tests.

Lab lowdown: Armani's Black Ecstasy earned a high score in our test for adding length to lashes and got points for its lightweight feel and nonirritating formula.

When neither of those pan out as planned, Elizabeth hatches a scheme to steal an advance copy of the state's standardized test to earn the incentive bonus her school awards to the teacher with the highest scores.

His evidence is that the standardized test scores of students earning MBAs are higher than those of doctoral candidates in the same universities» schools of education.

We don't really care about test scores per se, we care about them because we think they are near - term proxies for later life outcomes that we really do care about — like graduating from high school, going to college, getting a job, earning a good living, staying out of jail, etc...

Tenth - grade earth science students who engaged in PBL earned higher scores on an achievement test as compared to students who received traditional instruction (Chang, 2001).

This issue's research section offers a first - of - its - kind study examining the impact of instructor quality on student achievement in the higher education sector — finding that students taught by above - average instructors receive higher grades and test scores, are more likely to succeed in subsequent courses, and earn more college credits.

When their parents are involved, kids are more likely to earn higher grades and score better on standardized tests; they attend school more regularly, have improved social skills, and are better behaved in school; and they are more likely to continue their education past high school.

Controlling for key student characteristics (including demographics, prior test scores, and the prior choice to enroll in a charter middle school), students who attend a charter high school are 7 to 15 percentage points more likely to earn a standard diploma than students who attend a traditional public high school.

To earn an AP diploma, a student must take a minimum of five AP exams, four of them in core subject areas, and score a three or higher on the tests.

Tenth - grade earth science students who received PBL earned higher scores on an achievement test than students who received traditional instruction.

Researchers found that STAR students in smaller classes in grades K - 3 earned significantly higher scores on basic skills tests in all four years and in all types of schools.

At northern Virginia's celebrated Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, students take an average of seven AP tests and do extremely well, earning scores of 3 or better on a mind - blowing 98 percent of the 3,357 AP exams that they sat for in 2010.

At northern Virginia's celebrated Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, for example, students take an average of seven AP tests — four are all but universal — and do extremely well, earning scores of 3 or better on a mind - blowing 98 percent of the 3,357 AP exams that they sat for in 2010.

In an article for Education Next, Pieter De Vlieger, Brian A. Jacob, and Kevin Stange of the University of Michigan report that students taught by skilled postsecondary instructors receive higher grades and test scores, are more likely to succeed in subsequent courses, earn more credits, and are better positioned to complete a college degree, with larger effects for in - person than online classes.

Participants who had earned relatively high — though still not passing — scores on the placement test passed at a mean rate of 68 percent, similar to students who were not assessed as needing remediation and who took the statistics class the year before.

Maryland has always earned high scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and its steady increases in test scores over the years has helped earn it the ranking of No. 1 in the nation by Education Week, an often - quoted measure.

Although the research is mixed on Catholic schools» influence on test scores, their students are more likely to graduate from high school, attend college, earn higher wages, and engage in pro-social behaviors like voting and volunteerism.

I find that students in district schools do better when charters open nearby: students in these schools earn higher scores on reading and math tests and are less likely to repeat a grade.

The identical twins who earned perfect test scores College entrance exams, the SAT and the ACT, are dreaded but necessary evils for high school students trying to get ahead.

There are those who argue that moving a struggling student closer to proficiency is a more accurate picture of teaching effectiveness than whether a student earned a high - enough scaled score on the test.

But last week, the same group of researchers produced a follow - up study on the Florida students, published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and it showed something startling: the charter students might not have produced higher test scores when they were in school, but years later, when they were in their mid-twenties, the charter school students earned more money, and were more likely to have attended at least two years of college (although still only half of them did so).

Students with involved parents or other caregivers earn higher grades and test scores, have better social skills, and show improved behavior.»

For example, the consortium found that students» course performance and credits earned in ninth grade are more predictive of their likelihood of graduating high school than their race, gender, socioeconomic status, and standardized test scores combined.

Those who score at Level 3 are deemed «conditionally ready» and will be encouraged to take an approved English class, including the CSU - designed Expository Reading and Writing, or math class above Algebra II in their high school senior year and earn a grade of C or higher to become exempt from having to take placement tests.

For one thing, economists have concluded that students earn higher scores on achievement tests when their teachers have more opportunities to work with effective teaching colleagues.

And yet, the researchers argue that using test scores to make high - stakes decisions about teachers» jobs is actually a more accurate method than previous systems, which often depended on cursory classroom observations, pass rates on licensure tests, and degrees earned.

Only about one - third of Louisiana students tested in 2017 earned a high enough score to get them college credit for their work, according to state data released Thursday (July 27).

Only 6,519 of 19,193 students who took AP tests in 2017 scored high enough to earn college credit.

he tests that students will be required to obtain passing scores on to earn their high school diplomas, however, are the 10

That year, only 56 percent of Marion High School students earned passing scores on state - mandated English and math tests.

High - performing teachers should earn more pay, tenure should be more difficult to achieve and teacher reviews should be tied to student test scores, a Los Angeles school district panel is expected to recommend Tuesday.

Since 2007, the city has assigned each school a grade (A to F) based on its students» test scores, graduation rates, and credits earned (in high schools).

Cohen — not included in the high - school scores because it technically includes eighth grade — showed test scores and graduation rates to earn a 79.2, a substantial increase from the prior year's 72.5 and a high C on the state's 150 - point grading scale.

Schools that had higher than average test scores earned As and Bs, schools with Bs were the ones that showed the most improvement in the last 4 years.

As the table above shows, despite an improvement score of 25.6, which reflects a three - year average of remarkable test score improvements, Muncie Southside High School earned a C. Without the AYP cap, the school would have earned an A.

While access to dual enrollment is often limited to students who earn high grades or scores on ACT tests, Memphis found ways to enroll a wider range of students.

The school reports that it earned higher scores on the 2013 Transitional Colorado Assessment Program standardized tests for all subjects — math, science, reading and writing — than Denver Public Schools and the state as a whole.

In Houston, implementing a set of charter school «best practices» in traditional public schools led students to earn higher math test scores.

The G80 earned top scores of good in all the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's crashworthiness tests, and it got the highest score, superior, for crash avoidance and mitigation.

The Buick Envision received the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Top Safety Pick Plus rating for earning the highest rating of good (out of a possible good, acceptable, fair and poor) in all crashworthiness tests and a score of advanced (out of a possible not available, basic, advanced and superior) in front crash prevention with optional equipment.

The 5 Series is also among the first models tested under the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's revamped New Car Assessment Program, in which it earned an overall score of five stars, the highest possible composite score.

In 2009, the TSX was named a Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, having earned the highest score of Good in front, side and rear crash tests.

In National Highway Traffic Safety Administration testing, the Beetle earned five stars overall, the highest score.