Sentences with phrase «entrance test scores»

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So were the average GMAT scores of its entering classes, which tended to range near 600, more than 100 points below the best schools, which typically report scores in the 700 - plus range on an entrance test where the highest possible score is 800.

Beginning in 1986, the rule stipulated, entering freshmen would be eligible for scholarships only if they had achieved a grade point average of at least 2.0 in a college - preparatory core curriculum and, when it came to the two standard college entrance examinations, attained a minimum score of 700 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or 15 on the American College Testing Program's exam.

Over an average of five weeks the blended students» improvement between the entrance and the exit test was 9 points, compared to an average score increase of 3 points for the students in the control groups during the same time period.

As test - preparation materials leap off the printed page and onto the Web, an increasing number of states and districts are turning to online test - prep programs to help raise student scores on high - stakes assessments, Advanced Placement tests, and college - entrance exams.

Average scores on the American College Testing Program entrance exam rose this year for the first time since 1989, the Iowa City - based firm announced last week.

When he took the entrance test at BASIS, he scored 10 %.

In a compelling account, replete with biographical as well as institutional detail, Lemann traces the history of the founding of the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, New Jersey, and the eventual hegemony of its machine - scored college - entrance exams.

For each school, states must report their standardized test scores, college entrance exam scores, graduation rates, and student attendance.

All three studies achieved very high response rates on all data collections, whether teacher surveys, classroom observations, collection of teachers» scores on college entrance exams or precertification exams, student achievement tests, collection of student data from district administrative records, principal surveys, or interviews with program officials.

In recent years a school of thought arose in our space that a centralized authority or «harbor - master» could produce better outcomes by carefully controlling both the entrance and the exit of schools from charter sectors, primarily on the basis of standardized test scores.

The 18 - year - old senior scored a perfect 1600 on the combined portions of the Scholastic Assessment Test, making him the second senior in two years at Statesboro High to ace the college - entrance exam.

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.

Scores on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning are up, as are scores on the college - entrance Scholastic AptitudeScores on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning are up, as are scores on the college - entrance Scholastic Aptitudescores on the college - entrance Scholastic Aptitude Test.

Senate leader Darrell Steinberg unveiled a far - reaching education package Wednesday that would make career technical education a critical component of standardized test scores, college entrance requirements, and teacher training.

League of Education Voters is hopeful that with this new focus from OSPI, and new investments from the state — over $ 8 billion — we should be able to see improvements over the next 10 years in high school graduation rates, test scores, and entrance to certificate, apprenticeship, 2 - year or 4 - year programs.

That means that researchers can connect charter school students to their outcomes well into the future, which includes college preparation test scores and college entrance.

eAchieve Academy's students have a proven track record of academic achievement, receiving high scores on standardized tests, Advanced Placement and college entrance exams.

Cedrick also earned perfect scores on the English and math sections of the American College Testing entrance exam.

(Note on calculations: I used the appendix information on how test scores varied with free and reduced price lunch status, pre-K participation, and pre-K participation interacted with free and reduced price lunch status, as well as published information on the standard deviation of test scores at kindergarten entrance.

Evers said the new accountability system most likely will focus on data the state already has the ability to collect, such as proficiency and growth over time on a new state test being developed, advanced placement enrollment, graduation rates, college entrance exam scores and industry certification for students who don't go on to college.

To compute percentile gains at kindergarten entrance by group, I assumed that the test score distributions were normal, and test score distributions were calculated with the overall average at kindergarten entrance set at the 50th percentile.

Using data sources from the state assessment, college - level entrance testing, SAT reading and writing scores, and course exams, your high school staff identifies a writing goal.

But the estimated future adult earnings gains based on percentile test score gains at kindergarten entrance are also large.

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This is because the entrance requirement for a gifted program is some demonstration of moderate gift, whether this be an IQ score of 130, an equivalent achievement - test score, or a teacher recommendation.

The entrance requirement into a gifted class is again typically a score of 130 on an IQ test.

The most recent study concluded that merely taking an AP class, without also taking the test, had no effect on a student's score on the ACT college entrance exam.

To attend the Reno school, students must be at the middle or high school level across all subject areas and score in the 99.9 th percentile on IQ or college entrance tests, such as the ACT or SAT.

His team is intervening at McDonogh # 35, the illustrious high school where test scores have fallen with the end of its entrance requirements.

WILL's March 1 report, Apples to Apples: The definitive look at school test scores in Milwaukee and Wisconsin, authored by WILL research director Will Flanders who has a PhD in political science, compared, for a single school year (2015 - 16), the average levels of student proficiency in math and English in K - 8 schools and the averaged ACT college entrance exam scores for schools» high school juniors.

At least when it comes to school - choice programs (think charter schools, vouchers to attend private schools, magnet programs, etc.), researchers found that improving test scores doesn't guarantee students will have better chances of achieving long - term measures of success like high school graduation, entrance to college or higher incomes.

find that the Tulsa state - funded «universal» pre-K program, compared to Tulsa's Head Start programs, has about twice the immediate effects on cognitive test scores at kindergarten entrance.

No matter how much you groan and moan until enough controversy is raised about the need for this test and it is discontinued, it is the score that will tell your college admissions officers where you fit within the requirements for entrance into their schools.

No paralegal school entrance exam is required, although standardized test scores may be required to enter an Associate degree program.

Those test scores also show that 63 % of students who graduate, do so with UC / CSU entrance requirements.

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My daughter and son have both scored very high on standardized testing and my daughter did amazing on her high school entrance exams so quality of education has definitely not been an issue!