Sentences with phrase «exam scores by»

Our analysis indicates that unrestricted laptop use reduced students» exam scores by 0.18 standard deviations relative to students for whom laptops were prohibited (see Figure 2).

In a randomized controlled trial conducted at the United States Military Academy (West Point), the authors find that unrestricted laptop use reduces students» exam scores by 0.18 standard deviations relative to students for whom laptop use was prohibited; tablets reduce scores by 0.17 standard deviations (see figure).

By thinking about their thinking, a practice called metacognition, these students raised their final exam scores by 10 percent on average — a full letter grade.

Not exact matches

The meta - analysis, published online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, concluded that teaching approaches that turned students into active participants rather than passive listeners reduced failure rates and boosted scores on exams by almost one - half a standard deviation.

China's Communist Party is a merciless meritocracy... if you're in Chinese leadership, you made it there by scoring high on a long series of exams, starting at age twelve — which means you haven't met a stupid person since you were in junior high school.

The exam will be proctored by an employee at a test center location and if you pass the exam with a score of at least 75 %, you will be a certified food manager in no time.

As noted by Michael Mastanduno, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the change is «rooted in our faculty's belief that high AP exam scores are not a substitute for a Dartmouth undergraduate class.»

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia has quietly dropped plans to raise passing scores on Common Core Regents exams in English and math by the year 2022 — plans originally pushed as a linchpin in efforts for students» strengthened academic performance and preparation for college and careers.

While Syracuse School Superintendent Jaime Alicea is encouraged by the modest improvement in student English and math test scores, he said ``... there are still far too many students who are not scoring proficient on these exams.»

After a long campaign by the union, Cuomo signaled he'd be willing to amend the ratings to shield teachers from low student scores on Common Core - aligned exams, which the governor has said were «premature.»

The new exam rules come after a 2009 review by Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office found multiple scoring inaccuracies for Regents exmainations at the local level.

The Board of Regents today strongly endorsed the rationale presented by Education Commissioner David M. Steiner to adjust the «cut scores» on the state's grade 3 - 8 math and English assessments based on research that clearly suggests the need to more accurately indicate «proficiency» on those exams.

Unions and advocacy groups have pushed legislation that would cut down on testing or dilute the state's reform agenda by enacting a three - year moratorium on using scores from Common Core - aligned exams for «high stakes.»

Students who said they felt threatened by their teachers» messages that frequently focused on failure reported feeling less motivated and scored worse on the exam than students who said their teacher used fewer fear tactics that they considered less threatening, the study found.

Thanks to computers, the GRE is now an «adaptive» exam, meaning that one's score on a given section is determined solely by the first three questions in that section, and the remaining 27 questions are just for fun.

By the final exam, students» predictions of their scores were about right on, or a little underpredicted.

The working theory: Heavy Internet users with lower intellectual abilities — determined by ACT scores — would perform worse on exams.

By contrast, in the historiometric approach, a person's IQ is quantitatively estimated based on variables having known correlations with IQ, such as highest level of education, academic honors, scores on college admissions exams, occupation, and preferences.

In 2009 Riverside Primary School in Rotherhithe, South East London, scored a 100 per cent pass rate in Sats tests in English, maths and science after pupils were taught breathing exercises by a yoga teacher before the exams.

The movie takes place in 1983 at a boys» boarding school in Yorkshire, where the grasping headmaster (Clive Merrison) is delighted to learn that eight young history scholars in the sixth form (equivalent to high school seniors) have scored exceptionally well on their A-Level exams (equivalent to the SATs) and may distinguish the school by getting into Oxford or Cambridge.

Hacker makes his claim in New York, where the state Board of Regents did its part to raise the bar in math by mandating a score of 65 to pass on the integrated algebra Regents exam required of students.

A school - by - school breakdown of scores on Massachusetts» first - ever exam for licensing new teachers is forcing some education schools to take a hard look at their curricula, even as state officials propose creating one of the nation's most intensive programs of teacher recruitment and training.

The effectiveness of the model was clear from formal and informal student feedback, and from students» AP scores, which increased from twos to fives (two is not considered a passing grade and five is the highest score on an AP exam) by 12 per cent.

Therefore, in the first case of negative reinforcement, learners» scores would remain the same, given the absence of positive stimuli (extra points), though in the second case of punishment, points would be subtracted from their total score up to that point, making them experiencing the negative consequences of their undesired behavior by seeing their total exam score falling.

By 2035, the state wants 70 percent of students to score at Level 3 (out of five levels) on state English / language arts and math exams.

By 2030, 75 percent of all students and student subgroups score at least proficient (a level 3 or 4) on the state E / LA and math exams.

By comparing grade cohorts who faced different degrees of accountability pressure, we can ascertain how much their level of risk affects not only 10th - grade exam scores but also how much schooling they completed and their earnings later in life.

School's initial summative score would be multiplied by the percentage of students who took the exam

Furthermore, studies in Texas and elsewhere have found that some schools raised their published test scores by retaining low - performing students in 9th grade, by classifying them as eligible for special education (or otherwise exempting them from the exam), and even by encouraging them to drop out.

We observe the average score by school, year, and grade on each exam, which we scale to have a mean of 0 and standard deviation of 1 in each year, grade, and subject.

By examining whether high - scoring students perform better in college than low - scoring students, we can determine whether or not the exam scores have validity in predicting college outcomes.

However, by the time our students take their high - stakes exams in tenth grade, 50 % of them score advanced in ELA and math.

As critics contend, the state's aggregate test - score improvements on the 4th - grade FCAT reading exam — and likely on the NAEP exam as well — are inflated by the change in the number of students who were retained in 3rd grade in accordance with the state's new test - based promotion policy.

The report in question, authored by Arizona State University researchers Audrey Amrein and David Berliner, purported to examine student - performance trends on national exams in states where legislators have attached «high stakes» to test scores.

AP exam scores are an objective measure by which many colleges and universities assess a high school student's readiness for higher - level courses.

This effect is as large as the average difference in exam scores for two students whose cumulative GPAs at the start of the semester differ by 0.17 grade points on a standard 0 — 4.0 scale.

The flagging of SAT scores protected the test's usefulness as a common standard of measurement by informing readers, such as college - admissions officers, when the test had been taken under unusual conditions, such as receiving time and a half to finish the standard three - hour exam.

Although hailing from different backgrounds and programs at HGSE, the seven - member team was drawn by a common fascination with the Finnish system, one that sees its students consistently score among the world's best on the OECD's PISA exam, despite requiring the fewest number of hours in the classroom.

While experts worry that schools are «teaching to the test» on some high - pressure state exams, a pair of economists have suggested yet another way schools can boost scores: by «feeding to the test.»

Nearly every school on our list offers a host of AP courses and has a huge number of students enrolling in them (either by requirement or by choice) and racking up solid scores on the AP exams.

The end - of - course APUSH exam was always plenty rigorous, lasting three hours and scored during the summer by veteran instructors assembled by the College Board.

In a new article for Education Next, Ira Nichols - Barrer, Erin Dillon, Kate Place, and Brian Gill report that scores on the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) exam and the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) exam do equally well at predicting students» success in college, as measured by first - year grades and by the probability that a student needs remediation upon entering college.

Using a sophisticated methodology to look for value - added effects (gauged by scores on state tests and SAT and AP exams) in six prominent «exam schools» in Boston and New York City, they didn't find much to applaud:

She says, «Whether they like to admit it or not, college prep schools often are greatly affected by AP exam scores, SAT test scores, and the number of students they can place in prestigious universities.»

In other words, increasing the share of eighth graders in tracked courses by ten percentage points is associated with an additional 20,000 students scoring 3 or higher on AP exams nationwide.

These assessments combine easy - to - score multiple - choice exams, such as the one Fann took in her kitchen under the remote eye of a proctor, with real - world «performance» assessments, including presentations and case studies graded by people whose only role in the process is providing this assessment.

At Blackstone Valley Prep, analysis of the suburban and urban students» scores on the 2013 state exams measuring proficiency in reading and math offers 80 different snapshots, by grade, subject and family income, with Blackstone students faring better than their peers on nearly all.

Guidance counselors and AP teachers sell the AP program to students who are interested in going to college by touting the scholarship money that can follow good AP exam scores.

Because we observe schools over several time periods, we can subject the program to an even stricter test by controlling for all characteristics of schools that remain constant over time (by «differencing out» the effect of attending a particular school on exam scores).

AP exams are graded by faraway educators, and high scores can earn students valuable college credit.