Sentences with phrase «full letter grade»

But those gains are offset by drops of at least one full letter grade between 2009 and 2011 in New Mexico, Washington, Hawaii, Montana, and Georgia.

My major professor in graduate school had a rule — When he assigned a paper, he graded each paper, then deducted a full letter grade for each page over three pages (double - spaced).

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.

In addition to Tennessee's upward move, West Virginia, New York, Nebraska, and Delaware made significant improvements in their proficiency standards, climbing a full letter grade from where they had been in 2009.

Meanwhile, only New Hampshire's standards have dropped by a full letter grade.

Eight states improved the overall rigor of their assessments by a full letter grade or more since 2007: Georgia, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and West Virginia.

By contrast, we gave just four states — Alaska, California, New York, and South Carolina — grades that were at least a full letter grade worse than they received in 2007.

In a recent press release, McGraw - Hill explained: «Students using McGraw - Hill LearnSmart have been proven to move up a full letter grade by studying smarter, not longer.

Tutoring: 75 % of enrolled students improved performance by a full letter grade or more in the course of one year

Teenagers with ADHD will often score a full letter grade lower than other teens, even when controlling for academic skills.