Sentences with phrase «gap in scores»

The research shows that couples who have sizably different credit scores when they first pair - up see the gap in their scores narrow appreciably over time.

And while the gap in scores between white and black students has narrowed, Koretz says that much of that progress started — and ended — before test - based accountability became widespread.

If we mark the NLCB era from the 2002 test administration, then we have to conclude that, in the 8th grade reading NAEP, the gap in scores between white and black students has closed a grand total of one point.

Nope, here is the data about the gap in scores between higher performing students (those at the 75th percentile) and lower performing students (those at the 25 percentile).

On the English and reading side, the root cause of the gap in scores is the relative lack of exposure low - income students have to knowledge and vocabulary, starting from birth — a deficit elementary schools usually reinforce by failing to focus on building students» knowledge.

In the case of PARRC, testers now acknowledge the vast gap in scores between schools often depended whether students took the test with pencil and paper or from an online computer screen.

One study found that the black - white gap in scores on the Armed Forces Qualifying Test in 1964 could account for only a quarter of the difference in wages between black men and white men.

At the same time, he notes that the gap in scores between boys and girls grew from 4 to 5 points.

But there was also some good news: a promising narrowing of gaps in scores between whites and Hispanics and white and blacks in 4th grade math, he said.

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They're filling a gap in the market that traditional banks have been reluctant to go after, considering that millennials tend to have low credit scores and little money to invest in the first place.

Smartphone Market Penetration While the incidence of smartphone use in 2013 has increased by 9 percentage points year over year and by 24 percentage points since 2011, the gap in customer satisfaction scores among smartphone manufacturers is narrowing.

45 percent of the businesses we identify in our American Dream Gap Report didn't know they had a business credit score and 82 percent don't know how to interpret what the credit bureaus are reporting about their businesses.

In your article around Baltimore's technology gap («Computer - based tests a challenge for low - income students, some Baltimore teachers say,» April 22), we read that students who took the PARCC scored lower when they took the test on a computer than when they used paper and pencil.

In fact, the researchers report that «if similar success could be achieved for all minority students nationwide, it could close the gap between white and minority test scores by at least a third, possibly by more than half.»

I paired my Kate Spade Keds with these denim white Gap shorts I scored on sale for $ 15, and threw this flowy blouse I picked up in Florida with it.

There are concerns about his defense as a result of that athleticism gap but, from an offensive firepower standpoint, Dorsey could potentially provide scoring and floor - spacing in the future.

In the buildup to the game, Las Vegas sportsbooks looking to capitalize on the country's fascination with the massive gap - toothed rookie had posted odds on whether Perry would score a touchdown.

Our England dominance was reduce to London dominance, and this was further reduce to North London dominance, and this is even under threat; spuds are about to have an equally good stadium, makes the top four easily, has more players in PFA team, dominated AFC with a make - shift team, score more goals and conceded the Least, and to make it worst; a 17 points gap.

Carolina's topline, centered by Rod Brind «Amour, drew the attention of Pronger and partnerJason Smith for most of the series, giving it the dubious honor of trying towipe that David Letterman - like gap - toothed smile off Pronger's unmarked face.That matchup gave Carolina's second - line center, Staal, a degree of liberty.The 6» 4», 205 - pound Staal matter - of - factly led playoff scoring with 28points, including eight in the finals - a remarkable achievement by a 21 - year - oldwho is as modest as his roots, which really do come from the soil.

I paid attention at what elneny play he is very calm and his pass rate was successful mind you side ways but he lobed in few balls I think he was to scared to leave a gap well done for me cause we controlled the game nicely wellbeck did well too i thought if any one could score it would be him was a bit disappointed with Campbell he spieled a few pass but did well with the free kick Barcelona is different i do nt know how Mr wenger will approach it but we need a tight midfield to eliminate the three we need to score our chances looking forward for it

Most remarkably, Stourbridge — from Tier 7, remember, the Northern Premier League — scored the only goal of the game against League One Northampton Town, overcoming a gap of four divisions and booking their place in...

Wenger blamed the 12 day gap between games as the reason for Arsenal's poor start against Liverpool a few weeks ago, then he claimed a lack of confidence for the start against Lincoln last week, but as most of our first team played last weekend and scored many goals in the second half then neither of those should apply this time around.

«I thought the ball was going to be in the gap and I was just trying to score.

A match in which Arsenal struggled but managed to score a late winner via Montreal's last gap effort.

City sit top of the Premier League table with a two - point gap over their nearest rivals, and have scored a staggering 29 goals in just eight games while conceding just four.

This could partly be due to the fact that the Big - 10 has become infamous for low - scoring games but still uncommon nonetheless, especially with such a wide gap in the percentage.

At the 72 minute mark the opposition scored a very respectable try, finding a rare gap in our strong defence.

Arsenal have missed a couple of opportunities in the last couple of weeks where they could have opened up a small gap at the top of the Premier League, but thanks to Jamie Vardy breaking the Premiership record by scoring in 11 games in a row and also to Bastian Schweinsteiger for getting his first goal for Man United, Arsenal now have a valid chance to go top again this weekend.

Austin Barnes is in scoring position for Los Angeles after hitting a double to the gap.

For now GD is the difference between us and City, so we play our hearts out in every game and score as many goals as possible until we can give unassailable gap.

The towering Dutchman opened the scoring in the 40th minute after a tireless Gelson Martins found a gap in the Greek defence.

Dries Mertens scored twice as Napoli held on to beat Roma 2 - 1 in the Derby del Sole at the Stadio Olimpico and close the gap on second place in Serie A.

Interestingly, there are only six games before the end of the season, and both Inter and Napoli are looking to move one step above their current position, and to do so, they will have to reduce the six points gap, which means there will be no calculations in this game and both teams will aim to score goals.

Spurs have already improved in the centre of midfield with the signing of Corinthians midfielder, Paulinho, following an impressive Confederations Cup with Brazil but with Bale, who scored 26 goals in all competitions for the club last season, expected to leave for Spain, that leaves a creative gap in the team that manager, Andre Villas - Boas will need to fix before the start of the new Premier League season.

Lewandowski has scored thirty - two goals in all competitions this season and Real Madrid see him as the ideal man to lead their attack next season as they attempt to close the gap on Barcelona.

The manager is «proud and pleased» with that sequence of results but nevertheless appreciates the scale of the task his side will encounter in trying to subdue a City team that has scored 85 Premier League goals this term and opened up a 16 - point gap on the rest of the division.

For the second he should have tracked the run of Negredo, who eventually scored, but instead he ran across to Sakho's man and left a gap in the middle.

The Reds pushed on in search of an equaliser, but throwing men forward meant gaps were left at the back, and in injury time Michu found De Guzman, who made the score 3 - 1 and killed off any hope of a Liverpool comeback.

First Parejo in the 82nd leveled the score, giving Barcelona an opportunity to close the gap even more.

Meanwhile, the difference between the SAT scores of wealthy and poor high school seniors has actually increased over the past 30 years, from a 90 - point gap (on an 800 - point scale) in the 1980s to a 125 - point gap today.

According to statistics from the U.S. Department of Education, the gap in eighth - grade reading and math test scores between low - income students and their wealthier peers hasn't shrunk at all over the past 20 years.

If your child received any low scores, you will have more time to address any possible gaps in learning that may have developed.

The «No Child Left Behind» act, signed by President Bush in January, greatly expands federal oversight of public education, mandating annual testing of children in grades 3 through 8 and one grade - level in high school, insisting every classroom teacher be fully certified and setting a 12 - year timetable for closing racial and economic achievement gaps in test scores.

But she admitted there is still a large gap in the test scores of children from richer schools, where around two - thirds scored highly on the tests, and the results in poorer schools.

That 20 - point advantage to the Tories is the widest gap that ICM has recorded on economic competence since December 2011, when — with memories of the Brown administration recent, and with Osborne's «omnishambles» 2012 budget still in the future — the Conservative lead on this score briefly hit 21 points.

This year's «green gap» between the average scores of the Senate Republicans and Democrats is a sizeable 28 points; in 2008 just 10 points separated the conferences.

De Blasio said Wednesday that the city's test scores beat out increases seen in the state's other «Big 5» urban school districts and stressed that the city is closing its performance gap with schools across the state in general.

But she admits there's still a large gap in the tests scores of children from richer schools, where around two thirds scored highly on the tests, and the results in poorer schools.

Using income as well as math and reading scores, the study also found that the lower the household income during infancy, the worse the children's performance on reading and math in fifth grade — replicating the well - known gap between income and achievement.

The Americans outscored the British on average by 1.4 points out of a maximum of 24, with the largest gap in those over 85, where average scores were 10.1 and 8.3, respectively (BMC Geriatrics, DOI: 10.1186 / 1471 -2318-9-23).