Sentences with phrase «grade scores did»

Average eighth - grade scores did not decrease in any states, and were higher on average in Hawaii and Maryland.

I find that the gains among initial 3rd graders were not as dramatic as those shown on the 4th - grade NAEP, thereby suggesting that the 4th - grade scores did create the appearance of steeper achievement growth than actually took place.

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Why didn't they entitle the chart with something more positive such as, «Being Asian Can Get You A Lower Mortgage Rate,» or «Although Asians Need Higher Grades And Test Scores To Have The Same Chance To Get Into University, At Least Asians Get To Pay Lower Mortgage Rates,» or «Despite Some Disadvantages Of Being A Minority, You Can Still Get The Best Mortgage Rate Possible,» or «Being A Minority May Make It Easier To Get A Better Rate.»

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He averaged an awful 2.7 yards per pass attempt (including sacks), which is deserving of a grade much worse than a C +, but he was done no favors by drops (Jalen Saunders had a pair of them while catching just three of nine passes for 30 yards) and he gets bonus points: both for finishing drives (Oklahoma scored on all six of its trips inside ULM's 40) and for rushing 12 times (non-sacks) for 112 yards.

Furthermore, the schools (in general) do not provide teachers with the adequate resources to perform their jobs effectively, such as teacher - requested books for their students; presentation items such as chalk, whiteboard markers, or projectors; basic classroom organizational needs such as storage bins, filing cabinets with adequate files, and functional modern computers with adequate software to make results tabulating more efficient; or motivational equipment designed to reward students for good behavior, scores, or attitudes (grades simply are not enough of a motivational tool).

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And then players that deserve one more year to prove themselves or should be up graded next summer — Chambers, Coquelin, Gabriel and Welbeck (He just doesn't score or create enough goals)

Quenton Nelson's film score was high enough over Barkley's that he was able to retain the top spot, but don't get it twisted: both players (and King Minkah) have Top - 10 player grades on my board.

If your child has grade level or higher scores — then you know that your school, child, and family have been doing is working for your child.

They did pretty well; I was particularly pleased that Daniel scored at the» 9th grade» level for spelling, since his spelling was so poor when we started home educating, and I've done nothing much to help him improve.

Even though the elementary school is doing well academically, low test scores by students at the upper school have hurt the school's grade, Mulgrew noted.

Tennessee Education Commissioner Candice McQueen says school districts can decide whether student assessment scores will be included in student grades as long as the scores don't lower final grades.

In January, arguing to increase the weight of test scores, Mr. Cuomo cited the small number of teachers who were rated ineffective, noting that at the same time only about a third of students were reading or doing math at grade level, as measured by state tests.

You have to do a certain volume of clinical activity, and you have certain scores and grades from your patients.

Many scientists look for astronomical Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores or a near - perfect grade - point average, but these accomplishments don't always mean much in the laboratory.

Your genes don't just affect your IQ — they also influence grades and test scores.

Another test assay, the global acne grading score (GAGS), «did not change by a significant amount» in either group, but was still slightly higher in the sunflower seed group.

The researchers also compared sugary ready - to - eat cereal to oatmeal and found oatmeal's nutritional advantage (more nourishing whole food meal) made it a better choice at improving brain power and encouraging better test scores.1 Additional stats show higher test grades and better school attendance in breakfast eaters than in non-breakfast eaters too.2 Bottom line: to excel in whatever we do, whether it be school, work, play or relationships, we need breakfast to be at the top of our mental game.

Jaleel White scores as the beloved third - grade teacher, a guy given to breaking out the old banjo as he gives his class a challenge of his own — track him down and figure out what he'll be doing this summer, based on his clues.

We did manual blind checks of the grading for the standard and blended students» writing scores to rule out teacher bias.

In fact, because the letter grade is based on the percentage of students scoring above certain thresholds and not on the average score in each school, the high - scoring F schools actually have slightly higher initial reading and math scores than do the low - scoring D schools.

Hope doesn't factor the ANet interim test scores into youngsters» overall grades, and in their contract with ANet, network schools agree not to use the scores to rate their teachers, a move designed to dampen teacher resistance.

Why didn't tying money to outputs such as good grades or higher test scores work?

In his e-mail he also declared that «every study done so far has found either no or an inverse relationship between grades and test scores with success and fulfillment in life.»

In other words, what was the change in test scores for 4th graders from year to year at a school that had teacher turnover in that grade compared to the change in test scores between 4th graders at a school that did not have teacher turnover in that grade?

Few students in the DC study were performing even near the 50th percentile at baseline and the percentile scores varied dramatically by grade level, a crucial factor that the DC researchers accounted for in their conversions but the CAP commentators did not.

These schools classified low - performing students as eligible for special education services to keep them from lowering the school's rating (special education students could take the 10th - grade state test, but their scores did not count toward the rating).

Learning modules can have short quizzes integrated into the process, which are automatically scored but don't count towards the final grade.

(The results did not change when we tested alternative methods for standardizing GPAs, such as omitting remedial course grades or accounting for students» 10th - grade test scores.)

The results do suggest, however, that the aggregate test scores on the 4th - grade NAEP could well be inflated by the retention policy.

To evaluate the claim that No Child Left Behind and other test - based accountability policies are making teaching less attractive to academically talented individuals, the researchers compare the SAT scores of new teachers entering classrooms that typically face accountability - based test achievement pressures (grade 4 — 8 reading and math) and classrooms in those grades that do not involve high - stakes testing.

While girls do as well as or better than boys when teachers assign grades in all three subjects, they score significantly lower on both the math and

Any academic intervention usually did not start until after the teachers received third - grade test scores — which were not ready until the following school year.

Because Florida did not participate in the NAEP in 2000, I use as the state's baseline score its median score on the 4th - grade NAEP reading exam in 1998.

Better grades and scores matter, but you don't get them by focusing endlessly on them.

Similarly, some students who do not initially qualify later become eligible through an appeals process that allows parents to submit an alternative standardized test score or through additional evaluations conducted in 6th grade.

Controlling for student demographics, 8th - grade test scores, English language skills, special education program participation, free or reduced - price lunch status (a measure of family income), and mobility during middle school does not alter the basic patterns of graduation and college attendance seen in the descriptive comparisons.

But you don't emphasize an important point: Whatever benefits students experienced in kindergarten that resulted in higher test scores, they did not cause higher test scores in later grades — even though they produced better later - life outcomes.

Washington moved on, as did Chris, and then a few years ago something funny happened: NAEP scores in fourth - grade reading jumped significantly, especially for the low - income, low achieving students who were Reading First's focus.

One highlight that had nothing to do with teachers was that a lot of the gap we see in end of 8th - grade test scores and high school course taking between advantaged and disadvantaged students can be explained by a student's 3rd - grade test.

But it did in 2011, with Finland and the U.S. scoring about the same in eighth grade math.

By the 2nd or 3rd grade, there is no difference between the test scores of children who attended most preschool programs, including Head Start, and those who did not.

Even if your eLearning content doesn't have an interactive element where learners may earn points, you may still create performance objectives that allow viewers / users to grade and score themselves.

If you start bringing in college representatives during freshman and sophomore years, your students can introduce themselves one - on - one, explain that they may have lower tests scores or GPA, and the college representatives can give them advice on ways to increase their scores and grades, what they can write about in their essays, and «what they can actually get in the habit of doing in hopes of getting accepted into their college,» says Cole.

, peer grading teaches them that some assignments don't matter; that they don't have to work too hard on those assignments because the teacher will never see them anyway; and that they can ease their embarrassment about their own errors by teasing those whose scores are a little lower — or significantly higher — than their own.

We can mitigate against students» acquiring this damaging mindset by helping them understand that any one test on a subject does not demonstrate all of the understanding and knowledge they have developed — and then adapting our grading, scoring and performance reporting accordingly.

That rule would have barred all institutional aid to incoming student - athletes who did not have a 2.0 grade - point average in 11 core high - school subjects, plus a score of at least 700 (out of 1600) on the Scholastic...

According to the study, Reading First did not increase the percentage of students with scores at or above grade level.

There is an exception when it comes to SAT and ACT scores: at the most selective universities, SAT and ACT scores do predict both graduation rates and student grades.