Sentences with phrase «grade test scores of»

The economists had a pretty good measure of the type of gas in each tank: the eighth - grade test scores of schools» incoming students.

For example, one plaintiff was a first - grade teacher evaluated based on the third - grade test scores of students she herself never taught.

First, they compare the 10th - grade test scores of students with similar 8th - grade test scores and demographics, some of whom took the algebra and English courses online with FLVS and others who took the same courses in person at their local public school.

Not exact matches

But if test scores and grades were a truer indicator of future success, Branson never would have been able to accomplish such greatness.

Almost half of Canadian students (45 %) who wrote the test in 2000 achieved top scores in reading, but in 2009 only 40 % made similar grades.

Canadians aged 55 to 75 get an average grade of «C» when their knowledge of annuities is put to the test, scoring an average of 3 out of 5 questions right.

Sarah and Matt also discuss a new white paper on the effects of redshirting in kindergarten (delaying a kid's start by a year), which suggest that being old for one's grade may result in higher test scores, increased college attendance, and reduced likelihood of incarceration for juvenile crime.

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.»

I guess that just means you think you're special enough to your god that prayer would get you to have good test scores, but god will continue to let children around the world starve, get kidnapped, raped, and all sorts of horrific things, but it's a priority that you get good grades.

The same help, he said, was offered to him by his own instructors when he first began a tour of duty in which officers are expected to score 100 percent on the monthly written tests, and anything below 90 percent is a failing grade.

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.

(A partial qualifier is a prospective athlete who meets only one of two minimum academic requirements — grade point average or standardized test score.

Proposal 48 holds that entering athletes can be eligible as freshmen only if they have a minimum score of 700 on the combined college board SAT test (or a 15 of 36 score on the American College Test) and a 2.0 high school grade - point average in 11 core courtest (or a 15 of 36 score on the American College Test) and a 2.0 high school grade - point average in 11 core courTest) and a 2.0 high school grade - point average in 11 core courses.

Between 2007 and 2009, Fryer distributed a total of $ 9.4 million in cash incentives to 27,000 students in Chicago, Dallas, and New York City, incentivizing book reading in Dallas, test scores in New York, and course grades in Chicago.

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.

Finally, in Houston in 2010 — 11, he gave cash incentives to fifth - grade students in 25 low - performing public schools, as well as to the parents and teachers of those students, with the intent of increasing the time they spent on math homework and improving their scores on standardized math tests.

Sports, like grades and test scores, become part of a student's competitive package that is offered to college admissions in hopes of making the cut.

We have found that eliminating valedictorian status and class rankings has reduced stress at certain schools — especially those where achievement in the form of grades and test scores and college admission rates is valued above all other traits.

Students in 4th - 6th grade who went to bed an average of 30 - 40 minutes earlier improved in memory, motor speed, attention, and other abilities associated with math and reading test scores.

When I explain that teaching kids to overvalue external measures of success short - circuits their development as self - regulating individuals — the true foundation of a productive life — a shocking number of parents respond that you can't undo bad grades and low test scores, but you can always catch up on the emotional stuff later — a tragic misapprehension.

In private sessions Saturday, 22 school teams from around the country will toss around ideas on how schools can help to broaden the rigid notion of «success» that has taken hold on so many hyper - competitive campuses — high grades, top test scores and acceptance into prestigious colleges.

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine studied eighth grade math students and found gum chewers scored 3 percent better on standardized math tests and achieved better final grades (Wrigley Science Institute, 2009).

It's reflected in improved grades and test scores, strong attendance, a higher rate of homework completion, higher graduation rates, improved attitudes and behaviors in the child, as well as the child being more likely to become involved in positive extra-curricular activities.

Clearly tell your child what you expect in terms of grades and test scores based on these capabilities.

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 all this harping on grades and test scores isn't producing imaginative problem solvers or passionate seekers of knowledge.

I recently read the book «Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, «A's, Praise, and Other Bribes» by Alfie Kohn, a noted author and outspoken critic of traditional education, including grades, test scores, and homework.

Last school year, more than 4,600 CPS students scored below the 24th percentile on a portion of the Illinois Standards Achievement Test and were required to attend summer school before moving to the next grade level.

Scores reported will offer a grade equivalent score, but also percentile and stanine rankings for each of the individual test sections.

Table 1 shows clear and highly significant (P <.0001) tendencies for increasing duration of breastfeeding to be associated with higher scores on measures of cognitive ability, teacher ratings of performance, standardized tests of achievement, better grades in School Certificate examinations, and lower percentages of children leaving school without qualifications.

Parents should, of course, help kids reduce the sources of stress — not over-scheduling them or excessively focusing on grades and test scores — but they can also dramatically reframe stress, away from avoiding it at all costs to trying to manage the bad and leverage the good.

If you find your child's teacher is the one focusing too much on grades and academics, try asking questions that address the parts of your child that can't be measured by test scores and homework, such as character and friendships.

Belluck has used his own Twitter handle in recent days to dog the State Education Department over the results of third - through eighth - grade English and math test scores that showed charter school students performing slightly better than their public school counterparts.

In ELA this year, the percentage of all test takers in grades 3 - 8 who scored at the proficient level increased over last year in each of the Big 5 City School Districts.

No consequences for teachers or principals related to student scores on state tests in English language arts and math given in grades 3 - 8 until the start of the 2019 - 20 school year.

She gives the example of a school with five fifth grade classes, where students in one classroom score much better on the math tests than the other four.

Cuomo has sought a two - year moratorium on using test scores in students» grades, but wanted to use the testing as part of the job evaluations of teachers and principals.

20 % of teacher evaluations will be based on student scores on standardized tests, and another 20 % of the teacher's grade will be based on standardized test scores, but there will be some leeway for interpreting those test scores.

About 38,000 teachers, or 20 percent, had one - fifth of their evaluations based on their students» scores in the fourth - through eighth - grade English and math tests.

Syracuse students» test scores were also low, with 10.4 percent of students» scores in third - through eighth - grade being rated «proficient» versus the state's 39.1 percent average.

That report's recommendations, many of which were adopted into state law and regulations, included a ban on state testing for students before third grade and a restriction against including scores from new Common Core tests on students» permanent records.

Pearson admitted the company incorrectly graded thousands of students» tests, resulting in incorrect scores.

Opt - out activists have said the number will continue to grow, citing reasons such as the perceived «over-testing» of students using exams that are not age and grade appropriate, as well as the use of test scores on teacher evaluations.

According to Read to Succeed Executive Director Anne Ryan, students who miss 10 percent of kindergarten and first grade scored an average of 60 points below similar students with good attendance on third grade reading tests.

The resolution up for discussion in Comsewogue says the board «will seriously consider not administering the New York State standardized ELA and math exams in grades 3 - 8, and the science exam in grades 4 and 8,» citing disagreement with state funding and the linkage of teacher evaluations to student test scores.

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.

To make the task manageable, the first round of the process consists of discarding the great majority of candidates on the basis of two quantifiable, and therefore supposedly objective, standards: grade point average and GRE scores, including those in specific subject matter tests.

In one study of 1,651 high school students from three states, reading ability was just as important to students» science - class grades and scores on state - level science tests as the amount of science knowledge they had.

The test scores of students are taken from fifth - and sixth - grade results in the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), in math and English language arts.

«Assessing the potential of students to be successful in STEM fields goes beyond just looking at tests scores and grades, though these are important,» Malcom said.