Sentences with phrase «grades testing lower»

This year, math scores reversed a long, upward trend with both grades testing lower than they did in 2013.

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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.»

Recognizing this, in October 2011 the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued new guidelines recommending that women be tested for cervical cancer with Pap tests (not HPV tests) every three years rather than annually because more frequent testing leads to overtreatment of low - grade changes that would in all likelihood not turn out to be cancerous.

The testing referred to by Cornucopia was done to identify low molecular weight carrageenan as a percentage of food - grade carrageenan.

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.

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.

Even though almost every student at the KIPP Academy... is from a low - income family, and all but a few are either black or Hispanic, and most enter below grade level, they are still a step above other kids in the neighborhood; on their math tests in the fourth grade (the year before they arrived at KIPP), KIPP students in the Bronx scored well above the average for the district, and on their fourth - grade reading tests they often scored above the average for the entire city.

«Children who have been in extended daycare and preschool programs have: poorer work habits, inferior peer relationships, substandard emotional health, lower grades and standardized test scores, and are more difficult to discipline.

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.

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.

In the speech, delivered inside The Mall at Bay Plaza in Baychester, Diaz described the number of Latino and black students admitted to the city's prestigious Stuyvesant High School over the past few years as unacceptably low and called for the creation of new high schools in each borough that would use a portfolio of the students» grades and schoolwork rather than a specialized test to determine who gets in.

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.

Most of the additional biopsies were for low grade lesions which could have regressed, indicating some overtreatment due to HPV testing.

Children who performed poorly in agility, speed and manual dexterity tests and had poor overall motor performance in the first grade had lower reading and arithmetic test scores in grades 1 - 3 than children with better performance in motor tests.

«Although some types of school moves can have positive effects, most are associated with a range of negative outcomes, including lower test scores, grade retention, low self - esteem, trouble fitting into schools, dropping out and event adult substance abuse.»

On Friday, October 10, the healthcare worker reported a low - grade fever overnight and was referred for testing.

In the main study group, exposure to anesthesia for surgery before the age of 4 was associated with an average difference of 0.41 percent lower school grades and 0.97 percent lower IQ test scores.

A study matching newborn glucose concentration screening results with fourth - grade achievement test scores suggests that early transient newborn hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) was associated with lower test scores at age 10, according to an article published online by JAMA Pediatrics.

Saying current noninvasive approaches for detection of urothelial cancer are suboptimal, researchers wanted to develop a test for bladder and UTUC cancer that would allow it to be found sooner and cheaper than current methods using cytology, which is not particularly sensitive and does not do well in detecting low - grade bladder cancer or UTUC.

The team notes that the results of their study suggest that current means of testing and approving food additives may not be adequate to prevent use of chemicals that promote diseases driven by low - grade inflammation and / or which will cause disease primarily in susceptible hosts.

Genetic tests have shown that many garments labeled as 100 percent pima cotton, a high - end and expensive strain, were often mixed with other, lower - grade cottons by the time they ended up in stores.

The more recent high - sensitive test also identifies low - grade, chronic cardiac damage in patients who do not have established cardiovascular disease.

In our two previous research collaborations with the Skills for Life team, we already had shown that mental health problems are quite common, are among the strongest predictors of poor attendance, poorer grades, and lower scores on standardized tests, and that improved mental health scores are powerful predictors of improved academic outcomes.»

In 2016, only 4 in 10 eight grade public school students were proficient in science and 97.9 % of middle school students who took the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) test, where Puerto Rico ranked 64 out of 70, exhibited low abilities interpreting scientific information and working on complex problems.

About 1 in 5 Pap tests in that age group will turn up an abnormality, but the vast majority of low - grade cervical lesions — up to 90 % — will get better on their own within three years.

In Clayton's case, IgG testing revealed reactions to 18 foods including dairy, peanuts, yeast, citrus, and especially gluten, which can trigger a low - grade immune response that provokes inflammation in the brain as well as other systems.

I prefer the stool antigen test which can uncover many low - grade infections as well.

Chronic, low - grade inflammation frequently does not have signs, but medical professionals can test for C - reactive healthy protein levels (CRP), which enhance when the physical body is inflamed.

Although that standard may seem low, it is considerably more stringent than the standards that existed prior to 1990, when no state had a test reaching even the 9th - grade level.

Given the concerns raised by the Klein study regarding the validity of the TAAS exams in Texas, I decided to use the same analytical technique as Klein: comparing results on the FCAT with results on low - stakes standardized tests given at around the same time and in the same grade.

In our study, we randomly assigned second - grade teachers in high - poverty schools that had low performance on state tests to two groups.

Because these low - scoring students are either exempted from taking the standardized test, or re-take the same grade - level test two years in a row, the districts test scores appear much higher overall than they actually are.

I refuse to pretend that it's caused no mischief in our schools — narrowing curriculum, encouraging large amounts of ill - conceived test prep, and making school a joyless grind for too many teachers and students alike — but neither can any fair - minded analyst deny that there have been real if modest gains in our present era of test - driven accountability, especially for low - income black and Hispanic children, particularly in the early grades.

However, evidence presented in the report sheds doubt these large test score increases: according to an Education Writers Association study, when neighborhood schools were restored, the superintendent in Oklahoma City reduced the number of low - achievers taking the standardized tests by increasing the number of students retained (or «flunked») and implementing transition grades (in which students repeat all or part of the previous grade).

But their strongest evidence comes from analyses that identify students who took one of those courses online and the other in person, and ask whether a given student's 10th - grade test scores were higher or lower in the subject he or she took online.

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).

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.

Haney and others have concluded that this policy change artificially drove up 4th - grade test scores, because it removed from the cohort of students tested those who were retained in 3rd grade, the very students most likely to score the lowest on standardized tests.

When it comes to math, the problem may be worse — many students experience math anxiety, low self - confidence, or overwhelming amounts of academic pressure, which can disrupt learning, leading to lower grades and test scores.

In its first year, with a student population that is 90 percent low - income and was generally several years behind grade level, Merit Prep Newark showed great growth in reading and science: By March 2013 tests, students already demonstrated two years of growth in reading and 1.25 years of growth in science.

Mr. Crew announced a plan that could require about 48,000 students in 3rd, 6th, and 8th grades with low test scores to complete a six - week remedial course beginning in July — or repeat the grade.

But the guidelines for what students should learn in each grade have a low level of rigor compared with those of some other states, content is repeated across and within grades, and the tests are not as challenging as they should be, the analysis concludes.

They said the gains were inflated by the retention of low - performing 3rd graders after 2002, when Florida ended «social promotion» by requiring students who failed 3rd grade tests to repeat that grade.

The motivation for Mexican education reform is driven by high grade retention, high dropout rates, and low test scores — even when compared with children from other Latin American countries.

For both groups, students who leave early tend to have markedly lower grade 4 test scores than students who stay (see Figure 3).

Conversely, late entrants at district schools had dramatically lower average 4th - grade test scores than on - time enrollees: 0.30 and 0.32 standard deviations lower in reading and math, respectively (in both cases, 0.29 standard deviations below the district average).

In fact, some Los Angeles students saw their test scores fall as a result of the 1996 statewide program, which sought to lower class sizes in kindergarten through the 3rd grade.

Despite the higher average education level of their parents, charter school students exhibit lower levels of performance on end - of - grade tests in both reading and math.

Of the 11 cities participating in the NAEP Trial Urban District Assessment in 2005, Washington, D.C., had the lowest scores in math and reading in both grades tested.