Sentences with phrase «higher on that college entrance exam»

The College Board's SAT data, for example, show that kids score higher on that college entrance exam when they take top classes in the main subjects, such as calculus compared with geometry, British literature compared with English / language arts; physics compared with earth science, and European history compared with geography.

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Last November, an hour and a half into a rambling luncheon talk to the faculty, Pres. Lawrence damaged Rutgers and nearly destroyed his own career by uttering the pernicious statement that blacks lack the «genetic, hereditary background to have a higher average» on college entrance exams.

High school students come for basketball, volleyball and weekly tutoring on college entrance exams.

We push our children to get A's in high - level classes and top scores on college entrance exams, and we pay dearly to make that happen (some tutors in Manhattan earn $ 1,000 an hour, Levine said).

For their study, researchers from Vanderbilt University, Appalachian State University, and the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire analyzed two decades of data on two groups: 13 - year - olds who had scored high on the SAT college - entrance exam and graduate students enrolled in top - ranked math,...

As test - preparation materials leap off the printed page and onto the Web, an increasing number of states and districts are turning to online test - prep programs to help raise student scores on high - stakes assessments, Advanced Placement tests, and college - entrance exams.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — A new study of the Chicago Public Schools» (CPS) double - dose algebra policy for struggling 9th grade students — the first such study to examine long - term impacts of this intervention — has found substantial improved outcomes for intensive math instruction on college entrance exam scores, high school graduation rates, and college enrollment rates.

The Iowa City, Iowa - based publisher of the ACT — the college - entrance exam taken by high school students primarily in the Midwest and the South — will open 40 testing centers in the next few months and is on its way to having 250 operating by the end of next year, said Richard L. Ferguson, the president of ACT.

Japanese schools place great emphasis on the high school and college entrance exams and frequently teach only the material that those exams test.

And regular high schools in the vicinity tend to be jealous, accusing exam schools of «creaming» the best students, thereby jeopardizing the other schools» academic rankings (which are often based on how many pupils take AP exams) and college - entrance reputations.

In sum, although there may be some migration by high - performing students to APIP schools, schools that adopt APIP see better scores on college entrance exams among students who have always attended their school.

All three studies achieved very high response rates on all data collections, whether teacher surveys, classroom observations, collection of teachers» scores on college entrance exams or precertification exams, student achievement tests, collection of student data from district administrative records, principal surveys, or interviews with program officials.

Results have shown that students participating in the VIE program are scoring higher on state assessments and college entrance exams.

For high school students, particularly, the time commitment was heavy, because PARCC came on top of the ACT college entrance exam and Advanced Placement exams in the spring.

We find positive and substantial longer - run impacts of double - dose algebra on college entrance exam scores, high school graduation rates, and college enrollment rates, suggesting that the policy had significant benefits that were not easily observable in the first couple of years of its existence.

The 18 - year - old senior scored a perfect 1600 on the combined portions of the Scholastic Assessment Test, making him the second senior in two years at Statesboro High to ace the college - entrance exam.

The «Mind the Gaps» study, by ACT, draws on the Iowa City, Iowa - based testmaker's earlier research showing that taking a strong core curriculum in high school and meeting benchmark scores in all four subjects of the ACT college - entrance exam enhance students» chances of enrolling in college, persisting...

This study builds on a previous REL Northwest study that found high school GPA was a stronger predictor of college academic performance than scores on standardized college entrance exams among first - time students at the University of Alaska.

Watch this session to see how Renaissance Star Assessments ® help you to accurately forecast student performance on high - stakes tests, including state summative tests and college entrance exams.

eAchieve Academy's students have a proven track record of academic achievement, receiving high scores on standardized tests, Advanced Placement and college entrance exams.

Previously, Dan served as a commissioner on Lt. Gov. Cherry's Commission on Higher Education and Economic Growth, which led to major accomplishments like the Michigan Merit Curriculum, universal access to a college entrance exam (now SAT) for all juniors, creation of promise zones and launch of MCAN.

http://edsource.org/2014/high-school-grades-are-a-better-predictor-of-college-success-than-sat-act-study-says/58033#.VRgr90bVu1Q «Students with strong grade point averages in high school maintained similar GPAs in college, regardless of how well or poorly they scored on college entrance exams.

Those kids were never put in more advanced classes that might help them get a better score on college entrance exams, or get into four - year universities or avoid taking remedial classes after high school.

Freshmen are told on one hand not to worry about college, then given an early version of a college entrance exam three weeks into their first year of high school.

We offer help to high school students getting ready to take college entrance examinations with tips on how to raise scores on both the ACT and SAT exams.

One claim that's frequently made is that high schoolers focus on the assessments they know could directly affect their academic records: the exit exam many states require for graduation and the college entrance exams (ACT and SAT).

The rating is based on the high school's graduation rate, data about college entrance exams (SAT / ACT participation and performance) and / or Advanced Placement exam participation and performance.

Administering a college entrance exam can reduce the number of standardized tests high school students must take; focus standardized assessment on tests that are meaningful to students» practical concerns and postsecondary planning; and introduce cost savings for families.

Though lesson study is pervasive in elementary and middle school, it is less so in high school, where the emphasis is on cramming for college entrance exams.

Children in the experiment who were able to delay gratification, waiting until the researcher returned and claiming the bonus marshmallow, grew up to have fewer behavioral problems, higher scores on college entrance exams, better attention spans and superior social relationships.