Sentences with phrase «higher test scores do»

Teachers at schools with higher test scores don't need to do this.

Schools with a history of low test scores spend concentrated time on test prep; schools with traditionally high test scores do not spend time on test prep.

Admission is very competitive and even high grades and high test scores do not guarantee admission.

Not exact matches

It found that children of American homeowners scored no better on math and reading tests than renters» kids, nor did they have lower high - school dropout rates.

During their sophomore year of high school, the twins did several ergometer tests on a rowing machine to measure their speed and found to their surprise that their scores ranked them in the top 20 nationally among junior rowers.

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 haven't got the test but i believe I ll score higher than average and I completely agree that education is the key, unfortunately arogance does not coincide with knowledge.

A recent religious test showed that agnostics and atheists scored much higher on knowledge of the Bible than Christians did and had more education on average.

Although I'm crazy about heirloom varieties that I can get locally, Red Delicious apples scored the highest for anti-oxidant levels on the USDA list; but I'm sure the USDA didn't tackle a huge variety of apples for testing.

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For instance, one study of 36 middle - class mothers and their three - year - olds found that securely - attached children scored 12 points higher on the Stanford - Binet intelligence test than did insecurely attached children (Crandell and Hobson 1999).

Furthermore, the kids who are doing more homework also tend to get higher test scores.

We also know people who aren't necessarily going to score high on IQ tests but have all of these other skills — and they're not just window dressing, they're important in getting tasks done.

Breastfed kids have historically scored higher on cognitive tests than have nonbreastfed kids, and breast milk contains more omega - 3s than regular formula does.

The study showed that the states that spent the most did not have the highest average ACT test scores, nor did they have the highest average graduation rates.

Asked yesterday about the Success Academy network's extremely high test scores this year, de Blasio replied: «Clearly there is a current within the charter movement that focuses heavily on test prep, and I don't think that's the right way to go.»

They say the test results show that charter school students scored higher on the exams than did public school students.

Of their high scoring, de Blasio said, «That's because of a heavy focus on test prep, which is just not the philosophy of this administration and of DOE, nor do I think it's what the vast majority of parents want to see for their kids,» de Blasio said.

IN THEIR CONVERSATION THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT CHANGES SHOULD BE DONE TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM IN ORDER TO HAVE A HIGHER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE, AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO CURB LOW TEST SCORES.

But the rote memorization of facts, formulas or rules that can lead to high scores on such tests do not a good 21st century scientist or engineer make, notes Alan Friedman, a member of an independent, bipartisan board established by Congress to set policy for NAEP.

The average person today scores 30 points higher on IQ tests than his or her grandparents did.

People who score high in intelligence tests, they don't all have the same brain.

Those who do not master the language and remain English learners tend to score lower on academic tests and graduate high school at lower rates than their native - English speaking peers.

But the team doesn't know what aspect of fracking caused the low birth weights, which put babies at higher risk for infant mortality, asthma, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, lower test scores, and lower lifetime earnings.

People expressing a preference for aggressive dog breeds scored higher for conscientiousness on a personality test than did those who liked gentler dogs.

The small increase in the high - dose group did not translate into beneficial effects because authors found no difference between the three study groups for changes in spine, average total - hip, average femoral neck or total - body bone mineral density, trabecular bone score, muscle mass or sit - to - stand tests.

Based on a study of more than 30,000 elementary, middle, and high school students conducted in winter 2015 - 16, researchers found that elementary and middle school students scored lower on a computer - based test that did not allow them to return to previous items than on two comparable tests — paper - or computer - based — that allowed them to skip, review, and change previous responses.

In a new longitudinal study, first - generation immigrant children who took part in a community - based intervention had higher scores on math and reading tests than their first - generation immigrant peers who did not participate in the program.

Among students with the highest test scores, the team did find that white boys outnumbered white girls by about two to one.

«Nevertheless, we have succeeded in passing the test, and we have done so with the highest «score» ever recorded in an experiment,» he added.

When rated on the degree to which they recalled the traumatic events of their country's civil war and genocide, the deletion carriers scored more than 50 % higher than did noncarriers on the test.

Study participants who scored highest on a general - science - literacy test did the best on the study's climate - literacy test.

One 2013 paper found that, more than 7 years after the procedures, open - heart surgery patients scored slightly higher on cognitive tests than did people who underwent less invasive angioplasty, which requires only a local anesthetic.

Although the participation of Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans in advanced high school mathematics classes increased between 1982 and 1994, their scores in standardized mathematics tests were still lower than those of other students, and the discrepancy did not diminish between 1990 and 1996 (NCES, 1996).

The research focused specifically on cell phone use behind the wheel, and it found that people who scored highest on multitasking tests do not frequently engage in simultaneous driving and cell - phone use — probably because they can better focus on one thing at a time.

If you get a result where two have the same highest score — do the test again and try to answer as truthful as you can.

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.

As you can see, white potatoes do often score higher on glycemic index and glycemic load tests than sweet potatoes.

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.

The results were striking: Across all demographic groups, the people who had higher scores on the measures of cardiovascular health did better on the mental tests than those who scored low.

We ran it through the same procedure that we used on all of our other test sites, and although it did not score as high as some of the others, it still seemed worthwhile in comparison to a lot of the other bogus sites that we found.

We don't really care about test scores per se, we care about them because we think they are near - term proxies for later life outcomes that we really do care about — like graduating from high school, going to college, getting a job, earning a good living, staying out of jail, etc...

In Massachusetts, writes Georgia Alexakis in the Washington Monthly, the paradox of these reform efforts is, «The schools most likely to do poorly on the MCAS [the state test in Massachusetts] have also been most likely to embrace it, while those districts whose scores are already quite high are fighting hardest to get rid of it.»

Participants scored at least 10 points higher in achievement tests than students who did not participate.

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

There isnt good research on this topic, but I do nt believe that any school that can be considered a test - prep factory will ever have test scores as high as schools that teach a solid, interesting curriculum tied to a set of high standards.

It'll boost their reading scores; prepare them to succeed in middle school, high school, and beyond, where U.S. test scores (and other metrics) crash; and equalize opportunity in American society in ways that no anti-poverty or compensatory education program can possibly do.

Higher test scores in high school do not necessarily translate into greater postsecondary attainment and increased earnings in adulthood, yet our study demonstrates that, for many students, accountability pressure does seem to positively influence these long - range outcomes.

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Also, there is a logic to using tests to devise a solution, because test scores do predict later - life outcomes such as college - going and earnings; and important recent evidence from Stanford researcher Raj Chetty and colleagues shows that having a «high value - added» teacher — one who improves student test scores — also positively predicts these outcomes.