Sentences with phrase «measure scholastic ability»

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Over the period from 8 to 18 years, sample members were assessed on a range of measures of cognitive and academic outcomes including measures of child intelligence quotient; teacher ratings of school performance; standardized tests of reading comprehension, mathematics, and scholastic ability; pass rates in school leaving examinations; and leaving school without qualifications.

Researchers measured 11 outcomes previously shown to be impacted by breast - feeding: body mass index (BMI); obesity; asthma; hyperactivity; parental attachment; behavior compliance; and achievement in vocabulary, reading recognition, math ability, intelligence and scholastic competence.

Responding to critics who charged that standardized tests failed to measure the full range of student abilities and were biased against women and minorities, the college dropped its requirement that applicants submit their scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test.

We measure a profile of your inborn abilities — the roots of the tree — where scholastic tests skim the tree tops.

For example 47 % of children with such disorders (as measured on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire) were behind in their overall scholastic ability; 10 % were considered definite or possible truants by their teachers.