Sentences with phrase «more meaningful indicator»

The «value added» — what instructors contribute to student growth on tests — is a more meaningful indicator of progress than the absolute numerical targets in the federal No Child Left Behind law, advocates say.

Yesterday you wrote: «For reasons I will discuss at greater length in the next post, I think attainment is a more meaningful indicator of long - term benefits than achievement test results.»

This appears to contradict Greene's claim that «attainment is a more meaningful indicator of long - term benefits than achievement test results.»

Not exact matches

In order to make the model more meaningful and to improve the overall fit of the model, we trimmed the model by removing indicators with non-significant and weak coefficients from the model (Hooper, Couglan, & Mullen, 2008).