Sentences with phrase «of grade test»

Throughout our analysis we characterize students by their math aptitude as measured by their performance on the required 8th grade math end of grade test, with performance divided into deciles from low to high.

Instead of grading tests by hand, teachers can spend more time studying student progress, making informed inferences about student learning needs, and providing timely interventions.

In Charlotte, 43 % of economically disadvantaged students passed their end of grade tests in 2014.

Not exact matches

Though for many of us, studying for a big test or completing a grade - determining project can lead some to lose focus.

But if test scores and grades were a truer indicator of future success, Branson never would have been able to accomplish such greatness.

That device's screen, which DisplayMate tested last year, also earned an A + grade from the company and performed exceedingly well in nearly all metrics, and it could keep pace with the Galaxy S9 in a variety of areas, including color accuracy and brightness.

Neometals» plans to go up the lithium value chain have received a major boost in the form of a solid set of numbers from tests to produce battery - grade lithium hydroxide from run - of - mine concentrates at the Mt Marion lithium mine near Coolgardie.

The focus of testing will now shift to beneficiation of the clays to produce a high - grade concentrate for further metallurgical work.

Your answer to that question probably depends pretty heavily on your grades in school or, if you've ever taken one, the results of an IQ test.

Almost half of Canadian students (45 %) who wrote the test in 2000 achieved top scores in reading, but in 2009 only 40 % made similar grades.

Canadians aged 55 to 75 get an average grade of «C» when their knowledge of annuities is put to the test, scoring an average of 3 out of 5 questions right.

Sarah and Matt also discuss a new white paper on the effects of redshirting in kindergarten (delaying a kid's start by a year), which suggest that being old for one's grade may result in higher test scores, increased college attendance, and reduced likelihood of incarceration for juvenile crime.

To date Amarillo has tested 5 of the 19 known old workings at Lavras do Sul and 4 of these have returned significant gold values, including the Butia prospect 215,000 ounces of gold Indicated from 6.4 MT at 1.05 g / t Au, and 308,000 ounces of gold Inferred from 12.9 MT at 0.74 g / t Au using a 0.30 g / t cut - off grade.

Further, test mining of Lalor gold Zone 25 has confirmed the possibility of using selective methods for the gold zone to mine fewer tonnes at a higher grade than reported in the current mineral resource estimate.

«Having a fit - for - purpose, certified test plant suited to ascertaining the head grade of larger - sized samples whilst also providing gold deportment information is key to gaining a better understanding of the Karratha gold project.»

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.»

The McVeigh Horizon remains open at depth and drilling continues to test the downward plunge of these high - grade gold shoots.

Why, back in 8th grade I failed a math test and I KNOW it was because of the legacy of slavery.

I guess that just means you think you're special enough to your god that prayer would get you to have good test scores, but god will continue to let children around the world starve, get kidnapped, raped, and all sorts of horrific things, but it's a priority that you get good grades.

Well, let's put this to a test, ask Holy Spirit / God what the name of my seventh grade math teacher was.

After several weeks of testing the convert may be transferred from the mission itself to the «Home Uptown,» a house where about twenty converts who seem to be making the grade are allowed to go.

A number of parents threatened the school with legal action over the summer after their children were prevented from beginning their second year of A-levels because they didn't achieve at least three B - grades in their first year tests.

because you know alcoholics and are a Christian / scientist you believe that life is a test of something you can not prove to begin with but something is being submitted... you mean someone is still grading my homework!!?? Crap.

Don't forget about that spelling test on Tuesday — your tenth - grade English teacher will be expecting you to know how to spell all KINDS of words, like «intelligence»!

He called you by your last name (a practice I use to this day), he had a way of instilling fear into kids who would goof - off and cause distractions in other classes (a practice I was very much unable to duplicate during my one - year stint as an 8th - grade English teacher), and you had to run the gauntlet of sentence - diagramming grammar, which advanced to a pretty complex level, before the more «cool - teacher» aspects of Mr. Pacilio were unveiled — and even then, the tests on those rock songs were no joke!

For the rest of us, too, it is not as if the Creeds were proposed as tests — that the Church puts up tests that we must past with at least the grade of «D,» or we can not be admitted to membership.

A total of 16 pupils were affected by the school's policy of «grade exclusion» because they didn't achieve at least three B - grades in their first year tests.

I am (a) a delusional schizophrenic; (b) a naïve child, too young to know that that is silly (c) an ignorant farmer from Sudan who never had the benefit of even a fifth grade education; or (d) your average Christian Millions and millions of Catholics believe that bread and wine turns into the actual flesh and blood of a dead Jew from 2,000 years ago because: (a) there are obvious visible changes in the condiments after the Catholic priest does his hocus pocus; (b) tests have confirmed a divine presence in the bread and wine; (c) now and then their god shows up and confirms this story; or (d) their religious convictions tell them to blindly accept this completely fvcking absurd nonsense.

My grade - school science teacher demonstrated the chemical reaction of baking soda and vinegar by mixing them in a test tube and placing a balloon over the top so it would inflate from the gas that formed.

When I was a kid I went to the kind of elementary school where there was no homework, no tests, no report cards, no grades (are you still with me?)

The CCW - R -214-20-SF model will be shown as part of dedicated grading and tray sealing line, while a new model, created for product tests, will also be demonstrated.

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.

Designed for PET bottles, these pressure - sensitive labels have passed The Association of Post Consumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) Critical Guideance tests for the food - grade recycling stream.

For more than 15 years, Sealtick has been creating top - grade leak testing systems for a wide variety of applications.

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

Holding has the potential to make the grade while Chambers has less quality.With nothing at stake in the remaining league matches why not test them together.Let's face it Mustafi and Kocielney have not exactly set the Heather on fire this season and neither is likely to figure in the plans of any new Arsenal manager.

I think the Wonderlic test, just like any IQ test, does a great job of grading how well you take the test.

The same help, he said, was offered to him by his own instructors when he first began a tour of duty in which officers are expected to score 100 percent on the monthly written tests, and anything below 90 percent is a failing grade.

Beginning in 1986, the rule stipulated, entering freshmen would be eligible for scholarships only if they had achieved a grade point average of at least 2.0 in a college - preparatory core curriculum and, when it came to the two standard college entrance examinations, attained a minimum score of 700 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or 15 on the American College Testing Program's exam.

A book entitled Personal Fouls, by Peter Golenbock, was about to appear, accusing Valvano and his staff of fixing grades, hiding drug - test results from authorities, diverting millions of dollars from the alumni club to the players and paying the players off with automobiles.

(A partial qualifier is a prospective athlete who meets only one of two minimum academic requirements — grade point average or standardized test score.

Proposal 48 holds that entering athletes can be eligible as freshmen only if they have a minimum score of 700 on the combined college board SAT test (or a 15 of 36 score on the American College Test) and a 2.0 high school grade - point average in 11 core courtest (or a 15 of 36 score on the American College Test) and a 2.0 high school grade - point average in 11 core courTest) and a 2.0 high school grade - point average in 11 core courses.

Over a span of 18 years, 3,100 students (47 percent of which were athletes) at UNC took advantage of these courses which allowed them to receive quality grades without having to show up for class, turn in papers or take tests.

Schools are preparing now for special education accommodations for the end - of - grade and end - of - course tests.

My oldest struggled with math last year and didn't pass the math portion for the 2nd grade exit test at the end of the year.

Between 2007 and 2009, Fryer distributed a total of $ 9.4 million in cash incentives to 27,000 students in Chicago, Dallas, and New York City, incentivizing book reading in Dallas, test scores in New York, and course grades in Chicago.

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.

Sports, like grades and test scores, become part of a student's competitive package that is offered to college admissions in hopes of making the cut.

The next time the topic of discussion turns to grades, tests, college admissions, or extracurriculars, think about the following scenarios and what our children may hear: