Sentences with phrase «of higher test scores»

Once we control statistically for the quality of individual teachers by the use of teacher fixed effects, we find large returns to experience for middle school teachers in the form both of higher test scores and improvements in student behavior, with the clearest behavioral effects emerging for reductions in student absenteeism.

The other 50 percent of this imaginary school's students, because of their higher test scores, were classified as proficient.

Chavez was not identified as a low - performing school by the state because of higher test scores, but students didn't appear to show as much improvement as other schools.

This has led, in my opinion, to lots of gaming of education models and student populations for the purpose of higher test scores, or at least improving test scores, as the Holy Grail.

Efforts Pay Off, Work Continues A year of planning, strategizing, and intensely - targeted instruction paid off for staff and students at Parkville Community School in the form of higher test scores.

Even more distressing, promises of higher test scores are being described as the delivery of better education.

They will be able to hire and maintain a teaching force with the goal of higher test scores in mind, and they will have more flexibility than public schools do to reward or punish their teachers on the basis of test results.

The groundswell of community support for the school helped create and maintain what is now the most ethnically and socioeconomically diverse school in the district, with consistently some of the highest test scores — and very little teacher or student attrition.

The district's superintendent of seven years, Jeff Travis, told Yahoo News that after years of high test scores, the community expects its students to excel.

CPS faces the challenges of high student poverty and dismal test scores — though its selective - enrollment schools have posted some of the highest test scores in Illinois — and the district believes it needs more money to help its low - income population.

Charter schools that are open to any child are far more public than magnet and criteria - based schools that select based off of the highest test scores, best attendance, most talented interviewee, and most astonishing presentation by student applicants.

The group of high - performing charters includes Manhattan's Broome Street Academy Charter School, which targets homeless kids, and Leadership Prep Ocean Hill in Brooklyn, where kids from the underserved community of Brownsville achieve some of the highest test scores in Brooklyn.

All these attributes have resulted in some of the highest test scores in San Diego.

These examples come from secondary honors and advanced placement (AP) classes in three school systems that enjoy excellent reputations because of their high test scores.

While we often think of high test scores, some families may be concerned with their budding athlete playing for a top program and others may place a particular premium on student - to - teacher ratio.»

While we often think of high test scores, some families may be concerned with their budding athlete playing for a top program and others may place a particular premium on student to teacher ratio.»

Not exact matches

Girls, for example, now make up about half of the enrollment in high - school science and math classes and are scoring almost identically to their male classmates on standardized tests.

The higher the concentration of CO2, the lower the test scores.

In the parlance of one test he uses, for example, good salespeople score high for «expressive» and «driver» and low for «amiable» and «analytic.»

A study in the «Journal of Individual Differences» found that people who scored higher on IQ tests as children tended to be more curious and open to new ideas as adults.

«The employees with the highest revenue per hour — an average of $ 208, compared with $ 138 for the full sample — were ambiverts who had a personality test score exactly between extroversion and introversion.»

So were the average GMAT scores of its entering classes, which tended to range near 600, more than 100 points below the best schools, which typically report scores in the 700 - plus range on an entrance test where the highest possible score is 800.

«According to one study of 6,724 participants, published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior, people who score high in psychopathy personality tests often write posts relating to their own needs and satisfaction,» reports Business Insider.

The product testing agency on Thursday gave the new, high - performance P85D version of the automaker's Model S a rating of 100 — a perfect score — calling it «the best - performing car that Consumer Reports has ever tested.»

«Those told they'd slept better scored higher on tests of attention and memory than those told they'd slept poorly.»

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.

Connecticut owes much of its improvement to a big jump in its Education ranking, climbing to No. 3 from No. 18, due largely to better high school test scores.

Hard working people who went to top schools, scored high on aptitude tests and had a proven track record of getting results were highly sought after.

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.

And whereas some psychologists find that high scores on certain cognitive tests correlate in older people with the ability to keep their spirits up, other researchers hypothesize that happiness in later life is an effect of cognitive losses — which force older people to concentrate on simpler, happier thoughts.

Judge and co-author John D. Kammeyer - Mueller of the Warrington College of Business looked at data collected as part of a multi-decade study that followed more than 1,500 California children who had scored high on intelligence tests.

«It's ironic — with a group of professionals who have such high credentials,» in terms of graduate and undergraduate degrees and test scores and career ambition, «you would think the odds would be stacked in their favor for success and advancement,» said co-author and Georgetown University professor Laura Morgan Roberts.

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.»

On April 26, 2012, the results of a study which tested their subjects» pro-social sentiments were published in the Social Psychological and Personality Science journal in which non-religious people had higher scores showing that they were more inclined to show generosity in random acts of kindness, such as lending their po.sse.ssions and offering a seat on a crowded bus or train.

I think that a college religion course better prepares a person for a high score on this test than being a communicant of any religion, if the diversity of the questions are similar to the ten question quiz.

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.

When members of Wiltshire Church took the world view test described in chapter 6, the congregation made the highest empiric and lowest charismatic scores of any church yet tested.

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.

Both the High Veg Pots and Soup & Dippers achieved outstanding scores when tested with consumers, which is very promising for retailers as only 10 % of new products achieve this rating.»

The hottest variety tested was a chocolate habanero with a rating of more than 300,000 Scoville Units, a very high score.

Their first step of the evaluation is comparing scores on state assessment tests to «statistical expectations for the state» and pulling those that have a high gap.

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.

Pjanic has always passed the eye test, always looking the part of an intuitive midfielder, but over the past few season, the statistics have started to bear this out, as Mira has seen a steady progression in his passing and playmaking numbers, while he's already set a career high in goals scored and has established himself as one of te game's premier set piece threats.

Sunderland have conceded seven goals (half of their total conceded tally) in the final 15 minutes of Premier League matches this season — a league - high — and with United's record over the years at scoring late winners also in mind, patience could be a virtue for Moyes» men but with their wingers potentially set to be tested by both Johnson and Giaccherini's creative exploits, Rooney will need to be everywhere once more whilst Van Persie will be praying the 27 - year - old can provide the exquisite service for him to profit from in front of goal.

But this should be a high scoring game again between the two of them and a really big test of Manchester City's character.

A high school student's GPA, researchers have found, is a better predictor of her likelihood to graduate from college than her scores on standardized tests like the SAT and ACT.

You may recall that the original impetus for focusing on this previously unexplored set of skills, in How Children Succeed and elsewhere, was the growing body of evidence that, when it comes to long - term academic goals like high - school graduation and college graduation, the test scores on which our current educational accountability system relies are clearly inadequate.

In private sessions Saturday, 22 school teams from around the country will toss around ideas on how schools can help to broaden the rigid notion of «success» that has taken hold on so many hyper - competitive campuses — high grades, top test scores and acceptance into prestigious colleges.

Children who were breastfed for any amount of time scored higher on the cognitive, receptive communication and fine motor portions of the test than children who weren't breastfed.