Sentences with phrase «of international test scores»

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It is no coincidence that the school system in Finland, the darling of the international educational community for its superior test scores, is built on an experience - based model, where science and math are taught through doing, and labs take precedence over textbooks.

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The Netherlands international is coming off the back of a testing campaign in the Premier League; he has scored only 10 goals and has admitted that he finds his situation at the club «strange and difficult» [via ESPN].

The Swiss international has been forming an exciting partnership with Aaron Ramsey at the base of midfield in recent weeks, and opened the scoring in the weekend's 2 - 0 win over Man United, but is set for tests, but is believed likely to feature.

Any foreign applicant may be required to submit an official score report from an English proficiency exam such as TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) or IELTS (International English Language Test System).

The instrument development process involved five phases: 1) generation of items and a weighted scoring system; 2) content validation via a quantitative survey and a modified Delphi process with an international, multi-disciplinary panel of experts; 3) inter-rater consistency; 4) alignment with established research appraisal tools; and 5) pilot - testing of instrument usability.

Ms. Moskowitz proudly touted the success of Success, noting with real joy how three students at the school in Bed - Stuy had achieved a perfect score on an international math test «out of 30 or 40 worldwide» and taking particular pride in how many of the schools» high achievers are «black and brown» and from neighborhoods that face enormous disadvantages.

U.S. students typically score below the average of OECD nations on international math and science tests.

Although our colleges and universities are home to world - class science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs that attract the best and brightest domestic and international students, I am very concerned that the math and science test scores of American school children are lagging behind their counterparts in other countries.

A group of teenagers from Shanghai, China, have posted the top scores on the latest version of an international test of practical knowledge in reading, mathematics, and science.

My kids have a short school day and little homework, yet Finnish students earn some of the highest scores of any nation on international tests.

During each evaluation, the men's symptoms were measured by the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), which tests for the blockage of urine flow, and the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF), which assesses erectile dysfunction.

Unfortunately, the United States educates only a little more than 6 percent of its students to an advanced level in math according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a small percentage when compared to the proportion in many other countries that score at a comparable level on the international PISA test.

It cites 2011 TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) data showing no significant difference in the scores of Australian boys and girls in Year 4 and Year 8, and notes that male and female students perform equally in international comparative testing in Singapore — a top five country in PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment)International Mathematics and Science Study) data showing no significant difference in the scores of Australian boys and girls in Year 4 and Year 8, and notes that male and female students perform equally in international comparative testing in Singapore — a top five country in PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment)international comparative testing in Singapore — a top five country in PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment)International Student Assessment) mathematics.

Results from the 2016 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), released on 5 December, show Australia's average score was lower than those of 13 other countries, including Singapore, Hong Kong, Ireland, Northern Ireland and England, which all tested in English, as well as other top - performing countries the Russian Federation, Finland and Poland.

Their system reflects Finnish ideals and builds on Finnish strengths, and their students score at the top of international tests like PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) and TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Scinternational tests like PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) and TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and ScInternational Student Assessment) and TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and ScInternational Mathematics and Science Study).

By cultivating strong school leadership, committing to ongoing professional development, and exploring innovative models like its tech - infused Future Schools, Singapore has become one of the top - scoring countries on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests.

Ludger Woessman (see «Merit Pay International,» research) looked at 27 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries and found that students in countries with some form of performance pay for teachers score about 25 percent of a standard deviation higher on the international math test than do their peers in countries without teacher perInternational,» research) looked at 27 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries and found that students in countries with some form of performance pay for teachers score about 25 percent of a standard deviation higher on the international math test than do their peers in countries without teacher perinternational math test than do their peers in countries without teacher performance pay.

American teenagers scored lower in science than students in a majority of other industrialized countries participating in a prominent international exam, in results that testing officials said they released early after the scores unexpectedly slipped out abroad.

Still, even a modicum of school choice and competition can boost student test scores, especially when combined with a comprehensive examination system for high - school graduates, says Ludger Woessmann, whose systematic, sophisticated analyses of international test - score data best summarize what can be learned from abroad.

We rely upon math test scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and various international tests to provide data on the cognitive skills of each state's adult workers.

We further tested to see whether a one - student reduction in class sizes would increase TIMSS scores by just one point, or 1 percent of an international standard deviation.

For more than three decades, the United States has been scoring below the international average among participating nations on tests of math and science achievement.

And, according to international comparative tests (PISA — Programme for International Student Assessment, PIRLS — Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, and TIMMS — Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study), «children with at least two years of preschool achieve much higher scores at age 15 than those who attend no preschool or only oneinternational comparative tests (PISA — Programme for International Student Assessment, PIRLS — Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, and TIMMS — Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study), «children with at least two years of preschool achieve much higher scores at age 15 than those who attend no preschool or only oneInternational Student Assessment, PIRLS — Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, and TIMMS — Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study), «children with at least two years of preschool achieve much higher scores at age 15 than those who attend no preschool or only oneInternational Reading Literacy Study, and TIMMS — Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study), «children with at least two years of preschool achieve much higher scores at age 15 than those who attend no preschool or only oneInternational Mathematics and Science Study), «children with at least two years of preschool achieve much higher scores at age 15 than those who attend no preschool or only one year».

It therefore seems a strange thing to promote as a way of improving international test scores.

The failure of the United States to close the international test - score gap, despite assiduous public assertions that every effort would be undertaken to produce that objective, raises questions about the nation's overall reform strategy.

Concerned citizens often need to understand test scores to make sense of the frequent press coverage of international comparisons of student achievement.

It's also important because some Americans like to point to our supposedly high poverty rate as an excuse for our lackluster international performance on a variety of social indicators, from health - care outcomes to test scores and beyond.

The gist of the piece is that Sweden's private schools, and the parental choice program that pays for them, «have thrown Swedish education off course,» causing its international test scores to fall.

Specifically, students in countries that permit teacher salaries to be adjusted for outstanding performance score approximately one - quarter of a standard deviation higher on the international math and reading tests, and about 15 percent higher on the science test, than students in countries without performance pay.

Students in countries that permit teacher salaries to be adjusted for outstanding performance score approximately one - quarter of a standard deviation higher on the international math and reading tests, and about 15 percent higher on the science test, than students in countries without performance pay.

In math and science, the United States again trailed the average international score achieved by students in the 57 test - taking nations that together comprise 87 percent of the world economy.

In this report, we use 2007 test - score information to evaluate the rigor of each state's proficiency standards against the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), an achievement measure that is recognized nationally and has international credibility as well.

America's performance on international tests engenders a lot of hand wringing anyway, so the reaction to disappointing PISA or TIMSS scores may be even more pronounced than what the disappointing NAEP scores generated.

With that information in hand, it was possible to calibrate scores on each of the separate international tests to one another via the connection of those tests to the NAEP.

He is also the author or editor of numerous other publications including the following: School Choice International: Exploring public private partnerships (co-editor with Rajashri Chakrabarti) School Money Trials: The Legal Pursuit of Educational Adequacy (co-editor with Martin R. West) Reforming Education in Florida: A Study Prepared by the Koret Task Force on K - 12 Education (editor) The Education Gap: Vouchers and Urban Schools (with William G. Howell) Generational Change: Closing the Test Score Gap (editor) No Child Left Behind?

If we could fire the bottom 5 to 10 percent of the lowest - performing teachers every year, says Hoover Institution economist Eric Hanushek in the film, our national test scores would soon approach the top of international rankings in mathematics and science.

What he will not tell you is that US public school students - not in poverty - score at the top of international tests.

In 2006, 30 of the 56 nations participating in the Program for International Student Assessment math test had a larger percentage of students scoring at the international equivalent of the advanced level on our own National Assessment of Educational Progress testsInternational Student Assessment math test had a larger percentage of students scoring at the international equivalent of the advanced level on our own National Assessment of Educational Progress testsinternational equivalent of the advanced level on our own National Assessment of Educational Progress tests than we did.

At least that's a conclusion in an assessment of the latest American scores on the international test of 15 - year - olds in 65 nations, whose results were released this week.

Japan scores at the top of international math tests; the U.S. scores near the middle of the pack or worse.

I can't prove it, but I strongly suspect that one of the reasons American kids do so well in life (starting entrepreneurial companies, embracing a spirit of optimism, creating wealth, etc.)-- even though they score poorly on international tests — is because of what they pick up from sports, theater, band, student council, and the like.

After statistically controlling for several variables, the author concludes that nations with some form of merit pay system have, on average, higher reading and math scores on this international test of 15 - year - old students.»

The principle international assessments that can be reliably linked to NAEP are those that test reading in grade 4 (PIRLS) and mathematics and science in grade 8 (TIMSS).2 The linking that Emre Gönülates and I did in our research «maps» NAEP scores to comparable scores on TIMSS and PIRLS and to other assessments, such as those de-veloped by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium.

On average, Finnish students do only about three hours of homework a week, yet in 2012 they scored sixth highest in the world in reading and 12th highest in math on the OECD's international test, known as PISA or Programme for International Studeninternational test, known as PISA or Programme for International StudenInternational Student Assessment.

A new study of international and U.S. state trends in student achievement growth shows that the United States is squarely in the middle of a group of 49 nations in 4th and 8th grade test score gains in math, reading, and science over the period 1995 - 2009.

PISA's international survey showed a school system that is standing still, with no improvement in our test scores or in our middling position in the ranks of the OECD.

Incidents of tampering with a set of standardized tests were probably the result of intra-office quarrels rather than an attempt to get away with inflating scores, according to an independent investigation into the suspicious test results at Beacon Hill International School in Seattle.

So the answer to high international test scores is really quite simple, just make sure no US school has more that 10 % of the kids living in poverty.

They found «a modest, statistically significant, positive effect on student test scores,» which they quantified as three additional weeks of learning per year in American schools (and four weeks when international studies were included).