Sentences with phrase «on standard tests»

Conversely, negative parent - child interactions characterized by harshness, negative control, and negative affect are associated with teacher - ratings of poor academic adjustment (e.g., Pettit et al., 1997; Culp et al., 2000) and poor performance on standard tests of achievement in middle childhood (Harold et al., 2007).

We wanted to see whether students performed better on standard tests if they won the voucher opportunity and went to private school.

The creatures performed better on standard tests of those skills, including swimming a water maze, researchers at the University of Wisconsin reported.

The trial enrolled 398 men with cancer that had not spread outside the prostate gland who were judged to be at high risk of treatment failure, based on standard tests for a number of features of the cancer.

The result is that a large number of people whose brains appear normal on standard tests (X-ray, computed tomography, or magnetic resonance imaging) could actually have some form of injury whose course is not well understood.

People who scored high on standard tests for creativity were also more likely to be willing to cheat for personal gain.

Your mother may have warned you not to walk and chew gum at the same time, but when Schaefer compared the performance of both children and young adults on a standard test of working memory when they were sitting with when they were walking, her results contradicted mom's advice.

What's more, the team found that the mothers» scores on a standard test that gauges the degree of a mom's attachment to her infant could be predicted to a significant degree based on the changes in their gray matter volume during pregnancy.

The 97 patients studied had severe sleep apnea, with a median of 48 apnea - hypopnea events (complete or partial interruptions of breathing) per hour on standard testing in the sleep laboratory.

These weren't necessarily things that would score well on a standard test about technology, nor even ideas that I had expected, but rather they were adult topics that my generation really hasn't figured out.

A second tier of students, who do not score that high on the standards tests, could also be considered for the exemption but their work would have to be evaluated on case by case basis.

Jed Wallace, president and CEO of the Charter School Association, noted that there are now 412,000 California students enrolled in charter schools with a large percentage of the schools performing well ahead of statewide averages on standard testing.

[13][16][17] Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) are 89 g / km on the standard test cycle which allows the model to be exempted from paying Vehicle Excise Duty (for cars registered prior to 1 April 2017) and the London congestion charge.

Toyota Auris hybrid — Green Car Rating: 32 — CO2: 89 g / km The Hybrid Synergy drive system is almost identical to that of the successful Prius, emitting just 89 gCO2 / km on the standard test cycle.

On the standard test cycle, this four - cylinder engine is content to consume only 8.5 liters per 100 km (27.67 US mpg).

Data on students of teachers who have been through the Modeling Instruction program show that students typically achieve twice the learning gain on a standard test of conceptual understanding as students who are taught conventionally.

On our standard test (Web surfing over LTE at 150 nits), the average smartphone lasted (8:28), the OnePlus One lasted 13:16, and the Onetouch Idol 3 lasted 9:16.

Not exact matches

To test the effects of moderate anxiety on memory, the research team behind the study gathered 80 undergrad volunteers and used a standard personality questionnaire to determine their tendency towards anxiety.

Instead, the Journal's sources claim Theranos relies primarily on standard blood - testing technologies.

The study, just published in Science, showed that the creation of what the researchers are calling microtumors can help predict drug effectiveness in cancer patients better than the current standard method of testing the drugs on rodents.

Out of the blue, such at - home gene tests have become consumer must - haves: On the most recent Black Friday, 23andMe's standard DNA test was one of Amazon's top five sellers — barely trailing Amazon's own Echo Dot and the «Instant Pot.»

«The LDL measured on a standard cholesterol test is not what's causing most of the heart disease,» he says.

Dunkin' Donuts, a division of Dunkin' Brands (DNKN), has started tests on several items across the country that are a bit fancier than its standard fare of donuts and coffee, confirms a company spokeswoman.

Normally, solar panels are designed to last several decades on rooftops, but according to these sources, in early 2016, the Whitney panels failed internal tests that determined whether they met industry - standard longevity.

Keytruda was tested on top of standard chemotherapy.

All of their pet foods and treats are sourced, manufactured, and packaged in the USA, and the company maintains strict quality control standards that include voluntary on - site USDA testing.

In 2017, the Company plans to decrease the distance between completion stages on its standard completions from 200 - 225» to 170», as well as test even tighter completion spacing.

Estée Lauder also announced that it discovered that testing on some of its advertising claims did not meet its standards.

However, without conceding the point as to whether digital assets are securities (enough ink has already been spilled on the Howey test), white papers are evolving into documents resembling private placement memoranda typical in a standard Rule 506 private offering of securities.

During 10 days of testing, users clicked 46 % higher on the sponsors stories ad units than Facebook's standard ad units.

Case said that users» HIV data, which included their HIV status and last tested date, was only shared with Apptimize as part of a standard rollout procedure for new features on the app.

Widely affirmed proposals call for the restructure of low - performing schools, more emphasis on the basics, safer classrooms, more rigorous graduation standards, periodic measurement of progress through some kind of standardized tests, longer days and year - round schooling, decentralization into smaller learning communities and greater freedom for those smaller units, smaller classes, better - qualified teachers and improved salaries, more parental input and more equitable funding.

As former Nixon economics adviser Herbert Stein observed, President Bush has made economic growth the acid test by which every other policy is to be judged, believing that such growth will permit progress on other fronts, including raising the standard of living for the poor.

Philosophy is great when dealing with abstract, human concepts (beacuse it's process is based around the human as the standard) but without some way to test philosophical treaties, you are just doing thought experiments which may or may not have any bearing on events in the «real» world.

By drawing on these two sources of data, the researchers were able to produce an analysis that is better than that of the two other major quantitative researchers in the field, George Barna and George Gallup; it is the standard against which other research on teens should be tested.

This is not unbelief or atheism, it is a testing of God on the basis of a standard of justice.

«We test more than what would normally be the case due to our focus on ensuring the highest standards of quality for our products.»

IP rating tests carried out on Ishida's RV - WP (waterproof) multihead weigher models at a leading UK independent testing centre have proved that their design and assembly consistently comply with the highest industry standards.

* uses craftsman and women who use upholstery techniques taht give the product a luxurious look, with an emphasis on quality and feature stitching; * the construction uses solid timber frames using local plantation grown timbers, which are kiln dried for stability; * frames are assembledby tradesman who nail, screw and glue the components; * corner blocks and a lining board are added to outside arms and backs for stability; * uses the No Sag steel spring system, which is used for its greater travel capacity for seating comfort; * uses Dunlop Enduro seating foams in its designs for their unique 36/38 density; * in addition to Garstone leather, they use Warwick fabrics, which have been tested to world standards for performance, durability and safety.

• Testing to verify non-GMO status — Testing is performed on either harvest bin composites, incoming truck deliveries, or the finished ingredient to ensure that Cargill's non-GMO ingredient products comply with the agreed - to non-GMO standard (e.g. Non-GMO Project Verification, European Union).

Down here in NZ the Ministry of Primary Industries has released a new standard to define manuka honey, this is based on a 5 point chemical / DNA test and the result specifies if the honey is NZ manuka, and if it is multifloral or mono.

The OISCC is also proposing to amend the National Standard to require Australia's organic certification bodies to test for residues on a minimum of five per cent of their certified operators» products.

Our families are committed to the strictest standards of quality control through regular on - farm testing and independent farm and environmental assessments.

«Under organic certification initial soil tests are taken on farms and they're audited each year to make sure the property and its management complies with the Australian Certified Organic Standard,» Michael says.

Since pretty much all organic milk is UHT treated (due to the fact that it has to sit on supermarket shelves longer than standard milk), and even the crummiest corner store seems to sell organic milk these days, this one was simple to test.

The aim of the present study was to test the extent to which products labelled as «Smart Choices» could be classified as healthy choices on the basis of the Nutrient Profile Model (NPM), a non-industry-developed, validated nutritional standard.

Rodgers highlighted the high standard of young players forcing their way into the first team at the moment as the cause for his optimism — something that could be tested this weekend as they take on title contenders Manchester City.

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.

I checked the label on the bottom of the Melissa & Doug Cutting Food crate to verify that they were made in China (which is true) and also saw «All Melissa & Doug * products are carefully crafted by hand, using non-toxic coatings, and meet or exceed all U.S. toy testing standards.»

I couldn't help but see in him a personification of education these days — our focus on test - scores, assessment, standards, ranking and comparison, as well as a correlating misunderstanding of the importance of play (at one point in the film, a boy confronts this adult: «But they are toys!