Sentences with phrase «on test scores show»

Results from a new report on test scores show the nation's students making modest gains in math and science in recent years, while failing to significantly increase their reading and writing performance.

Today, across Wolverhampton, eBooks are offered as a core part of the e-learning development package with an impact on test scores showing learners moving from level 4 to level 5.

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Since Joel has started donating money to some of the schools, their progress on student testing scores have heavily increased showing that his money is doing something to help.

A late gift for the holidays — in addition to providing more info on what Quality Score is (as Andrey blogged earlier this month), Google has been conducting a test of showing the Quality Score for your PPC ad keywords inside your AdWords account and some information and screenshots have been posted on DigitalPoint.

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 traiOn 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 traion a crowded bus or train.

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.

The state's propensity to assign individuals identities through voter registration lists and social security numbers or more generally to reinforce conceptions of individual rights serves as an example; the roles of educational systems (through individualized test scores) and professional careers (organized around cumulative skills attached to the individual's biography) provide further examples.7 This work is important because it shows the dependence of self - constructs on markers in the culture at large: the self is understood not only in terms of internal development but also as a product of external reinforcement.

Presented with an opportunity to test his skills and become the strong competitor he is today, Kook competed on popular reality television show, Hell's Kitchen, where he was awarded a perfect score from Michelin Star Award Winning Chefs and Judges.

What's more, a study conducted by the University of Virginia showed that kids who attend a school with a severe climate of bullying often have lower scores on standardized tests.

Studies show that children who eat breakfast at the start of their school day have higher math and reading scores, and demonstrate a sharper memory and faster speeds on cognitive tests.

Homeschooled students have been shown to have higher average scores on the ACT test (26.5) than their public school peers (25).

Research shows that students who eat breakfast score significantly higher on tests, miss fewer days of school and face fewer health problems related to hunger.

Studies show that people who get enough sleep are happier, eat healthier, score better on cognitive tests and are healthier overall.

Table 1 shows clear and highly significant (P <.0001) tendencies for increasing duration of breastfeeding to be associated with higher scores on measures of cognitive ability, teacher ratings of performance, standardized tests of achievement, better grades in School Certificate examinations, and lower percentages of children leaving school without qualifications.

National studies show that students who eat school breakfast are more likely to: reach higher levels of math achievement; score higher on tests; have better concentration, memory and alertness, improved attendance, behavior, and academic performance; and maintain a healthy weight

Studies have shown that students who eat breakfast at school score better on standardized tests and skip school or are tardy less often.

They say the test results show that charter school students scored higher on the exams than did public school students.

The school has shown low scores on mandated state tests, but many argue that new school leadership and increasing student performance should give the school a reprieve.

In a rare show of unity on a controversial issue, leaders of both the State Senate and Assembly last week advocated a two - year moratorium that would decouple Common Core - aligned test scores with teacher evaluations and student - placement decisions.

Not only did the experimental group score better on tests of their cognition compared with the control group, but the improvement was twice as great as the one that had previously been shown for the antidementia drug donepezil (brand name Aricept).

► «Armed with new data showing black applicants suffer a 35 % lower chance of having a grant proposal funded than their white counterparts, NIH officials are gearing up to test whether reviewers in its study sections give lower scores to proposals from African - American applicants,» Jeffrey Mervis wrote on Thursday.

Story number 4: Older women who watch mostly talk shows and soap operas score poorly on tests of mental functioning.

He found that youth and old age were correlated: nuns whose early writing samples, like the one shown here, had scored in the bottom third for idea density were more likely to perform below normal on cognitive tests.

«Our study linked a positive score in this test with quicker spread to the brain, and importantly showed the factor we were measuring is providing information on patient outcome independently of other biomarkers already measured in the clinic.

Children with the lowest scores on the social cognition tests showed atypical responses to the unknown words — no response at all, for example, or activity in a different part of the brain, while those with the higher scores showed a more typical pattern of brain activation in the left hemisphere, the authors report online today in PLOS ONE.

Inmates who scored the highest on a standard psychopathy test showed a normal response in pain perception and brain centers for emotion when imagining the pain for themselves.

It also showed that some of us are better at this than others, and that women on average score better on this test than men.

In our two previous research collaborations with the Skills for Life team, we already had shown that mental health problems are quite common, are among the strongest predictors of poor attendance, poorer grades, and lower scores on standardized tests, and that improved mental health scores are powerful predictors of improved academic outcomes.»

For example, Subject 2, whose scores on standardized tests showed impaired memory and executive function, had an 86.9 % reduction in excess path length for locations learned during stimulation, as compared with those learned without stimulation.

These findings show that there's potential for treating cognitive fatigue in MS with noninvasive interventions that provide a goal, such as winning money (as in the current study), for example, or achieving a good score on a test.»

The results showed that people with MS scored 70 percent higher on the tests on cooler days.

In a study involving dietary ketosis via a low carbohydrate diet (less than 10 percent of total calories), compared to subjects on a 50 percent carbohydrate diet, the low - carbohydrate subjects demonstrated better performance on memory tests, with higher scores being correlated to higher serum KB levels.14 A study using cultured mouse hippocampal cells showed that addition of the KB β - hydroxybutyrate (β - OHB) to cells exposed to Aβ resulted in no decrease in the numbers of dendrites or total neurons — two of the noted pathological changes in AD.

The study subjects who ate a diet abundant in these nutrients consistently scored better on mental performance tests and showed less brain shrinkage.

Research shows the younger a child begins spending time in front of the screen, the lower they score on language tests, despite being taught language on educational videos or television.

One recent study published in the Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine showed that participants who regularly took Ashwagandha scored better on three different tests, each measuring stress, anxiety, and overall wellbeing.

You need good grades, a good score on the MCAT (Medical College Admission Test), and have multiple extracurricular activities that show how serious you are about medicine.

«Hair & Make - Up Tests» (4:07, HD) show the actors trying out different looks on film while ominous score plays.

The conversation covers a lot of ground, touching on why Wahlberg almost fired his agent over Fifty Shades of Grey, Roven showing Heath Ledger the IMAX prologue for The Dark Knight, Entourage salary disputes, horrible test scores for Boogie Nights, and so much more.

This doesn't show up on test scores, but it's exciting.»

But, as numerous studies have shown, having a master's degree is generally not correlated with measures of teacher effectiveness, based on student test scores.

For instance, data may show that the students who pass through one teacher's class consistently score lower on state achievement tests than the students in another teacher's class.

Though a recent Friedman Foundation report showed that Florida has the most regulated of all the STC laws — including a standardized testing mandate, licensure requirements, and copious paperwork — the CER report gives it a near perfect Autonomy score, deducting only one point for «other provisions that encroach on autonomy.»

A comparison to three classes with students from the same schools showed that students participating in the gardening project had higher science test scores, as measured by pretest and posttest scores on a science test developed for the program.

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.

But several recent studies have also shown that effects on adult outcomes may go undetected by test scores.

Rick Hess and Paul Peterson, for example, have compared state cut scores for proficiency on their state tests to results on the U.S. Department of Education's National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to show that the level of achievement required to be declared proficient in many states has been dropping over the last decade.

The test - score improvements shown on the figure are substantial.

«One major new study shows that 54 of 64 school variables — attendance, grades, discipline, test scores, and so on — are better with a year - round calendar than with traditional calendars.

The data showed a 14 percent increase in math scores and an 11 percent increase in language arts scores on the state's tests.

In response to the criticism that teacher impacts on student test scores are inconsistent over time, the authors show that «although VA measures fluctuate across years, they are sufficiently stable» that selecting teachers even based on a few years of data would have substantial impacts on student outcomes, such as earnings.