It gave some insights
on benchmark score and hardware.
I won't dwell too much
on benchmark scores here, for the simple reason that most tests have not yet been optimized to take advantage of dual GPUs.
This «fight» is ridiculous to begin with, of course, but relying
on benchmark scores that don't even represent real world performance is even sillier.
So why and how do OEMs cheat
on benchmarking scores?
We're not hung up much
on benchmark scores, but as we'll see in a bit, the Note 3 seems better able to handle handwriting recognition with the S Pen.
Now comes the benchmark talks, as the apps like Antutu and Vellamo helps in measuring the potential of the device, although, I have strong opinions against judging the handsets based
on their benchmark scores.
Now, you may argue that the numbers
on the benchmark scores are really important and what not.
First, that model number is clearly linked to the SM - G900S smartphone that appeared
on a benchmark score tracker earlier this week.
Not exact matches
«Based
on data from the Council for Community and Economic Research in the second quarter of 2017, we ranked the [10] cheapest cities to live in based
on [its] cost - of - living index
score,» compared to a national average
benchmark of 100.
The game's aggregate
score on Metacritic makes it the fourth - best reviewed game of all time, behind Grand Theft Auto 4, Tony Hawk's Pro-Skater 2, and the previous
benchmark Zelda game, Ocarina of Time.
This year, 252 employers
scored high enough to earn honors — the top 150 workplaces, ranked based
on employee feedback
scores and by size — and another 102 National Standard Setters, which exceeded a national
benchmark but didn't
score high enough to crack the rankings.
The study also found that long - term annual returns of the MSCI KLD 400 Social Index, which comprises firms
scoring highly
on environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria, outperformed the S&P 500, a
benchmark of the broader US stock market, by 45 basis points, since its inception in 1990.
Lincoln Financial Group received a perfect
score of 100 %
on the 2017 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national
benchmarking survey and report by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation,
on corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality.
On a practical level, it means coffee buyers (importers, roasters, and consumers) will have some objective
benchmark (the Q coffee
score) indicating the quality of the coffee, as well as the flavor profile.
The applications were
scored on 12
benchmarks, the agency said, with funding awarded in the exact order of the applicant's total
score.
A proposal to construct a Wegmans Food Market
on Corporate Park Drive
scored another sizable
benchmark with the town's approval of a necessary zoning amendment.
«A process was put into place where projects are
scored based upon
on the merits and regional needs, council members with conflicts are required to recuse themselves, and ironclad investment and job
benchmarks need to be met before funding is disbursed.
Within older adults who
scored below the normal
benchmark on a dementia screening test, but have no noticeable communication problems, scientists have discovered a new potential predictor of early dementia through abnormal functionality in regions of the brain that process speech (the brainstem and auditory cortex).
That is, there are no
benchmark statistics against which to measure employees, so we don't know whether the
score on a test is above or below or about average.
The
scores are frequently seen as a useful
benchmark for a movie's future success, as well as a reflection
on the way it was marketed, with the company's founder, Ed Mintz, breaking down the reactions thusly: «A's generally are good, B's generally are shaky, and C's are terrible.
Instead, Sawhill argues that reforms should first provide larger grants for those who achieve academic
benchmarks and then phase in a «gradual denial of assistance to, say, the bottom -
scoring 20 percent of applicants»
on a national exam.
Achievement: Student groups currently
scoring below
benchmark (scale
scores below 750
on current state tests) will be expected to close the gap to 750 by 25 percent within 5 years.
In a study conducted in 2004 by scholars at the Consortium
on Chicago School Research, the performance of 3rd - and 6th - grade students who
scored just below the
benchmark on the ITBS, most of whom were retained because of the mandate, was compared with the performance of students who
scored just above the
benchmark, most of whom were promoted.
Feaster - Edison relies heavily
on both standardized test
scores and Edison's own
benchmark assessments to inform and adjust instruction throughout the year.
But in May 2002, the state legislature made one of its boldest moves, revising the School Code, the state's education law, to require 3rd - grade students to
score at the Level - 2
benchmark or above
on the reading portion of the FCAT in order to be promoted to 4th grade.
The NCLB accountability system divides schools into those in which a sufficient number of students
score at the proficient level or above
on state tests to meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
benchmarks («make AYP») and those that fail to make AYP.
Students in the 3rd, 6th, 8th, and 9th grades could be held back if they failed to
score at the district
benchmark in math and reading
on nationally normed tests - the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) or the Test of Achievement and Proficiency (TAP) for 9th graders.
The «Mind the Gaps» study, by ACT, draws
on the Iowa City, Iowa - based testmaker's earlier research showing that taking a strong core curriculum in high school and meeting
benchmark scores in all four subjects of the ACT college - entrance exam enhance students» chances of enrolling in college, persisting...
We know that the New York State Education Department used SAT
scores of 560 in Reading, 540 in Writing and 530 in mathematics, as the college readiness
benchmarks to help set the «passing» cut
scores on the 3 - 8 New York State exams.
When we apply the NAEP
benchmark for proficient, in fact, the performance of 4th grade students
on the 2011 PIRLS confirms the International Education Assessment's findings since 1996: The reading
scores of students in most assessed nations fall far short of American students» performance.
When North Carolina implemented new curricular standards back in 2010 (which included the Common Core), educators anticipated that test
scores would drop when students were examined for the first time based
on these new
benchmarks.
Beyond PD: Teacher Professional Learning in High - Performing Systems: Report from the Center
on International Education
Benchmarking considers professional learning policies and practice in Shanghai, British Columbia, Singapore, and Hong Kong, where students consistently
score well
on PISA assessments, finding that their professional learning is a part of daily life http://www.ncee.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/BeyondPDWeb.pdf
For seven years in a row, an increasing percentage of NKO students
scored at the meets or exceeds level
on ISAT according to the original
benchmark.
The study, sponsored by the National Center
on Education and the Economy's Center
on International Education
Benchmarking, highlights commonalities in principal preparation among the systems whose students
scored highest
on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) survey: Hong Kong, Ontario, Shanghai, and Singapore.
For example, if a second grader had a
score of 47
on CBMreading at the fall
benchmark screening, and then a
score of 78 in the winter, that student's ROI can be calculated by subtracting the fall
score from the winter
score and dividing the result by the number of weeks that passed between the two screenings.
On the FAST ™ Group Screening Report, teachers can view these screening
scores along with
benchmark and normative information.
Proficiency shows the percent of students within the school who have reached the proficiency
benchmark — in this case, who
scored a 4 or 5
on the PARCC assessment.
A study of whether using
benchmark tests improved
scores on the Massachusetts state test found they made no difference.
The SAT performance
score for each school is based
on the percentage of students
scoring 1,550 or better
on the annual tests, a
benchmark the DOE says is «associated with a high likelihood of college success.»
Districts choose their own
benchmark tests (neighboring districts might use different ones),
scores are not public, and there are no consequences for
scoring poorly
on them.
Whether
benchmark tests predict how well students will
score on the annual state test is questionable.
21CCCS holds the highest
score of any cyber charter
on the College Ready
Benchmark, which includes the SAT and ACT
scores of 12th - grade students.
Most of AUSL turnarounds
score below CPS averages
on the percentage of students meeting or exceeding state
benchmarks on standardized testing.
Title I Highly Distinguished schools must exceed all state and federal accountability
benchmarks and achieve average
scores on Standards of Learning (SOL) tests in English and mathematics at or above the 85th percentile.
In addition to failing to fully deliver
on earlier promises of digital tests for all students and more timely results, as with the national
benchmarks (through agreed cut
scores), other promises made by the Department of Education back in 2010 are still up in the air.
Students whose ACT
scores meet or exceed a specific
benchmark on text complexity are found significantly more likely to enroll in college, earn a higher overall GPA in year one, and return to the same college for a second year.
See our analyses that compare schools and districts based
on percent of students at proficiency
benchmarks on TCAP v. PARCC, and the state's analysis of schools and districts based
on mean scale
scores on TCAP v. PARCC.
The
benchmark for achieving a «proficient»
score on eighth grade science assessments in 16 states is below the «basic» level
on the countrywide
benchmarks set in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), according to the report.
The school would set high
benchmarks for student learning: 90 percent would
score at proficient or advanced levels in reading, math and science
on state assessments after three years of enrollment.
Two states had higher
scores on their state tests than
on the national
benchmark test: New York, 10 points higher, and Massachusetts, 3.