Sentences with phrase «on traditional tests»

However, students are not randomly assigned to teachers — and statistical models can not fully adjust for the fact that some teachers will have a disproportionate number of students who have greater challenges (students with poor attendance, who are homeless, who have severe problems at home, etc.) and those whose scores on traditional tests may not accurately reflect their learning (e.g. those who have special education needs or who are new English language learners).

The evidence is that students do as well on traditional tests as peers who are not in the MARS program, while MARS students do far better at solving complex problems.

Linda Darling - Hammond and colleagues have cautioned that statistical models can not fully adjust for teachers who have a disproportionate number of students with greater challenges, or whose scores on traditional tests may not accurately reflect their learning, such as special education students; English language learners; and those affected by poor attendance, homelessness, or severe problems at home.

Should we provide practice on traditional tests?

An informal survey of students about Oregon's online testing system shows they find computer - based testing faster and more enjoyable than the paper - and - pencil variety, and they report feeling that they perform better on computerized assessments than on traditional tests.

Then there's James — a boy who grew up in a low - income Brooklyn neighbourhood who, despite the fact he couldn't perform well on traditional tests — might be the best 13 - year - old chess player in the U.S., all through the help of an attentive, nurturing teacher.

He grew up in a low - income neighborhood, he has siblings who've spent time in prison, and he doesn't do great on traditional tests of cognitive ability.

Though it is useful in some circumstances, curriculum that relies on traditional testing does not foster these real - world skills as well as it could.

Not exact matches

The WSJ report questions how much Theranos relies on their new technology and how many of their tests are run on traditional machines.

Theranos does show detailed charts on its website, which portray a close correlation between its tests and more traditional blood - testing technologies, but the data used to generate those charts is not publicly available.

If you apply the traditional tests (time, money, and productivity), there's not a lot to hang your hat on and absolutely nothing that your phone alone won't pretty much do for you already.

New York, Wall Street Journal — Genomic Health Inc. has struck a deal to commercialize a new blood test that can help advanced prostate cancer patients decide whether to try costly new - generation drugs or rely on much cheaper traditional chemotherapy to improve their chances for survival.

I read Mary Eberstadt's essay with great interest because, while my marriage doesn't suffer from (knock on wood, so to speak) a porn problem, it has been sorely tested by the more general problem she describes: the abandonment of traditional gender roles by the educated class and the ensuing confusions and strains when the baby arrives» that is, when the rubber hits the road.

It all depends, really, on how a person defines «biblically illiterate,» and I am not convinced that the traditional definitions and tests we use to determine biblical literacy are all that correct.

Classically, paideia focused study on texts and, while it cultivated capacities to test the cogency of arguments critically, it was uncritical of received or traditional authorities to which arguments might appeal.

I am so happy to hear it was a success, and plum + orange on top sounds delicious So I usually do include notes on doneness for more traditional baked recipes but since this one is more like baking a pie the touch / toothpick test doesn't really apply.

In its latest study published in a special section of the Journal of AOAC International focusing on food allergens and gluten, GIG said obtaining representative test samples for antibody - based testing (traditional way for testing gluten) is challenging when analyzing whole grains for gluten.

Laboratory tests (done on every batch shipped to the US) have continually confirmed that our traditional methods of testing the oil by sight (clarity), smell, and taste result in a very high quality oil.

So my optimistic inner voice asks, «Should I work towards perfecting the macaroni for the next event since it clearly passed the first two all - important tests, or should I scrap this traditional dish and move on to something else?»

Relying on sentiment and the old, tried and tested, and now archaic methods that once took them to the top of the European game — Kenny Dalglish back in the dug - out, with Stewart Downing and Andy Carroll signed to seemingly play a traditional big man, small partnership next to Luis Suarez, served by the crosses of an old - fashioned wide - man — was never going to be sustainable or successful.

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Independent tests showed that a baby gets 97 % more air while breathing through a Newton Crib Mattress than on a traditional crib mattress.

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Its poll ratings remain dangerously low and the traditional liberal incumbency, on which their entire electoral strategy of defence seems to be based, is going to be sorely tested by the unpopularity of governing.

That would be a quicker and cleaner solution than the traditional vote on the Queen's Speech as the first test of confidence in a new government.

Miliband rarely deviates from a traditional line on anything, and his trip saw him following the tried and tested route of Western leaders.

On the other side are teachers unions demanding more money for traditional school budgets and a move away from test - based evaluations, not heavier reliance on theOn the other side are teachers unions demanding more money for traditional school budgets and a move away from test - based evaluations, not heavier reliance on theon them.

In face of this criticism, Moskowitz has time and again cited the network's high performance on standardized tests compared to traditional district schools.

On this special podcast, traditional public education advocate Justin Oakley of Just Let Me Teach and I debate ISTEP, testing, Indiana's teacher shortage, vouchers and...

These tests were designed to measure a «bit rate» of information akin to typing on a keyboard and to compare performance after using the traditional calibration method vs. using the new method.

«Our findings reveal that, across all grades and subjects, students in online charter schools perform worse on standardized assessments and are significantly less likely to pass Ohio's test for high school graduation than their peers in traditional charter and traditional public schools,» said McEachin.

«The chemistry of cells, unlike more traditional chemistry in test tubes, is highly dependent on where a chemical reaction is occurring,» said Christine Payne, an associate professor in the Georgia Tech School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and one of the paper's senior authors.

The traditional method relies on biochemical tests to read absorbance values and can be quite time consuming and expensive.

The computational problems involved in interpreting genomic tests are several orders of magnitude more challenging that those posed by scanning a database of 4.4 million traditional records, says John Lutz, IBM's vice president of on - demand business.

Believing that traditional psychometric tests are too abstract and crude to assess memory loss in normal people, Wesnes and Crook developed a battery of computerised tests based on everyday tasks involving verbal and visual recall.

So far in tests on mice, plant proteins have worked as well as traditional vaccines, and the U.S. Navy is planning human trials later this year.

Our new electrophoresis method allows us to increase the number of test samples on a given run by up to ten-fold and to complete the assay in less than half the time of the traditional comet process.»

The problem with traditional methods of vaccine development is that they depend on a great deal of trial and error: researchers develop a compound they think should cause an immune response in the body and then test it on thousands of people, hoping to see a positive change.

Her team tested college students on both systems, and found that the point - and - click method resulted in significantly fewer errors, allowing participants to perform tasks more quickly and reliably than using the traditional method.

Tests on living organisms — in vivo — are more revealing than traditional chemical analyses.

«This type of training is not the usual format of most science courses, which are heavy on lecture and theory and that use traditional testing modes,» says Johnston.

Now, as a result of 10 years work, Huang and her team have created a cervical cancer screening technique that, based on an analysis of a very large dataset, has the potential to perform as well or better than human interpretation on other traditional screening results, such as Pap tests and HPV tests — at a much lower cost.

A new urine - based test improved prostate cancer detection — including detecting more aggressive forms of prostate cancer — compared to traditional models based on prostate serum antigen, or PSA, levels, a new study finds.

(Other screening tests, including virtual colonoscopies — which rely on X-rays and computer imaging instead of a scope — require a follow - up, usually a traditional colonoscopy, if anything suspicious appears.)

Studies suggest that low doses of caffeine throughout the day are more effective than the traditional übercup first thing in the a.m. Researchers found that shift workers, medical residents, truck drivers, and others who work odd hours not only got a better boost from caffeine when they drank it in small portions, but they also performed better on cognitive tests.

Traditional mercury testing that only relies on blood, urine or hair is riddled with problems, but a new test that combines all three methods is far more accurate.

And this is a lab service that has a bunch of direct - to - consumer tests that aren't on traditional labs and can be just custom panels that a doctor orders for you, or that you order, and they even offer some of their functional lab testing over in Europe.

The Foundation seeks to establish a laboratory to test nutrient content of foods, particularly butter produced under various conditions; to conduct research into the «X Factor,» discovered by Dr. Price; and to determine the effects of traditional preparation methods on nutrient content and availability in whole foods.