Sentences with phrase «overall grade point»

Unconditional admission to the Graduate School for MS and PhD programs requires that applicants score at least 300 on the GRE (verbal plus quantitative scores) and have an overall grade point average in veterinary or undergraduate school of at least 3.00 on an «A» = 4.0 scale.

Accordingly, there is much research about how such survey data can be gamed and manipulated by instructors (e.g., via the use of external incentives / disincentives), can be biased by respondent or student background variables (e.g., charisma, attractiveness, gender and race as compared to the gender and race of the teacher or instructor, grade expected or earned in the class, overall grade point average, perceived course difficulty or the lack thereof), and the like.

Overall grade point averages went up by as much as a quarter of a point in many subjects.

Each applicant seeking initial certification must have attained at least a 2.5 overall grade point average on a 4.0 scale in the applicant's major field of study.

While the grades — first given districtwide last month — are not factored into students» overall grade point averages, those who score well on the measurements earn a «hire me first»...

Students increasingly compose within social media environments and teachers should capitalize on this affinity, as did Dr. Reynol Junco at Lock Haven University, in a study where his students used Twitter and other social media tools to increase their overall grade point averages (see video).

Not exact matches

These students are about 4.7 percentage points more likely to pass the 10th - grade math exam, and they score about 0.2 standard deviations higher on the exam overall (see Figure 2).

She has flown ahead of her peers in math, and earned an overall grade - point average of 3.28, and talks hopefully about applying to the University of California, Berkeley.

He also pointed out that University of Virginia researchers studying first - grade classrooms found low - income and nonwhite students were more likely to be in «lower overall quality classrooms» (which isn't quite the same thing as having lousier teachers).

And our overall growth over the last decade is greater than any other state or district: seventeen scale - score points in fourth grade math, nineteen in fourth grade reading, and twelve in eighth grade math.

The number of Rochester students who scored proficient on the ELA assessment this year increased at every grade level from three to eight and was up 2 percentage points overall, with 207 more students rated proficient in ELA.

Perhaps most excitingly, we found that innovation in the hands of forward - thinking educators has the potential to make a real impact: overall, for grades 3 - 8, participation in the Pilot Network resulted in a gain of 1.07 additional test - score points above what the control group achieved on NWEA.

Duke points to research by Goodwin and Ahn (2013) that argues that instruction in morphemes leads to improvements in word decoding, spelling, and vocabulary; and because word decoding and vocabulary contribute to reading comprehension, there is evidence that morphology instruction leads to improvement in reading comprehension and overall reading achievement (Goodwin & Ahn, 2010; Goodwin, Lipsky, & Ahn, 2012), even in the elementary grades (Rasinski, Padak, Newton, & Newton, 2013), and even for children who struggle in learning to read (Goodwin & Ahn, 2010; Nagy, Carlisle, & Goodwin, 2013).

«In 2011 Alabama moved from near last to 25th in the nation in overall grades and scores [Education Week assessment]... 12th in the nation for standards, assessments and accountability... data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) showed a historic gain of eight points in fourth grade Reading for Alabama public school students — the... highest gain ever in NAEP recorded history.

While the country saw modest gains of 1 scale score point and 3 scale score points in fourth and eighth grade reading, respectively, there was no change to overall scale scores in either grade for mathematics from 2009 to 2017.

The annual Title II collection asks providers about 15 common admission requirements, including the applicant's subject area, transcript, overall grade - point average (GPA), content GPA, professional GPA, credits, scores on ACT / SAT / basic - skills tests, essays, interviews, recommendations, fingerprint and background checks, and «other.»

High school graduates qualify for aid if they meet two requirements: (1) cumulative 3.0 grade - point average in PROMISE core and overall coursework; and (2) an ACT composite score of at least 22, with minimum scores of 20 in each subject (or equivalent SAT scores).

California finished lower than the national standard, scoring 69.9 points overall (a «C -» grade) and placing it

California finished lower than the national standard, scoring 69.9 points overall (a «C -» grade) and placing it 42nd out of the 50 states.

The most recent state results indicate that nearly 30 percent of our schools improved performance grades, and the district overall achieved a five - point gain in state ranking.»

In short, innovation in the hands of forward - thinking educators has the potential to make a real impact: overall, for grades 3 - 8, participation in the Pilot Network resulted in a gain of 1.07 additional test - score points above what the control group achieved on NWEA.

Meanwhile, 8th grade reading scores were even worse — with 8th graders in 2015 also performing no better overall than in 2000, but with the gap between Black and White students remaining unchanged in that time and the gap between students in poverty and students not in poverty growing from 13 points to 23 points.

The overall score decreases were quite small — roughly two points in math and a single point in reading — but continued a trend of lackluster 12th - grade performance on the national test.

Quality Counts awarded the United States an overall grade of C on its 2016 report card, with a score of 74.4 out of a possible 100 points.

The state says that overall, for ELA, the percentage of students in grades 3 — 8 who scored at the proficient level increased by 1.9 percentage points to 39.8.

You can also see a chart below that totals the percent point change in reading for each grade level (e.g., grade 3, 4 and 5 reading proficiency change from 2011 to 2012), providing the overall average for a school.

Quality Counts grades the states and the nation on educational performance across a range of key indicators, issuing overall A-F grades based on a traditional 100 - point scale.

The NHTSA extended a four - star rating for overall safety, and U.S. News gave the 4Runner an 8.3 grade out of 10 points.

After that point, the C - MAX can post one of the longest overall driving ranges on Autobytel's list of electric cars, thanks to a «regular» hybrid powertrain that can supply efficiency grades of 44 mpg city / 41 mpg highway / 43 mpg combined, and almost 600 more miles of range.

To calculate the overall grade we assigned a point for each letter grade they earn.

Once the mission was complete, I witnessed the most GUT WRENCHING ending I've ever seen in a video game, then was given my overall grade: C. Sadly, restarting from checkpoints and taking your time with the game deducts points from your score.

Completing missions brings up a grading system, grading you on Time, Kills, Zandatsus's Collected and Parts Collected, giving you an overall rank from S — D, which earn you additional DP points.