Sentences with phrase «percentile points compared»

In the report published today in the peer - reviewed journal Child Development, researchers led by Joseph A. Durlak, a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Chicago, found that students who took part in social and emotional learning, or SEL, programs improved in grades and standardized - test scores by 11 percentile points compared with nonparticipating students.

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CASEL reports: «A landmark review found that students who receive SEL instruction had more positive attitudes about school and improved an average of 11 percentile points on standardized achievement tests compared to students who did not receive such instruction.»

Fourth graders in the bottom10th percentile of performance had a five - point gain after NCLB, but this did not compare to the 10 - point jump in their scores from 2000 to 2002 pre-NCLB (see Figure 1).

The strength of this relationship may be gauged by comparing the change in quality associated with changes in the school's position in the national test - score ranking: the results show that an increase of 50 percentile points is associated with an increase of 0.15 standard deviations in student perceptions of teacher practices (see Figure 1).

When it comes to acquiring more advanced skills, however, the situation is reversed: The average student's scores increase 32 percentile points with multimodal interactive lessons, compared with 20 points with noninteractive lessons.

Bucktown's applicants had similar reading scores but lower math scores (7 percentile points lower) compared with students in neighboring regular public schools.

A meta - analysis of 213 programs, primarily covering three decades of research, found that social and emotional learning interventions that address the competencies listed above increased students» academic performance by 11 percentile points, as compared to students who did not participate in such SEL programs (Durlak et al., 2011).

A recent study by the Institute of Education Sciences and Mathematica Policy Research reported that having a teacher at the 10th percentile of effectiveness compared to having a teacher at the 90th percentile of effectiveness is roughly equivalent to a student achieving 15 percentile points higher on a reading test and 19 percentile points higher on a math test.

Students in Ms. Funk's class also increased their STAR Math percentile rank, a norm - referenced score that provides a measure of a student's math ability compared to other students in the same grade nationally, from the 46th percentile to the 72nd percentile, an increase of 26 percentile points.

Compared to students that didn't receive the program, growth was seen in social and emotional skills, attitudes, behavior, and academic performance that reflected an 11 - percentile - point gain in achievement.

Similar effects were seen for teachers that could become eligible for increases in their base pay if they remained HE — their 2011 - 12 IMPACT scores improved by nearly 11 points compared to teachers that missed the HE cutoff, an increase of seven percentile points.

The grading system sets a minimum bar: schools get no points for students with growth scores that fall below the 40th percentile, when their growth is compared to their academic peers.

The difference the [Final Report] estimates comparing the teacher at the 15th percentile of effectiveness to the average teacher (50th percentile) is -22 scaled score points on the 5th grade PSSA Reading test... [referring] to the 2010 PSSA Technical Manual raw score table... for the 8th grade Reading test, that would be a difference of approximately 2 raw score points, or the equivalent of 2 multiple choice (MC) questions (1 point apiece) or half credit on one OE [open - ended] question.

In Orange County, students using the software increased their math proficiency by 8.3 percentile points on state tests compared with a 2.5 point increase at similar schools without it.

In year one, students in the voucher program fell 24 percentile points in math compared to students not using a voucher.

A landmark review found that students who receive SEL instruction had more positive attitudes about school and improved an average of 11 percentile points on standardized achievement tests compared to students who did not receive such instruction.

Schools using ST Math increased in statewide standardized test percentile rankings by over 7 points when compared to similar schools that didn't use ST Math.

Jacobs said many West students made academic progress, but only those over a certain bar — above the 40th percentile, when compared to their academic peers — were given points under the new school grades.

According to a 2011 meta - analysis of 213 studies involving more than 270,000 students, those who participated in evidence - based SEL programs showed an 11 percentile - point gain in academic achievement compared to students who did not participate in SEL programs.

A meta - analysis of 213 programs, primarily covering three decades of research, found that social and emotional learning interventions that address the competencies listed above increased students» academic performance by 11 percentile points, as compared to students who did not participate in such SEL programs (Durlak et al., 2011).

Compared to students that didn't receive the program, growth was seen in social and emotional skills, attitudes, behavior, and academic performance that reflected an 11 - percentile - point gain in achievement.

It found that students receiving school - based social - emotional learning programs showed an increase of 11 percentile points in overall academic achievement compared to peers who did not receive social - emotional learning programs.

According to the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), a group that advocates the widespread adoption of SEL instruction, students exposed to SEL see their scores on standardized achievement test scores rise by an average of 11 percentile points, compared to students who are not exposed.

The study concluded that «compared to controls, SEL participants demonstrated significantly improved social and emotional skills, attitudes, behavior, and academic performance that reflected an 11 - percentile - point gain in achievement.»

Durlak et al. (2011) conducted one meta - analysis of 213 school - based initiatives involving more than 270,000 students who participated in evidence - based SEL programs and it showed an 11 percentile - point gain in academic achievement compared to students who did not participate in SEL programs.