Sentences with phrase «rate than the comparison group»

The fact that Milwaukee voucher students advanced through their college years at better rates than the comparison group indicates that their higher high - school graduation rate was not driven by possibly - lower diploma standards in the private - school sector.

Analyses showed that the Families First group has a significantly lower recidivism rate than the comparison group, based on a one - year follow - up of new misdemeanor or felony charges, as well as significant reductions in rebellious and anti-social attitudes.

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It's also greater than the 3.4 percent rate of employment growth measure in a comparison group of small, non-clustered businesses based on Dun & Bradstreet data.

Compounding this problem, a fair number of the controls still had sex, albeit at a lower rate than cases, watering down the comparison between the two groups.

Rates of birth weight that was less than 2500 g (0.8 %) in our home birth group did not differ from the midwife comparison group (0.7 %) and were somewhat lower than the rate of 2 % among women attended by midwives in the Quebec study.

The rate of Apgar scores that were less than 7 at 5 minutes in the home birth group, excluding stillbirths and babies with congenital anomalies, was 0.9 %, which was not different from those in the comparison groups.

In addition, students who leave KIPP are no more likely than those who stay to be FRPL - eligible (both groups have high eligibility rates) or to be in special education, whereas students who leave comparison middle schools are more likely than those who stay to be FRPL - eligible and to participate in special education programs.

Students taking part in the dual enrollment courses also persisted in their postsecondary studies at a higher rate, and they accumulated more college credits than the comparison group - and the advantages in credit accrual grew as the students progressed through college.

On average, these principals reported engaging in practices associated with instructional leadership and organizational improvement at higher rates than principals in the national comparison group.

Parents in the care coordination group who reported being satisfied with their care rated their PCPs as more helpful than did the comparison families.

Results: The rate of remission from depressive disorder was higher in the therapy group (129/208; 62 %) than in the comparison group (61/168; 36 %).

Results indicated that adolescents in the SAFE - T group had significantly lower re-arrest rates for sexual offenses than did adolescents in the comparison group at follow - up (ranging from 2 to 10 years postintervention).

Similarly, rates of currently and ever divorced of the index group were not especially high (9.6 % and 31.1 %, respectively), but they were 3-fold higher than that of comparison participants (2.9 % and 11.8 %).