Sentences with phrase «rigorous study found»

If a rigorous study found that K12 schools produced equivalent (or superior) learning outcomes to traditional schools, then it would be useful to determine whether the virtual schools were able to achieve the same (or better) outcomes at lower costs.

In general, the most rigorous studies find that charter schools deliver better academic results compared with traditional public schools, particularly for traditionally underserved student groups.

LPI's report Effective Teacher Professional Development identifies key elements of effective professional development as manifested in 35 rigorous studies finding strong influences of professional development on teacher practices and student learning.

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There's no set formula, but the most recent rigorous study into the issue, the 2008 WorldatWork survey, found 80 percent commission and 20 percent salary was the most popular formula.

We find these results highly promising, however we have not fully vetted the results and note that the strongest programs we have considered are backed by multiple studies, while there has only been one rigorous study of the Living Goods program.

Just published in the journal the most careful, rigorous, and methodologically sound study ever conducted on this issue found numerous and significant differences between these groups — with the outcomes for children of h0m0 rated «suboptimal in almost every category

In taking this position, Spitzer has agreed purely scientific approach to the limitations of Spitzer's study and would be to conduct more rigorous outcome findings, something that he along with others have been calling for all along Even the APA Report on correct Responses to Orient.

Or a similar integrity, for, as Anderson writes, «the largest and most rigorous academic study on the results of hormonal and surgical transitioning... found strong evidence of poor psychological outcomes.»

ALDI Nord GmbH's Trader Joe's chain, The Kroger Co., and Whole Foods Market Inc. opted to shun selective food additives such as synthetic colors, preservatives, stabilizers, emulsifiers, and naturally occurring texturizers such as carrageenan (from seaweed) even though scientific literature reported that rigorous double - blind studies have not found evidence of these ingredients provoking true allergic reactions or health - or life - threatening reactions with prolonged use.

Though we found some rigorous studies that after controlling for certain variables showed positive results of the AP program, especially in the sciences, we believe more research needs to be done before we can verify the broad claim that taking AP classes makes students more likely to succeed in college.

Findings from the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, a rigorous Congressionally - mandated study, indicate that the program had modest but positive impacts on EHS children at age three in cognitive, language, and social - emotional development, compared to a control group.xxiii In addition, their parents scored higher than control group parents on such aspects of the home environment as parenting behavior and knowledge of infant - toddler development.

In fact, the largest and most rigorous study of home birth internationally to date found that among 5,000 healthy, «low - risk» women, babies were born just as safely at home under a midwife's care as in the hospital.

Most Giants» players have their roots in the Falcons Hockey Association and, with Centennial Ice Arena as home ice, find the accessibility of practices and games conducive to managing studies, as well as the commitment of a rigorous team sport.

New York State has the greatest gap between rich and poor in the United States.And the most rigorous research over the past 15 years, including studies comparing job growth trends in neighboring counties across state lines with different minimum wages, have found that higher minimum wages do not result in job losses.

Nelson - Barber said the study team wants to find ways «to simplify test language, yet keep items academically rigorous.»

Early 20th - century studies claimed that hermit thrush song follows the same principles found in human musical systems, but these were anecdotal reports which were not supported by a rigorous analysis.

Because of discordant findings in studies on the relationship between the athlete's age and sports - related concussion symptoms and their duration, Lee, Odom, and colleagues chose to study age - related differences by applying rigorous matching criteria across different age groups and by using reliable change index (RCI) methodology.

A rigorous Northwestern University study of a quarter - century of data has found that economic insecurity is related to the rate of gun violence at K - 12 and postsecondary schools in the United States.

However, if the promises of findings reported in the studies by Mahajan and colleagues and Herberg and colleagues are fulfilled by replication and refinement in other rigorous investigations, it may be possible that such advances will further reduce morbidity, mortality, and costs associated with caring for febrile children.

It's humbling, and just underlines the importance of replication» of tantalizing preliminary findings with larger, more rigorous studies.

Despite some earlier studies claiming that genetic variants predict whether someone has a better chance of shedding pounds on a low - carbohydrate or a low - fat diet, and despite a growing industry premised on that notion, the most rigorous study so far found no difference in weight loss between overweight people on diets that «matched» their genotype and those on diets that didn't.

Use by the American public is one of the four guiding principles that determine the practices and products studied by NCCIH, and these NHIS findings reflect the importance of continuing to study approaches to health and wellness that the public is using, often without the benefit of rigorous scientific study.

As it turns out, a slew of more rigorous studies have found no scientific basis for such claims.

At least two rigorous studies failed to find any link between the two, including a landmark 2003 study investigating the higher - than - average breast cancer risk among women living on Long Island.

«It's not clear if [Chan's study] falls into the same trap as previous studies that found similar associations, but didn't stand up to rigorous scrutiny,» Swaminath said.

Complementary remedies don't have much rigorous scientific research behind them, and the findings from studies that do exist seem to flip - flop faster than a gymnast.

In the past, a number of studies similar to White's that have found an apparent link between supplements and reduced cancer risk haven't been confirmed by more rigorous studies, says Jay Brooks, MD, an oncologist at Ochsner Health System, in Baton Rouge, La..

Different styles of yoga have been studied in a variety of serious stress disorders including cancer, post-trauma, and addictions, and has been found to be beneficial even when tested using rigorous scientific study design.

In a study comparing omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans profiled in my Bowel Movement Frequency video, researchers found a «very clear trend towards an increasing number of bowel movements with a more rigorous degree of vegetarianism.»

Some supplements that were found to have health benefits in observational studies turned out, with more rigorous testing, to be not only ineffective but also risky.

And when the rigorous evidence is available from randomized controlled trials, often the results are at odds with the findings of the observational studies,» explains Dr. JoAnn Manson, chief of preventive medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and principal investigator of a large randomized trial known as VITAL (Vitamin D and Omega - 3 Trial).

Jennifer Lansford, PhD, a developmental psychologist at Duke University's Center for Child and Family Policy, in Durham, N.C., says the study was «rigorous and well - conducted» and that the findings make sense.

They weren't able to find a single rigorous study showing the effectiveness of the algorithms, and other research suggests it's extremely difficult to predict the likelihood that a relationship will succeed before two people meet.

A recent rigorous RAND study of Carnegie Learning's Cognitive Tutor Algebra I program found that the blended - learning model boosted the average student's performance by approximately eight percentile points.

Some studies have found that character education programs do, in fact, build character, though none of these studies is rigorous enough to be remotely definitive.

Our study finds the first rigorous evidence that we know of showing that an online degree program can increase educational attainment.

A US study titled Schoolwide intervention to reduce chronic tardiness at the middle and high school levels found that «instructional time lost to widespread tardiness is likely to significantly affect the capacity of the entire student population to meet rigorous academic standards».

More important, its conclusions were opposite those found through rigorous scientific studies.

Lee Shulman, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, claims, «In no other profession will you find an equivalent study with these kinds of rigorous assessments... no comparison can be found.»

A rigorous study by David Deming of Harvard, for example, found that Head Start graduates were less likely to repeat grades or be diagnosed with a learning disability, and more likely to graduate from high school and attend college.»

The Commission, chaired by Dr. Paul Hill of the University of Washington, carefully reviewed the research on the impact of school choice on student achievement and included in its report the following statement: «The most rigorous school choice evaluations that used random assignment... found that academic gains from vouchers were largely limited to the African - American students in their studies.»

Using rigorous non-experimental methods, a 2013 study of charters in 16 states by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes found that average charter school effectiveness increased overall, due in large part to closures of poorly performing schools.

The first and most rigorous of the studies, by Dan Goldhaber and Emily Anthony of the Urban Institute, found that on average North Carolina students in grades 3 - 5 whose teachers were board certified scored 7 to 15 percent higher on tests than students whose teachers attempted but failed to gain certification.

A meta - analysis (including 74 rigorous studies and over 56,000 K - 12 students) found that mathematics computer applications produce a small but positive effect on mathematics achievement, and, specifically, programs that supplement traditional math instruction with additional instruction at students» individualized assessed levels of need showed greater effects on math achievement.

An extremely rigorous study in Kenya in 2009 (with control and experimental classes) found that both low - and high - achieving students performed better in well - tracked classrooms than in heterogeneous classrooms.

And a recent study found that highly unionized districts have more rigorous and robust tenure processes.

ALBA School was founded on the conviction that bilingual students can reach their full potential academically, in English and Spanish, when challenged through; rigorous academic studies, the integration of fine arts and the development of critical thinking, problem solving and creative abilities.

This brief and related report synthesizes findings from 143 rigorous research studies and finds that community schools can improve outcomes for all students, especially those facing lack of access to high - quality schools and out - of - school barriers to learning.

This report, which synthesizes findings from 143 rigorous research studies, finds community schools can improve outcomes for all students, and especially those facing lack of access to high - quality schools and out - of - school barriers to learning.

While urban students overall do better in charter schools than in traditional public schools — a conclusion found by rigorous studies that account for any potential differences in the students going in — the gap varies tremendously from place to place.