Sentences with phrase «schools in the study sample»

Although there is no evidence that schools in the study sample targeted resources to particular students, they may have allocated resources toward outcomes measured by the accountability system.

Not exact matches

The study, headed by Professor Edward Guinan of the school's astronomy and astrophysics department, initially looked at which crops would thrive in soil that is similar to that found on Mars (based on readings taken by the Phoenix Mars lander and samples recreated on earth).

The study sampled both parents of high school students intending to go to college, as well as the students themselves, to determine overall outlook on college expenses, money - saving habits, and life after college in today's workforce.

However, compared to previous studies of regulation compliance that have utilised data sets ranging in duration from 63 hours [9] to 80 hours of programming [24], this was a relatively large sample that was purposively selected to cover both school holidays and term time.

Drawing material from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS - 88) and tracking a representative sample of students who were in 10th grade in 1990 and 12th grade in 1992, to see what was happening in their lives in 2000, the following was discovered in comparing high school athletes to non-athletes.

The study notes that there are limitations to the sample of students used in the study — with all of them attending privileged, high - performing schools — but they said they felt it was worthwhile to investigate the stresses of homework on this population of students.

In addition, two studies using stratified random sampling found that a high - quality home visiting program positively impacted school readiness through better parenting practices, increased reading to children at home, and a greater likelihood of enrollment in preschool programIn addition, two studies using stratified random sampling found that a high - quality home visiting program positively impacted school readiness through better parenting practices, increased reading to children at home, and a greater likelihood of enrollment in preschool programin preschool programs.

Green mentions a recent study by bioengineer Jordan Peccia at Yale, who sampled microbes in a Yale Law School classroom.

In a study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing), a new, simplified Braden QD Scale now describes combined immobility - related and MDPI risk in a broader, more diverse sample of pediatric patients typically cared for in acute care environmentIn a study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing), a new, simplified Braden QD Scale now describes combined immobility - related and MDPI risk in a broader, more diverse sample of pediatric patients typically cared for in acute care environmentin a broader, more diverse sample of pediatric patients typically cared for in acute care environmentin acute care environments.

«By measuring naturally occurring ammonium and iodide in numerous samples from different geological formations in the Appalachian Basin, including flowback waters from shale gas wells in the Marcellus and Fayetteville shale formations, we show that fracking fluids are not much different from conventional oil and gas wastes,» said Jennifer S. Harkness, lead author of the study and a PhD student at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment.

A well - intentioned government regulation designed to offer healthier options in school vending machines has failed to instill better snacking habits in a sample of schools in Appalachian Virginia, according to a study by Virginia Tech researchers.

«Until now scientists have preferred to use a reliable method, Sample Entropy (sampEn), which, however, suffers several limitations,» explains Moses Sokunbi, research scientist at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) in Trieste and first author of the study.

«Surface water samples collected on the disposal facility site and immediately downstream exhibited considerably greater EDC activity than surface water samples collected immediately upstream and in a nearby reference stream» said Susan C. Nagel, director of the study and an associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health in the School of Medicine, and an adjunct associate professor of biological sciences in the MU College of Arts and Science.

«Our findings are complementary to earlier studies that showed an association between gambling with an earlier age of onset of sexual activities, however, participants in these samples were predominantly white,» said Silvia Martins, MD, PhD, Mailman School associate professor of Epidemiology, and first author.

This study used a national sample to examine the association between being a college student and changes in excessive drinking from late adolescence through young adulthood and whether students» residing with their parents during the school year affected the association.

«You see the object on a monitor and then you can point and click and take a sample from a particular spot and the robot will go there,» said Facundo Fernandez, a professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, whose lab led the study.

The researchers used the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class 1998 - 99 (ECLS - K), which followed a nationally representative sample of kindergarteners from the 1998 - 1999 school year through 2006 - 2007, at which time the majority of participants were enrolled in 8th grade.

More than 70 % of pollen and honey samples collected from foraging bees in Massachusetts contain at least one neonicotinoid, a class of pesticide that has been implicated in Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), in which adult bees abandon their hives during winter, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Reasoning that previous studies may have missed infected bonobo populations, a team led by Beatrice Hahn, MD, a professor of Microbiology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, conducted a more extensive survey, increasing both the number and places they sampled wild bonobo populations.

90 children (49 boys and 41 girls) from four primary schools participated in this study which was limited by the fact that the sample size is not representative.

Analyzing samples from a prospective study, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers found that human exposure to glyphosate, a chemical widely found in weed killers, has incr...

A new study, published in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse by researchers affiliated with New York University's Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR), was among the first to examine prevalence and correlates of hashish use in a nationally representative sample of US high school students.

The study, «Prevalence and Correlates of Hashish Use in a National Sample of High School Seniors in the United States,» used data from Monitoring the Future (MTF), a nationwide ongoing annual study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school stuSchool Seniors in the United States,» used data from Monitoring the Future (MTF), a nationwide ongoing annual study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school stuschool students.

The study, «Synthetic Cannabinoid Use in a Nationally Representative Sample of US High School Seniors,» used data from Monitoring the Future (MTF), a nationwide ongoing annual study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school stuSchool Seniors,» used data from Monitoring the Future (MTF), a nationwide ongoing annual study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school stuschool students.

In a project known as the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth, Vanderbilt psychologists David Lubinski, Camilla Benbow, and their colleagues found that, even among a sample of intellectually gifted people, a higher level of cognitive ability in childhood forecasted great accomplishment later in life, both in school and beyonIn a project known as the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth, Vanderbilt psychologists David Lubinski, Camilla Benbow, and their colleagues found that, even among a sample of intellectually gifted people, a higher level of cognitive ability in childhood forecasted great accomplishment later in life, both in school and beyonin childhood forecasted great accomplishment later in life, both in school and beyonin life, both in school and beyonin school and beyond.

In a study published recently in Cell, researchers at the University of São Paulo's Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP - USP) in Brazil and collaborators in several other countries describe a method that objectively measures the degree of similarity between tumor samples and pluripotent stem cells (cells that can differentiate into nearly any type of tissue in the bodyIn a study published recently in Cell, researchers at the University of São Paulo's Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP - USP) in Brazil and collaborators in several other countries describe a method that objectively measures the degree of similarity between tumor samples and pluripotent stem cells (cells that can differentiate into nearly any type of tissue in the bodyin Cell, researchers at the University of São Paulo's Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP - USP) in Brazil and collaborators in several other countries describe a method that objectively measures the degree of similarity between tumor samples and pluripotent stem cells (cells that can differentiate into nearly any type of tissue in the bodyin Brazil and collaborators in several other countries describe a method that objectively measures the degree of similarity between tumor samples and pluripotent stem cells (cells that can differentiate into nearly any type of tissue in the bodyin several other countries describe a method that objectively measures the degree of similarity between tumor samples and pluripotent stem cells (cells that can differentiate into nearly any type of tissue in the bodyin the body).

Approval for the conduct of this study was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of New Jersey Medical School and the Institutional Review Board of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Exempt status and consent not required, using previously banked de-identified samples in accordance with federal regulations).

Studying mice and tissue samples from the arteries of patients, researchers atWashington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggest this accumulation is driven, at least in part, by processes similar to the plaque formation implicated in brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

In fact, exactly how the gut microbiome «interacts with foods to produce health conditions» is considered a new and dynamic area for further research by individuals on all sides of the red meat - colon cancer debate.10 For example, researchers at Harvard Medical School are studying fecal samples to assess the impact of red meat intake on gut microbes and their byproducts, which the researchers speculate may influence «biological pathways associated with colorectal cancer and other digestive diseases.»

Our studies in a nationally representative sample of primary schools in England found that food chosen and eaten by children taking school lunches was healthier than that eaten by children with packed lunches — containing less sugar, fat and salt.

In a recent session of Christopher Benson's AP U.S. History class at Marble Hill High School for International Studies, a public school in the Bronx set high above the Harlem River, students reviewed for an upcoming test by going over sample AP questionIn a recent session of Christopher Benson's AP U.S. History class at Marble Hill High School for International Studies, a public school in the Bronx set high above the Harlem River, students reviewed for an upcoming test by going over sample AP quesSchool for International Studies, a public school in the Bronx set high above the Harlem River, students reviewed for an upcoming test by going over sample AP quesschool in the Bronx set high above the Harlem River, students reviewed for an upcoming test by going over sample AP questionin the Bronx set high above the Harlem River, students reviewed for an upcoming test by going over sample AP questions.

In this regard, I am fortunate that the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Adhealth) provides information on the friendship patterns of a nationally representative sample of more than 90,000 students, from 175 schools in 80 communities, who entered grades 7 through 12 in the 1994 school yeaIn this regard, I am fortunate that the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Adhealth) provides information on the friendship patterns of a nationally representative sample of more than 90,000 students, from 175 schools in 80 communities, who entered grades 7 through 12 in the 1994 school yeain 80 communities, who entered grades 7 through 12 in the 1994 school yeain the 1994 school year.

The researchers who studied the project, from the American Institutes for Research and SRI International, analyzed the grants to a sample of 17 school districts in 11 states.

Large national studies like NAEP could complement teacher surveys with the collection of audio, every day, all day, in a big sample of schools.

Published by EdSource, a nonprofit organization that monitors education in California, the study is based on a random sample of 257 elementary schools.

A study of a representative sample of schools in California shows that schools where the principal and the district extensively used test data to improve instruction and student learning had the highest achievement for English - language learners.

To explore these questions, sociologists Karl Alexander, the late Doris Entwisle, and Linda Olson launched a study of Baltimore's children as they began school in 1982, selecting a representative sample of 800 1st graders, and following them with questionnaires and interviews until the subjects reached age 28.

A second important outcome was that the lower - performing students, so these were students who were about the bottom third of our sample, these were students who were earning Grade Point Averages (GPAs) of a C or below in the semester prior to the intervention [and were] most likely going to be struggling in school; for these students, the intervention increased their GPAs and also increased their likelihood of passing core courses like Math, English, Social Studies and Science - and increased that by around 6.5 percentage points.

When this study began, the school system enrolled mostly black children, with so few whites that their presence in the sample was expanded to permit meaningful comparisons between black and white.

In a study I undertook in 1989, I found that 12 percent of the elementary and middle school magnet programs in my sample specialized in basic skills and / or individualized teaching; 11 percent offered foreign language immersion; 11 percent were science -, math -, or computer - oriented; 10 percent catered to the gifted and talented and 10 percent to the creative and performing arts; 8 percent were traditional, back - to - basics programs (demanding, for instance, dress codes and contracts with parents for supervision of homework); 7 percent were college preparatory; 7 percent were early childhood and MontessorIn a study I undertook in 1989, I found that 12 percent of the elementary and middle school magnet programs in my sample specialized in basic skills and / or individualized teaching; 11 percent offered foreign language immersion; 11 percent were science -, math -, or computer - oriented; 10 percent catered to the gifted and talented and 10 percent to the creative and performing arts; 8 percent were traditional, back - to - basics programs (demanding, for instance, dress codes and contracts with parents for supervision of homework); 7 percent were college preparatory; 7 percent were early childhood and Montessorin 1989, I found that 12 percent of the elementary and middle school magnet programs in my sample specialized in basic skills and / or individualized teaching; 11 percent offered foreign language immersion; 11 percent were science -, math -, or computer - oriented; 10 percent catered to the gifted and talented and 10 percent to the creative and performing arts; 8 percent were traditional, back - to - basics programs (demanding, for instance, dress codes and contracts with parents for supervision of homework); 7 percent were college preparatory; 7 percent were early childhood and Montessorin my sample specialized in basic skills and / or individualized teaching; 11 percent offered foreign language immersion; 11 percent were science -, math -, or computer - oriented; 10 percent catered to the gifted and talented and 10 percent to the creative and performing arts; 8 percent were traditional, back - to - basics programs (demanding, for instance, dress codes and contracts with parents for supervision of homework); 7 percent were college preparatory; 7 percent were early childhood and Montessorin basic skills and / or individualized teaching; 11 percent offered foreign language immersion; 11 percent were science -, math -, or computer - oriented; 10 percent catered to the gifted and talented and 10 percent to the creative and performing arts; 8 percent were traditional, back - to - basics programs (demanding, for instance, dress codes and contracts with parents for supervision of homework); 7 percent were college preparatory; 7 percent were early childhood and Montessori.

We used carefully matched samples of charter and traditional public school students from Stanford's CREDO National Charter School Study to ensure that differences in student characteristics were unbschool students from Stanford's CREDO National Charter School Study to ensure that differences in student characteristics were unbSchool Study to ensure that differences in student characteristics were unbiased.

In 2015, a sample of students in Year 4 in Australian schools participated in PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy StudyIn 2015, a sample of students in Year 4 in Australian schools participated in PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Studyin Year 4 in Australian schools participated in PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Studyin Australian schools participated in PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Studyin PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Studyin International Reading Literacy Study).

A 2013 study found that students using vouchers to attend private schools, 70 percent of whom were black, were 5 percent more likely to enroll in a four - year college after graduating than were a carefully matched sample of students in Milwaukee public schools.

We study a sample of midcareer elementary and middle school teachers in the Cincinnati Public Schools, all of whom were evaluated in a yearlong program, based largely on classroom observation, sometime between the 2003 — 04 and 2009 — 10 school years.

The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study - Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS - K), a study of a nationally representative sample of children in the United States, also provides insight into variations in achievement among children as they go through scStudy - Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS - K), a study of a nationally representative sample of children in the United States, also provides insight into variations in achievement among children as they go through scstudy of a nationally representative sample of children in the United States, also provides insight into variations in achievement among children as they go through school.

Recent data from a study we are doing here at Wellesley Centers for Women with a large, racially diverse sample of low - income students in a large urban school district found that 95 percent of students, both boys and girls, aspired to attend college when asked in 9th and 10th grade.

We did some whole school sample work and some pilot studies and, in a nutshell, our kids weren't writing enough — which meant that our teachers weren't planning enough low stakes writing for opportunities for them to actually develop their skills.

The researchers also point out there were 1290 unique school and grade combinations in the study sample — an average of 40 students per combination — which meant it «lacked statistical power to find significant differences between treatment conditions or grade levels».

In short, there is no empirical justification for Mike to exclude the moderately large sample of 67 «achievement - to - high - school - graduation» pairings in our study in favor of the mere 15 «achievement - to - college - enrollment» pairings that he preferIn short, there is no empirical justification for Mike to exclude the moderately large sample of 67 «achievement - to - high - school - graduation» pairings in our study in favor of the mere 15 «achievement - to - college - enrollment» pairings that he preferin our study in favor of the mere 15 «achievement - to - college - enrollment» pairings that he preferin favor of the mere 15 «achievement - to - college - enrollment» pairings that he prefers.

I currently am conducting another study in which more than 42 percent of my sample of 314 middle - school students report musculoskeletal discomfort or pain after working on a computer.