Sentences with phrase «standard scale points»

You might hear that a wide variation between verbal and performance scales on an IQ test (depending who you talk to, 2 or 3 standard deviations or 30 or 45 + standard scale points) for example, indicates a learning disability.

Not exact matches

In that briefing note, we identify five entry points for sustainability standards to contribute to the development of these approaches and ensure their integrity and complementarity: preferential or risk - based sourcing; land use planning; government and stakeholder mobilization; producer support at scale; and leveraging finance.

Gourmet Kona coffee sets the extra fancy standard in Hawaii according to (SCAA) the Specialty Coffee Association of America; coffee which scores 80 points or above on a 100 - point scale is graded as specialty.

But as was pointed out in last summer's Labour pamphlet on living standards, the scale of the problem to be tackled is huge.

Radiologists in the study also ranked improvements in their confidence on a four - point scale when using VR compared to the standard method.

At the end of treatment, the women who received the drug reported a 21 - point reduction on a standard scale of depression symptoms, compared with about 9 points for the women on a placebo.

Participants rated the smoothness of the target image relative to the standard image using a 21 - point scale: The higher the frame rate of the target image, the smoother they rated it relative to the standard image.

The study included 231 Chinese adults with subthreshold depression, meaning they scored between five and nine out of a total of 27 points on a standard depression scale.

In 2005 — 06, depending on the grade, a student's math scale score had to rise by an average of 32 points to go from the top of the Performance Level 1 range («failing» or not meeting learning standards) to the bottom of the Performance Level 3 range («proficient» or meeting learning standards).

We find that the accountability provisions of NCLB increased 4th - grade math achievement by roughly 7.2 scale points (0.23 standard deviations) by 2007 in states with no prior accountability policies relative to states that adopted accountability systems in 1997.

A 200 point gap on the SAT scale is huge; statistically, it amounts to two standard deviations.

This effect is as large as the average difference in exam scores for two students whose cumulative GPAs at the start of the semester differ by 0.17 grade points on a standard 0 — 4.0 scale.

The assessment itself was first given in 1969, but the underlying political compromises meant that (a) students were tested by age, not grade level; (b) results were reported either as percentages of test takers getting individual questions right or (starting in 1984) on a psychometric scale that included no benchmarks, standards, or «cut points»; and (c) the «units of analysis» were the entire country and four big regions but not individual states, let alone districts or schools.

On a five - point clarity scale (5 = very clear and 1 = very unclear), standards were rated a 3.2; the body of evidence required for tenure was rated a 3.46; tenure criteria a 3.53; and the tenure process a 3.63.

Using variation in course - taking that arises both from changes in course offerings at particular campuses in a particular term and from variation across students in the distance that they have to travel to take in - person courses, we find that taking a course online reduces student grades by 0.44 points on the traditional four - point grading scale, approximately a 0.33 standard deviation decline relative to taking a course in - person (See Figure 1).

We converted the A to F grades that respondents assigned to the schools into a standard grade - point - average (GPA) scale (A = 4 and F = 0).

For example, the mean for principals «ratings on the item State standards stimulate additional professional learning in our school was 4.39 on a six - point scale, with more than 60 % of the respondents giving the item a rating that was somewhat to very positive.

Clearly communicate expected standards for high - priority areas of instruction had a mean of 4.9 on a six point scale.

The standard error of measurement at this achievement level was 15 scale score points.

They then use as an example the 0.044 (p < 0.05) coefficient (as related to more classroom observations with explicit feedback tied to the Common Core) and explain that «a difference of one standard deviation in the observation and feedback index was associated with an increase of 0.044 standard deviations in students» mathematics test scores — roughly the equivalent of 1.4 scale score points on the PARCC assessment and 4.1 scale score points on the SBAC.»

Joe Feldman discusses the need for educators to transition from grading via «blanket point totals» to using descriptor scales to capture levels of standards mastery.

All of the items on the survey produced response means between 5.0 and 6.0, with a median standard deviation of 1.095, on a 7 - point Likert - type scale.

Under this system, teachers are evaluated on a four - point scale based on multiple measures that include classroom observations, content standards, and assessments of student growth.

Average Point Difference is a measure that compares a school's SBAC scale scores by grade to the state standard for «met.»

Mean ELA scaled scores for ELs in these schools range from 2,307 to 2,396 (out of 2,663 possible points) at the lowest achievement level («Standard Not Met»).

The Final 16 beat out 25 other states and earned the highest scores from the peer reviewers, who awarded points based on a 500 - point grading scale that judged states» commitments to improve teacher effectiveness, data systems, academic standards, and low - performing schools.

The new iPads have fairly accurate intensity scales with gammas fairly close to the 2.2 standard, however, they all have slightly bluish white points, with color temperatures of 7,109 K to 7,355 K, which is still (marginally) very good but reduces their overall color accuracy somewhat because the white point also affects all of the low saturation colors in the color gamut.

And of course, there people at all points along the scale from A to B. I'm not sure if TWUC's standards are workable, but at least they're working on it — and they're willing to admit that not all the good authors are going through the trad - publishing gate these days.

Often this means examining individually each hound and grading according to the scale of points found within the AKC beagle breed standard; all AKC show disqualifications apply.

Some countries, such as Canada, use a point scale that accompanies the standard, and judges will often calculate the points per feature on each exhibit as they examine and observe movement.

Using the scale of points, each dog is evaluated according to how closely it conforms to the breed standard.

Using a «scale of points» each dog is evaluated according to how closely it conforms to the AKC approved breed standard.

We're also using the same three - point system for re-releases, but instead of giving it only one score, we're retaining the individual elements (Graphics, Sound, Story, etc.) from our standard reviews, but overlaying them with the new scale.

This model could be used as a starting point in the development of a GCM parameterization of a the ice mixing - ratio probability distribution function and cloud amount, if a means of diagnosing the depth of the saturated layer and the standard deviation of cloud depth from basic large - scale meterological parameters could be determined.

Even doing Fourier analyses is just obfuscating the concept that there must be standard repeating patterns that make up the apparent random noise — well you may find some but they will be dependent on the algorithm used and the end points they won't describe the chaotic system because by definition they expect repeating patterns at various scales from a chaotic system.

For gaming, the Standard mode offers a bit more punch, raising the backlight to 75 on the 100 - point scale, which is helpful seeing that this display doesn't get as bright as the higher tiers in Vizio's lineup, or TVs from other brands like Samsung and Sony.

The new iPads have fairly accurate Intensity Scales with Gammas fairly close to the 2.2 standard, however, they all have slightly bluish White Points, with Color Temperatures of 7,109 K to 7,355 K, which is still (marginally) Very Good but reduces their overall Color Accuracy somewhat because the White Point also affects all of the low saturation colors in the Color Gamut.

Warmth and control scores were dichotomized and combined to approximate the 4 categorical parenting styles.11 Because there are no standard cut points for these scales, and scores were skewed toward the positive, the summary scores were dichotomized at the least positive tertile separately for mother and father data.

The quality of family living standards was assessed at annual intervals from ages 1 to 10 years on the basis of interviewer ratings made on a 5 - point scale from very good to very poor.

This scale provides a rating of the average standard of living for a given area on a ten - point scale with 1 indicating disadvantage and 10 indicating advantage.

Part of the reason for this is the true — false response format; however, even when a 4 - or 5 - point Likert scale is used, some subscales have coefficient α that consistently fall below our standard for a «well - established» rating (please refer to Table S1).