In a comparative
study of test scores in states showing changes in the number of librarians between 2004 and 2009, Lance and Hofschire (2011) determined states which gained school librarians demonstrated a greater rise in reading scores while states that lost librarians had an overall decline in reading scores.
A study of test scores in each of the city's public elementary schools finds that diversity does not erase achievement gaps between white and minority students.
Eric Hanushek's critique of
our study of test scores and the accountability system in Texas does not meet this standard («RAND versus RAND,» Check the Facts, Spring 2001).
A study of test scores from 2010 through 2014, by economists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Duke University, found that Denver's charters produced «remarkably large gains in math,» large gains in writing, and smaller but statistically significant gains in reading, compared to DPS - operated schools.
Studies of test scores have been inconclusive.
Not exact matches
Not only did eating chocolate immediately boost participants»
test scores, the
study revealed that eating small amounts
of chocolate daily boosted cognitive performance over a long period
of time.
A
study in the «Journal
of Individual Differences» found that people who
scored higher on IQ
tests as children tended to be more curious and open to new ideas as adults.
«According to one
study of 6,724 participants, published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior, people who
score high in psychopathy personality
tests often write posts relating to their own needs and satisfaction,» reports Business Insider.
A University
of London longitudinal
study tested vocabulary skills
of the same people at ages 16 and 42 and found at the younger age the average
test score was 55 percent.
Judge and co-author John D. Kammeyer - Mueller
of the Warrington College
of Business looked at data collected as part
of a multi-decade
study that followed more than 1,500 California children who had
scored high on intelligence
tests.
On April 26, 2012, the results
of a
study which
tested their subjects» pro-social sentiments were published in the Social Psychological and Personality Science journal in which non-religious people had higher
scores showing that they were more inclined to show generosity in random acts
of kindness, such as lending their po.sse.ssions and offering a seat on a crowded bus or train.
And a 2014
study of student performance at schools in California and New York, conducted by the American Institutes for Research, found that attending deeper - learning schools had a significant positive impact, on average, on students» content knowledge and standardized -
test scores.
Carolyn also does general consulting with schools on topics from curriculum development to teaching
study skills to interpretation
of student
test scores.
Standardized Assessment
of Concussion or «SAC», Sport Concussion Assessment Tool Version 3 or «SCAT3», the Balance Error
Scoring System or «BESS», King - Devick
Test», Maddocks» questions) already shown by
studies to be reliable in making the initial remove - from - play decision, or one
of a number
of new assessment screens being developed and
tested.
What's more, a
study conducted by the University
of Virginia showed that kids who attend a school with a severe climate
of bullying often have lower
scores on standardized
tests.
In most
studies, breastfed kids
score on average three to five points higher on IQ
tests than formula babies, regardless
of PUFAs they consume, which Willatts said can't easily be explained.
Researchers hope the new
study «will establish large - scale
test norms and expected ranges
of pre-competition
scores for this age group, and will further investigate the capacity for K - D
scores to capture closed head injury and concussion.»
«Our data indicate that head trauma events can be effectively identified by K - D
test time
scores, and that analyses
of this new measure in future
studies can establish its role as a rapid sideline screening
test for concussion,» she writes.
Researchers at Baylor College
of Medicine
studied eighth grade math students and found gum chewers
scored 3 percent better on standardized math
tests and achieved better final grades (Wrigley Science Institute, 2009).
Studies show that children who eat breakfast at the start
of their school day have higher math and reading
scores, and demonstrate a sharper memory and faster speeds on cognitive
tests.
For instance, one
study of 36 middle - class mothers and their three - year - olds found that securely - attached children
scored 12 points higher on the Stanford - Binet intelligence
test than did insecurely attached children (Crandell and Hobson 1999).
Studies have shown no statistical difference in
test scores of homeschooled children taught by parents who were certified teachers and homeschooled children who were taught by parents without teaching certificates.
The
study, similar to research conducted at Harvard University and the University
of Minnesota, would examine if serving a morning meal is linked to improved
test scores, lower absenteeism or fewer behavior problems.
Alex Ashbrook, director
of D.C. Hunger Solutions, called in - classroom breakfast a possible «magic bullet
of school reform» because some
studies link a good breakfast to increased
test scores and fewer visits to the school nurse.
The
study found that the players had poorer post-season reaction time and
scores on a
test of visual attention and task switching, which deficits were associated with greater head impact exposures.
Using DTI, researchers at Wake Forest found in a 2014
study [26] that a single season
of high school football can produce changes in the white matter
of the brain
of the type previously associated with mTBI in the absence
of a clinical diagnosis
of concussion, and that these impact - related changes in the brain are strongly associated with a postseason change in the verbal memory composite
score from baseline on the ImPACT neurocognitive
test.
National
studies show that students who eat school breakfast are more likely to: reach higher levels
of math achievement;
score higher on
tests; have better concentration, memory and alertness, improved attendance, behavior, and academic performance; and maintain a healthy weight
That 2005 Economic Journal
study of American women who returned to work within 12 weeks showed that infants whose mothers went back even earlier were likely to have more behavioral problems and lower cognitive
test scores at age 4.
A single, small, retrospective case - control
study examined the use
of newborn transient evoked otoacoustic emission hearing screening
tests as a tool for identifying infants at subsequent risk
of SIDS.343 Infants who subsequently died from SIDS did not fail their hearing
tests but, compared with controls, showed a decreased signal - to - noise ratio
score in the right ear only (at frequencies
of 2000, 3000, and 4000 Hz).
Most academic
studies find that teachers account for between 1 percent and 14 percent
of variability in student
test scores, while Cuomo wants to base 50 percent
of teacher evaluations on
test scores.
The
test, Raven's Progressive Matrices, usually entails both visual and symbolic reasoning, although brain imaging
of study subjects with autism showed they were able to
score well using only the areas
of their brains associated with visual processes.
As the authors
of the new UNC
study write, admissions committees often assume that «[t] ypical selection criteria [such as] standardized
test scores, undergraduate GPA, letters
of recommendation, a resume and / or personal statement highlighting relevant research or professional experience, and feedback from interviews with training faculty... correlate with research success in graduate school.»
In one
study of 1,651 high school students from three states, reading ability was just as important to students» science - class grades and
scores on state - level science
tests as the amount
of science knowledge they had.
One recent
study (pdf) found that among a representative sample
of U.S. science students, those who said their science teachers had them read textbooks more often had higher
test scores.
The results showed there were no statistically significant differences in
test scores or students» assessments
of the flipped classes compared to a traditional lecture course
of study.
Based on a
study of more than 30,000 elementary, middle, and high school students conducted in winter 2015 - 16, researchers found that elementary and middle school students
scored lower on a computer - based
test that did not allow them to return to previous items than on two comparable
tests — paper - or computer - based — that allowed them to skip, review, and change previous responses.
After just six weeks
of the
study, all
of the children improved their
scores in a standardized fifty question national
test.
In June, researchers reported that office workers
scored higher on
tests of cognitive function when the room was better ventilated, but many
studies have found that background noise impairs cognitive performance.
Many
tests are backed by a wealth
of studies that demonstrate how personality / ability
scores relate to occupational behaviour.
► «Armed with new data showing black applicants suffer a 35 % lower chance
of having a grant proposal funded than their white counterparts, NIH officials are gearing up to
test whether reviewers in its
study sections give lower
scores to proposals from African - American applicants,» Jeffrey Mervis wrote on Thursday.
After recruiting more than 600 cohort members for their
study, Ritchie and colleagues tracked their
scores on a simple visual task three times over 10 years, repeating the
test at the mean ages
of 70, 73, and 76.
In what is believed to be the first
study of its kind, older adults who
scored high on cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF)
tests performed better on memory tasks than those who had low CRF.
The researchers from the University's Department
of Social Policy and Intervention, and the Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm,
studied the
test scores measuring cognitive ability
of children aged between 10 and 13, and found they had a strong effect on a child's subsequent educational performance.
In the main
study group, exposure to anesthesia for surgery before the age
of 4 was associated with an average difference
of 0.41 percent lower school grades and 0.97 percent lower IQ
test scores.
The five year
study, found that those taught genetics first improved their
test scores by an average
of seven per cent more than those taught evolution first.
A Wisconsin law requiring public reporting
of test scores from voucher schools went into effect during the last year
of the
study, 2010, giving researchers a rare look at private - school
test scores both before and after the accountability mandate.
There's a great
study of 2 million Danish standardized
tests that revealed that students who'd been randomly assigned to take standardized
tests in the afternoon
scored significantly lower than those randomly assigned to take them in the morning.
«Our
study linked a positive
score in this
test with quicker spread to the brain, and importantly showed the factor we were measuring is providing information on patient outcome independently
of other biomarkers already measured in the clinic.
A recent
study for the company found that British workers» IQ
test scores drop temporarily by an average
of 10 points when juggling phones, e-mails, and other electronic messages — more
of an IQ drop than occurs after smoking marijuana or losing a night's sleep.
Second,
scores of studies show that self -
testing is a great way to cement material into memory.