Sentences with phrase «subgroup size for»

[7] The NCES report, however, is about subgroup size for reporting purposes, not accountability.

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Citing the significance of congregational size and subgroup structures, Schaller offers practical solutions to both clergy and laity for fulfilling their commitment to church growth.

Key findings were examined for statistically significant differences among SFA subgroups based on size, community type, region, and poverty level.

The large size and diverse racial / ethnic makeup of the Breast Cancer Family Registry allowed the researchers to evaluate mortality risk across different subtypes of breast cancer and subgroups of patients, and adjust for confounding factors.

The researchers caution that the study was limited in size for subgroup analyses, and less common cancers.

Size and strength training for the subgroup known as «hard gainers» will be dealt with as well.

[12] The guidance does not explicitly prohibit aggregation of data across racial and ethnic subgroups in cases in which data for those disaggregated categories would be impossible to report due to sample sizes falling below the state's specified n - size.

«Best Practices for Determining Subgroup Size in Accountability Systems While Protecting Personally Identifiable Student Information.»

Table 2 shows that different strategies have different effects for representation for different subgroups, holding the minimum n - size constant at 30.

Most disaggregated: This column uses the n - size for each grade level, racial / ethnic subgroup, and school year, with no further aggregation.

Pooling data across years and grades will include most students in accountability systems, but for lower enrollment populations, pooling across racial / ethnic groups may provide an opportunity to include students in accountability systems in cases where subgroup size is otherwise too small.

Both NCLB and its successor, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), left the choice of minimum subgroup size at the school level (n - size) for accountability purposes to the states.

It is required to report whatever metrics its state chooses not only for all its tested grades (3 - 5), but also for a number of distinct «subgroups» including those defined by race / ethnicity, as long as there are more students in each subgroup than the minimum n - size the state has chosen.

States use subgroups for two purposes, with potentially two different minimum subgroup sizes, or n - sizes: reporting (school report cards available to the public online) and federal accountability (used in state calculations to determine which schools fall into particular categories under ESSA).

NCLB held schools accountable for every subgroup that had a sufficient number of students (called the minimum «n - size»).

The results presented for subgroups within the sample have larger margins of error, depending on their actual size.

He found no detectable benefit from mandated class size reduction — either for students in general or for any student subgroup, racial, ethnic, or level of disadvantage.

CAP has praised states in the past for lowering their n - sizes, but their plan to have fewer students «count» toward a school's accountability rating would mean less attention on important subgroups of students.

What that looks like is schools might have 10 different subgroups that all have to meet the minimum n - size for each of the components in the system.

First, it would all but eliminate school - level information about the learning of student subgroups, as testing only a single grade in each school often results in sample sizes for groups such as English learners or blacks that are too small to yield reliable information for the school as a whole.

By reducing the subgroup size across all participating districts, schools will be held accountable for reporting the progress of about 153,000 additional students who are mostly Latino, African American, English Learners, or students with disabilities.

Members point to regulations that insert comparability of teacher salaries, define a threshold for classroom size of subgroups, condense accountability development timelines, and require states to apply a single summative rating (accountability) to schools.

For complete research method, including weighting variables and subgroup sample sizes, please contact the NFCC at [email protected].

ACT - activated clotting time (bleeding disorders) ACTH - adrenocorticotropic hormone (adrenal gland function) Ag - antigen test for proteins specific to a disease causing organism or virus Alb - albumin (liver, kidney and intestinal disorders) Alk - Phos, ALP alkaline phosphatase (liver and adrenal disorders) Allergy Testing intradermal or blood antibody test for allergen hypersensitivity ALT - alanine aminotransferase (liver disorder) Amyl - amylase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) ANA - antinuclear antibody (systemic lupus erythematosus) Anaplasmosis Anaplasma spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) APTT - activated partial thromboplastin time (blood clotting ability) AST - aspartate aminotransferase (muscle and liver disorders) Band band cell — type of white blood cell Baso basophil — type of white blood cell Bile Acids digestive acids produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder (liver function) Bili bilirubin (bile pigment responsible for jaundice from liver disease or RBC destruction) BP - blood pressure measurement BUN - blood urea nitrogen (kidney and liver function) Bx biopsy C & S aerobic / anaerobic bacterial culture and antibiotic sensitivity test (infection, drug selection) Ca +2 calcium ion — unbound calcium (parathyroid gland function) CBC - complete blood count (all circulating cells) Chol cholesterol (liver, thyroid disorders) CK, CPK creatine [phospho] kinase (muscle disease, heart disease) Cl - chloride ion — unbound chloride (hydration, blood pH) CO2 - carbon dioxide (blood pH) Contrast Radiograph x-ray image using injected radiopaque contrast media Cortisol hormone produced by the adrenal glands (adrenal gland function) Coomb's anti- red blood cell antibody test (immune - mediated hemolytic anemia) Crea creatinine (kidney function) CRT - capillary refill time (blood pressure, tissue perfusion) DTM - dermatophyte test medium (ringworm — dermatophytosis) EEG - electroencephalogram (brain function, epilepsy) Ehrlichia Ehrlichia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) EKG, ECG - electrok [c] ardiogram (electrical heart activity, heart arryhthmia) Eos eosinophil — type of white blood cell Fecal, flotation, direct intestinal parasite exam FeLV Feline Leukemia Virus test FIA Feline Infectious Anemia: aka Feline Hemotrophic Mycoplasma, Haemobartonella felis test FIV Feline Immunodeficiency Virus test Fluorescein Stain fluorescein stain uptake of cornea (corneal ulceration) fT4, fT4ed, freeT4ed thyroxine hormone unbound by protein measured by equilibrium dialysis (thyroid function) GGT gamma - glutamyltranferase (liver disorders) Glob globulin (liver, immune system) Glu blood or urine glucose (diabetes mellitus) Gran granulocytes — subgroup of white blood cells Hb, Hgb hemoglobin — iron rich protein bound to red blood cells that carries oxygen (anemia, red cell mass) HCO3 - bicarbonate ion (blood pH) HCT, PCV, MHCT hematocrit, packed - cell volume, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) K + potassium ion — unbound potassium (kidney disorders, adrenal gland disorders) Lipa lipase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) LYME Borrelia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) Lymph lymphocyte — type of white blood cell MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (anemia, iron deficiency) MCV mean corpuscular volume — average red cell size (anemia, iron deficiency) Mg +2 magnesium ion — unbound magnesium (diabetes, parathyroid function, malnutrition) MHCT, HCT, PCV microhematocrit, hematocrit, packed - cell volume (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) MIC minimum inhibitory concentration — part of the C&S that determines antimicrobial selection Mono monocyte — type of white blood cell MRI magnetic resonance imaging (advanced tissue imaging) Na + sodium ion — unbound sodium (dehydration, adrenal gland disease) nRBC nucleated red blood cell — immature red blood cell (bone marrow damage, lead toxicity) PCV, HCT, MHCT packed - cell volume, hematocrit, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) PE physical examination pH urine pH (urinary tract infection, urolithiasis) Phos phosphorus (kidney disorders, ketoacidosis, parathyroid function) PLI pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (pancreatitis) PLT platelet — cells involved in clotting (bleeding disorders) PT prothrombin time (bleeding disorders) PTH parathyroid hormone, parathormone (parathyroid function) Radiograph x-ray image RBC red blood cell count (anemia) REL Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Ehrlichia / Lyme combination test Retic reticulocyte — immature red blood cell (regenerative vs. non-regenerative anemia) RMSF Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever SAP serum alkaline phosphatase (liver disorders) Schirmer Tear Test tear production test (keratoconjunctivitis sicca — dry eye,) Seg segmented neutrophil — type of white blood cell USG Urine specific gravity (urine concentration, kidney function) spec cPL specific canine pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test spec fPL specific feline pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test T4 thyroxine hormone — total (thyroid gland function) TLI trypsin - like immunoreactivity (exocrine pancreatic insufficiency) TP total protein (hydration, liver disorders) TPR temperature / pulse / respirations (physical exam vital signs) Trig triglycerides (fat metabolism, liver disorders) TSH thyroid stimulating hormone (thyroid gland function) UA urinalysis (kidney function, urinary tract infection, diabetes) Urine Cortisol - Crea Ratio urine cortisol - creatine ratio (screening test for adrenal gland disease) Urine Protein - Crea Ratio urine protein - creatinine ratio (kidney disorders) VWF VonWillebrands factor (bleeding disorder) WBC white blood cell count (infection, inflammation, bone marrow suppression)

The credibility interval for a sample size of 1,000 is + / - 3.6 % and larger for subgroups.

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Subgroup analyses examining associations between recruitment source and intervention effectiveness require large sample sizes.17 We have recently published one of the largest randomised trials of an internet intervention, the EVIDENT trial.3 Over 1000 participants were randomised for this trial that demonstrated the effectiveness of the intervention (Deprexis) for mild to moderate depressive symptoms.

The odds of having comorbid disorders are higher than expected by chance for most racial / ethnic subgroups, except when base rates of disorders were already high or when cell sizes were small.

With this sample size, MIHOPE becomes one of the largest studies of home visiting ever conducted, and it will be able to reliably examine impacts of home visiting on key outcomes and for key subgroups of interest.

The relatively low response rate (∼ 36 %) and resulting small sample size may have resulted in reduced power for hypotheses affecting certain subgroups.

Sampling & Weighting Data was gathered via both General Market and additional targeted subgroup sampling to guarantee robust base sizes for analysis.

For complete survey methodology for all survey waves, including weighting variables and subgroup sample sizes, please contact [e-mail] complete survey methodology for all survey waves, including weighting variables and subgroup sample sizes, please contact [e-mail] all survey waves, including weighting variables and subgroup sample sizes, please contact [email protected]