Sentences with phrase «tenth of a standard deviation»

[T] he summer loss equaled about one month on a grade - level equivalent scale, or one tenth of a standard deviation relative to spring test scores.

By grade six, the average annual improvement is less than three - tenths of a standard deviation.

DeVos also tried in her interview to claim that «studies show» positive results from school choice in Florida, but as Mark Webber points out, those studies show positive results — just really, really small ones in the tenths of a standard deviation.

The effect is large: Finance reforms raise achievement in the lowest - income school districts by about one - tenth of a standard deviation, closing about one - fifth of the gap between high - and low - income districts.

The difference in test scores between these «young» 5 - year - olds and «old» 5 - year - olds was remarkably stable, the study found, at about two - tenths of a standard deviation.

Not exact matches

It is true that on average, an additional $ 1000 in per - pupil spending is associated with an annual gain in achievement of one - tenth of 1 percent of a standard deviation.

The fact that you can find the standard deviation of a set of non-random numbers doesn't tell you anything helpful when it comes to measuring actual temperature within tenths of a degree from historical data based on antiquated equipment with little control over the method of collection and huge gaps in the areas measured.