Sentences with phrase «tests than comparison groups»

In 23 trends measured, Edison students were making smaller gains on criterion - referenced tests than comparison groups.

Not exact matches

The study by ctb / McGraw - Hill found that, in 1987, students in grades 1 to 8 who took its Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills scored an average of 6.63 percentile points higher in reading, 10.83 points higher in language, and 14 points higher in mathematics than a 1981 comparison group.

• Value - added results, which have recently been touted as a better way to use standardized test scores, are actually no more accurate than year - to - year comparisons of different groups of students.

Few differences existed across groups in 9th grade, but by the end of 10th grade, students» test scores, academic grade point averages, and progress to graduation tended to be better for the students in programs of study (i.e., treatment students) than for control / comparison students.

Most Americans can correctly identify carbon dioxide as a gas created by the burning of fossil fuels (68 %), and a similar share, 65 %, recognize that a comparison or control group is a better method for testing the effectiveness of a new drug than simply giving the drug to a single group.

MIT using bibliotherapy was chosen as a comparison group because: (a) it seemed inappropriate to withhold treatment by assigning children to wait - list groups when the efficacy of moderately intensive parent training is well - established; (b) comparisons to alternative treatments provide stronger tests of treatment efficacy than do comparisons to untreated controls; and (c) WLC cause problems in assessing outcomes because WLCs generate a disproportionate number of dropouts that are difficult to address in «completer» analyses (Werba et al., 2006).