Sentences with phrase «when differences in test scores»

But these raw differences narrow substantially when differences in test scores are accounted for.

Not exact matches

When we clump children together into a single diagnostic category based on test scores, we not only fail to address what might be causing the dyslexia, but we also ignore variability in performance that limits our ability to identify individual differences.

Specifically, I examine whether the results change when I adjust my results to account for differences in student characteristics, including prior (age 7) test scores; gender; eligibility for free lunch; special education needs; month of birth; whether first language is English; ethnic background; and census information on the home neighborhood deprivation index.

The first paper, released in July 2009 by Roland Fryer and Steven Levitt, found that while there are no mean differences between boys and girls in math when they start school, girls gradually lose ground, so that the gap between boys and girls after six years of schooling is half as large as the black - white test score gap.

The study found that Spanish - speaking students earn lower grades in advanced courses than non — Spanish - speaking students, but these differences disappear when students have the same GPA and test scores in the prior year and attend the same school.

When we administer these exams, we attempt to keep the testing conditions consistent for all students so that we can be sure that differences in scores are due to differences in knowledge and abilities rather than other unrelated factors.

When you have statisticians trying to explain differences in test scores as being equivalent to N days in school, one imagines that a 40 day difference in test date would have some impact.

First, we know from earlier studies that student attainment levels - high school graduation or enrollment in post-secondary education - may be higher among voucher users even when test score differences between them and their public school counterparts are nonexistent.

The difference in test scores produced by the incentive system was about the same as that detected in earlier studies that measured differences in student performance when kids were taught by great teachers rather than average teachers.

However, when tested with the three group severity variable a group difference in PSI scores did emerge F (2, 942) = 7.71, p <.001.