Sentences with phrase «whether their students take»

«Among all of the variables we analyzed, whether a student attends a public pre-K program is the strongest predictor of whether the student takes the gifted and talented test.

We also confirm that we obtain similar results when we control for student characteristics measured at or before the PSAT / NMSQT, including sex, parental education, family income level, whether a student took the PSAT / NMSQT in 10th grade and his or her previous score, indicators for ethnic background (for example, Mexican, Cuban), and controls for the type of high school attended, including affiliation (public or private), urbanicity (that is, city, suburban, rural), size, and concentration of Hispanic students.

There's also been widespread mistrust of the twelfth grade assessment itself, particularly as to whether students take it seriously and produce reliable data.

Whether students take notes using a digital platform or capture pictures of analog notes in an app, technology allows them to save their work indefinitely.

Any individual AP subject test was considered when determining whether a student took or passed at least one AP test.

Whether our students take the full diploma or concentrate in our certificate or elective programs, they are educated to understand diverse perspectives necessary for success in today's interconnected world.

This evaluation system will impact our fellow teachers very differently, depending on whether their students take standardized tests.

In the case of PARRC, testers now acknowledge the vast gap in scores between schools often depended whether students took the test with pencil and paper or from an online computer screen.

The statistically significant effect of dual enrollment participation versus non-participation generally remained the same, regardless of whether students took one, two, three or four, or five or more dual enrollment courses.

Not exact matches

About 95 % of Stanford's Graduate School of Business's 809 students opt to take at least one entrepreneurship class — whether it's Startup Garage, Product Launch, or Formation of New Ventures.

Students are always looking for ways to save money and cut down on costs, whether that means cramming themselves three to a dorm room meant for two, sneaking pieces of fruit from the dining hall to take for the road, or sharing streaming service accounts.

Student Cameron Kasky asks Marco Rubio whether he will pledge not to take any more NRA money pic.twitter.com/kJi1Tot 2YT

Congress sets rates depending on the type of loan, taking into consideration whether the loan is for graduate or undergraduate students and whether the loan is subsidized or not.

Whether you're taking out student loans, preparing for repayment, or considering forbearance, it's crucial to understand how student loan interest works so you can make the best choices for your finances.

Whether you're taking out a loan or refinancing for new terms, you'll have to choose between a variable and fixed rate student loan.

And so, with that in mind, below you will find some of our favorite quotes from college graduation speeches of 2017 — whether these speak directly to your career aspirations, or more broadly to your approach to life, we are confident that taking these quotes to heart can help all students and grads in their personal and professional lives.

Nearly all education costs, whether it's interest paid on your student loans or additional classes you've taken for continuing education requirements, are tax deductible.

In one experiment, researchers told the students the test they were taking would gauge their career success and then asked students whether they believed God had a hand in that success.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that the majority of the students at Houghton College take the Bible seriously — whether they've joined the baking club or the career club.

A question came to me that asked whether or not taking out a student loan is bad and a sign of not trusting God.

The political objectives of the student revolutionaries of 1968, whether in Paris or Chicago, came to nothing, but there did take place a radical change in the sexual mores of the Western world, and the novels which followed The Professor's Daughter depict eros as Satan's weapon of choice.

It took this shape: ten students and a faculty member meet two hours a week through the first year of seminary, with the students placed in supervised settings where they experience human need, whether it be aging and death, emergency rooms, or poverty.

Anyone over the age of 16 can take out a membership at Oxford University Sport whether they are students, staff or members of the local community.

I think about the debates around how many AP courses a high school student should take or whether to apply to 8 schools or 10 and realize the luxury of worrying about problems like these.

But as college students, eager to learn and take on the world, we were multi-talented beings, whether it's in athletics, the arts, or technology.

One question I raised here before, though, is whether he's ever measured actual consumption of the food students take.

If students are inappropriately taking pics in the lunch room or elsewhere, that is a separate issue from whether we should have the a la carte line or not.

The question is whether or not these same motivated and high - achieving students would have done just as well in college without taking AP courses in high school.

But the comment came as DeVos, a staunch opponent of public schools, is taking over the nation's free lunch program that provides nutrition to low - income students and is under attack from Republicans, raising questions about whether the administration of President Donald Trump will protect food aid programs for children, NPR reported.

New Prenatal yoga students are welcome to take any class on our schedule and then decide whether to put their first class towards a class package, or purchase a single class.

Deputy Minister of Education in - charge of tertiary education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says government is yet to take a decision on whether tertiary students should pay for utilities on campus.

«The decision of whether a student should take the state assessments is ultimately for that student's parent or parents to make,» Beattie said.

Stewart - Cousins asked whether students and teachers alike are receiving enough resources in the classroom, while adding that educators themselves are being excluded in providing their take.

He therefore urged the students to always take reading seriously whether they had an upcoming competition or not.

The plan, detailed in an 18 - page report prepared by the minority Democrats» Policy Group, includes proposed tax benefits for employers who offer student loan assistance, expansion of state tuition assistance programs and implementation of different student readiness metrics used to determine whether students must take remedial courses.

Whether you are a student in college or a grandparent living on social security, there should be no artificial barriers to register and take part in the electoral process.»

Tilles said local tests would take into account socio - economic background when calculating student performance, and that those calculations would include whether English is a student's first language.

«Whether you are a student in college or a grandparent living on Social Security, there should be no artificial barriers to register and take part in the electoral process,» Cuomo said.

On Monday, Paladino said the point he wanted to make at the rally is that out - of - state students — whether foreign - born or not — are taking advantage of New York's heavily subsidized university system at the cost of taxpayers.

It isn't fair to expect your students to take an idealistic attitude towards their work; whether it's med school or grad school, their grades shape their futures.

But MESA participation had no effect on whether Latino students in the study took AP STEM classes.

The data included whether the students participated in MESA during the fall of ninth grade, which AP courses they took in high school and which fields or subject areas they said they were likely to pursue in college.

So this fall — whether you're a new graduate student, tackling the distinctive challenges that start in your second or third year, or even further along — take a few minutes to consider whether a few seemingly trivial matters are quietly chipping away at your motivation.

Seppo Kuukasjärvi of the University of Jyväskylä in Finland and his colleagues asked 81 female students for details of their menstrual cycles and also whether they were taking contraceptive pills.

Less than a month before Congress votes on whether to reauthorize a controversial program mandating healthier school lunches, a new study confirms the suspicions of school officials — many students are putting the fruits and vegetables they're now required to take straight into the trash, consuming fewer than they did before the law took effect.

For example, he says, it's not clear how the student experience of taking a course compares to being mentored one - on - one, or whether a research experience helps students learn how to interpret scientific data.

«The current student choice policies do not take race into consideration, but it is unclear whether or not they are creating diverse schools,» Frankenberg explained.

In «holistic review,» the approach taken by UT, admissions officials look «not only at grades but also at what barriers students have overcome, whether they have had research opportunity and experience, whether they have evidenced persistence or determination in other parts of their lives, and many more factors,» she said.

The purpose of the present study, performed with doctoral students Svetlana Dachkovsky of the University of Haifa and Christina Healy of Gallaudet University, was to determine whether the facial intonation of sign language is the same for all sign languages or whether, like spoken languages, intonation takes on different characteristic patterns in each language.

Whether it's the Louvre or the Rubin Museum of Art, students are often encouraged to spend time sketching the paintings and sculptures that intrigue them — not to practice their art skills, but to get them to look closer at the details: the complex color of a sky, the figure off in the distance... After taking the time to draw a sketch yourself, you're bound to remember the details of a work and have a greater appreciation for its creation.