The phrase "a sample of school" is not correct and may be confusing in written English.
It could be used in contexts discussing educational research or assessments, but it lacks clarity.
Example: "The study included a sample of school from various districts to analyze educational outcomes."
Alternatives: "a sample of students" or "a sample from the school".
The Swedish government tried the new policy in a sample of school districts, selected to be representative of the country as a whole.
We surveyed a sample of school principals who served as "key informants" about the communities in which their schools were located.
The purpose of this paper was to investigate whether information about radiography careers that was placed on the Internet was accessible, accurate, understandable, comprehensive, abundant and attractive to a sample of school children.
The charity said research conducted in collaboration with the University of Lincoln into human-animal interactions using a sample of school children "clearly indicated that the pupils receiving an animal visit had far lower cortisol levels and therefore were much less stressed".
The paediatricians were trained to measure all outcomes at a week long training session on a sample of school aged children living in a residential facility near Minsk.
Finally, pain severity was also found to be related to previous treatment and medication use in a sample of school children [ 5].
School visits depended on security measures in force at the time; however, as wide a sample of schools as possible was selected to determine the differential impact in a host of contexts in the two regions.
The aim of this study was to investigate whether these cognitive benefits extended to a sample of school-aged children.
The E.P.A. tested for radon in a sample of schools nationwide between 1990 and 1991.
A 2008 Ofsted report that looked at a sample of schools providing opportunities to learn outside the classroom found that, when implemented well, those opportunities "contributed significantly to raising standards and improving pupils' personal, social and emotional development".
The most popular higher education destinations for international school students are the U.S., U.K. and Canada, according to ISC Research based on a sample of schools.
