Sentence examples for academic indices from inspiring English sources

The large and significant increase in mean performance on the LBL-related matched questions pairs (21%) in contrast to the <3% increase in exam performance on non-LBL questions, and similarity in preclass academic indices and composition of the 2007, 2008, and 2009 cohorts, indicate the majority of the increase in performance is associated with LBL-related learning gains.

And, consistent with the tabulations in Table 1, whites have higher academic indices and graduation rates than do minorities, a pattern that holds campus-by-campus.

The preclass academic indices of the cohorts were similar (Table 3).

If the Academic Index is not a material secret, it is certainly a sensitive topic.

Ivy League colleges compute an academic index for freshmen based on their College Board SAT and achievement test scores.

Mr. Goldberger instead described the pieces of a college application that can have greater impact than an Academic Index number.

Nearly every prospective Ivy player must meet a minimum on the Academic Index, a measuring tool that uses grade-point average, class rank and standardized test scores.

What do readers of The Choice think of the Academic Index, and its outsized role in the admission of Ivy League athletes?

Although the Academic Index has been around for a quarter-century, it has almost never been examined outside the educational community.

"Any one of the eight can go after some superstar athlete if he or she qualifies according to the Academic Index," Beckett said.

Which leads to another caution: Mr. Goldberger said the Academic Index is not accurate enough to be a reliable forecast of admissibility.