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They're comparing student achievement".
However, this error in judgment does not justify comparing student journalists to the murderous psychopaths in "Lord of the Flies".
NORM-REFERENCED TESTING: Most national tests are scored by comparing student results to a national norm; results are expressed as a percentile.
I'm going to apply for psychology – I want to go into clinical psychology – and I'm searching for the best courses on university websites and prospectuses, and comparing student satisfaction ratings and accommodation options.
More apropos would be comparing student achievement to national exams like the National Assessment of Educational Progress (especially the written composition part) that use national norms that are not diluted down to lower state and district standards, and are marked fairly and consistently.
The current study – an evaluation of Iowa's anti-bullying law –tested these two hypotheses by comparing student and teacher behaviors before and after the passage of the law.
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North Carolina, meanwhile, concluded that comparing students this year with those in the same grade last year may be pointless.
Value added: comparing students' individual degree results with their entry qualifications – given as a banded score out of 10.
Bridge argues that by comparing students with similar baseline scores, it has effectively accounted for the students' home differences.
By comparing students in each charter school with similar students attending a local traditional school, researchers measured the impact that attending each institution had.
Doesn't research also show, when comparing students with similar A-level grades on entry, that state school students outperform the privately educated at university?
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