It is validated here on an elementary CANDU-like LOCA benchmark proposed by AECL in the seventies.
Costa Mesa and Estancia high schools, TeWinkle Middle School and Adams, College Park, Rea, Killybrooke, Paularino, Pomona, Whittier and Wilson elementary schools missed annual progress benchmarks required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act for two consecutive years, which placed them in Program Improvement.
Numerical examples from elementary wave propagation, through computational aerodynamics benchmarks, to atmospheric small- and large-amplitude acoustics with intricate wave-flow interactions verify the approach for both structured and unstructured meshes, and demonstrate its flexibility and robustness.
The effect of STeLLA on students was also statistically significant with an effect size of 0.68 which far exceeds empirical benchmarks for interventions for elementary school students (see Hill, Bloom, Black, and Lipsey 2008).
They include intensive literacy programs created to help elementary school pupils meet new state and city benchmarks; a new series of tests tailored to those standards; a summer program for students who fail to meet the standards; extra support for students held back in their grades; and a plan to move thousands of special education students into regular classes.
Five sub-models of increasing size (260 to 379 reactions) extracted from the E. coli genome-scale model iAF1260 [ 22] were used for benchmarking against a Double Description method, efmtool (Elementary Flux Mode tool, v4.7.1) [ 7].
The report concludes that most incoming freshmen fall short in reading, math and other benchmarks of academic achievement, and blames poor instruction in elementary and middle school for the situation.
Elementary validation cases are detailed, as well as application of the code to benchmark problems such as the HTR-10 thermal hydraulic exercise.
Congress has the capacity to ensure a better future for our kids by reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act with language that empowers schools to limit redundant benchmarking assessments, maintains annual standardized tests for third through eighth grade, and changes the stakes to offer more support to teachers serving students with the greatest needs.
