Sentence examples for importance of the test from inspiring English sources

In the letters, officials from the E.R.B. played down the importance of the test scores, saying they were just one of many components of applications that might include grade point average, essays and teacher recommendations.

They found that perceived usefulness and importance of the test were strong predictors of effort.

The results of the path analyses revealed that usefulness and importance of the test were strong predictors of effort (e.g., R 2  = 0.26 for mathematics), which in turn was an important predictor of test performance.

Cole et al. ([2008]) investigated the relationship of the following situation-specific aspects of motivation to the mathematics test performance of undergraduate students: interest, effort, and perceived usefulness and importance of the test.

The results of the study showed a common phenomenon in all three contexts: the purpose of the test and learners' recognition of the importance of the test can affect motivation.

Eklöf and Nyroos's ([2013]) analyses of data pertaining to performance of Grade 9 students on the Swedish national test of science achievement in 2009 supported the findings from the 2003 TIMSS data: a significant relationship between performance in science and (a) reported effort (r = 0.25), (b) perceived importance of the test (r = 0.20), and (c) test anxiety (r = −0.10).

To underscore the importance of the Testing Action Plan, Obama issued a video message on Facebook.

Chelsea Bailey said she has tried to play down the importance of the tests with her daughter, Isabelle Weber, 8, a third grader at the Neighborhood School in Manhattan.

Unlike recent cheating scandals at Harvard and at Stuyvesant High School, where privileged students were concerned with their own advancement, those who cheated at Parks were never convinced of the importance of the tests; they viewed the cheating as a door they had to pass through in order to focus on issues that seemed more relevant to their students' lives.

In this study, students reported a benefit from using extended time for testing and noted the importance of the testing environment as an essential feature of the accommodation.

Taking into account the medical importance of the tested microorganisms, this result can be considered as promising in the perspective of new antimicrobial drugs development.