An independent t-test comparing the aggregate data of 2003 and 2004 with the data obtained in 2006 demonstrated improved scores in the same four areas and also an improved score as to whether lecturers could adequately answer participants' questions.
And with all these improved scores and grades, students are reaching higher.
A report commissioned by Teach to One stressed that improved scores could not be attributed entirely to the software.
Slovakia is the only exception this year, with sharply improved scores on all fronts.
Less than six months later, 6 of the 12 patients had improved scores on standard measures of stroke effects, Dr. Kondziolka's team reported in the journal Neurology.
New York State's education commissioner, Richard P. Mills, cited Texas and North Carolina, states that improved scores on national tests after releasing and paying attention to racial and ethnic group data.
Though he lamented that no one noticed the city's vastly improved scores, Dr. Crew refused to rehire the superintendents and principals whom he had fired, saying their problems went beyond bad test scores.
In Denver, a two-year pilot plan approved last fall was to involve 450 teachers, who were to be paid $500 for signing up and $1,500 more annually for reaching certain goals, including improved scores.
But the school board president, Robert Ferrito, no fan of either administrator, fears that those improved scores are the result of teachers being forced to drill students with the tests in mind.
The study, which included a matched control group, found that 10-minute activity breaks, usually done to music, led to improved scores in math, spelling and composition among the participants.
Overall, we found that across locations/teachers, the intervention improved scores on proportional reasoning (both sum scores and proportions correct).
