Sentences with phrase «exam boards reduced»

Exam boards reduced this to 25 per cent this year.

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Last school year, the board approved eliminating standardized summative exams — those that test students» knowledge around the end of the school year — in social studies for all grades, and approved reducing science standardized summative tests from grades three through 11 to just grades four, six and 10.

There should be a National Exam Board run as a proper public authority without Non Executive Directors and all the other unnecessary trappings of private businesses that reduce standards and increase costs.

The Coalition Makes Recommendations Regarding the Board of Regents» Testing Reduction Report In May 2015, the Coalition wrote two letters [PDF] urging the Chancellor and Board of Regents to address modifications to the Regents exam requirements as part of their report on reducing state testing and improving test quality.

I think Michael Gove is absolutely right to reduce the competition between the exam boards for English, maths and science, which have undoubtedly been downgraded through competition.

Exam boards required candidates who missed an exam on the day to have finished 40 per cent of their course for a qualification to be awarded in their absence — although the exam boards have reduced this threshold to 25 per cent this yExam boards required candidates who missed an exam on the day to have finished 40 per cent of their course for a qualification to be awarded in their absence — although the exam boards have reduced this threshold to 25 per cent this yexam on the day to have finished 40 per cent of their course for a qualification to be awarded in their absence — although the exam boards have reduced this threshold to 25 per cent this yexam boards have reduced this threshold to 25 per cent this year.

In March, Ofqual announced a consultation on reforms that might reduce the risk of cheating by teacher - examiners, including asking boards to check teaching plans, monitor social media and track «unusual exam results» and asking teacher examiners to make an «annual declaration» that they are complying with the rules.

Supt. John Deasy and the board have together brought an unrelenting focus on poor children of color and there has been much progress as a result of his leadership including increased graduation and attendance rates, increases in the numbers of African American and Latino students taking Advanced Placement courses and exams, and reduced suspensions along with an overhaul of the school discipline policy.

Ofqual said the number of errors in some exam boards» materials was «noteworthy», and it was seeking assurance from all boards they had «identified the causes» and taken steps to reduce their occurrence.

For a district qualifying under this paragraph whose charter school tuition payments exceed 9 per cent of the school district's net school spending, the board shall only approve an application for the establishment of a commonwealth charter school if an applicant, or a provider with which an applicant proposes to contract, has a record of operating at least 1 school or similar program that demonstrates academic success and organizational viability and serves student populations similar to those the proposed school seeks to serve, from the following categories of students, those: (i) eligible for free lunch; (ii) eligible for reduced price lunch; (iii) that require special education; (iv) limited English - proficient of similar language proficiency level as measured by the Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment examination; (v) sub-proficient, which shall mean students who have scored in the «needs improvement», «warning» or «failing» categories on the mathematics or English language arts exams of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System for 2 of the past 3 years or as defined by the department using a similar measurement; (vi) who are designated as at risk of dropping out of school based on predictors determined by the department; (vii) who have dropped out of school; or (viii) other at - risk students who should be targeted to eliminate achievement gaps among different groups of students.

A decision by two exam boards in England means pupils in Northern Ireland will have a reduced choice of GCSE courses.

Sterling Talent Solutions maintains a proprietary database of institutions, qualifying bodies, exam boards, and their verification protocols to improve completeness and reduce turnaround time.

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