Sentences with phrase «intermediate international benchmark»

The results show 57 per cent of Australian Indigenous students reached the Intermediate international benchmark, compared to 83 per cent of non-Indigenous students.

«Substantially fewer Indigenous students achieve the TIMSS Intermediate international benchmark — the proficient standard for Australia — than their non-Indigenous peers.

The report shows that between one - quarter and one - third of Australian students did not achieve the TIMSS Intermediate international benchmark to apply basic mathematical and scientific knowledge in simple situations in Year 4 and apply basic mathematical and scientific knowledge in a variety of situations in Year 8.

Not exact matches

Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, rose to $ 70.37 on Monday, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude reached $ 64.89 on Tuesday, both hitting more than three - year highs.

At the last check Friday, U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil prices were at $ 67.73 a barrel, while international benchmark Brent crude sat at $ 73.15.

Next year, Brent crude, the international price gauge, will average $ 58 a barrel, and West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. oil benchmark, will average $ 54 a barrel, according to 13 banks polled by The Wall Street Journal.

As you can see in the table above, which looks at the price differential between the Brent global benchmark price and the West Texas Intermediate price (the amount by which North American oil prices differ from average international prices each year), the problem is that the price differential between 2011 and 2013 was exceptional.

The latest Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) results, released today by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), show 81 per cent of Australian Year 4 students are achieving at or above the Intermediate benchmark (the proficient standard for Australia), compared to 76 per cent in 2011, with more students achieving at the High or Advanced benchmark.