Sentences with phrase «no school exams»

They must either score high on the end - of - school exam (which only half of students typically pass) so that they can get admitted to a university and get a reputable job like a teacher or a doctor — or they must marry right away.

Now an adviser at a hedge fund and a distinguished visiting fellow at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies, Shapiro took the unorthodox course of staying in Israel after leaving his diplomatic post so that a daughter could finish high school exams.

It was shocked by the results — over two - thirds of UK adults got basic personal finance school exam questions wrong.

Police told CNN Tuesday that they had arrested a teenager accused of writing insulting comments about Muslim prophet Mohammed in a school exam.

Atherton, a lecturer in English language and literature at Oxford University, says that in 1930, Tolkien was grading secondary school exam papers at his home in North Oxford, and he was bored.

She'll share them with a group of friends who are coming over to her home this evening to study for a big law school exam.

New York lawmakers say it's likely the state budget will include a moratorium on the effects of school exams administered in connection with the controversial Common Core learning standards.

Some reforms blew up even before they reached the launchpad, such as the reinvention of Britain's school exam system.

That purported de-emphasis comes one week after de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña called a press conference to celebrate hikes in public - school exam scores while crediting their initiatives for the progress.

De Blasio said the gap between public - and charter - school exam proficiency was due more to an ideological divide than educational effectiveness.

Zimpher noted that before a new high school exam is created to assess college readiness, officials at all levels must decide what «readiness» means.

From Capital NY: ALBANY — Could New York lawmakers pass a high school exam in language arts or mathematics?

Most graduate school exams are entirely different (and more overtly stressful) than those we took as undergraduates.

Within 15 years of sitting their final high - school exams, aged 15 and 16, at least 280 of the students were diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

However, due to the nature of grading law school exams I won't know my score (which constitutes my entire class grade) until the last week of August.

A nice scarf or pashmina can make a twinset and khakis look more hip and can make jeans and a t - shirt just dressy enough (I'm thinking the nice plain colored t - shirt variety, from anywhere from Old Navy to BR, but today I'm wearing a Hanes v - neck, cardigan and a scarf which makes it acceptable for wearing to grad school exams:)-RRB-

I wish my hubs and I could get away for a little bit to recharge after his law school exams are over.

The fashion industry tends to have little interest in whether the models may have a school exam they need to study for or a best friend's 16th birthday party they wouldn't dream of missing.

His dream for Eliza is to get her to study in the UK — but, to secure the scholarship lined up for her, she has to get excellent grades at the final high school exam... as well as sever ties with her slacker biker boyfriend Marius (Rares Andrici) who wants her to stay in Romania because he loves her.

A host of rising newcomers make up the cast, namely Miles Teller, Skylar Astin, Justin Chon and Sarah Wright, which follows four friends celebrating one of their 21st Birthdays on a night before a big medical school exam.

The night before his big medical school exam, a promising student celebrates his 21st birthday with his two best friends.

Instead of recognizing the obvious, however, Tough simply wonders «what if James had started studying for the specialized - school exam in the third grade instead of the seventh grade?»

When the MEAP high - school exam was a no - stakes test, students had no reason to try their best on the primary indicator of performance in the state's high - school accountability system.

The researchers found that the twin whose mothers reported having higher cultural capital at age 12 had significantly higher marks on their end of compulsory school exams at age 15/16.

Future middle school teachers must minor in two subjects and pass the corresponding Praxis subject - matter middle school exams.

The online platform uses learning modules to guide young people and their parents to achieve a balanced lifestyle of training, competitions, school exams and family life.

In some of these cases, the secondary school exams are used to determine placement in the next level of schooling such as in Singapore and Shanghai where the lower school - leaving exam determines placement in upper secondary school.

Because fewer students passed the test than passed the previous high school exam, the Maryland Board of Education is now considering whether to lower the score needed to pass the test or to issue two different diplomas, one for students who pass the PARCC exam and are ready for college and one for students who get a lower score on the test.

As the school exam season approaches, our house is full of revision cards and my kids are finally glued to learning apps rather than Snapchat (most of the time anyway!).

Just because a student receives extended time on a school exam, is provided with a scribe, or has the test read to him or her is no guarantee that he or she will receive these same accommodations on these high stakes tests.

MPs have warned against a rush towards separate school exams systems in Wales, England and Northern Ireland, saying such a move would be «regrettable».

Test Scores Up, Test - Takers Down: Link between participation, improvement on school exam prompts concern.

A much smaller percentage of students passed than did the previous high school exam, known as the High School Assessment.

Westinghouse's performance was not captured in the new federal analysis; none of the SIG schools in Pennsylvania are part of the study because the state high school exams changed in 2013, making it impossible to compare test scores over time.

They committee created new standards and uniformed high schools exams.

A version of this article appears in print on May 17, 2011, on Page A24 of the New York edition with the headline: Regents Add Test Results to Teacher Evaluations and Cut Some High School Exams.

Scholars at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the teaching fellows program and found positive results, including a) graduates teach in schools and classrooms with greater concentrations of higher performing and lower poverty students; b) graduates produce larger increases in student test scores in all high school exams and in 3rd - 8th grade mathematics exams; and c) teaching fellows remain in North Carolina public schools longer than other teachers.

Boys did better than girls in math in third, fourth and fifth grade, but girls topped boys in math on middle school exams.

Get Exam Fit is a package of support to help students build confidence, manage their physical and emotional wellbeing and achieve their potential in school exams.

In Texas, the state plans to gradually raise standards on its new high school exams.

«In 2016, there will be a big change in our national high school exam, i.e. the eExam.

The new high school exam will be a big change, and curriculum will follow in its footsteps.

By the time our kids left eighth grade, whether by staying with us for high school or going elsewhere, they had taken upper level classes and four high school exams.

Any student who does not pass the lower division high school exams on their first try will be offered a customized program designed to help them succeed on their next attempt.

A landmark UK study showed that students who attended two to three years of preschool obtained higher overall scores in their end - of - school exams, better grades in English and in maths, and took final year exams in more subjects.

In addition to allowing states flexibility in how they measure student success, ESSA also allows districts to use a «nationally recognized» high school test such as the SAT or ACT in place of the state's high school exam.

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I was 17 years old and busily preparing for my final school exams when the current - generation Mitsubishi Lancer first went on sale in Australia.

Learning vocabulary and grammar will always be necessary, but when your goal is to be understood in another language, rather than ace a high school exam, the process can be a lot more fun.

** On a school exam, leaving it blank is a guaranteed 1 point ding.