Sentences with phrase «ability pupils rather»

«They look generally to improve performance for lower performing, or lower ability pupils rather than specifically tackling those that are actually disadvantaged by poverty which is the main aim of the grant.»

Not exact matches

And the resulting progress measure can then put the spotlight on the work that schools have done, rather than the ability that their pupils already possessed.

Rather than delivering a series of lessons on predefined topics and then testing pupils on their abilities, CyberPass helps teachers identify strengths and weaknesses in the first instance, in order to target time and resources on the topics for which children really need support.

The research revealed that those pupils who see themselves as having potential rather than having fixed abilities are more inclined to help their peers.

It is therefore a positive move that those low ability pupils now will be compared with others with similarly low prior attainment, rather than being compared with those who achieved well in all subjects at the age of seven.

It says that if the initiative were introduced, with pupils selected on merit rather than ability to pay, the social make - up of these private schools would change radically.

The government is also considering whether there should be «greater flexibility» for teachers to use their judgment to assess pupils» ability in writing — this seems to relate to the use of a «best fit» model for assessments, rather than the current «secure fit» (more on that here).

Eton in particular is moving towards being needs - blind, or taking pupils based on their exam performance rather than parental ability to pay.

For example, at Bridgemary, which serves a distressed community with a history of low school achievement, pupils are grouped and taught by ability rather than by age.

«What is imperative is that the English Baccalaureate should be a test of the ability of pupils rather than of their teachers, assessing independence of thought and response rather than be a regurgitation of prepared answers, and that it should develop scholarship and curiosity.»