Sentences with phrase «academic attainment means»

You could also imagine a world of selective schools aimed just at the top tip of the distribution, which would in effect be special needs schools for children whose high academic attainment means they find conventional schooling difficult.

Not exact matches

It is meant to indoctrinate and remold virtually every teacher in the system, regardless of that teacher's level of academic attainment, years of experience, established record of success, or personal teaching style.

Dr Emily Tanner, lead author of the report, said: «For children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, who have lower take - up of formal out - of - school activities, school - based clubs appear to offer an affordable and inclusive means of supporting academic attainment.

It does not mean eliminating measurement of academic attainment and growth; it means coupling those with rigorous, reliable and valid indicators of school organization and other nonacademic factors.