Sentences with phrase «achieve at high standards»

Teachers expect all students, including LEP students, to achieve at high standards and are willing to do whatever it takes to reach this goal.

We have yet to take sufficient note of a historic development in public education: A critical mass of schools is establishing, with more assurance than ever, that children can achieve at high standards regardless of race or economic disadvantage.

GEO Academies uses the TAP system in its schools to ensure that ALL of its students achieve at a high standard — and that college can become a reality for all of our students.

Not exact matches

We are committed to helping you achieve your fitness goals with those high standards at heart.

«We're well on our way to become the first Canadian brewer to achieve certification under the Global Food Safety Initiative, and our performance at brewing industry competitions quantifies for us the high standard of product quality,» added Croft.

Furthermore, internal standards and the HACCP concept are continuously checked and documented at the highest level by way of the achieved IFS result (International Food Standard).

Maybe Drogba, but Martinez is not Drogba's standard, there is no point arguing that because Drogba achieved so much more than Martinez and at the very highest level... annoyingly... Look at RVP (31), can't beat a man at the moment.

At the end of the day, Arsenal fc are supposedly a Big Club, Where Wenger set high standards when winning the premier league in his first year or so in charge and achieved further success in the following seasons, up until the invincibles era!

His efforts at collectivisation and agrarian reform were generally a failure and better results were achieved by more moderate leaders like Lula da Silva in Brazil, primarily due to higher administrative standards and the absence of a distracting rhetorical war with Washington.

On her part, Ms Lankai Quarcoopome, who is an alumnus of the school (AGOSA» 76) and also the Guest Speaker, said she believes that «through quality education, we could make our lives better and also transform our nation and for this reason, we must insist on achieving very high academic and performance standards at all levels in the country.»

«There is a troubling view taking hold that to set high standards and achieve good outcomes, we must rely on a closed, top - down model of government,» Stringer told the packed house at CUNY Graduate Center in Midtown.

When our brains do not work at high capacity, we can not achieve the standards of excellence we set for ourselves.

(For high achieving students who are already approaching this standard, schools would be held accountable for making sure they grow at least a year's worth of learning every year.)

«PIRLS 2016 shows that 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,» Dr Thomson said.

Allowing students to proceed through courses, and even the whole K — 12 sequence, at their own pace is a fantastic idea and will be a particular boon to high - achieving, low - income students — kids who have been neglected in the age of standards.

Underpinning this alternative is a belief that, while individuals are at different points in their learning and may be progressing at different rates, every learner is capable of making further progress and eventually achieving high standards if they can be motivated, engaged and provided with appropriate (well - targeted) learning opportunities.

(Btw, some argue that students with relatively mild disabilities are achieving well in charters, but I'd love to see more hard data proving that in charters kids at risk for special ed are not being labeled, and / or they're being exited from sped at higher rates after meeting grade level standards.)

«The objective is to apply state education clauses as a mandate to better ensure that high - need programs possess the means to provide all students with adequate opportunity to achieve to at least the minimum standards.»

Half of those states require students achieve at least tenth - grade standards or higher to earn a diploma.

If Common Core works as its proponents expect, higher proficiency standards could propel schools to achieve at more impressive levels and thus raise the nation's ranking on international tests.

Last year, at their national summit, 16 governors agreed to work with Achieve, Inc., a national nonprofit organization, on setting lofty standards for high - school graduation, increasing the rigor of high - school curricula and tests, and aligning standards and tests with the demands of work and college.

She calls it a «tragedy for our children and our nation» that American attempts at math reform «bear no resemblance to the programs and standards of the highest - achieving nations.»

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.

One of the rallying cries of standards - based education is that all students can achieve at high levels — a point proven by a number of high - performing, high - poverty schools.

Achieve serves as a significant national voice for quality in standards - based reform and regularly convenes governors, CEOs and other influential leaders at National Education Summits and other gatherings to sustain support for higher standards and achievement for all of America's schoolchildren.

The bill replaces AYP standards with a requirement for states to annually measure all students and individual subgroups by: (1) academic achievement as measured by state assessments; (2) for high schools, graduation rates; (3) for schools that are not high schools, a measure of student growth or another valid and reliable statewide indicator; (4) if applicable, progress in achieving English proficiency by English learners; and (5) at least one additional valid and reliable statewide indicator that allows for meaningful differentiation in school performance.

Professor Milgram was the only math content expert on the Validation Committee reviewing the standards, and he concluded that the Common Core standards are, as he told the Texas state legislature, «in large measure a political document that... is written at a very low level and does not adequately reflect our current understanding of why the math programs in the high - achieving countries give dramatically better results.»

At the eighth grade, for example, 75 percent of the curriculum standards in high - achieving countries address the «doing» of math — such things as solving word problems or equations.

In Britain, too, both Oxford and Cambridge have long pointed to a dearth of students from poorer backgrounds who achieve the standard required in exams at the end of high school to be considered for admission to most courses at those universities.

At a time when head teachers across England and Wales are crying out for sufficient funds to run their schools, provide pupils with a broad and balanced curriculum and retain teachers and support staff, the Government is proposing to lavish scarce education funding on a policy which all the evidence confirms will undermine the high standards of education that comprehensive schools have been able to achieve in the decades since selective education was ended in most parts of the country.

In one large, high - performing suburban district (i.e., 90 % or more of students in most schools achieving at or above state proficiency standards), district leaders noticed demographic changes occurring in several elementary schools.

As I have noted, stronger standards alone aren't the only reason why student achievement has improved within this period; at the same time, the higher expectations for student success fostered by the standards (along with the accountability measures put in place by the No Child Left Behind Act, the expansion of school choice, reform efforts by districts such as New York City, and efforts by organizations such as the College Board and the National Science and Math Initiative to get more poor and minority students to take Advanced Placement and other college prep courses), has helped more students achieve success.

The plans, introduced in the Education and Adoption Bill, are aimed at raising standards in hundreds of schools that are achieving adequate exam results, but where the government believes achievement could be much higher.

«When you look at the performance of students across the state, we have a long way to go before we feel like even our highest - achieving students are demonstrating the skills that they need based on our more rigorous standards,» Towns says.

At primary level the definition will apply to those schools who for the first 2 years have seen fewer than 85 % of children achieving level 4, the secondary - ready standard, in reading, writing and maths, and which have also seen below - average proportions of pupils making expected progress between age 7 and age 11, followed by a year below a «coasting» level set against the new accountability regime which will see children being expected to achieve a new higher expected standard and schools being measured against a new measure of progress.

But, the experiences of states like Massachusetts and Minnesota, which have adopted rigorous, internationally benchmarked standards, proves that U.S. students can achieve at high levels.

Increased flexibility in managing time independently, with the teacher and in small groups allows students to move at their own pace to achieve mastery of the highest standards possible, says Patrick of iNACOL.

Martin Ackley, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Education, said the state believes that all children can achieve at high levels and that students should be held to the same high standards.

This year, 27 states have committed to linking their high school diploma to achieving the standards in at least one subject area, and nine states measure student performance in all four core subjects.

With its turbocharged engine tuned to deliver even more power than the standard JCW (which is rated at 208 hp for 2013), an adjustable GP - specific suspension, «race - spec» brakes, unique aerodynamic aids, and high - performance tires, the new GP achieves Mini's best - ever Nuerburgring time of 8:23 (besting the previous GP by nearly nineteen seconds).

Official fuel economy figures for the standard M4 stand at 32.1 mpg, with CO2 emissions coming in at 204g / km; the CS produces 33.6 mpg and 197g / km of CO2 and the high - performance M4 GTS emits 199g / km of CO2 and returns 34mpg, but it's unlikely you'll ever achieve if you're driving it in the way it was intended.

At the same time, even higher standards of passive safety have been achieved thanks to optimized material selection and innovative body construction technology, while weight has been minimized.

The new ambitious outline for learning is staged to help England meet the academic standards of some of the highest achieving countries in the world, but is also designed to help keep the students as educationally prepared as possible to go into the higher maths and sciences at the secondary school level.

Since 1991 the Veterinarians and support staff at Harlingen Veterinary Clinic have sought to achieve the highest standards of veterinary medicine.

Recognized as a leader in the veterinary community, CHAT has achieved accreditation from the American Animal Hospital Association by maintaining rigorous standards, and has been designated at the highest level of «Cat - Friendly Practice» by the American Association of Feline Practitioners.

Our team takes pride in achieving the highest possible standards at Holiday Extras.

Conrad Bali Resort & Spa has achieved the prestigious Green Globe Certified status under the global Certification Program to recognize their commitment to operating at the world's highest environment standard.

Jarosch will work closely with the resort teams at Banyan Tree Al Wadi and Banyan Tree Ras Al Khaimah Beach to oversee and manage smooth operations between the two resorts and ensure a continued high standard of guest satisfaction, along with achieving business targets.

With the highest efficiency standards, countries can cut household carbon emissions at no cost to consumers — and achieve the UN's climate goals.

13 April, 2018 — With the highest efficiency standards, countries can cut household carbon emissions at no cost to consumers — and achieve the UN's climate goals.