Sentences with phrase «admission criteria»

Schools that wish to accept voucher students may not set admissions criteria for voucher applicants.

Each program may also have its own set of admissions criteria, which can be found on the program webpage.

We met with much suspicion from the African - American community who feared the school would set admissions criteria that would result in a public school that looked like the local private school.

Legal networks began as law firm «clubs» and, by the 1980's, evolved into organizations with admission criteria, territorial exclusivity, global reach, and brands.

The charter school law doesn't provide for selective admissions criteria whether it is open, honest, and transparent or not.

In the past, the allocation of the vast majority of school places was overseen by local authorities, based on school admissions criteria.

To ensure equity of access, choice schools should not be allowed to use their own admissions criteria but should be required to take all applicants or admit by lottery.

Faith schools may have different admissions criteria and staffing policies to state schools, although anyone can apply for a place.

In other areas, pupils who pass the test are then ranked by admission criteria, which can include the distance they live from the school or whether they already have a sibling there.

Due to the competitive nature of the application process, successful applicants tend to significantly exceed the minimum admissions criteria.

While we turn away many applicants every week if they can't demonstrate that they meet our strict admissions criteria, our growth remains strong.

The rules required schools to use multiple admissions criteria, not just standardized test scores.

-- Religious schools should make more places open to the local community with simple and consistent admissions criteria that are fair to all.

While both states limit their vouchers and tax - credit scholarships to low - income students, they do not otherwise restrict admissions criteria, nor do they prevent schools from charging full tuition.

The main admissions criteria for most programs include a strong academic background in any subject and teaching experience that can be applied to the master's learning experience.

Please use the links to the right for general descriptions about admissions criteria and procedures, the kind of distance learning we provide, program requirements and other important information.

These high schools are sometimes known as «exam schools» in reference to their selective admissions criteria, which can include entrance exams.

Our task was to figure out what to do about magnet school admissions criteria.

Under the law, they can apply their own admissions criteria and placement tests to voucher students.

Faith schools may have different admissions criteria and staffing policies to state schools, although anyone can apply for a place.

And many of them have admissions criteria for which parental income could easily serve as a proxy.

We assess all of our candidates for exceptional merit above the minimum admission criteria.

Plenty of critics have blasted The League's exclusionary model that effectively discriminates against people from lower socio - economic classes by using people's jobs and colleges as admission criteria.

«The mathematics in the Common Core — easily three years of mathematics [in high school] reaching the level of Algebra II — will not by itself prepare students for STEM majors or meet admissions criteria for top universities,» lead math standards writer Jason Zimba has written.

Mr Pritchard stressed any decision to change admission criteria «must be left to school governors».

«These findings support the view that high school performance is an excellent predictor of college success, and that efforts to recruit students from the full range of California high schools may help us fashion student bodies that are more socially diverse and more academically engaged than is possible when admissions criteria are based only on grades and test scores.

We believe that faith - based admissions criteria are wrong, and it is for this reason that yesterday we supported the Accord Coalition when they launched their new campaign taking aim at VC admissions.»

They include freezing the charter cap, which Cuomo has proposed extending by 100 schools, until the schools enroll more high - needs students; pushing the State Legislature to allow district superintendents to require that charters fill empty seats, a process known as «backfilling» that some charters do not implement; and enacting new admissions criteria for charters to ensure that more high - needs students enroll.

Admissions criteria vary widely, and the table below presents the middle 50 % of SAT scores for enrolled students at the 10 University of California schools.

While college admission criteria often rely heavily on standardized test scores, academic rigor of the applicant's high school, and cumulative grade point averages, trends in admissions as well as research on indicators of college success often look outside of the classroom to determine their findings.

Governor's school — A school serving gifted high school students who meet specific admissions criteria for advanced educational opportunities in areas including the arts, government and international studies, mathematics, science, and technology.

Candidates with a cumulative GPA of 2.75 - 2.99 will be considered for provisional admission based on the overall strength of other required admission criteria).

They have the same tough admission criteria as Wharton's full - time MBA program, the same academic content and degree requirements, and the same high grading standards.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada has announced that the Parent and Grandparent Program (PGP) will re-open in January 2, 2015, with similar admission criteria and application cap as last year.

Efforts to educate the whole child can only bear fruit when China drastically reforms its college admission system to expand admission criteria beyond student test scores on a limited number of subjects.

Individual institutions determine admission criteria, including required GPAs and ACT or SAT scores.

Currently, 35 of the 174 free schools in England use faith admissions criteria.

Colleges and universities should adopt admissions criteria that consider not only what classes students have taken, but also what they actually know and are able to do, argues a report from the Center for School Change.

Fairfax school officials say that diversifying TJ requires more than making admissions criteria more flexible.

Educated parents live in neighborhoods with the best teachers, they top off their local public school budgets and they benefit from legacy admissions rules, from admissions criteria that reward kids who grow up with lots of enriching travel and from unpaid internships that lead to jobs.

However, manipulation of admissions criteria happens across the whole range of schools in this country; it's not exclusively a problem for faith - based schools.»

BABI admission criteria included a requirement to have been running courses for two years which the School of Babywearing had not.

The DOE wants the middle school planed for vacant sections of popular P.S. 158 to admit students who meet somewhat stringent admissions criteria, such as good attendance records or test scores, as well as students who would meet lower standards, according to a notice released by the department.

If GRE or PGRE scores are used, the AAS recommends that admissions criteria account explicitly for the known systematics in scores as a function of gender, race, and socioeconomic status, and that cutoff scores not be used to eliminate candidates from admission, scholarships / fellowships, or financial support, in accordance with ETS recommendations.

For instance, some magnet schools» admission criteria solely focus on academic ability and achievement, while others include behavior, request for recommendations from teachers / counselors, and written essays.

Under the initiative, Florida seniors in the top 20 percent of their graduating classes would be guaranteed a slot in one of the state's 10 public universities provided they met the full admissions criteria.

Schools select eligible students they wish to admit, based on the school's established admissions criteria, and participating students are required to take state tests in English language arts and math.