Sentences with phrase «average attainment»

Either way, we can be pretty certain that across the 12 secondary schools involved in this trial, Chatterbooks was of no help in improving average attainment in reading for the children involved when compared to» business as usual».

A large and frustratingly - resilient average attainment gap continues to exist between children in poor and nonpoor families.

However, where the research summarised suggests that an approach has a different average impact on the learning of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds compared to the learning of their better - off peers, the Toolkits» «headline» average attainment impact figure refers to the former.

The NSN research found that 33.2 per cent (3,802) of schools graded good or outstanding by Ofsted is falling short of average attainment.

Existing research suggests that these aims are being met, with pupils at schools that substantially increased their EBacc rates showing higher average attainment in GCSE English and maths and lower probabilities of leaving education after the age of 16.

If the average poor and nonpoor students got something close to a 150 percent increase in spending, the Jackson, Johnson, and Persico results imply that the gap in average attainment by poverty status should have been more than closed and indeed reversed.

Last year's key stage 4 cohort at King Solomon, a two - form entry all - through school set up in 2007, were below average attainment when they joined the school.

In Japan, for example, although average attainment on standardized tests may exceed those in Western countries, classroom discipline and behavior is highly problematic.

A study of 300 schools which increased their EBacc entry rates between 2010 and 2013 found that pupils» average attainment in GCSE English and maths increased following the curriculum changes and that pupils at these schools were also less likely to have left education after the age of 16, than peers at other schools.

Earlier research from Oxford University found that the attainment of EAL pupils varies widely and that average attainment figures mask a huge range of outcomes for different groups of EAL pupils.

Between 1970 and 2010 we saw real spending increases per pupil of roughly 150 percent, or over six times what they claim is necessary to close the average attainment gap between poor children (those in families below two times the poverty level) and nonpoor children (those in families above two times the poverty level).

The report shows that underperforming secondary schools are concentrated in the north and Midlands; Ofsted said 410,000 children attend a secondary school that «isn't good enough» and listed 16 local authorities, 13 of which are in the north and Midlands, where less than 60 per cent of children attend good or outstanding secondary schools and have lower than average attainment and progress at GCSE.

Of those pupils who started junior school (Year 3) with higher than average attainment, 99 % went on to get Level 4 in English, maths and writing at the end of Year 6

It was one of 16 where less than 60 per cent of children attend a good or outstanding secondary school and have lower than average attainment and progress at GCSE.

By comparing grammar pupils» «best 8» scores (their average attainment in their best 8 GCSEs) with those of pupils at high - quality comprehensive schools, the EPI has estimated that there is no benefit to attending a selective school.

For example, the «Feedback» strand in the Teaching and Learning Toolkit shows that improving the quality of feedback provided to pupils has had an average attainment impact of +8 months estimated from research studies.