Sentences with phrase «average attainment in»

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».

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.

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.

Not exact matches

It was frequently the case that celibacy was almost unknown and the average age of marriage for women was far lower than in western Europe, often close to the attainment of sexual maturity.

This group on average scores much lower in terms of educational attainment and income and trends more female and minority in background.

A design value is the three - year average of pollution concentrations measured at each monitoring location and is used to determine whether a county is in attainment with federal air quality standards.

At the other end of the scale, children with Chinese as their first language perform well, averaging between a B and a C at GCSE in Attainment 8 — despite having also entered secondary school in Year 9.

Some EAL pupils, such as late arrivals with Pashto as a first language, score, on average, between an F and an E at GCSE in Attainment 8 having arrived into the English school system in Year 9.

Indeed, in the face of recent findings by Education Policy institute, which found that 20 of the largest multi-academy trusts (MATs)-- running more than 300 schools — fall «significantly below» the national average for improving pupils» attainment, the importance of self - assessment not just within each school but right across the trust, is perhaps more important than ever before; and goes to the heart of addressing the issues raised in the all - party parliamentary group's (APPG) 21 questions http://www.nga.org.uk/News/NGA-News/Pre-2016/21Q.aspx

Taking into account the relationship between predicted and actual spending increases, we find that increasing per - pupil spending by 10 percent in all 12 school - age years increases educational attainment by 0.3 years on average among all children.

The Campaign seeks to address the county's above average gap in attainment between disadvantaged and other pupils, with a focus on students in Years 7 and 8.

Attainment in Scottish schools has been rated as above international averages in a review from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

In the UK, there is an average 22 per cent gap in attainment between children receiving Free School Meals and their peerIn the UK, there is an average 22 per cent gap in attainment between children receiving Free School Meals and their peerin attainment between children receiving Free School Meals and their peers.

We find that differences in achievement and attainment account for 20 to 35 percent of the current variation in per - capita GDP among states, with average years of schooling and achievement levels making roughly even contributions.

Wilshaw named 16 local authorities where less than 60 per cent of children attend good or outstanding schools and have below average «attainment and progress» at GCSE with 13 in the North and Midlands.

Defined as perseverance and passion for long - term goals, grit accounted for an average of 4 percent of the variance in success outcomes, including educational attainment among two samples of adults; grade point average among Ivy League undergraduates; retention among two classes at the United States Military Academy, West Point; and ranking in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

However, for Attainment 8 — which measures average achievement in GCSE across eight subjects — there will be no change: the attainment score gap of 11 points in 2017 will remaiAttainment 8 — which measures average achievement in GCSE across eight subjects — there will be no change: the attainment score gap of 11 points in 2017 will remaiattainment score gap of 11 points in 2017 will remain in 2021.

Applying their estimates of the causal effect of added spending to the actual increases in spending suggests that the average poor - nonpoor gap in school attainment should have been more than closed — which is not even close to what we observe.

«Despite having the highest levels of educational attainment of any previous American generation,» writes ETS's Center for Global Assessment Director Irwin S. Kirch in the report's preface, «these young adults on average demonstrate relatively weak skills in literacy, numeracy, and problem solving in technology rich environments compared to their international peers.»

Official figures show that overall GCSE attainment in the North has dwindled further behind the national average since 2010 - 11.

We therefore took measures of average educational attainment and average cognitive skill levels for as many countries as possible and examined their relationship to the average annual growth rate in the country's gross domestic product (GDP) per capita from 1960 through 2000.

Even economists, the people who think the most systematically about the way in which «human capital» affects a nation's economic future, have skirted the heart of the question by looking only at «school attainment,» namely the average number of years students remain in school.

Most obviously, the historic advantage of the U.S. in school attainment has come to an end, as half of the OECD countries now exceed the U.S. in the average number of years of education their citizens receive.

In one example of how the research has raised further questions for investigation, results indicate the genes associated with higher educational attainment were associated with decreased risk of Alzheimer's disease on average.

Most notably, schools with higher levels of per - pupil GCSE arts entries got above average results in the EBacc, Progress 8 and Attainment 8, suggesting that the best state secondary schools in England are those that combine high expectations in a core of academic subjects with a strong focus on the arts.

Using 2008 data for almost 5,000 pupils from the Millennium Cohort Study, it demonstrates biases in teachers» average ratings of sample pupils» reading and maths «ability and attainment» which correspond to every one of these key characteristics.

The top performing 500 comprehensive schools in England, based on GCSE attainment, continue to be highly socially selective, taking just 9.4 % of pupils eligible for Free School Meals (FSM), just over half the rate of the average comprehensive (17.2 %)

«While England's brightest pupils score around average in international tests — and better in science — this analysis shows that there are some very big socio - economic gaps in attainment between the brightest pupils from poor and better - off homes.

That study, «Education and Economic Growth: It's not just going to school, but learning something while there that matters,» discussed problems with using average years of schooling as an indicator of a country's human capital and analyzed the role of both school attainment and cognitive skills in economic growth.

«Northern pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds achieve lower attainment levels than disadvantaged pupils elsewhere in the country (1.3 points below the national average and 6.5 points below their peers in London).»

As well as large variations in the average per - pupil funding received by local authorities from government, the onward distribution to schools use local formulae that also vary considerably in terms of the relative importance given to different factors such as deprivation, prior attainment and sparsity.

In terms of the international context, the report says that schools in England already have unusually big primary class sizes for a developed country - but suggested that there was no clear correlation between average class size and attainmenIn terms of the international context, the report says that schools in England already have unusually big primary class sizes for a developed country - but suggested that there was no clear correlation between average class size and attainmenin England already have unusually big primary class sizes for a developed country - but suggested that there was no clear correlation between average class size and attainment.

The Toolkit currently covers 34 pedagogical approaches, each summarised in terms of their average impact on attainment, the strength of the supporting evidence and their cost.

That means every pupil at the school achieved, on average, a grade higher than an average pupil in other schools with the same prior attainment.

Peer tutoring approaches, where learners work in small groups to provide each other with teaching support, have, on average, a high impact on attainment at a low cost

Second, as I predicted in July, many schools nationally have changed their curriculum so pupils are sitting more GCSE subjects in the EBacc3 «bucket», especially pupils of low and average prior attainment.

Sir Michael named 16 weak local authorities - where less than 60 % of children attend good or outstanding schools and have below average «attainment and progress» at GCSE - with 13 in the North and Midlands.

The authors pointed out some of the advantages of low poverty noting, «Children whose parents read to them at home, whose health is good and can attend school regularly, who do not live in fear of crime and violence, who enjoy stable housing and continuous school attendance, whose parents» regular employment creates security, who are exposed to museums, libraries, music and art lessons, who travel outside their immediate neighborhoods, and who are surrounded by adults who model high educational achievement and attainment will, on average, achieve at higher levels than children without these educationally relevant advantages.»

It says that one in five academy chains is «performing substantially below the national average for attainment and improvement» for children from poorer families.

Trends and Racial and Ethnic Gaps in Educational Attainment of Young Adults (Aged 25 — 29), by Race and Ethnicity, 1980 — 2005 (Three - year averages)

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

The level of students» attainment has declined considerably.The difference can be compared to a decline of Finnish students» attainment in PISA reading literacy from the 539 points of PISA 2009 to 490 points, to below the OECD average.

But in educational attainment, students in Texas are, on average, one to two years ahead of California students of the same age, even though Texas has a lower per capita income and spends less per pupil than California does (Exhibit 3).

Although 96.7 per cent of grammar school pupils achieve five A * to C GCSEs against a national average of 57 per cent, the EPI says this is not evidence of better grammar school performance, but is in fact likely to be driven by the high prior attainment and demographic of pupils at selective schools.

Pilot schools have made twice the improvement of schools nationally for both progress and attainment with exceptional gains in Mathematics at level 5 as compared to national averages.

Moreover, the proportion of academy chains returning above average levels of attainment for disadvantaged students in sponsored secondary academies has fallen since 2013 with only a small minority of chains showing steady improvement.

First introduced in 2013, the «average 8» grade is a precursor to the «attainment 8» grade, a new score that will replace the five A * - C (plus English and maths) measure and become one of the main school performance indicators from next year.

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.

It found that although pupils in grammar schools have higher average attainment at KS4, this is only because their schools cherry - picked them in the first place, as demonstrated by the fact that grammar schools do not drive up overall results in their areas, nor reduce the poverty gap.

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