Sentences with phrase «award higher grades»

We prefer profitable companies and award higher grades to firms with positive price - to - earnings (P / E) ratios (based on their earnings over the past 12 months).

We prefer profitable companies and award higher grades to firms with positive price - to - earnings ratios based on their earnings over the past 12 months.

Through this scheme, over 3,100 students received one or more semesters of deficient instruction and were awarded high grades that often had little relationship to the quality of their work.

Since it was awarded the highest grade it will indicate what works well and provide inspiration for your own work.

EdReports, a group that reviews curriculum materials for alignment to Common Core and other state standards, reviewed and awarded high grades for two programs: Carnegie Learning's blended math program for grades 6 — 8 math, and Open Up Resources» ELA curriculum for grades K — 5.

Not exact matches

She held fast to that dream throughout high school, toiling over her art portfolio and racking up painting awards, all the while maintaining top grades, earning her grade 10 Royal Conservatory of Music certification for piano, and playing saxophone in seven different bands.

Samsung's Galaxy S9 screen has been awarded DisplayMate's Best Performing Smartphone Display Award and its «highest ever A + grade.»

Undoubtedly one of Africa's best live performers, the High - grade Family CEO, Emmanuel Dagaati Samini was tagged best performer at the just ended Vodafone Ghana Music Awards nominees jam in Cape Coast by almost everyone that was either live at the venue or caught the caboodle live on TV 3.

By the time he left eighth grade, he'd been awarded a full ride to high school.

A minimum 2.8 grade point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale is required for the master's in engineering fellowship, but in 2004, 60 of the 90 award recipients (out of 350 applicants) had a 3.3 GPA or higher.

* Grades are determined (on a curve) almost entirely by average Metascore, but with a small bonus awarded for each «great» film (with Metascore of 81 or higher) released during the year.

We reveal the top TV programs of the 2014 - 15 season, including the shows receiving the most award nominations as well as the highest grades from critics.

Reactions to High - Rise have polarised, with 5.4 % of IMDb users awarding it 1 out of 10, and 15.2 % grading it 10.

A local newspaper has established a program to award similar letters to high - school students with good grades.

In 2010, the U.S. Department of Education awarded $ 330 million to the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) to develop assessments aligned to the common core in English language arts and mathematics for grades 3 through 8 and high school.

«There are always caveats with this type of analysis, but the results suggest that students participating in the Silver CREST Awards achieve about half a grade higher on their best science GCSE result on average compared with a statistically - similar control group.

He added: «You can bring the best examiners and best markers into one board and that will give you what you what we want more than anything, which is a higher level of consistency in marking and consistency of grade awarding.»

If the awards were based instead on, say, high - school grades, many students would respond by choosing easy courses where an A is guaranteed.

The percentage giving their local schools an «A» or «B» grade has risen 12 percentage points since 2007, when 43 % of the public awarded one of the two high grades.

Earlier this year, we published a report produced by a team of volunteer economists from Pro Bono Economics, which revealed that students who have taken a CREST Silver Award achieved half a grade higher on their best science GCSE result and were more likely to continue with STEM education, compared to a matched control group.

The lower scores they receive from incomplete assignments and exams will lower their grades, and the opportunities they might have had to apply for high - value scholarships and awards will also decline.

When awarding college scholarships to high school seniors in three states, American General Life and Accident Insurance Co. will look more for good deeds than good grades.

«Our proposal for a higher grade apprenticeship following the award of QTS provides a realistic and appropriate framework for supporting new teachers at the start of their careers and staunching the flow of talented young people from the profession.»

Their team found that, as early as third grade, math scores help to predict who will be awarded patents in later life — that's the metric they used for «Einsteins» — but also that such scores explain less than one - third of the «innovation gap» between those growing up in high - versus low - income families.

The research also found that: students who took a Silver CREST achieved half a grade higher on their best science GCSE result compared to a statistically matched control group; students who undertake a CREST Silver Award are 21 per cent more likely to take a STEM AS Level.

Michael Turner, CQ's director general, commented:» As data published today by Ofqual shows, each year over eight million GCSE and A level grades are awarded to a high level of accuracy.

Grant funds are awarded to help states and local school districts establish high - quality, comprehensive reading instruction for all children in kindergarten through third grade.

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It also discovered that: students who undertake Silver CREST have higher average GCSE grades compared to those who did not do a CREST Silver Award; the sample for this analysis included 2.4 million Key Stage 4 students (of whom 3,800 took CREST Silver) and 1.0 million Key Stage 5 students (of whom 2,300 took a Silver CREST Award); and that half (50 per cent) of students taking Silver CREST Awards were young women.

«You can bring the best examiners and best markers into one board and that will give you what you what we want more than anything, which is a higher level of consistency in marking and consistency of grade awarding,» he said.

Author: Richard Wells Teaches grade 6 to 12 Deputy Principal in a New Zealand High School Top 40 in edublog awards 2013 Top 12 Blogger — The Global Search for Education Known for Educational Infographics (see Posters) and an International keynote speaker.

A grade point average (GPA) for high school course work shall be calculated for all students using all courses taken that are awarded state credit, using an un-weighted 4.0 scale.

The structure includes: focused grade bands to provide new teachers with specialized knowledge about the students and content they will teach; defined clinical experiences and foundational coursework for each grade band; unique preparation for instructing middle level learners; and enhanced content knowledge preparation for middle school teachers to award high school credit.

Pupils in England taking their exams this year are the first to be awarded numerical grades — from 9, the highest, down to 1 — instead of traditional A * - G grades.

An award winning preK - 12th grade school, Haynes pledges that every student of every race, socioeconomic status and home language will reach high levels of academic achievement and be prepared to succeed at the college of his or her choice.

Certify student achievement (for example, award high school diplomas or promote students from grade to grade).

Grade 9 is the highest grade and will be awarded to fewer pupils than the current A *.

The Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) is the highest recognition that a kindergarten through 12th - grade mathematics or science teacher may receive for outstanding teaching in the United States.

Following the outcry of the grades awarded, exam officials have stressed that tougher requirements on accuracy in the new exam, and a much higher number of students taking the papers, could explain lower grades.

Gateway will use the award to continue to fund a 9th grade seminar to help students adjust to high school and learn organizational skills, note - taking and drug and alcohol awareness.

Emmerich Manual High School, which was taken over by the State of Indiana and assigned to Charter Schools USA (CSUSA), under the guidance of Noble Education Initiative (NEI) improved their achievement by two letter grades and has been awarded a «C», only two points from a «B», in school accountability in 2017.

Also, Thomas wrote, «we find it relevant that it appears that schools which were awarded higher adjusted grades received fewer funds as a result.»

To earn the Governor's Award for Educational Excellence, schools and school divisions must meet all state and federal achievement benchmarks and achieve all applicable excellence goals for elementary reading, enrollment in Algebra I by the eighth grade, enrollment in college - level courses, high school graduation, attainment of advanced diplomas, increased attainment of career and industry certifications, and, if applicable, participation in the Virginia Preschool Initiative.

More than 90,000 GCSE and A-level results were changed after challenges to grades awarded this summer - the highest on record and an increase of 17 % compared with last year.

Points are awarded for each qualification, with more points for higher grades, and the schools are ranked on the average number of points per pupil.

«As data published today by Ofqual shows, each year over 8 million GCSE and A level grades are awarded to a high level of accuracy.

The following students won awards in the high school division: • First Place: Olivia Coleman, grade 12, CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts High School • Second Place: Ellisa Cox, grade 12, CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts High School • Third Place: Emily McDougall, grade 12, CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts High Schigh school division: • First Place: Olivia Coleman, grade 12, CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts High School • Second Place: Ellisa Cox, grade 12, CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts High School • Third Place: Emily McDougall, grade 12, CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts High ScHigh School • Second Place: Ellisa Cox, grade 12, CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts High School • Third Place: Emily McDougall, grade 12, CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts High ScHigh School • Third Place: Emily McDougall, grade 12, CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts High ScHigh School

Respondents award their children's specific schools the highest grades, with about three quarters giving As and Bs.

LAWRENCE, Kan. — The Achievement and Assessment Institute (AAI) at the University of Kansas has received a $ 212,000 award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a prototype web interface that would allow students, parents, teachers and researchers to understand the relationships among mathematics topics by exploring the KU - developed Dynamic Learning Maps ™ (DLM ®) tool for mathematics taught in middle - and high - school grades.

The Spencer Foundation awarded RFA a planning grant to examine eighth grade students» school experiences and achievement as they encountered higher level mathematics courses, increased course requirements, and a newly mandated independent learning project.