Sentences with phrase «awarded top grades»

There has been a drop in the proportion of GCSE exam entries awarded top grades, for the second year in a row.

This year, 26.6 % of exams were awarded the top grades, down 0.4 % from 2011, according to Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) results published this morning.

Commenting on the announcement, Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said: «We welcome the announcement today on awarding the top grades for new GCSEs.

St Albans School is celebrating a record number of A * grades with 55.6 % of entries being awarded the top grade (compared to a national figure of 6.7 %).

Exam board Cambridge Assessment revealed in March that one in six pupils got three A grades, while 26.7 % of A-level entries were awarded the top grade.

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.

Carson won a blue ribbon for 5 - 6th grade science projects, a gold medal for behavioral science projects, an award for best 5 - 6th grade science projects, and an award for top ten science projects out of 482 5 - 8t

«Much of the speculation ahead of the publication of this year's A-level results has focused on a predicted fall in the number of top grades being awarded, amid claims that this is the result of a «toughing up» on exams by the Coalition Government.

«Furthermore, awarding bodies have indicated that any fall in top grades, if one does occur, is likely to be very small and that, overall, A-level results are likely to be broadly in line with recent years.

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.

Grade 5 will only be awarded to the top third of pupils achieving the current C grade.

When asked to grade the nation's schools on the same A to F scale traditionally used to evaluate students, only 18 percent of survey respondents give them an «A» or a «B.» This equals the percentage that awarded one of the top two grades in 2009, which had been the lowest level observed across the three years of our survey.

If, as has been the case in a number of places, the comparison group is all the teachers in a given grade in the school district — with, say, the top 15 percent of the 4th grade teachers receiving an award — what is the significance of a big or small school?

In addition, Brookings recently awarded DPS top honors in their annual Education Choice and Competition Index (ECCI) and Denver and New Orleans were the only districts that earned an A grade.

The award continues BB Training Academy's run of success, as it was awarded an outstanding Ofsted grade across the board in March 2017 and in January this year was named in the Centrica Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers.

The 4.7 % increase in the number of A * grades achieved by St Albans School boys this year stands in marked contrast to the slight national decrease in the award of the top grade.

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.

The finalists for the annual top teaching award are Sydney Chaffee, a 9th grade humanities teacher in Dorchester, Mass.; Chris Gleason, a music teacher in Sun Prairie, Wis.; Athanasia Kyriakakos, an art teacher in Baltimore; and Megan Gross, a special education teacher in San Diego.

For example, Race to the Top, a federal competition that awarded money to states with the best plans to overhaul their education systems, prompted many states to adopt new data systems that will use student test scores to grade schools and teachers.

There already is a top - ranked NYC private school that doesn't award grades, St. Ann's in Brooklyn.

School leaders want MPs to fight the government's «grossly unfair and discriminatory» Progress 8 measure that will award three times more points to pupils moving between top grades...

The new numbering system sets 9 as the highest grade, while 1 is the lowest — however fewer level - 9 grades will be awarded than A * grades have been in the past, in order to provide more differentiation across the top end of the scale.

Consider purchasing books to award to the top reader in each classroom and top reader in each grade.

Unlike many traditional scholarships that are awarded only to top - tier students, Broad Prize scholarships are awarded to graduating seniors who have a demonstrated record of improving their grades over the course of their high school career and have a financial need.

School leaders want MPs to fight the government's «grossly unfair and discriminatory» Progress 8 measure that will award three times more points to pupils moving between top grades than those at the bottom of the scale.

A new top - level GCSE grade will be awarded to the most talented 20,000 pupils each year, in proposals for a shake - up of England's exam grades.

Those scoring 90 % or more will be awarded a new, top A * grade.

The new highest grade would be awarded to only the top 3 %, or about 20,000 pupils.

Figures presented by the JCQ at a media briefing show the proportion of top A-level grades awarded to independent schools is increasing.

The much - anticipated awards, held at Silverstone Circuit, recognises the automotive industry's high achievers and celebrates the cars that have achieved top grading by the magazine's road testers during the last 12 months.

In light of all these improvements, we awarded a top «A» grade in our 2014 Toyota Highlander rating.

Not only did it receive the most awards of any minivan in 2016 and 2017, but it's got seriously cool features like the Stow - N - Vac integrated vacuum cleaner, Uconnect Theater entertainment system, Stow - N - Go seating on top of insanely good MPG in both gas and hybrid grades.

The 2017 Kia Forte earned a superior grade for Front Crash Prevention (thanks to available advanced safety features that can apply the brake in case of an emergency) and a good rating for headlights — going beyond what it needed to earn the Top Safety Pick Plus award.

The European Euro NCAP consortium has awarded the new Audi Q7 with the top grade of five stars for safety.The results for adult protection in frontal and side impact collisions, pedestrian protection

But, before we reveal this year's top stocks, let's take a closer look at how the grades are awarded.

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