Sentences with phrase «based end of year exam»

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A Citizenship exam written for the end of Year 10; a range of exam - style questions, from multiple choice and Source - based questions to longer answers (a mark scheme included for the longer answer).

The Iowa City, Iowa - based publisher of the ACT — the college - entrance exam taken by high school students primarily in the Midwest and the South — will open 40 testing centers in the next few months and is on its way to having 250 operating by the end of next year, said Richard L. Ferguson, the president of ACT.

In 2012, 92 percent of the Scottsdale district's 10th graders passed state year - end reading exams and 80 percent passed in math; all of BASIS Scottsdale's 10th graders passed both.

This spring, about 600 schools across the state will pilot parts of a new end - of - year exam developed by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), a group of states working together to develop new computer - based assessments aligned to the new standards that they hope will test deeper understanding of concepts.

The plan also establishes 10 - year goals for student performance using end - of - grade and end - of - course exams and goals for closing achievement gaps, and continues the School Performance Grades model, in which schools earn a A-F grades based on proficiency measures and student - growth targets.

Basically, its provisions are as follows: If a prospective teacher who has a baccalaureate or advanced degree in an academic major other than education passes the appropriate certification exams and background checks and is hired by a school district to teach in the subject area of preparation in grades 8 - 12, the candidate will be granted a probationary certificate for a maximum of two years, at the end of which time the school district decides, based on the teacher's performance, whether or not to recommend the issuance of full standard certification.

With these assessments, New Hampshire's system of competency based learning will show mastery and growth more accurately than a single end of year exam or state assessment.