Sentences with phrase «boards raised their grade»

A leading exam board has said all boards raised their grade boundaries for GCSE English this summer amid claims pupils have been marked too harshly.

In a statement, the AQA said: «This summer, all the exam boards raised their grade boundaries for GCSE English in order to maintain standards.

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The board also raised school lunch prices from $ 1.55 to $ 1.75 in grades 1 through 6 and from $ 1.60 to $ 1.80 for grades 7 and 8 to cover the cost of the program.

Ofqual has proposed that the boards should be able to raise a pupil's GCSE or A-level grade following a school's challenge only if a second examiner can vouch that the original mark was unreasonable.

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Utah law requires that in an academic year in which 65 percent of schools receive an A or a B grade, the Utah State Board of Education must raise the range of scores for grades by 5 percent.

The Board is working on the ultimate goal of making pertinent changes that will raise the grades once more.

Board members Lottie Beebe and Carolyn Hill have raised eyebrows at the state's policy that even F - graded charters may be renewed at the end of their first term if students have made major progress from a very low starting point.

Ofqual's official report revealed a big rise in the number of grades that were raised on appeal — in part because of exam boards using outdated procedures.

Indiana lawmakers asked the board to re-open the lengthy rulemaking process in April, months before the release of emails from former state superintendent Tony Bennett «s time in office raised concerns about how schools received their grades in 2012.

The state board last year approved raising the college grade - point - average required of new teachers to be 3.0, up from the previous 2.75.

The WJEC exam board says it is being told to raise GCSE grades in Wales while keeping them down in England.

But exam boards told reporters on Thursday that the C - D grade boundary had been raised by as much as 10 marks, or 10 % in some cases, during the examining period.