Sentences with phrase «boost exam grades»

Speaking at a conference in June, Ofsted's head Amanda Spielman warned too many schools in England put their league table results above pupil interests, with the pressure to boost exam grades overtaking important learning values.

Absorbing and intricately plotted, this family drama from Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) unfolds in a bleak Transylvanian town, where local surgeon Romeo (Adrian Titieni) fatefully compromises his moral principles to boost the exam grades of daughter Eliza (Maria - Victoria Dragus).

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When a child has an online tutor, though, they're much less likely to push their luck and mess around; one on one time to brush up on studies really does help boost motivation, focus and — in time — exam grades, too.

Legislation that would make students repeat third grade if they can't pass state reading exams is being considered in Colorado, Iowa, New Mexico, and Tennessee, she writes, reviving debates about whether retaining students boosts achievement or increases their odds of dropping out.

On - line revision software may well boost grades in GCSE exams that have long since failed to test deep understanding.

Pressure to boost pupil test scores and exam grades is to blame for the workload woes of three in four teachers, according to a National Education Union survey...

An overhaul of league tables to stop schools from using vocational exams to boost their GCSE - level scores, and to rank the proportion of pupils gaining the new baccalaureate - meaning they have obtained at least a C grade in maths, English, a language, a science subject and a humanities subject