The issue already seems evident: in 2017, just 41 per
cent of students achieved a B or higher in the course, which is below average in comparison with other subjects.
Last year, 82 per
cent of our students achieved 5 A * - C with English and maths.
In Semester 1, 2013, 75 per
cent of students achieved a C or above in Science; by Semester 2, 2014 that had increased to 86 per cent.
The statistics from the Key Stage 2 tests, taken in May by almost 580,000 pupils, showed that 80 per
cent of students achieved the expected Level 4 in reading, writing and maths - up from just 62 per cent in 2009.
53 per
cent of students achieve five good GCSE results (A * - C) compared with 58 per cent of students for England and Wales.
Benefits to School Life Looking at the lasting impact of LOtC experiences in terms of academic performance, Learning Away's recent research found that school trips resulted in higher academic achievement, with 61 per
cent of students achieving higher than their predicted grade following a school trip based on the subject area.
The success of this programme has seen 100 per
cent of students achieve the Industrial Cadets Gold Award.
Not exact matches
Moreover, a 2014 Public Health England report found that the amount
of moderate to vigorous physical activity
students engaged with at 11 years
of age had an effect on academic performance across English, maths and science, including final GCSE exam results, with active
students found to
achieve up to 20 per
cent higher results than non ‑ active
students.
The number
of students achieving top grades also fell for the fifth year in a row, with the proportion gaining A or A * dropping 0.7 per
cent to 20.5 per
cent.
Meanwhile, at the other end
of the spectrum: `... the proportion
of higher -
achieving students (placed in the top two NAPLAN bands) has dropped from 49.4 per
cent in Year 3 to 20.6 per
cent by Year 9.
... [In numeracy] the proportion
of higher -
achieving students (placed in the top two NAPLAN bands) drops from 35.6 per
cent in Year 3 to 22.5 per
cent by Year 9.»
«PIRLS 2016 shows that 81 per
cent of Australian Year 4
students are
achieving at or above the Intermediate benchmark — the proficient standard for Australia — compared to 76 per
cent in 2011, with more
students achieving at the High or Advanced benchmark,» Dr Thomson said.
In 2014, the number
of wealthiest
students who
achieved three or more As increased to 21.13 per
cent, while the number
of poorer pupils saw a much smaller jump to 2.99 per
cent.
Post residential, the majority
of Key Stage 2 and secondary
students were proud
of what they
achieved on the trip (82 per
cent and 91 per
cent respectively) and these views were maintained in the long - term follow - up surveys (83 per
cent and 79 per
cent).
In Australia four out
of five
students (80 per
cent), performed at Level 2 or higher: 15 per
cent achieved Level 4 proficiency; 34 per
cent achieved Level 3; and 31 per
cent of students were at Level 2.
Around 16 per
cent of Australian
students achieved Level 1 proficiency and 4 per
cent were below Level 1.
Students achieving the top grade
of A * across all subjects saw a slight decrease
of 0.1 per
cent down to 6.6 per
cent.
The results show 52 per
cent of Year 10
students achieved the proficient standard, with state and territory figures ranging from 43 per
cent in the Northern Territory to 60 per
cent in the Australian Capital Territory.
While London schools typically outperforms the ret
of the UK, the proportion
of students achieving Maths A-levels at A * - B is around 56 per
cent, compared to the national average
of 63 per
cent.
Furthermore, 18 per
cent of students in metropolitan schools, compared with 22 per
cent of students in provincial schools and 30 per
cent of those in remote schools, did not
achieve the Intermediate benchmark.
If, for example, 80 per
cent of the class are scoring 85 +, they can easily see those
students who are
achieving lower than this.
This study shows that
students who attended schools where less than 25 per
cent of their peers have literacy skills when they start school
achieved significantly lower, on average, than
students who attend schools where greater proportions
of their peers begin formal schooling equipped with literacy skills.
The latest Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) results, released today by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), show 81 per
cent of Australian Year 4
students are
achieving at or above the Intermediate benchmark (the proficient standard for Australia), compared to 76 per
cent in 2011, with more
students achieving at the High or Advanced benchmark.
Research backs this notion:
students citing their classroom as «comfortable»
achieved four per
cent more correct answers in a maths test compared to those who were hot, according to a survey
of more than 4,000 Finnish
students.
The report released by ACARA (the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority) reveals 38 per
cent of Year 10
students achieved at or above the proficient standard — significantly lower than the 44 per
cent who
achieved the standard in 2013 and 49 per
cent who
achieved it in 2010.
The SMF also found wide inequality due to income, with 40 per
cent of students who receive free school meals
achieving 5 A * - Cs grades at GCSE, compared to 70 per
cent of students who do not.
At the national level in 2016, 55 per
cent of Year 6
students achieved at or above proficient standard, up from 52 per
cent in 2013 and 2010.
All in all, they say the 2.4 per
cent reduction in
student attendance
achieved by the trial might not seem large, but every day (and even part
of a day) matters.
It was 73 per
cent, I think,
of the non-Indigenous
students in the highest quartile planned to go to university, but only 42 per
cent of highest
achieving Indigenous
students.
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cents Tier IâEligible
students achieving a score
of 300 on STAR assessments, the English - language arts CST in grade ten and / or the CST in Algebra I.
The report found that 4.9 per
cent of students eligible for free school meals
achieved three A grades or better, compared to 11 per
cent of their peers who were not eligible.
Eighty - three per
cent of Chinese pupils on free school meals
achieve five Cs or above in their GCSEs, yet just 35 per
cent of white
students do.
Eighty - three per
cent of Chinese pupils on free school meals
achieve five Cs or above in their GCSEs, yet just 35 per
cent of white
students on FSMs in England do — comfortably the lowest
of any ethnic group.
One
of the ways that we help
students and families
achieve their financial dream is by underwriting the financial education program, Financial
Cents, and offering it at no cost to
students, schools or taxpayers.
In the case
of black heritage graduates it was a numbers issue: as a percentage
of those
achieving high grades at A Level; 22 per
cent of Chinese
students, 10 per
cent of white
students and 9.9 per
cent of Asian
students achieved three As at A Level in 2015, while only 3.9 per
cent of black heritage
students attained the same.