Sentences with phrase «for college entrance»

Asian countries did not participate in the latest test, however, citing the intense pressure on their students in the senior year to prepare for college entrance exams.

And it's cheap: states have to run a high school test anyway, plus parents pay for the college entrance exams if the school system does not.

But preparing our students for a college entrance examination can sometimes be challenging — especially since the last thing our students want to think about is taking another high - stakes test.

It is also standard practice for classes to be complemented with extensive test prep throughout middle school, junior high school, and high school for college entrance exams.

They helped me pay for my college entrance exams and my college - application fees.

Our tutors can help you excel in classes and prepare for college entrance exams like the SAT, PSAT and ACT.

SAT — One of two commonly used tests designed to assess high school students» general educational development and required for college entrance by many institutions of higher education; published and administered by the College Board.

Why, for example, would there be an increase in the percentage of students matriculating in college but no increase in the percentage of students who sit for college entrance exams?

«My life is dandiao — monotony,» says Darcy, a Chinese student I interview for the book, as he begins cramming for college entrance exams.

Our tutors provide personalized test preparation for college entrance exams like the SAT and ACT.

When the Revolution ended in 1977, the Chinese government reopened enrollment for college entrance and Dongxian took the national college entrance exam.

While young and old get along just dandy when director Muylaert describes the tenderness that Val has for Fabinho, this is nothing like that affection between Val and her daughter Jessica (Camila Márdila), who have barely seen each other for a decade but who are tentatively united when the bright, progressive young woman, studying for a college entrance exam, moves into the spacious home of the well - to - couple in São Paulo.

Unwilling to leave anything to chance, he hires a young Oxford graduate to drill his prize pupils for their college entrance exams.

That's not, to be clear, a generalized anti-test sentiment, as the same poll shows 80 percent support for college entrance exams; 78 percent for tests to determine promotion from one grade to the next; and 91 percent in support of AP testing to award college credit to high schoolers.

Other national tests used for college entrance — SATs, ACTs, Advanced Placement — are taken only by a subset of juniors and seniors.

The problem, says Charles Fadel, Founder of the Center for Curriculum Redesign, is that our education system «is biased for college entrance requirements via tests such as the SAT which are partially obsolete, and never reflected particularly well the needs of employability.»

«We walk all juniors through the signup process for a college entrance exam,» explains McCombs.

They are great practice for college entrance exams (SAT or ACT), and good scores could earn you a scholarship.

In 2015, the Los Angeles school board decided to roll back graduation requirements by allowing students to pass classes required for college entrance with a grade of a «D» instead of a «C.» And in Los Angeles and elsewhere, students who are not on track to graduate from high school can now take «credit recovery» classes — many of which are devoid of any meaningful content.

While the traditional ACT scale has been successfully used for years for college entrance, its 36 point scale has proven unsuitable for use in determining student performance levels and school accountability as required under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

The University of California, along with Asian - American educators and activists, are pressing the College Board to add Asian - language examinations to the tests that high school students may take to compete for college entrance.

Our tutors are available 24/7, so you can get help preparing for college entrance exams around your schedule.

The newspaper analyzed an accompanying data set that included about 120,000 high school juniors who took classes in the four main subjects and sat for the college entrance exam at school in spring 2014.

Though lesson study is pervasive in elementary and middle school, it is less so in high school, where the emphasis is on cramming for college entrance exams.

Since the late 1990s, Chicago Public Schools has been attempting to increase the rigor of student course work and prepare students for college entrance.

His district is already testing kids with a suite of preliminary SAT assessments, starting in ninth grade and leading up to the SAT, as well as providing other preparation for the college entrance exam.

He says he was recently talking to a group of seniors and they told him how they had to pay for the college entrance exam SAT.

This would also align accelerated curricula across PK - 20 (pre-kinder through graduate school), reducing the need for duplicative testing required for college entrance and helping to construct a seamless pipeline.

Meanwhile, other students practice English or prepare for college entrance exams while their parents learn about financial literacy and health care.

From what I read, Soyeon will not play a surrogate mother, a woman who gives birth to a child for another family, but a «academic surrogate mother», a caretaker for teenagers preparing for the college entrance exam.

The first was for the Comprehensive Statewide Assessment System Grades 1 - 10, and the second was for the College Entrance and Career / Work Readiness Assessments.

Upward Bound provides support to students as they prepare for college entrance; it helps high schoolers succeed in their pre-college work and higher education pursuits.

In the fall, students take the PSAT to begin preparing for college entrance exams.

As well as, the specific needs of students who require accelerated high school courses are met, whether these individuals wish to participate in an honors program or prepare for a college entrance exam.

These innovative programs include options to earn initial course credit, prepare for college entrance exams, and remediate gaps in the prerequisite knowledge needed for success in the upcoming grade level.

Upward Bound provides support to students as they prepare for college entrance; it helps high schoolers succeed in their precollege work and higher education pursuits.

Debuting in the magazine February 6 is Bokutachi wa Benkyo ga Dekinai (We're Not Good at Studying) by Taishi Tsutsui (Idoroll), a love comedy about girls preparing for college entrance exams.