Sentences with phrase «forward grade by grade»

Skeptics of eliminating failing grades must acknowledge that, in our current system, we move students forward grade by grade based largely on «seat time» rather than mastery of academic skills and content.

By design, we move students forward grade by grade based largely on the amount of instructional hours they have spent in class — dubbed «seat time» — rather than their mastery of academic skills and content.

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Incase Sonic Made by a company that's famous for stylish iPhone cases and boasting the most fashion - forward design of any audiophile - grade headphones on the market, the unimaginatively named Sonics are easily dismissed as sacrificing function for form.

MILEPOSTS: DISMISSED: By Miami (Ohio) University, basketball coach JERRY PEIRSON, 46, for giving forward Karlton Clayborne a false grade in his basketball theory class.

Families — A parent and child basketball camp for children in Grades 3 to 8 will be offered by the Hanover Park Park District, 1919 Walnut Ave. Guard camp will meet from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, and «big man» camp for forwards and centers will be from 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 16.

In 1984, Conservative Education Secretary Sir Keith Joseph decided to proceed with a merger, on the premise that the new qualifications should be based on general and subject - specific criteria approved by himself; that the O Level exam boards should take responsibility for carrying forward the O Level A to C grade standards into the new scale, while the CSE boards should do the same for grades D to G, which were to be based on CSE grades 2 to 5 respectively; and that most subjects should be examined through tiered papers focusing on different parts of the grade scale, ensuring that each grade reflected «positive achievement» on appropriate tasks, rather than degrees of failure.

From there, your virtual running coach is on the job, monitoring your form and grading you across five metrics: cadence (steps per minute), braking (the amount of forward resistance caused by each foot strike), bounce (the distance, up - and - down, that your hips move), along with your pelvic drop and rotation.

Those responsible for NCLB reauthorization, as they struggle forward, should first and foremost establish a clear and consistent definition of grade - level proficiency in reading and math, even if it means giving up the cherished but decidedly unrealistic goal of proficiency for all students by 2014.

Black and Hispanic 4th grade math scores leaped forward by 18 points; in reading these gains were a laudable 13 points and 9 points.

Young adolescents entering high school look forward to having more choices and making new and more friends; however, they also are concerned about being picked on and teased by older students, having harder work, making lower grades, and getting lost in a larger, unfamiliar school (Mizelle, 1995; Phelan, Yu, & Davidson, 1994).

At the beginning of a year or grading term, a teacher could begin by outlining the main goals of the class moving forward.

I am sure the lesson study concept can be the way forward for all — real teacher cpd sharing on lesson observations has been stymied for too long by top - down grading, in other words «performativity» has hindered growth through dialogue.

In some poor, typically urban schools fewer than 10 % are proficient at reading and math by fourth grade, and yet these kids are pushed forward by the demand of a one - size - fits - all educational model to work within a curriculum that was designed for kids who are fully proficient in the learning content and skills that were «covered» in previous school years.

Various academic assignments are of so much of importance to the students due to their facts that it is vital for them to get good grades by the way of taking a particular Research in a particular topic forward.

While the above table indicates that traditional investment grade bonds represented by the Barclays U.S. Aggregate are the least correlated to the S&P 500 and offer the best downside protection, that might not always be the case going forward.

Looking forward to improvement to a 9th grade level of communication by Trump.