Sentences with phrase «grades achieved by»

We would expect the grades achieved by schools from year to year to be reasonably stable.

The 4.7 % increase in the number of A * grades achieved by St Albans School boys this year stands in marked contrast to the slight national decrease in the award of the top grade.

«Our recent analysis of the grades achieved by all schools under the more rigorous Ofsted inspection framework proved that 81 per cent of council - maintained schools are rated as «good» or «outstanding», compared to 73 per cent of academies and 79 per cent of free schools.

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Air Canada will consider instituting a dividend as it gets closer to achieving an investment grade credit rating by the end of 2020, said Rousseau.

She needed to achieve all «A» grades in the A-levels, a subject - based prerequisite exam required by schools in the United Kingdom.

A total of 16 pupils were affected by the school's policy of «grade exclusion» because they didn't achieve at least three B - grades in their first year tests.

«Our team was able to achieve such commendable milestone by leveraging our logistic experience and technical expertise to mitigate supply chain challenges associated with handling and transportation of RSPO SG grade products in North America,» says Jignesh Bhatt, GATC executive director.

By 16, children receiving free school meals achieve 1.7 grades lower at GCSE than their wealthier peers.6 Leaving school with fewer qualifications translates into lower earnings over the course of a working life.

The day after he won reelection in November, Mayor de Blasio said, «We have to achieve 3 - K in the next four years... We have to get our kids reading on grade level by third grade.

Dramatically inert and flatter than a buzz cut, the movie ends up diminishing their moment of heroism by turning it into a defiantly amateurish piece of junior - high - grade theatrics (the film asks the impossible of people who have already achieved greatness), as if to say: Reality doesn't need to be gussied up.

Achieving a high combo of Burst kills will net you enough points to get a higher grade by the end of a stage.

Schools that had received D grades and were close to the failing grade that could precipitate vouchers» being offered to their students, by contrast, appear to have achieved somewhat greater improvements than those achieved by the schools with higher state grades.

By contrast, of those whose children did not achieve GCSEs graded A * to C, just 18 % answered that their children had a desk.

However, the letter claims the decline is overshadowed by the fall in GCSE performance of FSM pupils, where the number of FSM pupils achieving five A * - C grades fell by seven per cent.

They do this by promoting qualities that are designed to help pupils develop valuable skills and motivate them to be more engaged and achieve better grades.

With the latest GCSE results showing the sharpest decline in the percentage of students achieving C grades or above since 1988, and school leaders saying that pupils are bringing more worries into school than they did five years ago, these statistics highlight the concerns for students» mental wellbeing and suggest that today's students are struggling to cope with the increasing demands placed on them by exams.

By comparison, 82 % of those who did not achieve five or more A * to C grades don't have a desk or dedicated space to study.

College reports published by the education standards» watchdog for February to April 2016 reveal almost three quarters (71 %) of colleges that achieved a «Good» grade were shown to have good self - assessment and improvement planning in place.

By 2029, 80 percent of students achieving a test - based grade - level proficiency score.

The lottery study corroborates these results, as students admitted to the G&T magnet schools show little improvement in test scores by 7th grade, despite having higher - achieving peers and being taught by more effective teachers.

While grades on the Chance - for - Success Index are sometimes interpreted as measures of school quality, researchers from CREDO found that the grades are closely related to measures of family income and the level of education achieved by parents in a state, and do not represent the contribution of a state's schools to the success of its youngsters.

The first shows that barely eligible students who participated in LUSD's G&T curriculum for all of 6th grade and half of 7th grade exhibit no significant improvement in test scores across a range of subjects, despite their being surrounded by higher - achieving peers and taking more advanced courses.

If all students are going to be achieving at grade level or better in reading and mathematics by 2014, progress must come faster.

Gains achieved by 9th - grade students ranged between nearly five months of additional learning to more than nine months of additional learning.

Of the elementary and middle schools the survey respondents rated, 14 percent received a grade of «A,» 41 percent received a «B» grade, while 36 percent received a «C.» Seven percent were given a «D» and 2 percent an «F.» These subjective ratings were compared with data on actual school quality as measured by the percentage of students in each school who achieved «proficiency» in math and reading on states» accountability exams during the 2007 - 08 school year.

By the time I receive each piece (to mark and grade), the students have made an enormous effort and it is often quite overwhelming how highly they achieve, simply because this project is for a real purpose.

Earlier this year, we published a report produced by a team of volunteer economists from Pro Bono Economics, which revealed that students who have taken a CREST Silver Award achieved half a grade higher on their best science GCSE result and were more likely to continue with STEM education, compared to a matched control group.

Analysis published by Durham University has found general studies to be the subject in which pupils were least likely to achieve high grades.

These 2 PPP and score cards aimed at showing KS4 students how they can achieve a C to A * grade in their CA piece on School by including detailed descriptions and using a wide range of tenses.

Ormiston Forge Academy in Cradley Heath capped a remarkable year with 84 per cent of the A level cohort achieving three or more passes at grades A * - E. Just 18 months after the Academy was judged as Good by Ofsted and in the same year it was designated as a National Support School, every indicator at Key Stage 5 has improved yet again.

We say we want to get students achieving such - and - such a standard by eighth grade.

Nearly half of the low - income students who are classified as high - achieving when they enter 1st grade can no longer be classified as such by the time they reach 5th grade.

The University of the Future report by digital learning platform, Kortext, reveals that 91 % of students are happy for universities to use analytics to track their weekly progress if it helps them to achieve better grades.

Students become motivated by the grades they achieve, their rankings compared to other students, and extrinsic rewards such as honor rolls or school awards.

This, it was widely believed, was the recipe for helping children in general, and low - income students in particular, to achieve «grade - level reading» by the end of the third grade.

Overall more than three - quarters of students (78 %) achieved a Grade 4 or better in English and maths, with a 4 the new grade set by the Government as a pass.

According to findings released by researchers at the Strategic Data Project (SDP), as many as 16 percent of the students in SDP partner districts who are high achieving, as indicated by superior grades and SAT scores, do not attend college once they complete high school.

Noticeable gains in math, science, and reading have been achieved by U.S. students in 4th and 8th grade on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

• A new intergenerational study shows that for 76 % of 15 - 17 year olds, studying hard for good exam results is their biggest priority for the coming year; and they are preparing to sacrifice friendships, family time, hobbies and even sleep to achieve this, • In fact 57 % of 15 - 17 year olds feel school work must come before anything else if they want to do well in the future • And only 39 % of this age group think being happy is more important than good grades • Yet half (51 %) of UK business leaders calls on teens to develop broader life / work skills before leaving education A new report launched today by National Citizen Service (NCS) reveals that the UK ¹ s 15 - 17 year olds feel under significant pressure to excel in exams at the expense of other life skills, experiences, healthy relationships and even their own happiness, suggesting that they are struggling to juggle the demands of young adulthood.

Achieving grade - level reading proficiency by third grade, when the focus shifts «from learning to read to reading to learn,» is a reliable indicator of success in school and in life.

«This can be achieved by eliminating social studies tests in grades 4 and 6 - something that was proposed in the newly released Senate budget - and doing away with four end - of - course assessments.»

The plan then focuses on training students to achieve computer literacy by the end of eighth grade.

Even students who can recite their notes off by heart may struggle to achieve the top grades because they have poor exam technique, but this workbook is the ideal resource to improve exam technique simply by practicing!

For children who have not achieved English fluency by the 1st grade, the clock is ticking; not attending to deficiencies in English by the critical age of five or six makes catching up much more costly.

We also found that higher - achieving classes, as measured by their average 3rd - grade test score in the relevant subject, may fare somewhat better than lower - achieving classes under teachers with tough grading standards.

As is well known, the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 (NCLB) required states to test students annually in grades 3 - 8 (and once in high school), to report the share of students in each school performing at a proficient level in math and reading, and to intervene in schools not on track to achieve universal student proficiency by 2014.

A study by Education Datalab has previously revealed pupils taking the qualification on average score the equivalent of an A grade, despite achieving an average score of below a C across their GCSEs.

Another grave concern for educators is the academic gap that would be left by teacher assistants that are primarily tasked with making sure students read on grade level by the third grade — presumably still a significant goal for Senator Berger who was a key driver in the state's Read to Achieve legislation that mandates all third graders read on grade level or be held back from advancing to the fourth grade.

And yet the «coasting» measure adopted by the government will not identify the schools in greatest danger of coasting — those with socially advantaged pupil intakes who achieve outwardly good GCSE and A level grades, but not anything like good enough when the quality of their intake is taken into account.

Increasingly children and young people are expected to attend extra tutoring or exam cramming sessions in their lunch breaks, after school, on Saturdays and in the school holidays to ensure they achieve the grades required by the Government's imposed league table targets.