Sentences with phrase «grades per pupil»

The effect appears to be a couple of grades per pupil at GCSE level.

Not exact matches

On average, 82 per cent of pupils achieve five or more GCSEs at grade A * to C, including English and mathematics.

For secondary schools if fewer than 40 per cent of pupils are achieving five GCSEs of grade C or above in subjects including English and maths that is the trigger for a takeover.

The study found that specialist primary teachers are six per cent less effective than their non-specialist colleagues, with data showing pupils who were taught by subject specialists saw a drop in their grades.

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.

West Virginia, of all places, gets the highest grade here — a straight A — as it reportedly spent $ 8,322 per pupil on public education in 1999 and has been boosting its outlays faster than any other state and digging deeper than all but one.

Pupils felt that using tablets would have a direct impact on their academic achievement, with 68 per cent believing their grades would be improved.

Average per - pupil expenditure in K — 5 schools was $ 10,144 (compared to the $ 10,094 for grade 6 — 8 middle schools) and $ 9,680 in K — 6 schools (compared to $ 11,082 in grade 7 — 8 middle schools).

We use the Common Core of Data to identify teachers in urban areas, the grade level of each teacher's school, and the per - pupil expenditure on instruction by each teacher's district.

Pupils are supposed to complete a practical computer science project under strictly controlled conditions, which would make up 20 per cent of the GCSE grade.

Changes in real state spending per pupil are uncorrelated with changes in 4th - grade student achievement in reading.

The research questioned 1,000 teenagers across 13 schools in Northern Ireland and found that 41 per cent of pupils who used portable games players «a couple of times a day» achieved five good grades at GCSE, as opposed to 77 per cent of pupils who rarely played.

One comprehensive school in Salford, Harrop Fold, has seen the percentage of pupils achieving 5 GCSEs at grade A * - C rise from 18 per cent to 52 per cent.

The report discloses that in last years tests, 79 per cent of pupils achieved the expected grades in reading, writing and maths.

92 per cent of its pupils got pass grades in their SATS in 2012, compared to 32 per cent three years ago.

The figures found that the average local authority maintained school had 55 per cent of pupils achieving 5 + A * - C grades in GCSEs, while free schools had 50.5 per cent of pupils achieving the same result.

In schools where the number of children obtaining the EBacc was above the national average in 2015 - 2016, 73.2 per cent of pupils taking up an arts subject achieved grades A * - C - compared to the national average of 71.7 per cent.

Around 70 per cent of parents and pupils surveyed by the exams regulator Ofqual did not understand the new numerical GCSE grading system.

More pupils appear to be taking their maths GCSEs at a time that is right for them as early entries in maths reduced by 64.6 per cent, but the number of entries gaining a grade 9 is at 13.3 per cent, compared to 3.5 per cent overall

According to official figures, the proportion of pupils in Manchester achieving 5 GCSEs grade A * - C, including English and mathematics, had decreased from 51 per cent in 2014 to 47 per cent.

Children on free school meals achieve almost half a GCSE grade less in Attainment 8 core subjects than more affluent pupils, according to the report, and 88 per cent of this gap is believed to be due to differences between pupils at the same school.

The Education Next research article «Stuck in the Middle,» featured in the Fall 2010 issue of Education Next, finds that the steep drop - off in middle - school students» academic achievement may be linked to the larger number of students in each grade level but can not be explained by differences in per - pupil spending or class size, which were similar in middle and K - 8 schools.

Fifty three per cent of 11 - year - olds made the grade in reading, writing and mathematics in this year's primary school SATs, meaning 47 per cent of pupils are considered not to have made the grade in the three Rs by the end of their primary years.

According to TES, Ofqual research showed that more than two - thirds of pupils and parents did not understand the new grading style and 84 per cent of human resources professionals were unsure that grade 1 will be worth.

Additionally, black pupils were found to be 33 per cent more likely to miss their predicted grades compared to white pupils.

In one school, the programme consistently raised attainment, with Greenhouse Sports pupils outperforming their peers by a third of a grade in English and 40 per ceny of a grade in Maths.

75.2 per cent of all exams were graded at B or higher and the percentage of pupils achieving ABB, the benchmark for many top University places, remained stable at 55.5 per cent.

St. Paul — Only weeks after going into effect this fall, Minnesota's «open enrollment» plan, which allows 11th - and 12th - grade students to take college courses with tuition paid by per - pupil state foundation aid, has come under sharp attack on economic and constitutional grounds.

One comprehensive school in Salford, Harrop Fold, has seen the percentage of pupils achieving five GCSEs at grade A * - C rise from 18 per cent to 52 per cent.

Despite the 0.6 per cent drop, the proportion of independent school pupils achieving top grades is still almost double the national average of 25.8 per cent.

Fifty three per cent of 11 - year - olds made the grade in reading, writing and mathematics in this year's primary school SATs, meaning 47 per cent of pupils are considered not to have made the grade in the three Rs.

Statistical analysis has been published in a new report, which suggests there were huge disparities in the grades awarded to pupils, with a large number of independent schools coming forward to report problems, representing 30 per cent of the national entries.

Nearly 59 per cent of pupils from the most disadvantaged areas missed their predicted grades, compared to around 48 per cent of students from the most affluent areas.

Nick Gibb asserted that: «Music shouldn't be the preserve of those who can afford it», mentioning that in 2009, 18.6 per cent of pupils who achieved an A grade for music A-level went to Oxbridge, with only five subjects achieving a higher progression rate.

In 2007, just 21 per cent of pupils gained the benchmark five A * to C grade results at GCSE including maths and English.

Fieldwork is a critical element of the GCSE course and pupils» fieldwork projects for this trip are worth 25 per cent of their GCSE grade.

This article has been revised to correct information regarding per - pupil expenditures, as well as grades and scores in summative results and school finance.

This is how it works: All districts get higher per - pupil basic grants that vary by grade level.

In 2010, 12.4 per cent achieved the benchmark of five or more A * to C grades, including English and maths, compared with 52.9 per cent of other pupils — a 40 per cent gap.

For the foundation paper, he said, where 65 per cent of the marks would previously have equalled a grade C, just 50 per cent can now get a pupil a grade four pass.

That is, we awarded 2.9 per cent of grade 9s to the pupils for these schools only.

Nationally, there was a dip in the number of pupils achieving the benchmark measure of five A * - C grades, including English and maths — down from 60.6 per cent last year, to 56 per cent this year.

Stripp highlighted that to achieve a grade four in the new higher tier maths GCSE paper this year, pupils only needed to score around 20 per cent of the total marks.

It is now ranked in the top 10 per cent with 84 per cent of pupils gaining five or more A * to C grades, including English and maths, and Sir Michael's trust now heads fifteen academies across the region.

Antonio co-authored landmark legislation that lowered class sizes in grades K through 3 while ensuring the state increased per - pupil spending by $ 2.5 billion for K - 12 education.

The percentage of pupil premium students getting five or more A * - C grades at GCSE has risen from 33 per cent in 2012 to 48 per cent in 2014.

The Department for Education (DfE) stated «those secondary schools that fail to ensure 60 per cent of pupils achieve five good GCSE grades and have a below average proportion of pupils making expected progress over three years, will be classed as coasting».

The parents of the students who were lucky enough to get into the new schools, DCIS, DSST, College Prep, are probably extremely happy because approximately $ 11,000 per pupil is being spent to make sure their children are at grade level or above academically.

Washington Post education reporter Jay Mathews noted in a 2006 story how California had a decade earlier authorized a $ 650 - per - pupil bonus to schools with kindergarten - to - third - grade classes of no more than 20 students.

For the first three years, at least, threshold targets for secondary schools (60 per cent of pupils achieving 5 A * to C grades), and for primary schools, (85 per cent of pupils achieving level 4 in English and maths) will become the new floor target and will reinforce the importance of hitting targets rather than focussing on pupil progress.