Over a third (38 %) had a tutor to help them do well in a specific GCSE exam while nearly a fifth (18 %) received tutoring for
a grammar school entrance exam.
Not exact matches
ACT officials say the insights on
grammar and usage will help them as they reshape their college -
entrance exam to add an optional, 30 - minute writing test sometime during the 2004 - 05
school year.
67 per cent of respondents said they would send their child to a
grammar school if they had passed an
entrance exam, with just 10 per cent saying they would not.
Between the ages of five and 16, children will sit four rounds of compulsory
exams, not including the 11 + and Common
Entrance exams that those applying for
grammar or private
schools will take.
It can also be used for
exam preparation for example for end of Key Stage 2 writing,
entrance exams to
Grammar or Independent
schools etc..
But without formal instruction in reading or writing English, Callahan fears that they have no way of developing good
grammar or a broad vocabulary, or preparing for middle
school or college
entrance exams.
Many are «over-tutored» for the
grammar school 11 - plus or private
school Common
Entrance exams at 13 and then can not keep up with more talented classmates later.
who do well in an
entrance exam (for selective
schools, for example
grammar schools or stage
schools)
As children prepare for the second year of
entrance exams for
grammar schools, a NI children's commissioner survey has revealed the views of pupils.
GL Assessment, which delivered the 11 - plus test for all Buckinghamshire
grammar schools before 2013, will replace the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring (CEM) in providing selective
school entrance exams for the area from 2018.
Fiona Millar, from the group Comprehensive Future, which campaigns against selective education, said Sir Michael was right to highlight the divide, arguing that poorer pupils struggle to pass the
entrance exam for
grammar schools.