Sentences with phrase «high exam score»

Our high - roller client can almost taste her high exam score.

The AP curricula seek to prepare high - achieving students for higher education by offering college - level courses and even potential college credit for high exam scores.

Principal Katie Magnuson said that while her students post high exam scores, they will still have to show progress, including students in groups, such as special needs children.

My Semiconductor professor called me «the curve blower» because he had to remake his grading scheme around my high exam scores.

Not exact matches

They must either score high on the end - of - school exam (which only half of students typically pass) so that they can get admitted to a university and get a reputable job like a teacher or a doctor — or they must marry right away.

Like, for instance, when he mentions that he was the first New Zealander to be selected as a Fulbright Scholar in entrepreneurship, or tells you he once spent two weeks in a coma after contracting malaria in Indonesia, or says he was among the highest - scoring secondary - school students on a national math exam.

China's Communist Party is a merciless meritocracy... if you're in Chinese leadership, you made it there by scoring high on a long series of exams, starting at age twelve — which means you haven't met a stupid person since you were in junior high school.

The main benefit of the stock market game is that students who take part in it earn higher scores on personal finance exams than those who do not play it.

In the same year, he passed the Advanced Sommelier Exam of the Court of Master Sommeliers, earning the Rudd Scholarship for his high score.

Our own Peter Marks is one of only 28 Masters of Wine residing in the U.S. and was the first American to win the Madame Bollinger Foundation Award for having the highest tasting score on the rigorous MW exam.

In addition to his Top Somm win, Orr has received numerous distinctions including an Advanced Sommelier certification from the Court of Master Sommeliers, where he was named Rudd Scholar for receiving the highest passing score on the exam.

«In seventh grade, the big worry is the ISAT score and attendance, and in eighth grade you sit for the selective enrollment exams for high school,» the Chicago mom says.

Applicants need a score of 80 % or higher on both parts of the exam to pass and become endorsed.

This is especially true amongst older students who are competing for scholarships and higher college entrance exam scores.

We push our children to get A's in high - level classes and top scores on college entrance exams, and we pay dearly to make that happen (some tutors in Manhattan earn $ 1,000 an hour, Levine said).

Florida high school students who can't pass the two state tests needed for graduation could find it harder to earn a diploma starting next year, as the state moves to change what other exams — and scores — can be used in their place.

Some colleges like to see that students have taken AP courses when these classes are offered at their high schools; some give extra points to student GPA's when they take AP courses; some give credit for passing scores on the AP exams, while others do not.

As noted by Michael Mastanduno, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the change is «rooted in our faculty's belief that high AP exam scores are not a substitute for a Dartmouth undergraduate class.»

She echoed the union's concerted push for more school aid and a moratorium on using students scores on Common Core - aligned exams for «high stakes» decisions, such as teacher evaluations.

They say the test results show that charter school students scored higher on the exams than did public school students.

The ACT has scheduled a makeup exam on Jan. 14 for 53 students whose answer sheets went missing after taking the test at Roslyn High School in October, which has left them lacking scores to submit on their college applications.

Statewide, only 31 percent of students scored proficient or higher on the math and language arts exams.

ALBANY — Three powerful teachers» unions joined forces Friday to lobby for legislation that would create a moratorium on attaching «high stakes» to student scores on new state exams.

Unions and advocacy groups have pushed legislation that would cut down on testing or dilute the state's reform agenda by enacting a three - year moratorium on using scores from Common Core - aligned exams for «high stakes.»

Written like a press release from New York State United Teachers, the bill pushes for a three - year moratorium on using student scores on Common Core - aligned exams for «high stakes» decisions — principally, teacher evaluations.

In justifying Automotive's removal, the state also cited a slight improvement in scores on Regents exams last year, though only 3 percent of grads scored high enough to be deemed college - ready.

«Foreign language plays an important role in childhood development and can lead to higher scores on exams later in life.

6,687 students 623 classroom teachers 10 schools (one high school, two junior highs, seven elementary) $ 188.8 million 2010 - 11 budget 1 % of students need free or reduced price lunches 97 % students are white or Asian (3 % black or Latino) 83 % of third - graders scored proficient or higher on this year's state's English test; 90 % on math exam.

Overall, students from richer schools score higher on the tests, around half are considered to have passed the exams.

Overall, the researchers report, students who learned metacognition skills scored around 4 percent higher on the final exam than their peers in the control section.

«Of the highest scoring students in university entrance exams, few want to go into science and engineering.»

Students who participated in the Facebook group scored higher on quizzes, wrote stronger papers and did better on exams than classmates who did not take part, the study reports.

Analyzing these data points, the Penn team found that children who reported eating fish weekly scored 4.8 points higher on the IQ exams than those who said they «seldom» or «never» consumed fish.

In line with the results of the new studies, Weiner found that scores on the general GRE exam and undergraduate GPA did not distinguish between high - and low - performing graduate students in his program.

After taking into account their parents» income and education — factors that are known to affect exam scores — the highest - achieving students were more than three times more likely to suffer from the mental illness than their average peers.

By contrast, in the historiometric approach, a person's IQ is quantitatively estimated based on variables having known correlations with IQ, such as highest level of education, academic honors, scores on college admissions exams, occupation, and preferences.

In fact, when I took it in high school our teacher said if we had an A in the class before the final then our final exam score wouldn't count.

The movie takes place in 1983 at a boys» boarding school in Yorkshire, where the grasping headmaster (Clive Merrison) is delighted to learn that eight young history scholars in the sixth form (equivalent to high school seniors) have scored exceptionally well on their A-Level exams (equivalent to the SATs) and may distinguish the school by getting into Oxford or Cambridge.

The current tests are not as high a barrier to high school graduation as they are often alleged to be, as a student may generally take the exam multiple times in order to achieve a passing score.

In Texas, students and teachers at schools earn money for every score of 3 or higher on an Advanced Placement exam.

More than three years ago, schools in the small central Ohio city of Coshocton launched an experiment to pay elementary students for passing or scoring high on state exams.

For their study, researchers from Vanderbilt University, Appalachian State University, and the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire analyzed two decades of data on two groups: 13 - year - olds who had scored high on the SAT college - entrance exam and graduate students enrolled in top - ranked math,...

The effectiveness of the model was clear from formal and informal student feedback, and from students» AP scores, which increased from twos to fives (two is not considered a passing grade and five is the highest score on an AP exam) by 12 per cent.

Since 1996, these standards have required prospective college athletes to take more academic courses and achieve higher grade point averages and college - entrance - exam scores.

Finally, while exam - school students have considerably higher fluid cognitive skills (as would be expected of students who gain admission via test scores and grades), attending one of these locally renowned schools in the company of other bright students confers no systematic advantage.

These students are about 4.7 percentage points more likely to pass the 10th - grade math exam, and they score about 0.2 standard deviations higher on the exam overall (see Figure 2).

They score higher on the 10th - grade math exam, are more likely to graduate from high school on time, and accumulate more math credits, including in subjects beyond a 10th - grade level.

It is therefore competitive to enter teacher education programs, requiring a high standard of university entry — based on a matriculation score as well as an entrance exam and an interview.

Our analysis reveals that pressure on schools to avoid a low performance rating led low - scoring students to score significantly higher on a high - stakes math exam in 10th grade.

K - 12 Achievement (2016) The K - 12 Achievement Index scores states based on 18 distinct achievement measures related to reading and math performance, high school graduation rates, and the results of Advanced Placement exams.