Sentences with phrase «high school exam»

Learning vocabulary and grammar will always be necessary, but when your goal is to be understood in another language, rather than ace a high school exam, the process can be a lot more fun.

In addition to allowing states flexibility in how they measure student success, ESSA also allows districts to use a «nationally recognized» high school test such as the SAT or ACT in place of the state's high school exam.

The new high school exam will be a big change, and curriculum will follow in its footsteps.

«In 2016, there will be a big change in our national high school exam, i.e. the eExam.

A much smaller percentage of students passed than did the previous high school exam, known as the High School Assessment.

Because fewer students passed the test than passed the previous high school exam, the Maryland Board of Education is now considering whether to lower the score needed to pass the test or to issue two different diplomas, one for students who pass the PARCC exam and are ready for college and one for students who get a lower score on the test.

His dream for Eliza is to get her to study in the UK — but, to secure the scholarship lined up for her, she has to get excellent grades at the final high school exam... as well as sever ties with her slacker biker boyfriend Marius (Rares Andrici) who wants her to stay in Romania because he loves her.

From Capital NY: ALBANY — Could New York lawmakers pass a high school exam in language arts or mathematics?

Zimpher noted that before a new high school exam is created to assess college readiness, officials at all levels must decide what «readiness» means.

Now an adviser at a hedge fund and a distinguished visiting fellow at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies, Shapiro took the unorthodox course of staying in Israel after leaving his diplomatic post so that a daughter could finish high school exams.

Westinghouse's performance was not captured in the new federal analysis; none of the SIG schools in Pennsylvania are part of the study because the state high school exams changed in 2013, making it impossible to compare test scores over time.

They committee created new standards and uniformed high schools exams.

A version of this article appears in print on May 17, 2011, on Page A24 of the New York edition with the headline: Regents Add Test Results to Teacher Evaluations and Cut Some High School Exams.

Scholars at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the teaching fellows program and found positive results, including a) graduates teach in schools and classrooms with greater concentrations of higher performing and lower poverty students; b) graduates produce larger increases in student test scores in all high school exams and in 3rd - 8th grade mathematics exams; and c) teaching fellows remain in North Carolina public schools longer than other teachers.

In Texas, the state plans to gradually raise standards on its new high school exams.

By the time our kids left eighth grade, whether by staying with us for high school or going elsewhere, they had taken upper level classes and four high school exams.

Any student who does not pass the lower division high school exams on their first try will be offered a customized program designed to help them succeed on their next attempt.

One of the Read more about California's Common Core aligned High School Exams Save Money -LSB-...]

These factors have combined to make Fortnite a bona fide social phenomenon, inspiring high school exams and finding its way into sports celebrations,» writes Superdata Research in its blog post.

So what if you have great scores in your graduation, post-graduation or high school exams.

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.

Recent figures on who took the high - school AP exam in computer science paint a picture of a professional field that appears to be moving backward, not forward.

After high school, he applied to go to college — but failed the entrance exam twice.

But it didn't specifically give a waiver to about 1,500 underclassmen — half the student body — who are, sooner or later, on the hook for taking exams required for a high school diploma.

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.

He compares it to the way teachers motivate students; grades based entirely upon the final exams are usually enough to incentivize the best students to go above and beyond to achieve high marks, but many students perform better when faced with regular testing throughout the school year.

If you don't like it, pass the high school level Social Studies exams and be a politician yourself.

One of the resons I thought there would be a higher percentage of atheisim is that evolution is being taught as fact in schools, but apparently most of the kids are not buying it, they just answer the questions on exams for the best grades.

A high school history teaches asks New York state to Fix the Regents» Exams.»

Every Bianconeri youth player passed their high school diploma exams at Juventus College in the Vinovo Training Center

The AHA recommends obtaining a comprehensive personal and family history from an athlete entering high school or college, with an interim history and blood pressure check each year for the next 3 to 4 years, significant changes or abnormalities triggering another physical exam and further testing.

Reports of academic dishonesty — within prestigious universities, on high school exit exams, by authors of bestselling books — have been widespread this fall.

«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.

If the average high - school student takes five classes, that's two - and - a-half hours per night, not to mention that long - term assignments (like papers and preparing for exams) are generally not considered homework and are additional work to be done at home.

He graduated from high school two years early by taking the CA High School Proficiency Exam, and started at Foothill when he was onlyhigh school two years early by taking the CA High School Proficiency Exam, and started at Foothill when he was onschool two years early by taking the CA High School Proficiency Exam, and started at Foothill when he was onlyHigh School Proficiency Exam, and started at Foothill when he was onSchool Proficiency Exam, and started at Foothill when he was only 16.

Specifically, for fathers, higher expectations about their children's educational level, and greater level / frequency of interest and direct involvement in children's learning, education and schools, are associated strongly with better educational outcomes for their children, including: • better exam / test / class results • higher level of educational qualification • greater progress at school • better attitudes towards school (e.g. enjoyment) • higher educational expectations • better behaviour at school (e.g. reduced risk of suspension or expulsion)(for discussion / review of all this research, see Goldman, 2005).

In addition to the Barrow Brainbook education module, the full program piloted by the five Bay Area high schools will incorporate a formal exam, which students will need to pass before beginning a sport, as well as ImPACT cognitive testing.

Whether they learn the entire high school program, or just the final year courses to prove previously acquired learning, or even challenge the leaving or entrance (SAT) exams, children that are motivated are serious, focused learners and nothing will stop them.

Two other Buffalo Grove High School students also aced the exam, which is a feat less than one percent of all students nationwide can claim.

A preparticipation exam is also endorsed by the National Federation of State High School Associations.

High school students come for basketball, volleyball and weekly tutoring on college entrance exams.

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.

In secondary school my art teacher taught embroidery as the practical classwork element of our Higher Grade Art exam and from the moment my chosen fabric was first stretched in the embroidery hoop I was completely hooked.

Pregnant or parenting mothers will complete academic courses or exams to earn a high school diploma or GED

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.

Milestones End - of - Grade (EOG) exams are administered every spring in Grades 3 - 8 in the subjects of English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies; Milestones End - of - Course (EOC) exams are administered for designated high school courses... and, middle school students who are taking any of those courses for high school credit must also take the EOC for that subject.

Or, choosing to skip a party in order to study instead of cheating on a final exam in high school.

A record number of city high - school juniors took the SAT exam last year — with black and Hispanic kids posting the biggest percentage - point gains, according to the NYC Department of Education.

NYS has a standardized testing problem, a NYSUT official writes: Many students do poorly on tests for grades 3 - 8, but pass high school Regents exams.