Sentences with phrase «higher average attainment»

It found that although pupils in grammar schools have higher average attainment at KS4, this is only because their schools cherry - picked them in the first place, as demonstrated by the fact that grammar schools do not drive up overall results in their areas, nor reduce the poverty gap.

Existing research suggests that these aims are being met, with pupils at schools that substantially increased their EBacc rates showing higher average attainment in GCSE English and maths and lower probabilities of leaving education after the age of 16.

Not exact matches

As for educational attainment, 53.7 percent of the population had received a degree higher than a high school diploma, which was 12.1 percent higher than the state average of 41.6 percent.

«The United States continues to be highly racially segregated,» Currie said, «with African - American neighborhoods suffering higher poverty, lower average educational attainments, higher unemployment, higher exposure to pollution, and other ills.»

Still, our educational attainment is high: 74 per cent of people aged 25 to 64 completed secondary school, just below the global average of 76 per cent.

«Those who attended an after - school club one day per week had, on average, a 1.7 point higher actual Key Stage 2 score than predicted based on their prior attainment and circumstances, while those who attended an after - school club two days per week had on average a three point higher actual total point score than predicted.»

According to an annual report, out of 48 academy chains, only eight saw poorer pupils with high prior attainment go on to progress over the national average.

«Despite having the highest levels of educational attainment of any previous American generation,» writes ETS's Center for Global Assessment Director Irwin S. Kirch in the report's preface, «these young adults on average demonstrate relatively weak skills in literacy, numeracy, and problem solving in technology rich environments compared to their international peers.»

«Those who attended an after - school club one day per week had, on average, a 1.7 point higher actual Key Stage 2 score than predicted based on their prior attainment and circumstances, while those who attended after - school club two days per week had on average a three point higher actual total point score than predicted.»

In one example of how the research has raised further questions for investigation, results indicate the genes associated with higher educational attainment were associated with decreased risk of Alzheimer's disease on average.

Most notably, schools with higher levels of per - pupil GCSE arts entries got above average results in the EBacc, Progress 8 and Attainment 8, suggesting that the best state secondary schools in England are those that combine high expectations in a core of academic subjects with a strong focus on the arts.

Similarly, a school can have high attainment on average, but there can still be individual pupils who are struggling.

Schools with the highest levels of low prior attainment will gain an average of 1.8 per cent.

Looking at the gender gap, girls made more progress on average than boys, despite any higher prior attainment they may have had.

That means every pupil at the school achieved, on average, a grade higher than an average pupil in other schools with the same prior attainment.

Peer tutoring approaches, where learners work in small groups to provide each other with teaching support, have, on average, a high impact on attainment at a low cost

Deeper examination also shows that based on the average grade per entry, the GCSE achievement gap widened or remained static from 2013 to 2014 for all pupil premium children — except those with high prior attainment.

The authors pointed out some of the advantages of low poverty noting, «Children whose parents read to them at home, whose health is good and can attend school regularly, who do not live in fear of crime and violence, who enjoy stable housing and continuous school attendance, whose parents» regular employment creates security, who are exposed to museums, libraries, music and art lessons, who travel outside their immediate neighborhoods, and who are surrounded by adults who model high educational achievement and attainment will, on average, achieve at higher levels than children without these educationally relevant advantages.»

On average, the best GCSEPod users achieved 1.20 higher Progress 8 scores than the lowest users and those best users achieved 66 % more (+24.1) Attainment 8 Points on average than the lowest users.»

Although 96.7 per cent of grammar school pupils achieve five A * to C GCSEs against a national average of 57 per cent, the EPI says this is not evidence of better grammar school performance, but is in fact likely to be driven by the high prior attainment and demographic of pupils at selective schools.

But we are also keenly aware that, like most Higher Education institutions in Britain, we need to raise the average level of degree attainment among our black and minority ethnic students, which is significantly lower than that of white UK students.»

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Research shows that high - quality father involvement and support are associated with a number of positive child outcomes, including decreased delinquency and behavioral problems, improved cognitive development, increased educational attainment, and better psychological wellbeing.8 Children with involved fathers, on average, perform better in school, have higher self - esteem, and exhibit greater empathy, emotional security, curiosity, and pro-social behavior.

On average, the comparison group had mid-level to high - level occupational attainment (3.0 [1.8]-RRB-, whereas the index cases were at the low end (4.7 [2.0]-RRB-.