Sentences with phrase «highest overall grades»

In 2014 he won the McCullough Robertson Law Prize (No. 1) for achieving the highest overall grades in the year for a full - time second - year LLB student.

No area earned a higher overall grade from realtors than the Beaches (or the Beach, depending on whom you ask).

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Each account will contain investment - grade taxable bonds rated BBB − or higher at time of purchase.2 The investment team will seek to maintain an overall portfolio credit rating average of A −.2 Please be aware that lower rated bonds do carry additional risk compared to higher rated bonds.

Greater Vancouver ranks seventh overall in the Social category with a «B» grade, placing it higher than all its Canadian counterparts except Toronto.

The Trojans grade out well overall (22nd in the F / + rankings) but rarely seem to play to their ranking, skewing higher or lower.

In fact, PFF had Marcus Williams, their 2nd round safety, as the top graded rookie safety and elite # 11 overall safety in 2017, higher than both Maye and Mr. Adams.

In 2007, the overall A * - C pass rate for all UK entries increased from 62.4 per cent to 63.3 per cent, with one in five students achieving the highest A grade.

«We know that students who have strong attendance generally demonstrate better grades and better school performance overall, and certainly higher graduation rates,» Brown said.

«Overall conversion rates from the [natural] gas to fuel - grade liquids is as high as 46 percent in optimal, real - world conditions,» Rolfe says — as good or better than established facilities employing Fischer - Tropsch, such as Johannesburg - based Sasol, Ltd.'s plants in South Africa.

The most common overall adverse events were diarrhea, fatigue, and itching, while the most common high grade adverse events were diarrhea, colitis, and altered pancreas activity.

«However, there is concern about Cervigrams» overall effectiveness due to reports of poor correlation between visual lesion recognition and high - grade disease, as well as disagreement among experts when grading visual findings.»

Approximately equal numbers of women and men enter and graduate from medical school in the United States and United Kingdom.1 2 In northern and eastern European countries such as Russia, Finland, Hungary, and Serbia, women account for more than 50 % of the active physicians3; in the United Kingdom and United States, they represent 47 % and 33 % respectively.4 5 Even in Japan, the nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development with the lowest percentage of female physicians, representation doubled between 1986 and 2012.3 6 However, progress in academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 % of clinical faculty overall and for less than 20 % of those at the highest grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to close.

I debated whether I should give World an «A - «or a «B +», but the overall package impressed me enough to warrant the higher grade.

Because these low - scoring students are either exempted from taking the standardized test, or re-take the same grade - level test two years in a row, the districts test scores appear much higher overall than they actually are.

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).

NCLB mandated reading and math testing in grades 3 through 8 and at least once in high school, and it required states to rate schools on the basis of test performance overall and for key subgroups.

This comports with the interpretation that average peer achievement influences everyone's test scores, since Asians score higher than whites in math overall (the Asian - white score gap is positive and relatively large in math, 0.62 of a standard deviation in the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades).

Yet they write this up in a highly misleading fashion, claiming that «67 percent of the states posted overall decreases in NAEP math grade 4 performance as compared to the nation after high - stakes tests were implemented.»

The reversal in the overall trend is, however, driven wholly by an improvement in the rigor of reading assessments, which set expectations that are higher by 0.49 standard deviations in 4th grade and by 0.26 standard deviations in 8th grade.

They cite a 2014 UK study showing students who attended two to three years of preschool achieved higher overall exam scores, better grades in English and maths, and took more final year exams.

As a rookie high school history teacher, with the best of intentions I often told my students that a single upcoming test or assignment would significantly impact their overall grades.

Considering that U.S. high school graduation rates are also up significantly over this period — and thus a greater portion of students are reaching the twelfth grade — these are mildly encouraging trends, despite the overall flatness of the lines.

«Overall, across all grades, we found that implementing any SIG - funded model had no significant impacts on math or reading test scores, high school graduation, or college enrollment.»

We observe that there is virtually no relationship between the relative affluence of the overall student body of the school and the SES test score gap in that school: schools serving primarily high - SES students and those serving primarily low - SES students have the same average SES test score gaps (around 0.8 standard deviations) in both third and fifth grades.

The retained students needed less remedial course work in high school and earned higher grades overall.

The news comes after a report by the Centre for High Performance found that some academy trusts exclude pupils to improve the overall performance of the school's grade statistics.

While acknowledging the concerns about front - loading demands in early grades, [McCallum] said that the overall standards would not be too high, certainly not in comparison [with] other nations, including East Asia, where math education excels.

Because the Promise had a clearer effect on behavior than on grades for KPS students overall, the authors conclude that «policies focused on making higher education more affordable may be usefully supplemented by helping students better understand how their behavior affects their future.»

We found that high - achieving students benefit most from tough grading standards when they are placed in classrooms where the overall level of achievement is relatively low (see Figure 3).

The low overall incidence of teachers in the entire sample asking higher level questions should concern us: Differences among schools notwithstanding, only 16 % of the teachers in grades 1 - 3 in this study were frequently observed asking higher level, aesthetic response questions.

Overall, goals and initiatives are targeted to student learning gaps by income level and race, challenges unique to grade levels, and transitions into higher grades.

Overall A» grades are found in high - poverty and low - poverty districts alike, says Ramanathan, dispelling the myth that poverty and low performance are inexorably connected.

Through a comprehensive programming process, the High School Expansion Committee determined the overall needs for the PCHS Expansion to accommodate the incoming 9th grade class and to provide the required spaces to meet the current and future high school program neHigh School Expansion Committee determined the overall needs for the PCHS Expansion to accommodate the incoming 9th grade class and to provide the required spaces to meet the current and future high school program nehigh school program needs.

«Overall, the math and reading scores in grade 3 - 8 and high school did go up, but the concerns we have is that they did not go up fast enough,» Holliday said at a September press conference announcing the new results.

«In 2011 Alabama moved from near last to 25th in the nation in overall grades and scores [Education Week assessment]... 12th in the nation for standards, assessments and accountability... data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) showed a historic gain of eight points in fourth grade Reading for Alabama public school students — the... highest gain ever in NAEP recorded history.

«Students across all grade levels made very significant literacy progress, and the high school students in particular demonstrated truly outstanding growth: four times the expected rate for students completing the recommended number of activities and nearly double the expected rate overall.

Overall analysis by the Times Educational Supplement suggests that, while a higher proportion than average were graded «outstanding», a higher proportion were also graded «inadequate».

And if the overall pay budget is not increasing, how will a higher grade of pay be funded?

Investing wisely in teacher and principal preparation and development can improve student achievement and generate overall budget savings by reducing costs associated with low student performance (including grade retention, remediation, and higher dropout rates).

Weights: Overall, states generally place emphasis on growth at the elementary level, whereas proficiency and other indicators to gauge college and career readiness play a larger role in high schools; however, Georgia uses uniform achievement and growth weights across grade levels.

High school graduates qualify for aid if they meet two requirements: (1) cumulative 3.0 grade - point average in PROMISE core and overall coursework; and (2) an ACT composite score of at least 22, with minimum scores of 20 in each subject (or equivalent SAT scores).

Year 2 results were not included for kindergarten; however, all subtests for students with lower abilities were significant, with the exception of spatial abilities.First grade overall test results were significant for the low groups at.000; second grade results were significant at.001; and third grade results were higher overall for students with lower abilities.

There were some victories, we laid the groundwork for further work, and our reform coalition is well armed to continue with our agenda, but as much as I would like to put a positive spin on the overall outcome for our priorities, it is difficult to find a basis for a grade higher than a D.

Overall, the number of GCSE grades raised after appeal jumped by 50 % compared with 2016, as nearly 74,000 entries received higher grades despite Ofqual's reforms designed to halt an upward creep in re-marking.

While the experimental public schools showed slightly higher levels of academic growth than traditional schools overall, the number of students performing at grade level was lower than the state average.

The annual report on New Jersey public - school test scores and graduation rates brought mostly good news yesterday, with the 2011 - 2012 numbers up overall for high schools, less so for the lower grades, and all with the expected cautions and caveats.

So the high overall test results in 8th grade only accounted for 70 % of the kids that stayed at the school - those students that took the standard CMT in math in both grade 5 and grade 8 at Amistad Academy.

Overall, non-college goers did much better in the labor market if they had completed high - level math and science courses; earned average to above average grades; completed multiple vocational courses focusing on a specific labor market area (occupational concentration); and obtained a professional certification or license.

All children who completed the course improved sufficiently, and some scored 2 to 3 grade levels higher in their overall reading.

Aligning a high - quality PreK experience with its overall education reform goals has helped MCPS achieve significant results: almost 90 percent of Kindergarteners enter first grade with essential early literacy skills; nearly 88 percent of third graders read proficiently; achievement gaps between different racial and ethnic groups across all grade levels have declined by double digits; 90 percent of seniors graduate from high school and about 77 percent of them enroll in college.