Not exact matches
The
Independent School Entrance Exam allows schools to compare achievements across school environ
School Entrance
Exam allows
schools to compare achievements across
school environ
school environments.
Please consult the ISEE website for information about the
exam required for admission to many New York
independent schools.
The SRC had earlier called for the
school's
Independent Examinations Board, which conducted the
exams and was responsible for the marking of the scripts, to be scrapped, describing it as a threat to legal education in Ghana, after only 91 of the over 500 students passed the
exams.
Earlier this week, the Conservatives warned of an «education apartheid» opening up in English
schools, as more and more
independent schools offered
exams like the IB that were not widely available in the state sector.
The shadow education secretary argued a lack of confidence in GCSEs and A-levels means many
independent schools were turning to
exams such as the IGCSE, the pre-U or the international baccalaureate (IB) to stretch their pupils.
Roughly 70 percent of NYC students who entered high
school in the 2011 - 2012 academic year never took a single Advanced Placement
exam, according to new
Independent Budget Office data.
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Her comments follow a 30 - day ultimatum issued to the
Independent Examination Board (IEB) by the SRC of the Ghana
School of Law to re-mark the scripts of students who failed the
exams.
The SRC had earlier called for the
school's
Independent Examinations Board, which conducted the
exams and was responsible...
Pupils who study at state
schools are less likely to appeal their
exam results than their
independent school peers, figures suggest.
Chief Executive of the
Independent Association of Prep
Schools, David Hansen, told his members last week that he believes that within ten years all
exams will be taken online.
Extra
exam time to finish GCSE and A Level tests was given to one in five
independent school pupils last year, analysis shows.
Each fall, high
schools in Texas's Garland
Independent School District host pep rallies to recognize students passing their AP
exams and earning checks through NMSI's program.
Creative writing step by step guide to help students who want to improve their creative writing skills for GCSE and also for entrance
exams into
Independent schools.
Chris King, chair of the Headmasters» and Headmistresses» Conference group of
independent schools said: «Every child sitting an
exam deserves to trust that their paper will be marked accurately.
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..
This will help students build their creative writing skills or for the
independent school creative
exam revision.
To remediate achievement gaps and prepare for the demands of the most selective
schools in New England, each Scholar puts in hundreds of hours of extra
school work and prepares to take the Independent School Entrance Exam for admission to a selective school in the fall of his or her fifth - or sixth - grade
school work and prepares to take the
Independent School Entrance Exam for admission to a selective school in the fall of his or her fifth - or sixth - grade
School Entrance
Exam for admission to a selective
school in the fall of his or her fifth - or sixth - grade
school in the fall of his or her fifth - or sixth - grade year.
Steppingstone partners with more than 40
independent, Catholic, and public
exam schools to place students.
The Steppingstone Academy prepares motivated, underserved students for acceptance to and success at top
independent, Catholic, and public
exam schools in the greater Boston area.
Ninety percent of Scholars who have completed Steppingstone's demanding program of academic preparation gain admission to an
independent, Catholic or public
exam school.
Some states responded in the 1990s with
independent exams to focus more on the «outputs» of
schools, such as student achievement rates, not solely on the «inputs,» such as
school spending.
The
Independent Schools Entrance
Exam (ISEE) will be held on a Saturday in November.
The state sets academic standards, and the objectivity of an
independent, statewide
exam helps state, city, district, and
school leaders know if students are progressing and on track.
The Steppingstone Academy serves middle -
school students from Boston who plan to attend selective
independent, Catholic or public
exam schools.
The bipartisan leaders understood that
schools and students would benefit from
independent exams being given annually in key subjects like reading and math.
Applicants must have interest in applying to Boston Public
Exam schools or
independent schools.
Shoddy marking standards mean that hundreds of teenagers are wrongly missing out on places at their first - choice universities and eroding public confidence in Britain's
exam system, the leader of Britain's top
independent schools will warn.
The biggest academic challenges she is likely to face are course expectations and — depending on where she goes to
school — exit
exam requirements, and those are largely
independent of Common Core tests.
The
exam system in England is suffering from «deterioration and decay», says a damning report from leading
independent school head teachers.
A report earlier this year suggested
independent schools were disproportionately likely to have pupils receiving extra time in
exams, but the Ofqual figures do not have a breakdown of state and private
schools.
Christopher Ray, the
independent schools group's chairman, said the
exam system was in a «truly shocking» state.
The chairman of the
Independent Schools Association warned that schools may feel forced to choose A-level courses because of links between exam boards and univer
Schools Association warned that
schools may feel forced to choose A-level courses because of links between exam boards and univer
schools may feel forced to choose A-level courses because of links between
exam boards and universities.
And the HMC - representing 250 of some of the most famous
independent schools - has launched its own broadside against the
exams system, in a report that says there are deep - rooted problems with unreliable, unfair and inaccurate marking.
Pupils at
independent schools take part in a great number of artistic activities outside of the public
exam system
Schools Week has reported how independent schools have more exam administration resources and are much more likely to appeal exam
Schools Week has reported how
independent schools have more exam administration resources and are much more likely to appeal exam
schools have more
exam administration resources and are much more likely to appeal
exam marks.
In 2008 there were 40,000 IGCSE
exam entries, according to the
Independent Schools Council (ISC), which represents most of the bigger institutions - a leap from 15,000 in 2007.
Schools Week has previously reported how independent schools have more exam administration resources which influences the ability to request mark r
Schools Week has previously reported how
independent schools have more exam administration resources which influences the ability to request mark r
schools have more
exam administration resources which influences the ability to request mark reviews.
Independent schools are no longer included in the figures in this latest annual report taken from
exam bodies.
The discovery came after an investigation by CIE, which administers the Cambridge Pre-U
exams — an alternative to A-levels popular among British
independent schools.
New Jersey teacher, Rutgers graduate student, and blogger Jersey Jazzman deftly explains that even when New York set its cut scores to a very high level, the distribution of scale scores on the state
exam barely moved, and that is because the decision to place cut scores is
independent of how students do on the test itself and of how
schools and districts and states compare to each other.
Many
schools require an entrance
exam; most middle and high schools require the ISEE (Independent School Entrance Exam) or the SSAT (Secondary School Admissions Te
exam; most middle and high
schools require the ISEE (
Independent School Entrance
Exam) or the SSAT (Secondary School Admissions Te
Exam) or the SSAT (Secondary
School Admissions Test).
Charter
schools are
independent public
schools that don't have entrance
exams and do not charge tuition.
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) required only annual,
independent exams in reading and math in grades three thru eight and only once in high
school for those subjects.
The new - style GCSE
exams in England are the most difficult since the end of O - levels in the 1980s, according to an
independent school leader.
Last year in GCSE and A-level
exams, extra time was awarded to more than 27,000
independent school students - which represented nearly 20 % of all candidates in the sector.
Evidence revealed by the OCR
exam board suggests that
independent schools were disproportionately likely to challenge
exam results.
An
independent special
schools source said the number of students involved in such
exams was relatively low.