They make up a long — and sometimes growing — tail of underperforming students, many of whom continually fail to meet
minimum standards of achievement.
Not exact matches
Highlights
of this year's NAPLAN results include: • There is evidence
of movement
of students from lower to higher bands
of achievement across year levels and most domains over the last 10 years • Year 3 reading results continue to show sustained improvement • ACT, Victoria and NSW continue to have high mean
achievement across all domains • There are increases in mean
achievement in the Northern Territory in primary years reading and numeracy since 2008 • WA and Queensland have the largest growth in mean
achievement across most domains since 2008 • Percentage
of students meeting the national
minimum standard remains high — over 90 per cent nationally and in most states and territories, across all domains and year levels
New York State and North Carolina, by contrast, give students an incentive to study through the use
of rigorous end -
of - course exams that signal medium and high
achievement levels, not just meeting
minimum standards.
If the current law's
minimum competency
standard produces gains among students near the proficiency threshold but disadvantages others, the rules
of the accountability system need to be modified, perhaps to reward improvements across the entire
achievement distribution.
In contrast, national
minimum standards tied to year levels do little to challenge all students to higher levels
of achievement.
According to the U.S. Department
of Education, the purpose
of Title 1 funding, «is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high quality education and reach, at
minimum, proficiency on challenging state academic
achievement standards and state academic assessments.»
The purpose
of Title I is to ensure that every student has access to an equal, fair, and high - quality education that meets, at a
minimum, proficiency on challenging state academic
achievement standards and assessments.
Hobgood noted that the private schools receiving the scholarships are not subject to any requirements or
standards regarding the curriculum that they teach, have no requirements for student
achievement, are not obligated to demonstrate any growth in student performance and are not even obligated to provide a
minimum amount
of instructional time.
We believe that such a chart provides users a more nuanced view
of reading
achievement differences between schools in states with relatively low
minimum standards.
«
Minimum standards are not enough to prepare young people for the competition that awaits them in a global economy,» said Superintendent
of Public Instruction Billy K. Cannaday Jr. «The VIP program provides incentives for schools to challenge students to ever - higher levels
of learning and
achievement.»
Employers look for a high
standard of academic
achievement, often requiring a
minimum 2:1 in a related degree.