Sentences with phrase «national exams»

Information about the national exams is available on the NBCC website.

Standard Grades (Scottish Gaelic: Ìre Choitcheann) were Scotland's educational qualifications for students aged around 14 to 16 years, which were replaced with Scottish Qualifications Authority's National exams as part of the major shake up of Scotland's education system as part of Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework overhaul.

Currently, 39 states recognize or require DANB national exams.

Certification may be achieved by taking the CMA (AAMA) Certification Examination offered by the AAMA Certifying Board in consultation with the National Board of Medical Examiners, which also administers many national exams for physicians.

Registered candidates seeking professional certification in various fields for national exams

«Without education, we have nothing,» said Michel Renau, director of national exams at the Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports, which itself is a rubble pile in the city center.

I graduated in May 2014, took my state and national exams, and received my Registered Veterinary Technician license.

She passed her state and national exams in April 2016.

Kevin was officially hired on at PHP in August 2016, and finished the state and national exams required to become a Registered Veterinary Technician in December 2016.

But a teacher's cognitive skills and literacy skills, as measured by the SAT or other national exams, have been found to positively impact student achievement.

How is cultural bias sometimes entrenched in national exams, and how can teachers in urban environments better prepare their students to take and pass these tests?

These classes help pupils understand the language, problem types, and test taking strategies needed to pass important national exams, such at the KCPE in Kenya.

In 1994 73 % of the respondents indicated that standardized national exams were either very important or quite important.

We are proud of our student results and we are working to improve our schools so even more students pass these important national exams and go on to have a bright future.

The most recent national exams for fourth graders found just 34 percent proficient in reading and 40 percent proficient in math.

Edgenuity's Virtual Tutor online test preparation courses prepare Oklahoma students for the ACT, SAT, GED, OCCT, end of course, and other state and national exams.

Therefore, at Soka High School only the track 7 and 8 students who want to go to one of the famous public universities take cram school to prepare for the national exams.

Connecticut has the nation's largest achievement gap when it's measured by students» socioeconomic status, with poor students performing almost three grade - levels below their more privileged peers, according to national exams.

West Hartford students consistently score near the top on the Connecticut Mastery Tests, joining the likes of Avon and Greenwich students with over 79 percent attaining proficiency or higher on national exams.

The state scores poorly on national exams.

The district won the Broad Prize for Urban Education in 2013, but scores on state and national exams generally have stagnated in recent years.

National exams like the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) and General Equivalency Diploma (GED) also test students» knowledge of social studies.

In terms of learning what works in education, our experience suggests that providing schools and teachers with lots of autonomy but at the same time controlling the outcomes through standardized national exams is a good strategy.

The state agreed to have researchers at Harvard University analyze the scores and compare them with results on national exams and Regents tests, the subject exams that high school students are required to take for graduation.

The answer is already clear, as research and experience has shown, standards - based approaches that have underpinned national exams and other assessment strategies, do not lead to sustained improvements in educational outcomes.

Using this database of past local, state and national exams, users can create their own downloadable formative assessments, review tools and more.

These reviews were developed by Shmoop, a digital curriculum test prep company that makes fun yet rigorous learning materials that will help students prepare for national exams.

First, to what degree do the grades distributed by schools and teachers correspond to their students» performance on state and national exams?

The Index awards points for students passing high school level courses and extra credit for those achieving additional credit, such as meeting cut scores on state or national exams or earning college credit through dual enrollment.

As a national leader in education, the Commonwealth has seen its elementary and secondary students rise to the occasion time and again with increased rates of proficiency on state and national exams.

SCOTLAND»S national exams body is under the spotlight over whether it is paying teachers less than both the minimum and living wages for specialist marking duties.

The data help explain the disconnect between the relatively high pass rates on many state tests and the low scores on the national exams, known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

By year three, all students who took the national exams passed.

The report cites yearly national exams, a new curriculum focused on learning results and a new data driven system of school evaluation as further strategies which fostered higher quality schools.

In his 1997 State of the Union address, President Clinton called for voluntary, national exams for fourth - grade reading and eighth - grade math.

By the second year, all but two students passed the national exams.

Other reform tactics included reducing the size differences between secondary schools (secondary schools used to be the largest across OECD countries but are now the smallest), decentralization, increased school autonomy, professional development, and the introduction of national exams.

The report in question, authored by Arizona State University researchers Audrey Amrein and David Berliner, purported to examine student - performance trends on national exams in states where legislators have attached «high stakes» to test scores.

And that content should be married to national standards of «proficiency» in these subjects at these grade levels, and joined to national exams by which we determine how well and by whom this is being accomplished.

Unfortunately, none of the studies released by the Economic Policy Institute confirm the validity of the state testing results by comparing them to the results on national exams.

Jerome completed the 300 hour train - as - you - work program and passed the rigorous national exam to become a Certified Production Technician.

«You could move to a single national exam board which would stop the «race to the bottom» but the change would be disruptive and threaten innovation and cost control,» the chairman explained.

After high school all students take a national exam, and an office in Cairo decides where you go.

According to the reform plan, a national exam will be held every 2 years.

The application phase for the first national exam, the ICHWC Health & Wellness Coach Certifying Examination, opened on February 6 and remains open through April 15, 2017.

If you are not ready to apply for the National Exam by the April 15th deadline, the NCCHWC is planning the second round of testing for the Spring of 2018 — with the application phase being in the Fall of 2017.

Passed National Exam to practice as a primary care physician (national NPLEX) in Washington State, 1999

The next national exam will be held in June of 2018.

This international designation was initiated recently because of international interest in what was initially a national consortium and a national exam.

from Expert Coach Center as a Certified Expert Wellness Coach (CEWC) and a certificate of eligibility to apply for the national exam to become a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC - HWC)