Sentences with phrase «number of children achieving»

Although overall percentages remain the same in maths and science, then number of children achieving level 5 or higher increased — revealing an improvement among higher - achieving pupils.

The number of children achieving at the state standard in literacy, however, had been increasing steadily over the past three years.

The study maintained that there has been an increase in the number of children achieving a good level of development at the end of reception, rising from 52 per cent in 2013, to 66 per cent in 2015.

Not exact matches

A number of parents threatened the school with legal action over the summer after their children were prevented from beginning their second year of A-levels because they didn't achieve at least three B - grades in their first year tests.

«When one combines the obstacles to bearing or adopting with women's desire to achieve and consequently putting off pregnancy, the high divorce rate, and the potential complications of second marriages and blended families, it's easy to understand the swift increase in the number of only children in our society.»

The goal of this initiative is to reduce the number of children in care and achieve permanency for each child, whether through reunification, adoption, or long - term guardianship.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

If we can not expect students to achieve until every child has a perfect teacher, Zoch warns, we will wait a long time indeed, because the number of such paragons will always be small.

«It is great news that more children than ever before are achieving the expected level of development in the early years, because parents should be confident that while their children are out of their care, they're not only happy and having fun, but at the same time developing important skills - building confidence with numbers and letters - to ensure they fulfil their potential.»

Prompt cards — these take the key points from the story which can be put on a keyring and used often to remind children of what they are trying to achieve Target sheet — Children colour a star and number each time they hit theirchildren of what they are trying to achieve Target sheet — Children colour a star and number each time they hit theirChildren colour a star and number each time they hit their target.

The ultimate goal is to create a replicable and scalable model for building the capacity of a growing number of change agents (both at Harvard and in the field) to drive science - based innovation that achieves breakthrough outcomes for young children facing adversity.

In schools where the number of children obtaining the EBacc was above the national average in 2015 - 2016, 73.2 per cent of pupils taking up an arts subject achieved grades A * - C - compared to the national average of 71.7 per cent.

On current showing, an intolerable number of children haven't a chance of achieving these exercise guidelines unless PE is timetabled within an extended school day.

The government has committed to providing each pupil a place at a good school, but this key objective is becoming harder to achieve in the face of budget pressures and increasing numbers of children entering the education system.

Thirdly, there has been a definite rise in the number of providers delivering children's activity which, if delivered in a coordinated fashion, can achieve great things.

The researchers suggested that, although it was unlikely that the reform was intended to increase numbers of children retained or placed in special education, the net effect was that these low - achieving students were removed or delayed from the accountability stream.

The research was carried out in a comparatively large number of classrooms (39) and examined 156 children, ranked at four levels: learning disabled, low achieving, average achieving, and high achieving.

In addition to meeting ESSA accountability requirements, the inclusion of chronic absence in state accountability rubrics also provides real opportunities for states, districts and philanthropists to achieve the goals of the Campaign for Grade - Level Reading, to increase the number of children from low - income families reading proficiently at the end of third grade.

To some experts, this research suggests that a teacher with a large number of low - achieving minority children in a classroom, for example, might have a more difficult job than another teacher with few such students.

The goals of Parent University include providing support for families so that they may achieve personal academic and non-academic goals; providing parents and families with the necessary resources to support their children's emotional growth and development; and increasing the number of parents who feel positively connected to their child's school.

The numbers on either side of this are prediction and confidence intervals — this simply means they show the lowest score the child is likely to achieve, and the highest.

The child and adult continue Steps 3 and 4 until the child achieves a predetermined number of words read correctly per minute (number of words read correctly divided by time).

In the No Child Left Behind era, K — 12 systems were judged by the number of students achieving «proficiency» on state tests — with each state left to define «proficiency» for themselves.

Here in Connecticut there are a number of charter school front groups including ConnCAN, Northeast Charter Schools Network, Families for Excellent Schools, the Coalition for Every Child, the Connecticut Council for Education Reform (CCER), Excel Bridgeport, Achieve Hartford and others.

Using the most up - to - date facts and figures in 2013, TCSA's Strategic Plan is intended to act as a «road map» for future growth, establishing priority impact areas and defining key tactics that will be necessary to achieve our long term goal of increasing the number of children who have access to a high quality charter school education.

Our team is committed to increasing the number of high - quality public school seats within Clark County neighborhoods to collaboratively help prove that every child can achieve, regardless of their race, zip code, unique learning needs, family history, or household income.

To politicians like de Blasio, I — an educator of poor and minority children — am public enemy number one, but to thousands of families across New York, Success Academy schools are proof of what children can achieve and they have raised their voices to demand educational opportunity for more students.

Tracking the progress of a number of cohorts indicates that for children who fail to secure the expected levels at the end of primary school just one in ten will go on to achieve five or more good GCSEs, including English and maths.

He added that there was a risk that pupils in areas with large numbers of selective places, more grammar schools would «reduce the results achieved by poorer children» on average.

He has worked with a number of psychologists who perform highly skilled custody evaluations for the DuPage, Kane, and Cook County courts, and has achieved some unique and very positive results for clients employing the skills of these experts in child custody matters.

Stephanie is currently acting on a number of high profile and high value child abuse cases and has recently achieved a six figure sum in a historical claim involving a voluntary organisation and a volunteer.

Childnet forms the Awareness Centre within this, focusing on raising awareness amongst parents, carers, teachers, children and young people in staying safe online, achieving this in a number of ways, including through working with stakeholders, developing resources and organising Safer Internet Day in the UK.

In order to achieve its goals of delivering quality care to all children across the U.S., NAEYC operates a number of initiatives.

If you ever played the children's game, Chutes and Ladders, you already have the concept: when you achieve a higher number (or more days of abstinence / capacity), you go up the ladder (more parenting time); when you land on a problem, you go down a chute (less parenting time).

Permanency has also been achieved by increasing the numbers of children who are placed in adoptive homes, a trend that began in the years following AACWA and continued with the passage of ASFA.

For this, we have developed close working relationships with a number of local professionals who understand what you are trying to achieve in mediation and experienced in supporting you and your children through the separation.

Supported an increased number of Portage practitioners to achieve NPA Accredited Trainer status, enabling Portage Workshops to be delivered in more areas across the UK; spreading Portage practice and Portage principles to children and families and an increased number of early years practitioners.

Two options were explored for reaching parents with the program: Chapter I pilot schools (schools which qualify for federal funds based on economic and achievement criteria, e.g. those which serve a high number of free or reduced - price lunches and also have a large number of children under - achieving on group tests), and adult education programs.

Goals: Formalise and rationalise the collection of data in the region; reduce by half the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children on long - term care and protection orders by 2008; Achieve a target of 90 % of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children enrolled in pre-primary and kindergarten programs by 2008; reduction in truancy rates; achieve 20 % increase in participation rates in sport and recreation; reduce number of alcohol related and drug related incidents in comAchieve a target of 90 % of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children enrolled in pre-primary and kindergarten programs by 2008; reduction in truancy rates; achieve 20 % increase in participation rates in sport and recreation; reduce number of alcohol related and drug related incidents in comachieve 20 % increase in participation rates in sport and recreation; reduce number of alcohol related and drug related incidents in community.

A number of States are exploring subsidized guardianship as a means to achieving permanency for children and youth who are not being adopted or reunited with family.

Today's common area shopping center amusements - international and domestic - aim to achieve a number of ambitious goals: entertain the entire family, occupy young children, extend shopping trips, inspire more frequent trips, and even expand trading areas.