Sentences with phrase «of students taking»

The number of students taking AP exams for college credit has doubled over the last decade.

With roughly 71 % of students taking out at least one loan to attend college, it's more important than ever to understand what you're getting yourself into financially.

The magazine evaluated nearly 20,000 public high schools throughout the country and ranked them on several factors, including state test scores, the number of students taking Advanced Placement and college - level courses and overall college readiness.

The number of students taking French and German this year are both just more than half the number in 1999.

Michael Turner, director of the JCQ, said: «There are many underlying factors affecting this year's GCSEs, including a sizeable increase in entry by 15 - year - olds, new science specifications designed with greater challenge, early and multiple entry in mathematics and an increase in the number of students taking IGCSEs [international GCSEs].

And, to make matters worse, the former Education Commissioner agreed to set a cut - score which establishes an arbitrary level of proficiency such that only 30 % of students taking the test will meet that passing standard.

At the high school level, the model also factors in graduation rates and the number of students taking college or career preparation courses for credit.

How do we, as teachers and educational leaders, condone putting our students through an assessment process that has been designed to ensure that 70 percent of the students taking the test will not meet the predetermined cut - score that has been set by the test company in consultation with political leaders and educational bureaucrats who are predominantly out - of - touch with both classroom instructional practice and how children learn?

But the number of students taking the test over that period declined from 88 to 31.

That means instead of students taking math class, then science class, then English class, they will choose an event or phenomenon to study, incorporating multiple subjects in the process (something like exploring the climates of different countries, and reporting on them in French).

Every year, we've added courses and greatly expanded the number of students taking AP classes.

They will know the number of students taking college entrance exams and getting «college - ready» scores.

They will know the level of rigor based on the number of students taking AP courses and passing AP exams.

This would come in striking contrast to a decade of gradual improvement on the STAR where more than half of all students taking the 2013 exam scored at proficient or better.

During school year 2014 - 2015, 78 % of students taking College Board AP exams scored a 3 or higher, outperforming the national average of 61 % by 17 percentage points.

According to a RAND study released in January 2017, the state has seen record growth in the number of students taking Advanced Placement courses, as well as in its high school graduation rate and its rate of college attendance.

In the five decades of our students taking this test, we have never done well.

And more importantly, Ms. Willoughby's class and the millions of students taking the Smarter Balanced tests this spring might have had a better testing experience.

They advised the district to gather data around the number and academic profiles of students taking and not taking high - level math classes in high school and to hold focus groups to explore why students do and don't take such classes.

This represents 10 % of highschool students, higher in upper grades given the vast majority of students taking these classes are Juniors and Seniors.

Of course, without knowing the total number of students taking the test in each class we can't even be sure the information is statistically significant.

Wisconsin's Mr. Walker says he wants to use other measures to judge schools, such as the percentage of students taking and passing advanced placement classes.

«I think our track record is pretty good,» Evers said, citing decreased suspensions and expulsions, increased number of students taking college - level courses while still in high school and modest increases in reading proficiency.

Before 2014, the number of students taking their exams in Year 10 rather than Year 11, particularly in English...

Full - time online schools have gained 50,000 more students in the past year alone, bringing the total number of students taking part in such virtual learning environments up to 250,000,» according to this article, which looks at a report from the National School Boards Association.

Serious about offering other rigorous class opportunities to all of its students, Revere also has seen steady increases in the number of students taking Advanced Placement classes.

The number of students taking Advance Placement tests has grown 189 percent in five years.

Coleman argues that if the number of students taking the required standardized tests drops below 95 percent, the government can cut funding to schools, and that will be most damaging to students of color.

The number of students taking an AP exam has risen 189 percent since 2012, a sign of increased awareness of the program.

The school is producing more National Merit honorees than ever before and, in the past five years, has doubled the number of students taking and passing advanced placement exams, even as the percentages of low - income students, minority students, and English language learners have increased.

But tens of thousands of students taking only general courses in main subjects — often labeled «college prep» in school curriculum...

ESSA includes a fix for a problematic issue in Texas: the double testing of students taking high school math courses in middle school.

In addition, states could include any other measure of student and school performance they wish, such as the percentage of students taking an Advanced Placement test, for example.

Many educators and other observers want to attribute the decline to the steady increase in the number of students taking the exam, particularly noting the increase in minority students who generally perform worse than their white counterparts.

As states implemented increased course requirements for high school graduation, especially in math and science, the number of students taking classes in these subjects went up by 69 percent and 60 percent, respectively, between 1987 — 88 and 2007 — 08.

Or, download EVERY report on the SAT and note that despite the pool of students taking the SAT being uniquely superior to the general population, and likely in the best classes with the best teachers, the strongest correlation with scores every time is parent income and parent level of education — out - of - school factors... Response?

«Participation was up by 5,713 students statewide from the prior school year, and rates improved slightly for public schools with 98.4 percent of students taking the assessments.

The majority of students taking the qualification are in Year 10 and Year 11 and they complete it over a 12 or 24 month period.

But tens of thousands of students taking only general courses in main subjects — often labeled «college prep» in school curriculum guides — were not prepared for college classes, a sweeping Tribune analysis of the class of 2015 found.

To accurately compare the SAT scores of students in LAUSD Alliance charter schools with those attending LAUSD traditional high schools located in the same neighborhoods with similar student demographics, it is necessary to consider the relative proportions of students taking the test.

The number of students taking GCSE resits in English and maths has soared by nearly a quarter as youngsters rush to seize the penultimate chance to retake exams...

It includes review of the percentage of students taking college admission exams, the number of students already earning college credits and students who have received industry credentials.

Successes in Houston during Grier's tenuire include significantly expanding the number of students taking and passing Advanced Placement exams, raising the high school graduation rate and overseeing passage of a $ 1.9 billion bond issue,

The state also saw a marginal increase — from 380 in 2013 to 434 in 2014 — in the number of students taking advantage of Fast Forward, a dual credit program for students enrolled at CTE centers.

It would prohibit the state from deducting points from a school's state report card if the school fails to have at least 95 percent of students taking the tests.

A focus on creating a safe environment has led to an 87 percent decrease in behavioral incidents and record numbers of students taking the ACT.

Under McQueen's leadership, Tennessee recently announced the state's highest graduation rate in its history at 89.1 %, best overall ACT at 20.1 — a number that represents all public school students in the state, across the board improvements in the 2nd year of the new state assessment, and a record high number of students taking and attaining credit for early college coursework.

Exam officials have stressed that tougher requirements on accuracy in the new exam, and a much higher number of students taking the papers could explain lower grades.

Secondary outcomes will include attendance, percentage of students taking exams, and student attitudes to learning.

Following the outcry of the grades awarded, exam officials have stressed that tougher requirements on accuracy in the new exam, and a much higher number of students taking the papers, could explain lower grades.