Sentences with phrase «old pupils scoring»

Reaction has been coming in to the latest set of Pisa test results, which sees Wales» 15 - year - old pupils scoring below the international average in maths, reading and science for a third time.

Not exact matches

Research by the Education Policy Institute has found that just one in ten disadvantaged pupils in England score grade 7 - 9 (A-A * in old system) in GCSE maths.

Indeed, adjusted for inflation, the average amount spent annually per pupil at the nation's district schools has approximately tripled since 1970 and yet the scores of 17 - year - olds on the Long - Term Trend Assessments of the National Assessment of Educational Progress have remained flat.

And then there's the big picture: When you get to 17 - year - olds — our schools» «final products» — NAEP scores have been utterly stagnant for decades despite per - pupil expenditures roughly tripling and Washington getting ever - more involved.

Rob Coe, from Durham University's Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring, a baseline test provider, told Schools Week in 2015 that his organisation's assessment could make predictions for four - year - olds «good enough for what we need» and could more accurately predict the score range in which pupils were likely to be in future.

Although the exams will cover more challenging content, the DfE insists this won't necessarily mean pupils score lower grades than they might have under the old system.

To meet government expectations, pupils must achieve 100 in their scaled scores, as opposed to the old expected standard of level 4.