Sentences with phrase «per cent of students»

Eighteen per cent of students with an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background were poor readers compared to four per cent of non-Indigenous students.

Yet, 63 per cent of these students have been found to experience difficulties at school, while only some receive additional support.

A 2011 survey of 10,000 students across the country (commissioned by the Australian Scholarships Group) found that 40 per cent of students worry too much, and one - in - five have experienced an episode of depression.

Twenty - five per cent of the students (n = 1472) reported self - harm behaviour, with a mean of 4.06 times (SD 3.33).

Our study of 78 secondary schools, conducted in 2015, found that although three out of four teachers say they teach all the topics that comprise a comprehensive sexuality education curriculum, only two per cent of the students say they learned this material.

Sixty three per cent of students and graduates were looking for jobs in small businesses because of the opportunity to work in smaller teams with the expectation that they would have good professional and social interaction.

In some of the country's most vulnerable neighbourhoods, more than 50 per cent of students do not graduate high school, taking a dramatic toll on our communities, our health and justice systems, and our economy.

The ELAM has had glowing reports from education inspector and regulator OFSTED and over 70 per cent of its students are from a black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background.

Last year, Aardvark Swift claimed that 80 per cent of the students involved will go on to secure a games industry job after graduation.

Among those surveyed, the average amount stands at $ 26,819, with 29 per cent of all students reporting debt of $ 20,000 or more.

A decade earlier, 81 per cent of students said they had at least one credit card with the average unpaid balance totalling $ 1,279.

But in a twist — 41 per cent of students surveyed still thought their parents were paying too much.

The poll found that 45 per cent of the students were making $ 11 per hour or less, and 60 per cent were working part - time hours.

Crispin attends P.S. 397 in Brooklyn, NY, a school of 350 students and a school where more than 70 per cent of the students did not pass the Common Core tests.

The report found that 4.9 per cent of students eligible for free school meals achieved three A grades or better, compared to 11 per cent of their peers who were not eligible.

But the government managed to match 82 per cent of students to their eligibility for free school meals in year 11.

With the move towards 90 per cent of students studying the EBacc by 2025, the result will be an imposition of uniformity and the narrowing of the curriculum.

One possible way of doing this would be to publish the average results for the top 20 per cent and bottom 20 per cent of students in any school.

The school charges an average annual tuition of $ 32,000 with data from the school indicating that 100 per cent of the students here will transition to college after graduation.

The school charges an average annual tuition of about $ 49,880 with data from the school indicating that 100 per cent of the students here transition to college after graduation.

Some 8.6 per cent of students abandoned higher education after 12 months during the 2010/11 academic year - the highest figure since records began 10 years ago.

Recent statistics from a survey of secondary students in a Basingstoke school showed that a staggering 50 per cent of their students owned an iPod Touch and 35 per cent owned an iPod Nano.

When asked to justify their job choice, 32.4 per cent of students said it was related to something they like or love, 16.4 per cent thought they would be good at it or were interested in that kind of work, 14.2 per cent said it involved helping others, 13.1 per cent thought it would be fun, enjoyable or exciting, and 7.7 per cent said it would earn them lots of money.

An estimated 20 000 of 25 000 schools in South Africa are considered to be «failing» — more than 50 per cent of students leave school with no qualifications.

Interestingly, 66 per cent of students come from outside the school zone, a fact that staff ascribe to the large number of students whose primary carers are grandparents who live within the zone.

There's also roughly 23 per cent of students who are able to complete only the most basic tasks on computers — so there's still plenty of room for improvement.

Research shows that in Australia the most advanced 10 per cent of students in a year level are about five to six years ahead of the least advanced 10 per cent.

The issue already seems evident: in 2017, just 41 per cent of students achieved a B or higher in the course, which is below average in comparison with other subjects.

The gulf in advice saw 45 per cent of independent school students receive regular careers guidance compared to 13 per cent of students in state schools, and 14 per cent in academies.

The most advanced 10 per cent of students in any school grade are typically five to six years ahead of the least advanced 10 per cent of students in that grade.

The most advanced 10 per cent of students in any given year of school are something like five to six years ahead of the least advanced students in that same year of school.

I'm interested in the fact that «the most advanced 10 per cent of students are about five to six years ahead of the least advanced 10 per cent».

Around 40 per cent of students are from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.

Each of these behaviours was rated as very or quite important by more than 80 per cent of students in Year 6 and in Year 10,» the report says.

The success of this programme has seen 100 per cent of students achieve the Industrial Cadets Gold Award.

In Year 6, 83 per cent of students said they represented their school in activities outside of class, 78 per cent were involved in peer support programs, and 75 per cent had voted for class representatives.

This achievement has made a significant contribution to 80 per cent of students gaining an apprenticeship year upon year.

The SMF also found wide inequality due to income, with 40 per cent of students who receive free school meals achieving 5 A * - Cs grades at GCSE, compared to 70 per cent of students who do not.

The most advanced 10 per cent of students are about five to six years ahead of the least advanced 10 per cent.

It cited the US as an example where 21 per cent of all students have an immigrant background, while those schools in disadvantaged areas have 40 per cent of its student population from immigrant backgrounds.

Learning Away's recent survey of UK schools found that as a result of going on a school trip, 87 per cent of students felt more confident trying new things, whilst 60 per cent of teachers noticed increased confidence, resilience and wellbeing in their students.

Understanding between teachers, students and their peers also benefit, with 71 per cent of students reporting that they felt that their teachers better understood their learning habits, whilst 70 per cent felt that they were getting on better with their peers following the trip.

In contrast, some 85 per cent of students are instead encouraged to go into further or higher education, such as university study, after fi

Not surprisingly, almost 95 per cent of students in my classes in Years 9 or above had personal mobile phones.

41 per cent of students said they were aware that certain degrees required specify A-levels and some universities did not consider particular subjects challenging enough.

Moreover, 95 per cent of the students polled stated that they would benefit from advice from local businesses or employees, with a further 93 per cent stating that the careers advice they had been given had been helpful.

Looking at the global situation: 23 per cent of students, on average, are low performers in Mathematics across the 64 OECD countries and economies that participated in PISA 2012; and, 18 per cent of students are low performers in Reading and Science.

In Australia, around 6 per cent of students attended a primary school where more than 75 per cent of students entered school with literacy skills, compared to 96 per cent of students in Ireland.

The results in maths show that 44 per cent of the students tested do not meet the baseline identified in ACARA's Measurement Framework for Schooling in Australia 2012 (2013); which outlines a «challenging but reasonable expectation of student achievement at a year level, with students needing to demonstrate more than the elementary skills expected at this level.»

Nearly 59 per cent of pupils from the most disadvantaged areas missed their predicted grades, compared to around 48 per cent of students from the most affluent areas.