Sentences with phrase «points per pupil»

Points are awarded for each qualification, with more points for higher grades, and the schools are ranked on the average number of points per pupil.

Not exact matches

In opposing the amendment, Department for Education spokesperson Baroness Garden of Frognal said, «At present, any maintained faith school is able to select up to 100 per cent of its pupils based on faith, subject to being oversubscribed... We want to ensure parity across faith schools in the maintained and academy sector... The noble Baroness's amendment would remove that flexibility for voluntary controlled schools that have converted to become academies, fixing their admissions arrangements to those that existed on the point of conversion.

With just seven per cent of gifted and talent pupils receiving free school meals, the Liberal Democrats point out children from low income families are half as likely to be identified as gifted.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo frequently points out, too, that New York spends the highest per pupil than virtually every state in the country.

But Angela Rayner, Labour's shadow education secretary, called the announcement «nothing more than a sticking plaster», pointing out that per pupil funding would in fact decline.

Cuomo has frequently pointed to New York's highest - in - the - nation spending per pupil, and argued that more money isn't always the answer to education challenges.

About a 30 % increase in average expenditure per pupil (over four years, between age seven and 11) is expected to produce an increase in achievement of a level equivalent to 25 - 30 points on the PISA scale.

More to the point, says the Empire Center, «School spending in New York [state] was driven primarily by instructional salaries and benefits — which, at $ 14,769 per pupil, were 114 percent above the national average of $ 6,903, the census data show.»

According to the models comparing high - scoring F schools with low - scoring D schools, to achieve the same 5 - point gain in math that the threat of vouchers accomplished, Florida schools would need to increase per - pupil spending by $ 3,484 at previously failing schools.

English and Maths saw some of the largest falls, with the proportion of pupils gaining A * - C in English falling 5.2 per cent to 60.2 per cent and maths dropping 2.3 percentage points.

District administrators may be quick to point out that due to longstanding vendor agreements, work rules, and bargaining arrangements, the net cost might be operationally more consequential than the per - pupil gains.

After controlling for average class size, per - pupil spending in 1998 - 99, the percentage of students with disabilities, the percentage of students receiving a free or reduced - price school lunch, the percentage of students with limited English proficiency, and student mobility rates, high - scoring F schools achieved gains that were 2.5 points greater than their below - average D counterparts in reading (see Figure 2).

Our analysis finds that for children from low - income families, increasing per - pupil spending by 10 percent in all 12 school - age years reduces the annual incidence of poverty in adulthood by 6.1 percentage points.

Specifically, increasing per - pupil spending by 10 percent in all 12 school - age years increases the probability of high school graduation by 7 percentage points for all students, by roughly 10 percentage points for low - income children, and by 2.5 percentage points for nonpoor children.

The highest ever percentage of pupils reached the expected level in maths, at 87 per cent - up one percentage point on last year.

On per pupil spending, the size of the gap increased from zero to 9 percentage points among the uninformed and from 4 to 7 points among the informed.

This year, 80 per cent of pupils achieved the expected level in grammar, punctuation and spelling tests which is up four percentage points.

While we find only small effects for children from nonpoor families, for low - income children, a 10 percent increase in per - pupil spending each year for all 12 years of public school is associated with roughly 0.5 additional years of completed education, 9.6 percent higher wages, and a 6.1 - percentage - point reduction in the annual incidence of adult poverty.

At this point, the department may need to provide the service jointly with another district or contract out for the service on a per - pupil basis.

For the nation as a whole, overall support for higher spending levels dropped by 8 percentage points (from 46 to 38 percent) when respondents were informed of actual per - pupil expenditures in their own district.

In 2016, the north ‑ east had a sharp drop in entries, with the proportion of pupils entering at least on arts subject ranging from 57.3 per cent in the south ‑ west and 47.8 per cent in the north east — a gap of 9.5 percentage points.

26 per cent of all pupils were found to have received tutoring at some point in their schooling, with this rising as high as 42 per cent in London.

As Schools Minister Nick Gibb pointed out: «Since 2010 there has been a 27 per cent increase in pupil entries for further maths, a 15 per cent increase in pupil entries for physics, and a 15 per cent increase in pupil entries for chemistry.»

Our starting point was estimating the change in per - pupil funding that could be confidently attributed to an SFJ.

The proportion of pupils taking at least four of the EBacc subjects has risen from 37.5 per cent in 2016 to 43.7 per cent this year, an increase of 6.2 percentage points.

Furthermore, the sector's performance is far from exemplary at this point, and aggressive efforts by state charter officials to recruit top operators from around the country have been hampered by Nevada's abysmally low per - pupil funding.

Kozol points out that the wealthiest suburban school districts surrounding New York City, for example, spend more per pupil to educate their mostly white student bodies than the city spends to educate its mostly minority population.

When it comes to writing, 52 per cent of pupils on free school meals reached the expected standard by age 7, compared to 71 per cent of other pupils - a gap of 19 percentage points.

The School's three teams, each comprised of four pupils per team, will now go on to represent the School in the next phase of the challenge, where they will be awarded points for accurately predicting the closing price of certain assets on a weekly basis, testing a whole new skillset.

For poor children, a twenty percent increase in per - pupil spending each year for all 12 years of public school is associated with nearly a full additional year of completed education, 25 percent higher earnings, and a 20 percentage - point reduction in the annual incidence of poverty in adulthood.

Examining data on more than 15,000 children born between 1955 and 1985, it found that poor children whose schools were estimated to receive and maintain a 10 percent increase in per - pupil spending (adjusted for inflation) before they began their 12 years of public school were 10 percentage points more likely to complete high school than other poor children.

States may report certain information required on online school report cards at a later point in time than other metrics, such as per - pupil expenditure data (which lag due to the fiscal calendar).

When ranked on the average point score - the average number of points scored per pupil in the tests - these 213 schools came out top.

Your general points (1) California school finance is needlessly complex and (2) weighted, per - pupil funding, by itself, won't fix intra-district funding inequities are spot - on.

Arun: Your general points (1) California school finance is needlessly complex and (2) weighted, per - pupil funding, by itself, won't fix intra-district funding inequities are spot - on.

If you point out that per pupil spending has more than doubled in the last three decades (adjusting for inflation) while student outcomes have remained unchanged, people blame the rising costs of special education.

He pointed out that vouchers are already capped at 90 percent of the local school district's per - pupil funding amount.

The government pointed to PISA data that showed more than a quarter of pupils (28 per cent) in England hope to be working in a science - related career by the time they are 30, a «significant increase» compared to 16 % in 2006.

For pupils living in an NR31 postcode and between 2 and 3 miles away there is the option of a minibus pick - up service that collects and drops off pupils at a designated point; this is charged at # 10 per week, with a reduction for pupil premium students.

The government's view is that there has been «significant progress», pointing to 69.3 per cent of disadvantaged pupils now meeting the expected level in both reading and maths at the end of primary school, compared with 62.2 per cent in 2011.

A place, by the way, that's so deprived almost 70 per cent of his pupils have taken free meals at some point.

During state fiscal years 2001 - 02 through 2010 - 11, statewide base per pupil funding under the Public School Finance Act (PSFA) and state funding for categorical programs are required to «grow annually at least by the rate of inflation plus an additional one percentage point;» and after 2010 - 11, by a rate at least equal to the rate of inflation.

And while Republican lawmakers frequently point out that the $ 8.3 billion allocated in funding for state public schools this year is a 7.4 percent increase on last year, education experts note the state's support for public schools, on a per - pupil basis, still lags behind North Carolina's pre-recession funding when adjusted for inflation.

In total, 67 per cent of disadvantaged pupils achieved at least level 4 in all of reading, writing and mathematics, versus 83 per cent for other pupils — a one percentage point gap reduction over last year.

As this PBS article states, the majority of people in the United States support raises for teachers (although I think the more important point is raising per - pupil spending overall).

Estimates suggested a one per cent funding change in primaries was associated with an up to 0.071 percentage point fall in the proportion of pupils gaining at least level 4.

To have Governor Scott, Senate President Negron, and Speaker Corcoran tell their version of this story, however, comes across as boastful, always touting «record levels of funding,» despite the fact that superintendents across the Sunshine State point out, most famously by Superintendent Runcie, that Florida ranks 44th in per - pupil funding.

For example, pessimists like to point out that per - pupil spending in Utah is last in the nation to paint the most dire picture possible.

When the school reaches a tipping point, an extra class is needed, and the cost per pupil rockets, until that class is full.

They pointed out that California ranked 43rd in adjusted per - pupil expenditures for K - 12 education, according to a survey conducted by Education Week, with per - student spending of $ 9,417, which is $ 3,109 below the national average of $ 12,526.