The Midwestern school district spent more than $ 80 per
pupil tested in grades 5 - 6 and grade 8, but less than $ 60 per pupil in grades K - 2 and grade 12.
Not exact matches
A total of 16
pupils were affected by the school's policy of «
grade exclusion» because they didn't achieve at least three B -
grades in their first year
tests.
The study found that
pupils who were enrolled
in a school prior to it becoming an academy did no better
in their KS2
tests than those sitting the same exams at comparable schools, irrespective of the Ofsted
grade of the school before it converted.
The report discloses that
in last years
tests, 79 per cent of
pupils achieved the expected
grades in reading, writing and maths.
First Florida started
grading its schools from A to F, based on the proficiency and progress of
pupils in annual reading, writing, maths and science
tests.
Pupils who did not get good
grades in the Sats
tests taken by 11 - year - olds
in primary school would have to retake a
test during their first year after moving up to secondary school.
Of the 17 schools
in Rhondda Cynon Taf that put
pupils forward for
tests in January, the average drop
in pupils gaining
grade C or above was 25 %.
Head teachers fear some
pupils in England have been
graded incorrectly
in a writing
test that forms part of their national curriculum
tests or Sats.
The study found 1,387
pupils, who sat a sample reading
test in 2007, had only an 82.6 % chance of being
graded correctly.
Pressure to boost
pupil test scores and exam
grades is to blame for the workload woes of three
in four teachers, according to a National Education Union survey...
The Eastern school district's annual cost of
testing for per
pupil in grades 6 - 11 exceeded $ 1,100.
A 20 - hour non-examined assessment
in computer science will not count towards
pupils» final GCSE
grades in 2018 or 2019 after tasks from the
test were leaked online, Ofqual has confirmed.
Almost a quarter of
pupils in boycott schools received the top
grade (22 per cent) compared with around 10 per cent
in schools taking the
tests.
A version of this article appears
in print on May 24, 2011, on Page A1 of the New York edition with the headline:
Tests for
Pupils, But the
Grades Go to Teachers.