Sentences with phrase «school entrance tests»

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So were the average GMAT scores of its entering classes, which tended to range near 600, more than 100 points below the best schools, which typically report scores in the 700 - plus range on an entrance test where the highest possible score is 800.

In addition to the parent and student portions of the online application, a completed application includes school records, math and English teacher evaluations (Grades 6 - 12), and the results of the Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE) or the Secondary School Admissions Test (SSAT)(Grades 7 school records, math and English teacher evaluations (Grades 6 - 12), and the results of the Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE) or the Secondary School Admissions Test (SSAT)(Grades 7 School Entrance Examination (ISEE) or the Secondary School Admissions Test (SSAT)(Grades 7 School Admissions Test (SSAT)(Grades 7 - 12).

Struck by the extent to which «every interaction was keyed to preparing for Japan's comprehensive college entrance exam,» Ho became interested in standardized testing and its effects on schools and learning.

Some schools set IB entrance requirements — a certain grade point average or standardized test ranking — in the belief that a student must show at least some academic commitment and competence to succeed.

Computer adaptive testing is used to test recruits to the U.S. military, for licensing nurses and computer technicians, for entrance tests to graduate school, and for a popular placement test used by community colleges — but not for academic testing in all but a handful of K - 12 schools.

The gloomy picture painted by the ACT and NAEP is confirmed by high - school graduation statistics and college entrance test results.

ACT officials say the insights on grammar and usage will help them as they reshape their college - entrance exam to add an optional, 30 - minute writing test sometime during the 2004 - 05 school year.

The Iowa City, Iowa - based publisher of the ACT — the college - entrance exam taken by high school students primarily in the Midwest and the South — will open 40 testing centers in the next few months and is on its way to having 250 operating by the end of next year, said Richard L. Ferguson, the president of ACT.

Japanese schools place great emphasis on the high school and college entrance exams and frequently teach only the material that those exams test.

For each school, states must report their standardized test scores, college entrance exam scores, graduation rates, and student attendance.

And it's cheap: states have to run a high school test anyway, plus parents pay for the college entrance exams if the school system does not.

According to a study by Education Datalab, the Kent Test, the entrance exam in Kent, was a «loaded dice» against pupils on free school meals because they were not coached for the test, unlike their wealthier peTest, the entrance exam in Kent, was a «loaded dice» against pupils on free school meals because they were not coached for the test, unlike their wealthier petest, unlike their wealthier peers.

During two days in June, 9 million Chinese high school graduates will take a college entrance test that will decide their future.

Some private companies charge hundreds of dollars to prepare students for the school's entrance exam, a two - hour test of math and verbal - reasoning skills.

It is at the secondary level that they introduce the high stakes exams for students, with Japanese students required to take an entrance exam for upper secondary school and students in both countries required to take tests at the end of upper secondary school that will determine what kind of higher education institution they can enter.

In recent years a school of thought arose in our space that a centralized authority or «harbor - master» could produce better outcomes by carefully controlling both the entrance and the exit of schools from charter sectors, primarily on the basis of standardized test scores.

The voucher schools were allowed to administer entrance tests, conduct parent interviews, and charge monthly school fees, thereby keeping many poor families from higher - quality schools.

American high school students are no better prepared for college than they were 10 years ago, according to a new study by ACT, one of the two big organizations that offer college entrance tests.

The identical twins who earned perfect test scores College entrance exams, the SAT and the ACT, are dreaded but necessary evils for high school students trying to get ahead.

Author David Boyle, of the New Economics Foundation, told BBC News that he was not suggesting that all children should be coached to pass entrance exams into «super-selective» schools, but that the need for coaching to pass some of the tests was «a clear barrier» to some families.

Gifted children should be tested initially with one of the more recent tests (Stanford - Binet: Fourth Edition, WISC - III, or K - ABC) solely to meet whatever requirements exist at their schools for entrance into gifted education programs.

He said that selective schools were working with academics to develop and adopt entrance tests that were resistant to coaching.

The aim of the project is to give gifted or talented pupils in Year 5 a range of skills and knowledge that may make it easier for them to sit entrance tests for selective senior schools in Year 6.

Like No Child Left Behind, ESSA requires states to test students every year, but provides a bit more flexibility for states to try out new kinds of tests or use a nationally recognized college entrance test at the high school level.

League of Education Voters is hopeful that with this new focus from OSPI, and new investments from the state — over $ 8 billion — we should be able to see improvements over the next 10 years in high school graduation rates, test scores, and entrance to certificate, apprenticeship, 2 - year or 4 - year programs.

He supports legislation filed recently in Springfield that would ultimately get rid of PARCC testing in high schools and give kids the choice of taking one of two college entrance exams for free.

Meanwhile, all signs point to no free college entrance exam statewide this spring for public high school juniors, who have been taking the state - paid ACT test since 2001.

The Alliance counsels families on appropriate school choice; entrance testing information and (if necessary) how to apply for financial aid.

Some districts paid for their own ACT testing after that, and in early 2016, the College Board won a bid to administer its SAT college entrance exam to public school juniors in Illinois.

This would also align accelerated curricula across PK - 20 (pre-kinder through graduate school), reducing the need for duplicative testing required for college entrance and helping to construct a seamless pipeline.

For Grades 9 - 12 +, the test preps mirror high - school exit exams and college entrance exams such as SAT and ACT exams.

The high school testing landscape is even more fragmented, as states increasingly choose the SAT or ACT college - entrance exam instead of common - core tests.

That means that researchers can connect charter school students to their outcomes well into the future, which includes college preparation test scores and college entrance.

SAT — One of two commonly used tests designed to assess high school students» general educational development and required for college entrance by many institutions of higher education; published and administered by the College Board.

These included that new grammars should not be to the detriment of pupils who do not pass entrance tests, should not undermine existing high - performing schools and should be allowed only in areas where parents want them.

Using data sources from the state assessment, college - level entrance testing, SAT reading and writing scores, and course exams, your high school staff identifies a writing goal.

High school students continue to take course placement exams, subject - area finals, exit exams, and college entrance tests.

At the high school level, the PARCC exams took away from key instruction time, school administrators said, as tests piled up in the spring, including Advanced Placement exams for honors - level students and a college entrance exam in many districts.

GL Assessment, which delivered the 11 - plus test for all Buckinghamshire grammar schools before 2013, will replace the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring (CEM) in providing selective school entrance exams for the area from 2018.

The younger children in any cohort are less likely to pass the entrance test for a grammar school, are entered for fewer examinations, and are 10 per cent less likely go to university.

She also noted that since standardized tests are the basis for entrance into all higher education, the exams are not going away and should be embraced by public schools.

The College Board's SAT college entrance exam also uses college - ready benchmarks, and Illinois juniors now take that test for free at school.

Many schools require an entrance exam; most middle and high schools require the ISEE (Independent School Entrance Exam) or the SSAT (Secondary School Admissionentrance exam; most middle and high schools require the ISEE (Independent School Entrance Exam) or the SSAT (Secondary School AdmissionEntrance Exam) or the SSAT (Secondary School Admissions Test).

For example, college readiness measures like Advanced Placement classes and college entrance exams are available in most high schools but not elementary or middle schools, and student or academic progress data that looks at year - over-year progress may be less likely to be available in a high school where state standardized tests are only given in one grade.

It is also standard practice for classes to be complemented with extensive test prep throughout middle school, junior high school, and high school for college entrance exams.

At the high school level, the PARCC exams took away from key instruction time, area school administrators have said, as tests piled up in the spring, including Advanced Placement exams for honors - level students and a college entrance exam in many districts.

Additionally, a growing number of states are opting to cover the cost of college - prep entrance exams rather than issue standardized tests to assess high school juniors» academic progress to meet federal accountability requirements, including Wisconsin, Michigan, Delaware, Maine Illinois, Connecticut and Kentucky.

Question: My child will take an IQ test next week as part of an entrance exam to a school for gifted kids.

A bill under consideration in the California legislature would allow local school boards to replace standardized tests given in 11th grade with a college entrance exam like the SAT or...

The University of California, along with Asian - American educators and activists, are pressing the College Board to add Asian - language examinations to the tests that high school students may take to compete for college entrance.