Sentences with phrase «schools achieved grade»

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She needed to achieve all «A» grades in the A-levels, a subject - based prerequisite exam required by schools in the United Kingdom.

He compares it to the way teachers motivate students; grades based entirely upon the final exams are usually enough to incentivize the best students to go above and beyond to achieve high marks, but many students perform better when faced with regular testing throughout the school year.

A number of parents threatened the school with legal action over the summer after their children were prevented from beginning their second year of A-levels because they didn't achieve at least three B - grades in their first year tests.

Lawyers claimed the pupils were initially barred from the school after failing to achieve B grades in exams during their first year of sixth form.

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.

Students at these high - achieving schools can be ranked in the bottom quartile even with excellent grade point averages, and consequently feel «dumb» and «less worthy» compared to the majority of their peers.

Granted we were talking to high achieving schools and we were doing the survey in school, but even given that, the top answers were homework, tests, grades and competition to get into colleges.

Many of the suicide attempts or suicides that we are seeing at high achieving schools involve kids with good grades.

By 16, children receiving free school meals achieve 1.7 grades lower at GCSE than their wealthier peers.6 Leaving school with fewer qualifications translates into lower earnings over the course of a working life.

Meanwhile, just 28 % of white working class boys who receive free school meals achieve five GCSEs at grade C or above.

For secondary schools if fewer than 40 per cent of pupils are achieving five GCSEs of grade C or above in subjects including English and maths that is the trigger for a takeover.

Young women hold their own in high school in science, math, and technology, achieving higher grades than men but scoring lower on math SATs.

Those who are most threatened achieve lower grade point averages and are twice as likely either not to finish high school or go on to college.

Could Jamal have achieved equally good grades in his original school?

Schools that had received D grades and were close to the failing grade that could precipitate vouchers» being offered to their students, by contrast, appear to have achieved somewhat greater improvements than those achieved by the schools with higher state Schools that had received D grades and were close to the failing grade that could precipitate vouchers» being offered to their students, by contrast, appear to have achieved somewhat greater improvements than those achieved by the schools with higher state schools with higher state grades.

Last year, the school celebrated A-Level and GCSE results far higher than Wales's average, with 88 % of its sixth form achieving A * - B grades.

Martin Davis of the Fordham Foundation writes that the 13 consortium schools achieved «remarkable growth» in grades 2 through 8 proficiency rates on the TerraNova from 2000 to 2005.

Benefits to School Life Looking at the lasting impact of LOtC experiences in terms of academic performance, Learning Away's recent research found that school trips resulted in higher academic achievement, with 61 per cent of students achieving higher than their predicted grade following a school trip based on the subjectSchool Life Looking at the lasting impact of LOtC experiences in terms of academic performance, Learning Away's recent research found that school trips resulted in higher academic achievement, with 61 per cent of students achieving higher than their predicted grade following a school trip based on the subjectschool trips resulted in higher academic achievement, with 61 per cent of students achieving higher than their predicted grade following a school trip based on the subjectschool trip based on the subject area.

Emma attends a school where more than 95 percent of the students achieve at grade level, including Emma.

Attainment in UK schools among disadvantaged pupils varies dramatically between different ethnicities, with white working class boys achieving the lowest GCSE grades, according to new analysis.

A new poll has revealed that high school students with a desk in their bedroom get better grades in exams, as 51 % of parents with children that achieved five or more A * to C graded confirmed that their child's bedrooms were equipped with desks or dedicated study areas; compared to just 18 % of those who failed their GCSE's having a desk.

Some in the education community complain that every time they achieve the results expected of them, we raise expectations and school grades drop as a result.

With the latest GCSE results showing the sharpest decline in the percentage of students achieving C grades or above since 1988, and school leaders saying that pupils are bringing more worries into school than they did five years ago, these statistics highlight the concerns for students» mental wellbeing and suggest that today's students are struggling to cope with the increasing demands placed on them by exams.

George Nellist, a Year 13 student who started life at Chase Grammar School at the age of three in the Lyncroft House Preparatory School, will be going on to study Sports Science with Management at Loughborough University after achieving AAB grades in Business, Physical Education and English Literature.

They begin the school year on track to achieve low grades and, given that the best predictor of performance in the later years of school is performance in the earlier years, many of these students receive low grades year after year.

In schools that had a chance to achieve a Recognized rating, low - scoring students who were not designated as eligible for special education in 8th grade were 2.4 percentage points more likely to be newly designated as such in 10th grade, an increase of more than 100 percent relative to the 2 percent designation rate in other schools.

Cheerleader and Punk Rocker Reward Students for Making the Grade This year was our schools fourth consecutive year of achieving an A grade on our state achievement tests.

Drawing on a six - year study that closely followed more than one thousand high - achieving fifth - and sixth - grade African - American, Latino, Indochinese, and Caucasian students, Bempechat uncovers the family and school practices and attitudes that contribute to high achievement in at - risk children.

Among the reform milestones they achieved were a new requirement that 40 percent of a teacher's evaluation be based on student achievement; raising the charter school cap from 200 to 460; and higher student achievement goals on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 4th grade and 8th grade reading tests and Regents exams.

Since the 1990s, a major thrust in improving our mathematics achievement has been the effort to move an authentic Algebra 1 course from the high school and into grade 8, similar to what high - achieving countries have been doing for a long time.

The lottery study corroborates these results, as students admitted to the G&T magnet schools show little improvement in test scores by 7th grade, despite having higher - achieving peers and being taught by more effective teachers.

Verne - Marie Kozak, a teacher of fourth - grade students in a talent pool enrichment program of gifted and high - achieving students at Anna Reynolds and Elizabeth Green Schools, became the «director» of the multimedia presentation.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Studies of two middle - school programs for high - achieving students — known as gifted and talented (G&T) programs — show that being placed in programs with academically strong peers does not boost students» achievement over and above what is learned in a regular classroom from the start of 6th grade to mid-way through 7th grade.

While grades on the Chance - for - Success Index are sometimes interpreted as measures of school quality, researchers from CREDO found that the grades are closely related to measures of family income and the level of education achieved by parents in a state, and do not represent the contribution of a state's schools to the success of its youngsters.

On the other hand, the researchers found negative long - term impacts for low - scoring students in grade cohorts who attended a school facing the opportunity to achieve a «Recognized» rating as compared to those in schools not facing a recognition opportunity.

Students must achieve a minimum score in order to proceed to the next grade and to graduate from high school.

Of the elementary and middle schools the survey respondents rated, 14 percent received a grade of «A,» 41 percent received a «B» grade, while 36 percent received a «C.» Seven percent were given a «D» and 2 percent an «F.» These subjective ratings were compared with data on actual school quality as measured by the percentage of students in each school who achieved «proficiency» in math and reading on states» accountability exams during the 2007 - 08 school year.

Because so many of the students who enroll in online schools show up late and are behind in their studies, it's not surprising that many don't achieve grade - level proficiency at the end of the year.

These 2 PPP and score cards aimed at showing KS4 students how they can achieve a C to A * grade in their CA piece on School by including detailed descriptions and using a wide range of tenses.

Whilst a higher proportion of secondary schools are outstanding (113 schools achieved Ofsted's highest grade in the last year alone), more than 170,000 pupils are now in secondary schools rated inadequate - an increase of around 70,000 from two years ago.

The research questioned 1,000 teenagers across 13 schools in Northern Ireland and found that 41 per cent of pupils who used portable games players «a couple of times a day» achieved five good grades at GCSE, as opposed to 77 per cent of pupils who rarely played.

In Massachusetts, a statewide system divides students into three grade chunks (from first grade all the way up to 12th) and focuses on children's likelihood of achieving progressive academic targets — all of which are separately considered indicators for high school graduation but also have more immediate relevance.

Ormiston Forge Academy in Cradley Heath capped a remarkable year with 84 per cent of the A level cohort achieving three or more passes at grades A * - E. Just 18 months after the Academy was judged as Good by Ofsted and in the same year it was designated as a National Support School, every indicator at Key Stage 5 has improved yet again.

As we work with states in developing these systems, one of the key components is making sure the information is translatable for parents, that they can understand what percentage of students in that school who are mastering standards and achieving grade - level expectations and whether or not those students are going to be ready to graduate from high school and be successful in college.

One comprehensive school in Salford, Harrop Fold, has seen the percentage of pupils achieving 5 GCSEs at grade A * - C rise from 18 per cent to 52 per cent.

The figures found that the average local authority maintained school had 55 per cent of pupils achieving 5 + A * - C grades in GCSEs, while free schools had 50.5 per cent of pupils achieving the same result.

In schools where the number of children obtaining the EBacc was above the national average in 2015 - 2016, 73.2 per cent of pupils taking up an arts subject achieved grades A * - C - compared to the national average of 71.7 per cent.

Children on free school meals achieve almost half a GCSE grade less in Attainment 8 core subjects than more affluent pupils, according to the report, and 88 per cent of this gap is believed to be due to differences between pupils at the same school.

First, Turning Points 2000 presents a much more detailed picture of what's needed in middle grades schools to achieve excellence and equity, so educators should have a much clearer on - the - ground idea of what needs to occur.

At my current school, we decided a few years ago to consciously cross-reference the literary texts in our curriculum to achieve continuity across the grade levels and year groups.