Sentences with phrase «schools reaching this benchmark»

This report shows there are record numbers of children in good or outstanding schools, with the proportion of schools reaching this benchmark rising to 82 % - the highest level on record.

Not exact matches

«It strengthens the hand of investors in other price - fixing cases based on benchmarks that were reached in collaborative, or outright collusive, arrangements,» said Lawrence White, a professor at New York University's Stern School of Business.

It assembled panels of educators and asked them what education services, in their professional judgment, a typical school district would need to reach two benchmarks: the current level of student performance on exit exams and a higher level of student performance that represents a desired goal.

The Telegraph has reported that the new GCSE's, which grade pupils on a 9 -1 system opposed to the traditional A * - G, will make it more difficult for schools to reach national benchmarks, with more than half expected to fall short.

Despite this, there were no significant differences in the proportions of students reaching the Advanced benchmark according to school geographic location.

This «good» could be everyone graduating from high school, or everyone reaching certain testing benchmarks.

I think it is important that schools aim for virtually 100 % of their Year One pupils reaching or exceeding the benchmark of the PSC and clearly we are not there yet — but 600 + schools were in 2014.

Such comparisons help teachers know if students are making enough gains to reach the grade - level benchmark by the end of the school year.

Proficiency shows the percent of students within the school who have reached the proficiency benchmark — in this case, who scored a 4 or 5 on the PARCC assessment.

While the goal is to eventually reach all state and federal benchmarks, principals should focus these schools in making significant incremental growths in student achievement.

According to the Salt Lake Tribune, «Like their traditional public school peers, students at Utah's charter schools struggled to reach new performance benchmarks in math, science and English.

The 11 cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania through 2012 have been popular among families seeking alternatives to the traditional public schools, but their quality has been called into question because most of their students have been unable to reach state benchmarks on math and reading tests.

In an effort to tighten up performance benchmarks that schools, districts and states may have to reach in exchange for federal funds, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has proposed a new rule that would increase accountability while also giving grant recipients some new flexibility in meeting the mandates.

One - to - one or small group instruction within our Tutoring School programs can help students reach their desired benchmarks.

At secondary level, only 18 % reached the target level - five A-C GCSE passes including English and maths - while 61 % of their wealthier peers in schools that were not struggling reached the benchmark.

This year schools in England have to ensure that 40 % of their pupils reach the government benchmark of five A * - C GCSEs, including Maths and English

The National School Boards Association's (NSBA) Center for Public Education (CPE) in its analysis of the report found that while overall scores remained flat, more students scored high enough to reach the ACT college - ready benchmarks in each of the test's four subject areas - English, reading, math, and science.

There were other schools introducing «twilight classes» to increase the proportion of pupils reaching this benchmark, he said.

The first, early childhood education, linked two goals: the need (regarded by many as the most urgent) for a strong collaborative effort between schools and social service organizations in establishing an early childhood program which, among other items, sets «specific benchmarks for all... students to reach proficiency by grade three»; and to closely monitor child development from birth to three years.