Sentences with phrase «set minimum grade»

One solution, according to Hamilton, is to set minimum grade requirements and be ready to withdraw financial help if those requirements aren't met.

Some set minimum grades or UCAS points, typically between 200 and 300.

Not exact matches

Ace (required minimum age 14 or entering 9th grade)-- Put it all together and hone in on setting goals, career education, and giving back to the community.

Alcohol: The Alabama Course of Study: Health Education (2003) sets the minimum content standard for teaching about the harmful effects of substance abuse and promoting positive healthful behavior in grades K - 12.

For example, one food services official, whose district includes schools serving 7th through 12th graders, developed menus with calorie counts between the grades 6 - 8 maximum and the grades 9 - 12 minimum, leaving the lunches out of compliance with both sets of restrictions.

The NFIB's legislative scorecard this week showed most legislators received lower grades this past legislative session, too, due to the approval of measures such as 12 weeks of paid family leave and the approval a minimum wage set at $ 15 in the downstate region.

The state's massive Education Reform Act of 1982 requires that school boards, starting this year, set minimum graduation requirements that include passage of a minimum - com - petency test in reading, writing, and mathematics in grade 11.

Several California districts hire teachers who have just a bachelor's degree and a passing score on a minimum skills test that is set at the 10th grade level.

From the beginning, the centerpiece of Chicago's high - stakes testing program for students was a set of minimum test - score standards on the reading and mathematics sections of the ITBS for students in the 3rd, 6th, and 8th grades.

The grading system sets a minimum bar: schools get no points for students with growth scores that fall below the 40th percentile, when their growth is compared to their academic peers.

Setting scoring levels such as «minimum competency,» «grade level achievement,» and «world - class» should be based on educational principles.

A passing grade sets the minimum level of performance needed to practice in a profession, as determined by the regulatory body.

Business Tax Items • Permanently extends the 2001/2003 tax rates for adjusted gross income levels under $ 450,000 ($ 400,000 single); good for small business and home builders, 80 % of whom are pass - thru entities who pay taxes on the individual side of the code • Permanently extends the Alternative Minimum patch; again, good for small business owners who are frequently at risk of paying AMT • Permanently sets the parameters of the estate tax; positive for family - owned construction firms; codifies the 2010 $ 5 million exemption amount (indexed to inflation) and a 40 percent estate tax rate • Extends present law section 179 small business expensing through the end of 2013; offers cash flow and administrative cost benefits for small firms • Extends the section 45L new energy - efficient home tax credit through the end of 2013; allows a $ 2,000 tax credit for the construction of for sale and for - lease energy - efficient homes in buildings with fewer than three floors above grade