Sentences with phrase «students achieving»

During the next legislative cycle (2018), we expect to triple our investment, furthering our goals of students achieving the pathway to the American dream through their K - 12 education.

The original goal of all students achieving high academic standards by attaining proficiency or better in reading and mathematics by the 2013 — 2014 school year was missed by a mile.

The results show in our Reading scores with 86 % of our students achieving proficiency.

Are all students achieving significant academic and / or personal growth, knowledge and skill development, and accomplishments related to the school's mission?

Are all and subgroups of students achieving proficiency or meeting expected growth targets in other curricular areas or educational programs?

Chart comparing the percentage of Virginia public school eighth - grade students achieving at the proficient level or above in reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress with the performance of public school students nationwide.

Chart comparing the percentage of Virginia public school eighth - grade students achieving at the proficient level or above in mathematics on the National Assessment of Educational Progress with the performance of public school students nationwide.

Brooke Roslindale was the # 3 K - 8 School in Massachusetts in Math and # 6 in ELA in terms of the percentage of students achieving Advanced or Proficient on the 2015 - 16 PARCC

The lowest performers — Louisiana, Mississippi, and the District of Columbia — only had about a quarter of their students achieving proficiency.

To be sure, the percentage of students achieving proficiency in core academic subjects is an imperfect measure of quality, even when comparing schools in the same state.

Are all and subgroups of students achieving proficiency in science?

In his own tenure as supe, for instance, he oversaw a program that reduced special ed costs even as the share of special ed students achieving proficiency in a three - year trial program increased by 26 percent in English and 22 percent in math.

Because NCLB allows each state to set its own standards for proficiency, schools in different states with the same percentage of students achieving proficiency may be of markedly different quality if one state has high standards and the other low.

Every particle of our schools is now devoted to students achieving at a high level and getting into one of these prestigious schools.

In Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Finland, however, the proportion of students achieving at the same level was at least three times as large.

Students achieving and performing below grade level (up to two grade levels behind through grade 8, and up to four grade levels behind in high school, grades 9 - 12).

This violence also has a serious impact on educational outcomes, with many students achieving lower grades than expected, avoiding school or dropping out completely, resulting in girls achieving below their potential.

Individual success stories abound, with many students achieving straight A * grades, and four students already confirmed as having secured places at Oxbridge, and to take up medicine and veterinary courses.

«Our sixth form is committed to supporting our students achieving the very best results possible, including navigating the university application process so that they can secure places at Russell Group universities, including Oxbridge.

According to published school league tables in 2015, Tring Park is in the top 10 independent schools in Hertfordshire for A level results * with almost 32 % of its A Level students achieving an A * or A grade, and 64 % achieving A *, A or B grades.

High - performing Sharnbrook Upper School is celebrating record A level results today — with students achieving outstanding grades and many securing places at some of the world's best universities.

The latest Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) results, released today by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), show 81 per cent of Australian Year 4 students are achieving at or above the Intermediate benchmark (the proficient standard for Australia), compared to 76 per cent in 2011, with more students achieving at the High or Advanced benchmark.

We therefore also analyzed the effect of the literacy hour on the percentage of students achieving level 3 and level 5.

«Of particular note is the number of students achieving ABB grades, which will see many of them moving on to the university of his or her choice, a high number to the top institutions.

[The Delaware Department of Education] proposes to decrease the percentage of non-proficient students in each subgroup by 50 % by 2030, which would result in no more than half to two - third of certain subgroups of students achieving proficiency.

To rule out this possibility, we rely on school - level data on the percentage of students achieving level 4 in Key Stage 2 English, as the more detailed student - level test scores examined above are not available before 1996.

While London schools typically outperforms the ret of the UK, the proportion of students achieving Maths A-levels at A * - B is around 56 per cent, compared to the national average of 63 per cent.

We say we want to get students achieving such - and - such a standard by eighth grade.

• The average difference between the proportion of students achieving proficiency on NAEP and state tests decreased from 30 percentage points to 10 percentage points nationwide, which the authors describe as «a dramatic improvement over the previous two - year period (2011 - 13), in which the difference dropped only from 35 to 30 percent.»

The challenge to the U.S. is clearest when one looks at the proportion of students achieving at the advanced level in math.

A pilot study has helped struggling youngsters in Australia, with participating students achieving an average reading age gain of 15 months in six months.

Students achieving the top grade of A * across all subjects saw a slight decrease of 0.1 per cent down to 6.6 per cent.

(Those institutions would have to certify that students achieving the state's own standards would be eligible for credit - bearing courses.)

Meanwhile, within the United States, modest advances in the number of students achieving proficiency have not been accompanied by similar increases in the number of students from all backgrounds achieving at advanced levels.

Figure 2 presents our estimates of the effects of NCLB accountability on the percentage of students achieving at or above the basic and proficient performance levels on NAEP.

A similar pattern emerges in the percentages of students achieving a «B» average.

By 2029, 80 percent of students achieving a test - based grade - level proficiency score.

We used statistical techniques similar to the one we employed to examine changes in average scores to assess the effect of the bonus program on the percentage of students achieving proficiency on math and reading exams.

Student performance measures include average student achievement on reading and math exams, along with median proficiency and the percentage of students achieving proficiency.

The proportion of students who achieved a C or above in their GCSEs has increased again this year, while the number of students achieving an A * saw a slight drop.

Phillip says that each week, he will have at least three students achieving more than 400 per cent growth and another five around the 300 mark, and only two to three achieving less than 100 per cent growth.

The state wants all students to hit 200 on the state's overall performance index, which would result in nearly all students achieving proficiency on indicators.

But what if those odds could be reduced so significantly that they led to many more students achieving on a regular basis?

«PIRLS 2016 shows that 81 per cent of Australian Year 4 students are achieving at or above the Intermediate benchmark — the proficient standard for Australia — compared to 76 per cent in 2011, with more students achieving at the High or Advanced benchmark,» Dr Thomson said.

Those who rely on GCSEs will know that those students achieving the top grade have performed exceptionally.»

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.

The number of students achieving top grades also fell for the fifth year in a row, with the proportion gaining A or A * dropping 0.7 per cent to 20.5 per cent.

High taxes and equitable wages... Half the Half to a quarter the percent of students achieving in the top bands as Singapore.

On a slightly less negative note, fourteen states and D.C. rate or plan to rate schools» achievement using a model, such as a performance index, that gives additional credit for students achieving at an «advanced» level.

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 subject area.