Sentences with phrase «than grade a»

Then take another on being able to write more words than a grade three student without passing out from lack of oxygen due to cranial overload.

On the other hand, if you didn't get the grades you hoped for, focus on what you learned from this — research suggests that work experience is more important than the grade you achieved anyway.

But as he advanced and learned more, the class became more than a grade to him.

The grade of maple syrup is not, as you might assume, based on the quality, but on the coloration and flavor instead: grade A is lighter and milder than grade B, and so on.

However, in her analysis of a selection of provincial Court Guides especially developed for SRLs for the 2013 National SRL Study Report, (see the Report of the Court Guides Assessment Project at Appendix I) librarian Cynthia Eagan found the reading levels of some of these materials was higher than grade 13 (using the Flesch - Kincaid test).

Action plans are written at no higher than grade eight literacy levels.

Markel suggested that in this case, a true grade would at least show students that their work was better than the grade reflected (of course, a personal e-mail from the professor could do the same).

This image shows the approach to the building from the road, which is a bit lower than the grade surrounding the home.

Though depending on when you ask me, I might tell you Battletoads is better or worse than I grade it here.

Social Security sets out a few key rules for eligibility: The child must be unmarried, under the age of 18 or 19 years old, and in school no higher than grade 12.

Or they could be up to 19 years old if they're a full time student, no higher than grade 12.

The HR - V is coarser than the grade - up CR - V, but quieter than a Fit, and smoother than a Nissan Juke.

It was a staple of basal programs when Chall conducted her famous study of early reading, and had she emphasized reading instruction in the intermediate grades rather than grade one, it would undoubtedly have been more prominent in her account.

Gov. Rick Snyder today signed legislation — approved by the Michigan Legislature last month — that would require schools to hold back third - graders who are more than a grade level behind in the subject.

We also find that peer effects tend to be stronger at the classroom level than the grade level.

The relative reading skills of the kindergartners were ranked according to a three - level system: «reading better than grade level», «doing well at grade level» and «lagging behind expectations».

For example, for a student who is below grade level in reading fluency, the goal may be to read at a rate of 80 words per minute, rather than the grade - level expectation of 150 words per minute.

This method calls for school and parental flexibility and may lead to logistical problems such as scheduling and transportation, but is often more satisfactory than grade skipping because the child associates at least part of the time with age peers.

The net result is a vast number of primary teachers working with no experience, little support, and often no more than a grade C in maths and English themselves.

Even though he arrived more than a grade level behind in reading and math, he's now solidly on grade level, with all trend lines ramping up.

Montessori Schools These schools, which typically group students by age rather than grade, shun formal testing, and encourage students to progress at their own pace, were the creation of Maria Montessori, an Italian physician who founded the first school in Rome in 1907.

Additionally, if there is a wide range of proficiency levels in a critical subject area such as English, a principal may consider assigning students based on proficiency rather than grade level.

So - called «out - of - level» testing is much, much more accurate than the grade level scores derived from an on - grade - level test like the one K took.

However, youth in juvenile justice facilities typically have lower education levels, and one in three incarcerated youth have reading and math skills that are significantly lower than their grade level.

Suzanne O'Farrell of the ASCL head teachers» union said that some schools might be «future proofing» their pupils» results by treating grade 5 as a pass rather than a grade 4.

Some were more than a grade level behind their peers.

Such a testing program makes more sense to me than grade level testing for high schools, it can be used for accountability purposes such as API and AYP, and it follows a fundamental principle that «instruction must precede assessments» for good alignment of assessments with instruction.

Grade spans, rather than grade levels, were chosen for a very good reason: rarely did we ever come across a research study that specified learning at a particular grade level.

Make exams worth more than the grade: Using exam wrappers to promote metacognition.

Student achievement is more than a grade on a test, and helping students reach their potential requires more than good intentions.

Would better tests — perhaps those tracking the child rather than the grade or the school, as have been proposed — help resolve this conflict?

For a good roadmap, look no further than the grade above it: kindergarten.

Primary schools are defined as schools where the lowest grade is not higher than grade three and the highest grade is not higher than grade eight.

Although the public supports its public schools, it finds them mediocre at best, deserving no more than a grade of C.

I want my son to be more than grade level; I want a school that pushes him academically and encourages love of learning.»

Unfortunately, our data do not allow us to follow the students in our study further than grade 8.

At the same time, there has been a fourteen - point gain (a little more than a grade level) among fourth graders at the fiftieth percentile and a mere six - point gain among those at the seventy - fifth and ninetieth percentiles.

They were surprised at my complaints — rather than grade every assignment, they had only graded one.

In addition, a survey of English language arts classrooms published by the Fordham Institute found that most elementary - school teachers, at least in the early stages of common core implementation, assigned books based on students» abilities, rather than grade - level complexity, as the standards state.

Is this really an investment in higher education or are we moving the goal line, saying that grade 14 is now the goal, rather than grade 12, to be «college ready?»

If anybody actually asked for another Pitch Perfect movie, then they absolutely deserve what they got: a tone - deaf three - quel more thinly plotted than a grade - school revival of The Music Man as produced by Terrence Malick.

Quality Grade B — This is about two times thinner than grade C cashmere.

Grade 2 symptoms - Symptoms of a Grade 2 strain will be more severe than a grade one, with anything up to 90 % of the muscle fibres torn.

Symptoms of a Grade 2 strain will be more severe than a grade one, with up to 90 % of the muscle fibres torn.

Added Dr. Keith L. Black, chairman of the department of neurosurgery at Cedars - Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, «Age will be a very strong predictor of how well the senator does; it's probably a stronger predictor than the grade of the tumor.

Grade III tumors grow faster than grade II tumors and have the potential to transform to a grade IV tumors.

The researchers used data from a five - year study that examined the negative consequences of students changing schools for reasons other than grade promotion and the impact of an outreach program designed to enhance relationships between families and school personnel.

The court said the sureties who must be private or professional business persons or public servants who must not be less than grade level 15 must own landed property within Abuja metropolis.

Justice Bola, having considered the arguments of all the counsel, granted bail to the defendants in the sum of N10m bond, two sureties in like sum who must be professors in FUTA or public officers not less than grade level 17, and must depose to affidavits of means.

In his ruling, Justice N.I Oweibo granted the couple bail in the sum of N1million and a surety of not less than grade level 8 in the civil service for a like sum.