Sentences with phrase «time per pupil»

The curriculum time per pupil for arts subjects, which seems to have been relatively protected until 2013, has been declining ever since.

The data on average KS4 curriculum time per pupil shows considerable variation between subjects, beneath the overall EBacc trends.

Not exact matches

«By the time they're 16 poorer pupils are performing at a level around 40 per cent below their contemporaries.»

Public elementary and secondary school spending in New York reached an all - time high of $ 20,600 per - pupil in 2013 - 14 school year, topping all states and exceeding the $ 11,009 per - pupil national average by 87 percent, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data.

For the first time, unless sixty per cent of their pupils achieve the accepted level - Level 4 - in English and maths at Key Stage 2, they'll be judged to be failing.

«The facts are that education funding is at an all - time high, (we) have increased 32 percent during this administration and per - pupil spending is 87 percent above the national average,» he added.

A spokesman for Governor Cuomo says New York «spends three times as much per pupil in high needs districts than it does on low needs districts, and that funding has only increased over the past four years».

A spokesman for Cuomo says New York «spends three times as much per pupil in high needs districts than it does on low needs districts, and that funding has only increased over the past four years.»

«At the extremes, the pupil premium in the local authority with the lowest total funding per pupil (Wokingham) is about two - and - a-half times greater than the value of the pupil premium in the local authority with the highest level of funding per pupil (Tower Hamlets).»

At present, most pupils between 14 and 16 study Model A science which occupies 20 per cent of class time — as much as English and mathematics combined.

In the past decade, monitoring the provision of quality education primarily meant tracking inputs into schools such as per pupil educational expenditures, number fo trained teachers, class sizes and teacher - pupil ratio, instructional time andaccess to ICT.

Of the older pupils retaking exams, fewer than a third achieved a C or above, compared to 70 per cent of 16 year - olds taking the exams for the first time.

For the first time in state history, the law sets a minimum per - pupil spending level, which will be $ 4,100 this school year.

When studying the pattern of charter school enrollment across the country, we took into account how each of three factors contributes to or retards charter school growth: per pupil expenditures (also measured during the 1989 — 90 school year), length of time a charter law was on the books, and degree of permissiveness of each state's charter school law, as measured by the CER index.

It is true that a district with more funds per pupil than its neighbors can afford to offer more or better services (in the form of extracurriculars, smaller classes, and individualized learning time, for example).

According to the report, schools are set to face real - term reduction in spending per pupil for the first time since the 1990s.

Yet it's hard to square these jeremiads with the simple fact that, after adjusting for inflation, per - pupil spending today is nearly three times what it was in 1960 - and that spending jumps were higher in the 1990s than ever before.

** 8 rounds of 12 / 15 questions giving 100 questions in total Hand out style Choose the rounds you like and hand out one at a time (5 out of 8 rounds for a 1 hour lesson for example) or make a booklet of questions to last a series of tutor times (1/2 rounds per tutor time), for example Pupil answer grids provided, so you can re-use the quiz sheets Only 2 rounds out of 8 are explicitly linked to Easter, so you can use most of this at other times of the year too.

Such thinking is why elementary - and secondary - school reform focuses almost exclusively on resources (per pupil spending), time (class size), knowledge (professional development), or experience (teacher retention) and relatively little on incentives to make educators perform better.

Public school districts, which lose their per - pupil funding each time a student enrolls in one of the cyber charters, are creating their own programs to compete.

For the first time in decades, real per pupil spending will decline this year, forcing school districts to make painful budget choices — providing fewer services with their diminished resources.

The average number of entries overall per pupil has fallen since 2013, standing at 0.70 in 2016, which is lower than any other time in the period under review and comes after an increase between 2010 and 2013 from 0.75 to 0.80.

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.

Furthermore, 46 per cent of primary school respondents maintained they would spend more time talking to individual pupils or parents, if their workloads were reduced.

Since 1929, per - pupil spending has declined only four times and significantly only twice, once during the Great Depression and once in the midst of World War II.

As a result, total per - pupil expenditures on education reached a near all - time high in the recession school year of 2009 — 10, climbing (in constant dollars) to $ 13,154 from a $ 12,520 level in 2005 — 06.

Given that UK pupils now spend over 50 per cent of classroom time engaging with IT, many teachers acknowledge that it has become more paramount for them to be receiving continuous professional development into all aspects of data security.

More pupils appear to be taking their maths GCSEs at a time that is right for them as early entries in maths reduced by 64.6 per cent, but the number of entries gaining a grade 9 is at 13.3 per cent, compared to 3.5 per cent overall

Wyoming plaintiffs have returned to court six times and have so far doubled Wyoming's per - pupil spending, elevating it from $ 5,971 in 1996 — 97 to an estimated $ 12,422 for 2006 — 07 Beginning teacher salaries, for those with master's degrees, rose in constant dollars from $ 24,402 in 1997 to $ 32,451 in 2004, a 33 percent increase.

However, in regards to state schools, 200,000 pupils gained more time for their exams, which represents less than 12 per cent of all state sector students.

Time Problems - In this Year 4 teaching resource pupils are taught to solve problems involving converting from hours to minutes; minutes to seconds; years to months; weeks to days as per the 2014 mathematics Year 4 Programme of Study (Measurement).

Time - In this Year 4 teaching resource pupils are taught to read, write and convert time between analogue and digital 12 - and 24 - hour clocks as per the 2014 mathematics Year 4 Programme of Study (MeasuremeTime - In this Year 4 teaching resource pupils are taught to read, write and convert time between analogue and digital 12 - and 24 - hour clocks as per the 2014 mathematics Year 4 Programme of Study (Measuremetime between analogue and digital 12 - and 24 - hour clocks as per the 2014 mathematics Year 4 Programme of Study (Measurement).

The funding was announced after the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015 report found that 28 per cent of pupils in England hope to be working in a science - related career by the time they are 30 - a significant increase compared to 16 per cent in 2006.

The EPI's analysis used data from from inspections that took place from 2005/06 to 2014/15 and found that secondary schools with up to five per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) are over three times as likely to be rated «outstanding» as schools with at least 23 per cent FSM (48 per cent compared with 14 per cent).

It also found that on average, primary school pupils spend 53.7 per cent of their time engaging with ICT in the classroom, as do 55.5 per cent of secondary school pupils.

Unfortunately, we were not able to control for changes in the number of students who spoke limited English or in the school's operating cost per pupil, because at the time of the study such information was available only up to the 2001 - 02 school year.

«At a time when pupil numbers in England are predicted to rise by 8 per cent over the next five years while budgets are simultaneously cut, it is now more important than ever that we support our existing teachers and offer them a fair deal in terms of remuneration.»

The number of pupils being given 25 per cent extra time in GCSE and A Level exams because of a special need is rising.

At that time, the country did not realize it was about to enter a deep recession followed by a prolonged, uneven recovery, and 50 % of the public was ready to spend more on schools even after being told current levels of per - pupil expenditure in the local school district.

In time, it is our ambition that 90 per cent of pupils nationwide are entered for the EBacc.»

Even more startlingly, the 20 per cent of pupils who were deemed the «least able» made improvements four to six times faster than their peers in other classes.

Our research has found that primary school children are around three times more likely to concentrate and be on - task with their teachers after lunch if they've had a healthy meal in a decent environment, and in secondary schools pupils are around 18 per cent more focused.

The estimated difference, possibly between $ 2,000 and $ 3,000 per pupil, was less than one might expect given the expansion of instructional time, enrichment programs, and staff, but the operators» expertise seems to be an important intangible benefit that comparisons of line - item expenditures do not capture.

As such, a reasonable measure of the level of resources a student is exposed to at the time of testing is the average per - pupil spending during the previous five years.

The programme also requires volunteer coach time of 20 minutes per pupil per day for 75 days, plus time for initial training, preparation for coaching sessions and keeping records.

Kentucky is missing the most recent year of per pupil expenditures and fails to provide a table or graph that would allow citizens to easily compare changes in per pupil expenditures over time.

«I know it will take time for our nation's schools to enter 90 per cent of pupils for the EBacc subjects and I do not underestimate the challenge involved in meeting this ambition from our current position.

In Milwaukee, by the time students enter their sophomore year, taxpayers have invested about $ 100,000 per pupil in their education.

Hinds also told The Sunday Times that he would abolish a ban on new faith schools taking in more than 50 per cent of pupils on the basis of their religion — a policy which has prevented the Catholic Church opening any free schools.

Since 1960, the per - pupil cost of public schooling has risen by 3 1/2 times in real - dollar terms.