Sentences with phrase «with achieving a higher grade»

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He compares it to the way teachers motivate students; grades based entirely upon the final exams are usually enough to incentivize the best students to go above and beyond to achieve high marks, but many students perform better when faced with regular testing throughout the school year.

Students at these high - achieving schools can be ranked in the bottom quartile even with excellent grade point averages, and consequently feel «dumb» and «less worthy» compared to the majority of their peers.

Many of the suicide attempts or suicides that we are seeing at high achieving schools involve kids with good grades.

In 2007, the overall A * - C pass rate for all UK entries increased from 62.4 per cent to 63.3 per cent, with one in five students achieving the highest A grade.

Schools that had received D grades and were close to the failing grade that could precipitate vouchers» being offered to their students, by contrast, appear to have achieved somewhat greater improvements than those achieved by the schools with higher state grades.

Last year, the school celebrated A-Level and GCSE results far higher than Wales's average, with 88 % of its sixth form achieving A * - B grades.

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.

Embracing different languages while helping students achieve high grades and test scores leaves teachers with a conundrum.

A new poll has revealed that high school students with a desk in their bedroom get better grades in exams, as 51 % of parents with children that achieved five or more A * to C graded confirmed that their child's bedrooms were equipped with desks or dedicated study areas; compared to just 18 % of those who failed their GCSE's having a desk.

The teacher will have a thorough material on marketing, that will let him or her achieve a significant improvement of the student's knowledge on this area, and additionally is a material cumulated during my last 8 years teaching the subject, fundamental on achieving classes with high grades as per our IB international standards.

«There are always caveats with this type of analysis, but the results suggest that students participating in the Silver CREST Awards achieve about half a grade higher on their best science GCSE result on average compared with a statistically - similar control group.

These students achieve high grades on year - level expectations; and parents, teachers and students themselves are generally satisfied with this result.

You either hold back students and give them extra help to achieve the level, allow high achieving students to acquire other skills while the rest catch up, allow the higher achieving students to skip grades with scaffold testing or some more complex version of them all.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Studies of two middle - school programs for high - achieving students — known as gifted and talented (G&T) programs — show that being placed in programs with academically strong peers does not boost students» achievement over and above what is learned in a regular classroom from the start of 6th grade to mid-way through 7th grade.

(Btw, some argue that students with relatively mild disabilities are achieving well in charters, but I'd love to see more hard data proving that in charters kids at risk for special ed are not being labeled, and / or they're being exited from sped at higher rates after meeting grade level standards.)

Earlier this year, we published a report produced by a team of volunteer economists from Pro Bono Economics, which revealed that students who have taken a CREST Silver Award achieved half a grade higher on their best science GCSE result and were more likely to continue with STEM education, compared to a matched control group.

As we work with states in developing these systems, one of the key components is making sure the information is translatable for parents, that they can understand what percentage of students in that school who are mastering standards and achieving grade - level expectations and whether or not those students are going to be ready to graduate from high school and be successful in college.

The high - achieving, low - income students who do apply are admitted, enroll, progress, and graduate at the same rates as high - income students with equivalent test scores and 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.

In this way, a high - achieving student can feel «safe» supporting a lower - achieving student without dominating or ultimately bailing her out, or worrying that he is going to be penalized with a lower grade because of her performance.

Nick Gibb asserted that: «Music shouldn't be the preserve of those who can afford it», mentioning that in 2009, 18.6 per cent of pupils who achieved an A grade for music A-level went to Oxbridge, with only five subjects achieving a higher progression rate.

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Hannaya Watts, from Great Horkesley, achieved nine GCSEs with an A * or A grade, and will take up a place at Colchester County High School to study Chemistry, Biology, Geography and Art, after which she would like to study vetinary science.

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Private schools fared better, with only one third (33 per cent) of schools failing to achieve a good grade in their inspection, but this is still higher than generally across the country.

Roseanna Ander, Jonathan Guryan and Jens Ludwig propose scaling up a daily, individualized tutorial program that would allow students who have fallen behind grade level in math to reengage with regular classroom instruction, likely increasing their chances of graduating high school and achieving the many long - term economic benefits that go along with academic success.

The data also indicate that patterns of student attrition at KIPP schools are typically no different from other local schools except that KIPP schools replace vacancies with fewer students in the last two years of middle school, and those late - arriving students are somewhat higher - achieving than students entering KIPP schools in 5th and 6th grades.

And when the most advanced students can achieve high grades with minimal effort, we risk undermining students» appreciation of the relationship between effort and success.

We also found that higher - achieving classes, as measured by their average 3rd - grade test score in the relevant subject, may fare somewhat better than lower - achieving classes under teachers with tough grading standards.

A study of 2.8 million students found that students who read 30 + minutes per day with high comprehension (85 % or higher) were nearly twice as likely to achieve the college and career readiness benchmarks for their grade as typical students.

This means that the SGP calculation compares the pre / post progress for a student with a history of high achievement to the pre / post progress of other high - achieving students nationwide at that grade level.

Schools with trained library staff are more likely to have a higher proportion of grade 6 students who achieved a level 3 or higher on reading tests.

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The report found interviewees from schools with negative Progress 8 scores felt that pupils» best — rather than their first — assessment entry should be counted, to reflect those who achieve higher grades in resits, for example.

2003 — CEI - PEA launched Project BOOST to provide academic, social and cultural enrichment to under - achieving fourth through eighth - grade students with the ultimate goal of helping them gain admission to quality high schools.

That means every pupil at the school achieved, on average, a grade higher than an average pupil in other schools with the same prior attainment.

At the high school level, more students are taking the ACT — up 11 percent in the last two years — and more eleventh grade students are achieving a 3.0 GPA, according to the report, demonstrating that «more students are graduating with higher skills.»

For example, Keith Lance reports in the 2000 Colorado study, How School Librarians Help Kids Achieve Standards: «Schools with well - developed library media programs average 10 % to 15 % higher on fourth grade reading scores and 18 % higher on seventh grade reading scores than schools where libraries are less developed.

How could a 10 - minute checklist capture the progress of Maria, who began her seventh - grade year shy and unsure of herself, but finished not only achieving at high levels but with the confidence to apply to one of the city's top magnet schools, and later travel the world with the People to People Ambassador Program?

When Dr. Plummer studied these reports for his 4th grade teacher, he observed she made significant progress in ELA with the lower (1 - 2) and higher (4 - 5) achieving students, but not with the middle (3) group.

PS7 (grades K - 8) and Sacramento Charter High School (grades 9 - 12) provide personalized attention to their students, committing more time with an extended school day to achieve academic results.

VCS students in grades 3 to 11 who regularly engaged with their teachers and the curriculum achieved an 80 % and higher pass rate on their state standardized tests.

GCSE results data from 2015 shows that Chinese children were the highest - performing ethnic group, with 76.6 per cent achieving five A * to C grade GCSEs including English and maths.

In order to achieve these goals, NDE has laid out specific objectives for all students in Nevada: achieving reading proficiency by the end of 3rd grade, entering high school with the skills necessary to succeed, graduating high school ready for college and career, and learning in an environment that is physically, emotionally and intellectually safe.

Government initiatives focus on high - quality education for all children, and a key component is achieving grade - level goals for students struggling with reading in primary and secondary school.

Whether you have learners in need of additional literacy growth to meet grade - level expectations or are looking for a way to engage high - achieving students with a high - interest summer reading program, AchieveSummer is the summer school literacy program you're looking for.

Whether you have learners in need of additional literacy growth to meet grade - level expectations or are looking for a way to engage high - achieving students with a high - interest summer reading program, Achieve Intensive is the summer school literacy program you're looking for.

Aligning a high - quality PreK experience with its overall education reform goals has helped MCPS achieve significant results: almost 90 percent of Kindergarteners enter first grade with essential early literacy skills; nearly 88 percent of third graders read proficiently; achievement gaps between different racial and ethnic groups across all grade levels have declined by double digits; 90 percent of seniors graduate from high school and about 77 percent of them enroll in college.

With DreamBox, high achieving students gained a different access point for content at and above grade level, something families and schools continually seek.