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Download full textTim Gill – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2024
Core maths (CM) is a Key Stage 5 qualification aimed at students who achieve a grade 4 or higher at GCSE Maths but do not go on to take AS or A level Maths. Its stated main purpose is to increase participation in post-16 maths and to help develop students' mathematical knowledge and its application to a range of different areas. This means CM…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Tests, Exit Examinations, Qualifications
Tim Gill – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2025
The main aim of this research was to investigate the impact of reducing the number of components on overall performance in GCSE subjects. In particular, researchers were interested in how the grade achieved by candidates on a reduced number of components compares to their grade on the full qualification. This research mainly looked at GCSEs with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Tests
Tim Gill – Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2024
Core maths (CM) qualifications were introduced into the post-16 curriculum in England in 2014, with first assessments in 2016. They are a suite of qualifications aimed at students who achieve a grade 4 (originally a grade C) or higher at GCSE Maths but do not go on to take AS or A level Maths. This group comprised around 40% of all students in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Qualifications, College Mathematics, Intellectual Disciplines
Sara Srygley; Nurfadila Khairunnisa; Diana Elliott – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2024
This chartbook is the 14th version to be produced for the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB). The Chartbook describes the diversity of the Appalachian Region on a host of demographic and economic measures and provides an important annual view of the area and its people. The data contained in the…
Descriptors: Demography, Geographic Location, Community Surveys, Data Analysis
Wyatt, Jeff; Jagesic, Sanja; Godfrey, Kelly – College Board, 2018
The Advanced Placement® (AP®) Program offers high school students the opportunity to take rigorous coursework in high school and receive college credit for AP Exam scores that meet or exceed the requirements of their attending institution. Students receiving AP credit are typically exempted from an introductory level course or series of courses…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, High School Students, Scores, College Credits
Peer reviewedNational Center for Education Statistics, 2011
Nationally representative samples of about 7,000 fourth-graders, 9,500 eighth-graders, and 10,000 twelfth-graders participated in the 2010 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in geography. At each grade, students responded to questions designed to measure their knowledge of geography in the context of space and place, environment…
Descriptors: Geography, National Competency Tests, Grades (Scholastic), Academic Achievement
National Science Foundation, 2012
The United States holds a preeminent position in science and engineering (S&E) in the world, derived in large part from its long history of public and private investment in S&E research and development (R&D) and education. Investment in R&D, science, technology, and education correlate strongly with economic growth, as well the development of a…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Engineering Education, Research and Development, Engineering
Starr, Joshua P. – Montgomery County Public Schools, 2014
The federal "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" (NCLB) legislation required school districts to ensure that all teachers of core academic subjects met the requirements to be designated highly qualified by July 1, 2006. However, because no Maryland counties were able to comply with the 100 percent highly qualified designation by July 1,…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, School Districts, Counties
Arizona Department of Education, 2009
This publication contains Arizona public schools' academic standards for grade 2. The contents of this document include the following: (1) The Arts Standard 2006--Grade 2; (2) Comprehensive Health Education/Physical Activity Standards 1997--Foundations (Grades 1-3); (3) Foreign and Native Language Standards 1997--Foundations (Grades 1-3); (4)…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Health Education, Sex Education, Public Health
