Sentence examples for promotion standards from inspiring English sources

Instead the youngest students sent to the academy became fourth graders who did not face the same new promotion standards.

In Atlanta, third graders who do not meet promotion standards must attend summer school in order to move on.

The new spending -- about $185 million from the city and $600 million from the state -- would pay for more programs to help students meet tougher promotion standards.

Arne Duncan, the chief executive of the Chicago public schools, which adopted tough promotion standards in 1996, praised Mr. Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein.

As academic vice president at the University of Massachusetts, he questioned everything from faculty hiring and promotion standards to student recruitment.

Last year, only 55percentt of the 26,676 students who did not meet promotion standards in grades three, six and eight attended summer school.

The strict new promotion standard could cause as many as 15,000 children each year to repeat third grade -- four times the number usually held back.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg took a wrong turn this week when, in an arrogant and ugly display of power, he bounced three members of the city's Panel for Educational Policy because they were going to vote against a new promotion standard that will likely result in thousands of additional third graders being held back.

Sixty six wards were randomized to standard HH promotion (control), standard promotion plus HH performance feedback (FB), or FB plus active patient participation (PP).

The functions of the ILO include the development and promotion of standards for national legislation to protect and improve working conditions and standards of living.

It is clearly understood that the main benefits of e-navigation are improved safety and better protection of the environment through the promotion of standards of navigational system and a reduction in human error.