The committee of MPs said there was no difference between selecting by aptitude or by academic ability.
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The Commons education select committee had said there was no difference between that approach and selection by academic ability.
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Direct-grant schools selected their pupils by academic ability, with the state paying the fees of those who could not afford them.
This means a special school for children with learning difficulties can be compared with a grammar school that selects children by academic ability.
Racial profiling, economic profiling, religion and even academic ability level.
I'm all in favour of grammar schools where they exist and indeed I think schools should have the freedom to select if necessary, on the basis of academic ability.
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"Recruiting students without the academic ability to complete the course is not in universities' interests as it risks compromising their reputation, causes significant additional work in terms of supporting potentially poorly performing students, " Ms Dandridge added.
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Since every high school, no matter how low its standards, has a top decile, the law gave UT a lot of poor and minority kids who never would have made it on the basis of academic ability.
Thus we can say that among those that we deem to have the credentials to succeed (academic ability), we can also consider other characteristics to shape our individual educational environments- like athletic ability, musical or artistic talent, geographic makeup and yes, even ethnic characteristics.
The unifying theme of the chapters that follow is that we are unrealistic about students at every level of academic ability asking too much from those at the bottom, asking the wrong things from those in the middle, and asking too little from those at the top.
Those accomplishments stand as concrete proof to your academic prowess and ability to learn at a higher level.
Meanwhile, the "gifted" are those with exceptional ability in an academic area.
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The bias affects our idea of our own intelligence as measured by IQ, how we judge our ability to think, our notion of our own relative academic records, test results, health, even ability to drive a car and be popular among friends.
Therefore, it demands not only an academic skill--it also requires a personal ability to be able to form trust with people.
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