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And least deprived students, which the scottish government has vowed to close. there's been a slight increase in the attainment gap from last year, but when you look at the historical trend, it's still a very, very good picture. so when you compare it to 2019 and the years before that, we've seen a very, very big improvement in the attainment gap. but we're determined, of course, to go further. a record number of scottish students have been accepted to universities here — their hard work paying off after an exceptional year of challenges in education. lorna gordon, bbc news, paisley. let's s...

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Pass rates were slightly down this year. for national five, they were down from 89% to just under 86% and highers were down from just over 89% tojust over 87%. highers were down from just over 89% to just over 87%. they have also said this was a year for a record number of a grades for highers. it was 40% last year and up to 47.6% this year saw a record level. they also talked about the poverty —related attainment gap which they said was narrower than 2019 but slightly wider than it was last year. several people, around 4000 people, have gone for appeals this year but the closing date for th...

When we last had normal exams, that is. i asked the scottish qualifications authority if the value was less this year. we have had a couple of extra years, no doubt about that. very challenging and the approach to certification both in 2020 and 2021 has been taken forward to reflect those exceptional circumstances. as i said, this is a credible set of results that young people should feel proud of achieving. the difference between how well those from the least and most affluent backgrounds have done, the so—called attainment gap, has widened this year. that is in comparison to 2020, but it i...

Report: Seattle lands in top 10 most educated cities in the United States Lindsey Major, SeattlePI WalletHub recently conducted a study examining which cities in the U.S. have the highest educated population. To do so, researchers studied the 150 largest cities in the county across 11 key metrics. The data included the share of adults ages 25 and over with a bachelor’s degree or higher, the racial education gap in each city, and the quality of the local public schools. The report noted that most major metropolitan cities want to attract educated workers with degrees to help...