Prof Burgess said higher marks could possibly be equated to improvements in the quality of teaching.
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The government argues that raising the quality of teaching is the key to improving results.
As we recruit new teachers, we must continue to improve the quality of teaching and learning.
Pupils' achievements, the quality of teaching and leadership and management were also described as inadequate.
University rankings miss hard-to-measure factors such as the quality of teaching and the campus atmosphere.
But the quality of teaching at India's 348 universities and some 18, 000 colleges is generally poor.
She said previous issues had included how pupils' behaviour was managed and problems with the quality of teaching and learning.
He expressed his commitment in improving the quality of teaching and in raising the status of teachers in the society.
Improving the quality of teaching in the classroom by improving the preparation, professional development, and evaluation of teachers and principals.
For instance, Ms Trewhitt says that raising the quality of teaching is recognised as having a positive impact on pupil performance.
In April, Ofsted criticised the quality of teaching, leadership and management.
Perhaps school league-tables and regular inspections are improving the quality of teaching.
In what has become a polarised argument, other vital issues such as the quality of teaching or evaluations of school performance have hardly been broached.
Last week, the county saw Rhyl High school placed in special measures after Estyn said the quality of teaching was significantly below average for Wales.
Schools are already making professional judgements about the quality of teaching and learning, the standard of marking and the preparation and planning of individual teachers.
We hope you will be able to play the facilitative role in further enhancing the quality of teaching and learning in your institutions and countries.
Mr Miliband's speech highlighted that one of the biggest factors in the different levels of pupil achievement was the difference in the quality of teaching within schools.
The history of American higher education demonstrates that the quality of teaching and research is greatest when faculty are secure in their freedom to inquire, speak, teach and publish.
He praised the best governors for focusing on the "big issues", such as "the quality of teaching, the progress and achievement of their pupils, and the culture which supports this".
Mr Gove says that the quality of teaching is fundamentally linked to school standards - and that the pay structure should be designed to attract and reward the best staff.
We need a programme to raise the quality of teaching and school leadership which is what makes the most difference but under this government, we've seen 10, 000 teachers leave the profession.
The Association of University Teachers (AUT) believes that cuts being considered by the school of medicine at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London will damage the quality of teaching.
But when Teacher Appreciation Week comes around then of course teachers and their representatives want to emphasize the fact that one of the many things that makes a difference is the quality of teaching.
And he argued that the current model for monitoring the quality of teaching in universities would need to be radically overhauled, as it was "too vague, too slow and too distant from the student".
In contrast, most states earned a C, at best, in the other categories ranked by Education Week, including improving the quality of teaching, spending effectively, and creating a school climate that supports teaching and learning.
The trust said its measures included suspending the governing body, undertaking a full review of the leadership structure, carrying out a staff and student survey and establishing a programme to improve the quality of teaching and marking.
His contribution to the education debate was less on the role of the state and more on "the way in which the ethos of a school and the quality of teaching could make or mar a child".
We'd be able to use this data to ask who was the best GP for our family, examine the quality of teaching in individual subjects at local schools, and to find out what had happened to the bloke who was arrested after breaking into a car on the street.
The crossbench peer made her comments during a debate on school sports teaching on 7 December 2011, led by Liberal Democrat peer Lord Addington, who asked the government how it would ensure that the quality of teaching of school-age sport increased the levels of participation in sport in later life.
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