Sentences with phrase «above average grades»

If you have white - hot grades in law school but have never done anything else but sit in the library, you could be a less competitive candidate than someone with above average grades but played college sports.

Overall, non-college goers did much better in the labor market if they had completed high - level math and science courses; earned average to above average grades; completed multiple vocational courses focusing on a specific labor market area (occupational concentration); and obtained a professional certification or license.

At that time, 21 % of voters gave Black above average grades.

Senator Chuck Schumer receives above average grades from a majority of New York voters.

Schumer Approval Rating in Mid-50's Senator Chuck Schumer receives above average grades from a majority of...

Not exact matches

PTTAX underperformed intermediate investment grade bond fund peers in the past 12 months ended Feb. 24, but has an above - average five - and 10 - year annualized record.

For example, it does not include euro bonds («reverse Yankees») that are hot in Europe, where junk bond yields are at a ludicrously low 2.35 % on average, and the high - grade yield is just above zero.

But even within the past few months, spreads between investment - grade corporates and Treasuries remain above historical averages.

Therefore, a grade of plus 3 meant that one had scored 15 percent above one's base grade, and students had to score an average of plus 2 in order to graduate.

He went through normal schools with above - average grades, even while his behavior at home remained violent and tyrannical.

As it turns out, those who are considered be physically «above average» are liked just a little more by teachers, get better grades and, ultimately, have a better shot at going to college.

To be eligible for the fellowship, individuals must have to have junior or senior status, a grade point average of 3.0 or above and be a student in the Johnson & Wales School of Hospitality.

He still has some work to do in pass protection as he surrendered 19 pressures for a slightly - above average pass blocking grade, but his overall body of work was impressive for a true sophomore.

Even though almost every student at the KIPP Academy... is from a low - income family, and all but a few are either black or Hispanic, and most enter below grade level, they are still a step above other kids in the neighborhood; on their math tests in the fourth grade (the year before they arrived at KIPP), KIPP students in the Bronx scored well above the average for the district, and on their fourth - grade reading tests they often scored above the average for the entire city.

In the Assembly, 44 legislators were given «fail» grades; 20 given a news improvement and 78 were rated above average.

Governor Cuomo has questioned why more than 95 % of teachers last year were rated adequate or above average, when two thirds of schoolchildren in grades 3 to 8 were found in standardized tests not to be meeting the new requirements.

In the Assembly, 78 of the 150 members were rated above average, with 44 others given a grade of «fail.»

I was told that the criterion for promotion was to receive at least two consecutive above - average gradings on the annual merit appraisals.

Children born with a large birthweight (above 10 pounds at term) were 69 percent more likely than average weight children to be obese by kindergarten and continuing at least through second grade, the researchers determined.

Last school year in the 2nd grade she excelled and her reading scores are very high and she is well above average in reading.

(Consider the above grade an average of Kidnap's merits as a piece of filmmaking, which are about an F, and its modest value as a thing that might be called «a good time.»)

Washington scored at or above average in three of the four graded policy categories in Quality Counts.

Bangladeshi, Indian, black African and Pakistani pupils from poorer homes were also found to perform «well above» the national average, while white working class boys achieve the lowest grades at GCSE of any main ethnic group.

West Virginia scores at or above the average state in all four of the graded policy categories in Quality Counts.

Illinois scores above the national average on only one of the graded policy categories in Quality Counts, although its overall performance across the four areas is about average.

In fact, because the letter grade is based on the percentage of students scoring above certain thresholds and not on the average score in each school, the high - scoring F schools actually have slightly higher initial reading and math scores than do the low - scoring D schools.

The state receives its only above - average grade in standards and accountability.

More recently, the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) released new standards for teacher training programs: among them, each cohort of entrants should have a collective grade - point average (GPA) of 3.0 and college admission test scores above the national average by 2017 and in the top one - third by 2020.

In order to keep up in maths, over a third of pupil will need to get high grades and an average above grade 5.

The state earns its only above - average grade in standards and accountability.

Arkansas scores at or above average in three out of the four graded categories of education policy in Quality Counts.

«But by the end of third grade they are scoring above the national average in reading, math, and science.»

In 1998, Florida scored about one grade level below the national average on the 4th - grade NAEP reading test, but it was scoring above that average by 2003, and made further gains in subsequent years (see Figure 1).

This issue's research section offers a first - of - its - kind study examining the impact of instructor quality on student achievement in the higher education sector — finding that students taught by above - average instructors receive higher grades and test scores, are more likely to succeed in subsequent courses, and earn more college credits.

South Carolina scores at or above average in each of the four graded education policy categories in Quality Counts.

To measure the effect of being in the top 10 percent, the authors compared the grade point averages of students whose class rank was just above or just below the cutoff.

Between 2004 and 2014, the percentage of students scoring at or above grade level in reading, writing, and math increased from 33 to 48, far faster than the state average.

In 1998, Florida's 4th grade NAEP reading scores were one grade level below the national average; by 2005, their adjusted scores were above the national average.

On average, the 4th - grade math and reading test scores of KIPP late entrants were 0.15 to 0.16 standard deviations above the district average, putting them 0.19 standard deviations above the scores of students who enrolled in the normal intake grade.

In schools where the number of children obtaining the EBacc was above the national average in 2015 - 2016, 73.2 per cent of pupils taking up an arts subject achieved grades A * - C - compared to the national average of 71.7 per cent.

Hawaii scores above the national average in one of the four graded categories of education policy in Quality Counts and below it in two areas.

Vermont scores above average in only one of the four graded policy categories in Quality Counts.

The typical high - SES student in this sample scored about 0.6 to 0.7 standard deviations above the state average (depending on grade considered), while the typical low - SES student in the sample scored about 0.1 to 0.2 standard deviations below the state average.

New York performs at or above average in three of the four graded policy categories in Quality Counts.

Alabama scores above average for three of the four graded categories of education policy in Quality Counts.

My students certainly did, since their results were consistently above average for similar centres for this unit with average grade B and a 1.4 residual.

We went from the bottom of the pack to above the national average in 4th - grade reading.»

Sharnbrook Upper School repeats exam success with top GCSE grades well above national average

The school's sixth form recorded an overall A level pass rate of 99 %, with a brilliant 82 % of entries graded A * to C and 55 % of all exams receiving top grades of A * to B, well above the national average.

Students in grades 4 and above might figure the week's average high, low, and average temperatures.