Sentences with phrase «americans met the benchmark»

Less than 6 percent of African - Americans met the benchmark.

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If the merged company fails to meet certain financial benchmarks, he has an option to purchase American Leak, which is now a division of Plain Sight.

Hosted by Project 2061 of the American Association for the Advancement of Science — a partner in the development of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and publisher of key resources such as Science for All Americans, Benchmarks for Science Literacy, and the Atlas of Science Literacy — this workshop is a unique opportunity to tap into a set of tools, resources, and strategies that can help you meet the challenges of NGSS implementation.

The latest such planet, announced here on 6 January at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society, sets not just one but three benchmarks: farthest from Earth, tiniest orbit, and the first revealed by a promising new technique.

Only about one in four of the high - school graduates who took the American College Testing (ACT) program's college - readiness test last year met the benchmarks in reading comprehension, English, math, and science.

Only a quarter of African - Americans, 7 percent of special education students and 23 percent of students who qualify for subsidized lunches met the benchmark in English.

Internationally, Stewart has developed a series of international benchmarking exchanges to share expertise between American and Asian education, business, and policy leaders on how to improve education to meet the demands of globalization.

Harvey claims the flawed benchmarks for «proficiency» chosen for NAEP (and by extension for Common Core assessments) have led to a situation in which American students are expected to meet a standard that the majority of students worldwide couldn't meet.

More information about the 2009 Honda Odyssey: With a refined powertrain, ample passenger capacity, folding third - row seat, and myriads of beverage holders, the 2009 Honda Odyssey meets all of the American minivan driver benchmarks.

Hansen, noted for his outspokenness on the topic of climate change and his willingness to venture into an advocacy role that many other climate scientists try to avoid, has previously voiced his concern about the 2 - degree warming benchmark, saying in 2011 at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) that, «the target that has been talked about in international negotiations for 2 degrees of warming is actually a prescription for long - term disaster.»