Sentences with phrase «quality counts national»

Last week, Education Week released its 2017 Quality Counts national report card on education and Tennessee scores below the national average in every indicator.

But California continues to dwell in the cellar of national per - pupil funding — a persistent stinginess that many say has exacerbated an opportunity gap that this year earned the state a C in school finance, a D - plus in K - 12 Achievement and a dismal 36th place finish in Education Week's 2018 Quality Counts national performance report card.

Not exact matches

Whether it is the more than four decades of family ownership or the large national accounts in the foodservice and grocery store sectors that rely on the Dickmans for their roast beef, the rest of the industry knows it can count on Charlie's Pride Meats for quality roast beef at a reasonable price.

According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), there is some evidence that CoQ10 might improve semen quality and sperm count in men struggling with infertility.

The majority of urban students in about half the states fail to meet even minimum national standards in mathematics, reading, and science, finds the report, Quality Counts» 98, scheduled for release Jan. 8.

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.

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.

A 2008 survey by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation reported that 42 percent of college - educated Americans aged 24 to 60 would consider becoming a teacher, and would be more likely to do so if they could count on quality training and support and expect to start at salaries of $ 50,000 or more.

Kansas scores above the national average on three of the four major areas of state policy graded in Quality Counts.

In order to improve the quality of graduation rates and graduation rate data, the National Governors Association (NGA) developed the Graduation Counts Compact.

Although a precise count doesn't exist of how many districts nationwide rely on LIFO, the landscape in recent years has undergone a «significant shift» toward layoff decisions based on teacher performance, said Sarah Heaton, managing director of district policy and practice at the National Council on Teacher Quality, a Washington, D.C. - based nonprofit that advocates performance - based layoffs.

These actions build upon requirements of earlier transportation authorizations, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP - 21) and the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA - LU), as well as administrative approaches through Executive Order (EO) 13604, Presidential Memoranda and the White House's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) modernization efforts, and DOT initiatives (e.g. Every Day Counts, eNEPA, etc.).

By providing high - quality data and trend analysis, KIDS COUNT seeks to enrich local, state and national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures for all children — and to raise the visibility of children's issues through a nonpartisan, evidence - based lens.

A grantee of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, we are part of the National KIDS COUNT network of grantees in all 50 states and US Territories that work to provide access to high quality data and research to inform policy decisions that impact children and families.

By providing high - quality data and trend analysis, Kids Count seeks to enrich local, state and national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures for all children — and to raise the visibility of children's issues through a nonpartisan, evidence - based lens.