Sentences with phrase «score some points on»

But whether Romney scores a point on that aspect of the issue or not, he still has a rift to fix with the Hispanic community, specifically over his promise to veto the DREAM Act if he were president.

Tastes like dessert, but scores points on veggie servings!

You know someone, somewhere is telling a «I beat Dan Gable in middle school» story, or perhaps even a «I scored a point on Cael Sanderson» story.

Iowa gained just 200 yards in 54 snaps on an icy pitch in Yankee Stadium; the Hawkeyes went three - and - out five times in 12 possessions and twice scored points on drives of fewer than 20 yards.

The Ducks averaged 10.9 yards per play and scored points on 10 of 12 possessions.

«We can score points on the defensive side, too.

Tavares, at this point, mostly scores his points on offensive boards or rolling to the rim.

The incident wiped out most of the field on the first lap and allowed Mark Webber to score points on his debut for Minardi.

He impressed when he joined Manor half way through last year and he's been having a good season for Force India, scoring points on a regular basis and putting in quietly impressive performances.

He won the WRC - 2 championship in 2013, and in the full - on WRC he scored points on a number of occasions and won several stages.

The Russian was initially dropped by the Red Bull junior team ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix in favour of Pierre Gasly, but scored a point on his return at the United States Grand Prix.

Scoring points on immigration has left some Labour MPs feeling very uneasy.

There were visual aids, employed to score points on both sides — a loaf of Wonder Bread and a dozen eggs, held aloft to demonstrate the burden of grocery costs, and a gray reusable tote bag, displayed as a simple alternative to plastic — and even some alliterative jargon: «petroleum - based product,» Mr. de Blasio's term for the bags.

New York does score some points on another priority issue for the American Cancer Society, banning teens from using tanning beds.

Score some points on dressing as well at the football field, sporting a black jersey paired with black shorts.

And you score points on the repurpose chart for reusing the table tops.

I'm with Lucy isn't going to score any points on originality or even unpredictability, but given the limitations of the genre, it's a fine example of how to do it right.

The second disc houses the abovementioned documentary along with recent interviews and reminiscences featuring the surviving Pythons in fine form, going on candidly about disappointments (Cleese had wanted to play Brian) and tensions, although the highlight is archival footage of a British chat program wherein the Pythons score points on a pair of Catholic assclowns.

Gameplay remains the same, but Arcade Mode removes the need for credits and resources, opting instead to allow you to spend your score points on one of four randomly - selected upgrades or items between levels.

Voucher - threatened schools made the next highest relative gains: 9.2 scale - score points on the math FCAT and 3.5 percentile points on the Stanford - 9 in math.

Always - D schools, which, faced with the real danger of receiving their first F, had some incentive to improve, made a relative gain of 4.3 scale - score points on the math FCAT and 1.3 percentile points on the Stanford - 9 math test.

... the difference between advantaged students and disadvantaged students (those in the lowest quartile of socioeconomic background) is even larger: 90 score points on average across the OECD and 87 score points in Australia.

In addition, given that scale score points do not equal raw or actual test items (e.g., scale score - to - actual test item relationships are typically in the neighborhood of 4 or 5 scale scores points to 1 actual test item), this likely also means that Kane's interpretations (i.e., mathematics scores were roughly the equivalent of 1.4 scale score points on the PARCC and 4.1 scale score points on the SBAC) actually mean 1 / 4th or 1 / 5th of a test item in mathematics on the PARCC and 4 / 5th of or 1 test item on the SBAC.

The difference the [Final Report] estimates comparing the teacher at the 15th percentile of effectiveness to the average teacher (50th percentile) is -22 scaled score points on the 5th grade PSSA Reading test... [referring] to the 2010 PSSA Technical Manual raw score table... for the 8th grade Reading test, that would be a difference of approximately 2 raw score points, or the equivalent of 2 multiple choice (MC) questions (1 point apiece) or half credit on one OE [open - ended] question.

They then use as an example the 0.044 (p < 0.05) coefficient (as related to more classroom observations with explicit feedback tied to the Common Core) and explain that «a difference of one standard deviation in the observation and feedback index was associated with an increase of 0.044 standard deviations in students» mathematics test scores — roughly the equivalent of 1.4 scale score points on the PARCC assessment and 4.1 scale score points on the SBAC.»

Teachers in NYC fear classroom observations are not being used to help them grow professionally, but instead teachers must teach to try to score points on Ms. Danielson's often misused framework.

If the low end of the scale score band for Level 3 is say 100 scale score points and student A scores 90 scale score points on the Math SBA for their grade level, and student B scores 110 scale score points, and student C scores 115 scale score points, the system subtracts each student scale score from 100 arriving at derived scores of -10, +10, and +15.

Looking past the performance metrics, this SRT - tuned Durango also makes a strong case for itself by virtue of the fact that it demands zero compromise in terms of livability versus the standard models, and FCA's latest Uconnect system continues to score points on the infotainment front.

The iPad had a cable which allowed it to hook up via VGA so it scored points on the Transformer this time.

Minecraft Villager Tennis for this mini game where we attempt to score by swatting villagers at each other and scoring points on a redstone board.

We see no reason to empty out your change jar without scoring points on a good deal.

It's a disingenuous attempt to score points on a highly polarized scientific issue.

Overall, Korner scores points on both price and simplicity so long as you will always have your phone in hand.

Blackenterprise.com spoke with reinvention strategist and founder of ME Unlimited Marshawn Evans, CEO of Full Circle NY Karen Nethersole, Esq. and psychologist and professional life coach Dr. Pamela Thompson on ways to mentally prepare for the rebound, scoring points on personal branding and creating a winning resume and cover letter.

Not exact matches

In fact, according to Forrester, out of 13 different online marketing strategies and sites, Facebook came in dead last, with a satisfaction score of 3.54 on a 5 - point scale.

U.S. teens scored a mean 492 on the OECD test, eight points below the overall global mean of 500 — and more than 100 points below first - ranked Shanghai - China's 603.

The CEOs were asked to grade Dodge's performance over the past seven years on a 100 - point scale, and the former governor earned a score of 81.

CBS News recently reported that 40 million Americans have an error on their credit report, with half of these errors significantly lowering the innocent person's credit score, sometimes by as much as 50 points.

Taken to its logical extreme, his research seems to argue that boards should have only female directors, but he's careful to point out that not all women score highly on complex moral reason (sometimes known as «CMR») decision - making, and some men do.

Then, each eligible franchisor was scored based on more than 150 data points, and those with the highest cumulative scores became the Franchise 500.

The bowl operates similarly to other fantasy football platforms: Users will select a team of nine players — who score points based on their real - life, in - game performances — and face off against teams assembled by other contestants across the country.

The Over / Under line, which bets on the combined score of both teams, is at 48.5 points, according to SportsLine.

When it comes to selecting a charity to support, executives say the most important factor is efficiency and honesty, giving it a mean score of 6.3 on a seven - point scale.

The expense of air travel ranked as a more significant concern, getting a mean score of 4.9 on a seven - point scale.

The executives surveyed gave the Harper government high marks for its handling of the issue, with a mean score of 82 on a 100 - point performance scale.

This year, Ogwumike has raised her scoring averaging to 20 points per game (third), on 59.6 % shooting (third), while grabbing seven rebounds per game (ninth), and leading the league in win shares.

Elena Delle Donne's third season was the best of her short career, as she led the league in scoring with over 23 points per game on 46 % shooting, to go with over eight rebounds, a steal, and two blocks per game en route to winning MVP.

A two - time Defensive Player of the Year who's led the league in blocks four years in a row, Griner is now leading the league in scoring, averaging 22 points per game on 57 % shooting while once again leading the league in blocks per game.

We scored Trump and Clinton based on the performance of these indicators, awarding more points for stronger correlations to the candidates» actions.

At this point, the Canada-U.S. score is fairly even, but I'll give the edge to Canada since our regulations are on the books and already having an impact.