To head off concerns
about likely decreasing proficiency rates, actors at multiple levels — including state and district policymakers, researchers, educators, and test developers — must be proactive in explaining the new proficiency standards and why they matter.
Not exact matches
Put another way, despite all the good things
about B.C.'s carbon tax (and it got some laudatory words in the OECD report), it's barely stringent enough to fit into the IEA's 450ppm path and it's not
likely to be stringent enough to see BC's emissions
decrease between now and 2020 (see Table 17).
That assessment in turn informs a judgement as to whether inflation pressure in the economy is
likely to increase,
decrease or stay
about the same, and how the
likely outcomes compare with the announced objective.
The Strategic Total Return Fund has reduced its exposure to precious metals shares to
about 8 % of assets, but is
likely to increase rather than
decrease this exposure on weakness in this group.
Background The incidence of sudden infant death syndrome has
decreased in the United States as the percentage of infants sleeping prone has
decreased, but persisting concerns
about the safety of supine sleeping
likely contribute to prone sleeping prevalence rates that remain higher than 10 %.
The incidence of sudden infant death syndrome has
decreased in the United States as the percentage of infants sleeping prone has
decreased, but persisting concerns
about the safety of supine sleeping
likely contribute to prone sleeping prevalence rates that remain higher than 10 %.
While I understand that a hospital birth is not the choice of all moms, most first time moms are going to go through this type of process and being informed
about what is
likely to happen may
decrease their anxiety or even cause them to seek out alternatives to a hospital birth.
Experts estimated that walleye biomass would most
likely experience a small
decrease of
about 10 % in Lake Erie.
Experts estimated that walleye biomass would most
likely experience a small
decrease of
about 10 percent in Lake Erie.
About 40 percent of Americans have calcified pineals by age seventeen.50 «Calcium, phosphorus and fluoride deposits increase with aging and are
likely to cause
decreased melatonin production and abnormal pineal function, which could contribute to a variety of effects in humans.»
In individuals with kidney disease they will
likely benefit from a
decrease in protein intake... but they need to address one of the aforementioned factors if they want to REGAIN kidney function, which we will talk
about soon.
Science says consuming moderate amounts of caffeine (up to
about three cups of coffee per day)
likely won't have a negative impact on your health, and can
decrease fatigue while increasing mental alertness.
My hunch is that newer teachers, who would appreciate the extra cash, and high - performing teachers, who would be unconcerned
about the
decreased job security, would be
likely converts.
Today on the show they talk
about how the Hachette / Amazon contract negotiations will
likely play out and how authors have seen a dramatic
decrease in book sales The RT Booklovers... [Read more...]
I'm not too worried
about a
decrease in oil prices for VLO since that would most
likely help the company.
When 2,000 pet owners were educated
about the human health benefits of pet ownership: 92 % said they were more
likely to maintain a pet's health, including keeping up with vaccines and preventive medicine 89 % said they were more
likely to maintain a pet's health, including regular check - ups with a veterinarian 88 % said they were more
likely to provide a pet with higher quality nutrition 51 % said they were more
likely to purchase pet health insurance 62 % said they were less
likely to skip visits to the veterinarian 89 % said they were more
likely to take better care of a pet «When people find out that pets improve heart health,
decrease stress, help alleviate depression and address specific conditions that include autism, PTSD and Alzheimer's, they become more focused on caring for their pet's health,» said HABRI Executive Director, Steven Feldman.
According to the recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change satellite data show that there are very
likely to have been
decreases of
about 10 % in the extent of snow cover since the late 1960s.
For example, [Kruss 1983] has this to say
about the Lewis glacier on Mt. Kenya: «A
decrease in the annual precipitation on the order of 150 mm in the last quarter of the 19th century, followed by a secular air temperature rise of a few tenths of a degree centigrade during the first half of the 20th century, together with associated albedo and cloudiness variation, constitute the most
likely cause of the Lewis Glacier wastage during the last 100 years.»
For Europe specifically, it is estimated that the CO2 flux from land vegetation contributes to reduce the global net flux associated with atmospheric growth of CO2, but the relative magnitude of this sink has been
decreasing since the 1990s (from capturing 40 % of the global growth previously, to
about 20 % now),
likely further to changes in the atmospheric transport of heat and humidity over Europe.
The following themes were identified: (1) personal acceptance of having a mental health problem rather than treatment access is the major barrier to treatment entry; (2) tightly connected, supportive peer networks can
decrease stigma related to mental health problems and encourage treatment; however, soldiers in impoverished or conflicted peer networks are less
likely to receive these benefits; and (3) soldiers are generally positive
about the idea of peer - based programs to improve treatment engagement, although they note the importance of leadership support, peer assignment, and unit specialty in implementing these programs.
Taken together, these findings suggest that satisfied couples may be more
likely to post relationship - relevant information on Facebook, but not being «Facebook official» does not
decrease your relationship status unless you disagree
about the importance of listing a relationship status and posting profile pictures together.