Sentences with phrase «achieved good average»

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Average gold grades achieved in the June half from Karouni were also quite good at 3.37 grams per tonne for the 357 000 tonnes of ore mined.

Based on the definitions above, it might sound like index investors are «settling» for average returns while better, more skilled investors are out there achieving much better returns.

«Twenty - four financial publications engaged in forecasting the stock market during the 4 1/2 years from January 1, 1928, to June 1, 1932, failed as a group by 4 per cent per annum to achieve a result as good as the average of all purely random performances.

To conclude, over the past decade and in a very volatile world, Australia has achieved the inflation target, avoided a major economic downturn, seen remarkably little variability in real economic activity in the face of enormous shocks, experienced a fairly low average rate of unemployment, and had a stable financial system as well.

Over the period 2010 to 2014, annual average employment growth was only 0.8 %, well short of the 1.2 % needed to achieve 1.3 million jobs by 2020.

Most importantly, Brian's exited investments have achieved cumulative gross returns well in excess of industry averages.

We agree with the bulls and believe that even if Best Buy loses market share, it can use excess capital to repurchase shares, which would allow the company to achieve above - average per - share earnings growth.

Indeed, 83 per cent of entrepreneurs worldwide state they have achieved a good work - life balance, which in practical terms currently equates to an average of 10.1 hours spent each day on business tasks.

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

This just underlines the fact that the CPP provides better average returns at much lower costs than individuals can achieve by saving though RRSPs.

Rather it is likely that if such an advantage is achieved, it will be through better - than - average performance in stable or declining markets and average, or perhaps even poorer - than - average performance in rising markets» Warren Buffett, Partnership letter 1960

Not only are the earnings and revenue growth rates for the companies below what they achieved in Q3 and the 4 - quarter average, but the beat ratios are weaker as well.

Just give another 100 million to Van Gaal, because no ability to train players to achieve success, showing just an average manager @ best!

Brendan Rodgers is a disgrace and needs to go, as does FSG, however Liverpool are constantly screwed over by the «officials», its incideous, blatantly robbed of penalties that you know would be given straight away, the other way, Liverpool achieved the impossible for a short period last night, they made average at best Tottenhamistan Hoofspurs look like a class team, you never beat Liverpool, Liverpool defeated themselves by not taking their chances (as usual — and their own fault) if they had of taken them it would have been a rout away win.

Compared with the national average, Maine has more than triple the percentage of schools that have achieved a «U.S. Healthier Schools» designation — meaning schools that served meals well above the federal nutrition minimums.

In our core battleground target seats we achieved swings well above the national average both against Labour and the Liberal Democrats.»

«Three - star programs perform better than average, an STS rating that is very difficult to achieve.

Gaps between crop yields achieved in «best practice» farming and the actual average yields exist all over the world, but are widest in developing countries — particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa.

For the world to reach the necessary ambition to achieve our climate commitments under the Paris Agreement, which would keep average global temperature rises well below 2 °C and even 1.5 °C, the EU, led by the European Commission, must start supporting efforts to tackle vested interests within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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.

«There are always caveats with this type of analysis, but the results suggest that students participating in the Silver CREST Awards achieve about half a grade higher on their best science GCSE result on average compared with a statistically - similar control group.

A percentile of 60 means that the average student in a district is achieving better than 59.9 percent of the students in our global comparison group.

Students consistently achieve outstanding results, performing well in literacy and numeracy tests when compared with national average levels and other statistically similar schools.

However, Miami - Dade is among school districts that have bucked that trend, achieving higher - than - average graduation rates among its Latino students and seeing large numbers of them scoring well on Advanced Placement tests.

In 2007 they approved funding for the first public Waldorf methods high school, in the Sacramento Unified School District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the adults.

We need a fundamental change in how we help learners achieve and contribute their best so they can move beyond average.

Even then, a quota pegged to the average would be impossible to achieve without drawing some students away from specialized programs that may be serving them perfectly well.

Since the grades assigned vary much less across classrooms than does students» performance on standardized tests, high - achieving students should be more likely to earn high grades in classrooms where the other students, on average, do not perform well on external assessments.

We also found that higher - achieving classes, as measured by their average 3rd - grade test score in the relevant subject, may fare somewhat better than lower - achieving classes under teachers with tough grading standards.

Florida Virtual Schools (FLVS) achieved performance results as good as or better than state averages on any measure at a fraction of the costs.

The Department for Education (DfE) stated «those secondary schools that fail to ensure 60 per cent of pupils achieve five good GCSE grades and have a below average proportion of pupils making expected progress over three years, will be classed as coasting».

His method involved rigorous, in - depth interviews comparing those who achieve top results with average performers, and quantifying both the complexity and frequency of behaviors that statistically distinguish the best from the rest.

He reminds us that «in the US, wealthy children attending public schools that serve the wealthy are competitive with any nation in the world... [but in]... schools in which low - income students do not achieve well, [that are not competitive with many nations in the world] we find the common correlates of poverty: low birth weight in the neighborhood, higher than average rates of teen and single parenthood, residential mobility, absenteeism, crime, and students in need of special education or English language instruction.»

In each, as well, the bottom - line goal is to help students become more engaged in and responsible for their own learning.Their formulas appear to be working, as they have achieved both higher graduation rates and percentages of college admissions than the average rates for the districts and states in which they are located.

The UK's 15 - year - olds performed particularly well in science, with a greater proportion of students achieving the highest levels in the PISA science assessment compared to the average across OECD countries.

For example, Keith Lance reports in the 2000 Colorado study, How School Librarians Help Kids Achieve Standards: «Schools with well - developed library media programs average 10 % to 15 % higher on fourth grade reading scores and 18 % higher on seventh grade reading scores than schools where libraries are less developed.

Schools making good progress but not yet reaching desired average levels of achievement are not rewarded, and schools with high - achieving students have no further incentive to improve if they've already reached the mandated proficiency level.

And these figures from summer 2015 show that pupils in coastal schools are on average achieving 3 % lower results than inland schools, based on the benchmark five good GCSEs including English and maths.

The authors pointed out some of the advantages of low poverty noting, «Children whose parents read to them at home, whose health is good and can attend school regularly, who do not live in fear of crime and violence, who enjoy stable housing and continuous school attendance, whose parents» regular employment creates security, who are exposed to museums, libraries, music and art lessons, who travel outside their immediate neighborhoods, and who are surrounded by adults who model high educational achievement and attainment will, on average, achieve at higher levels than children without these educationally relevant advantages.»

On average, the best GCSEPod users achieved 1.20 higher Progress 8 scores than the lowest users and those best users achieved 66 % more (+24.1) Attainment 8 Points on average than the lowest users.»

This table breaks out popular teaching careers and includes grade level, minimum education required, typical education achieved, average teacher salary, and national employment numbers, as well as the job outlook for each specialty area.

Children who have not responded well to classroom instruction in Kindergarten and grade one, and who have not developed effective patterns of literacy learning, can make accelerated progress and achieve the average level of the classmates within approximately 15 weeks of individual instruction.

In 2014 and 2015 that level will be set at 60 % of pupils achieving 5 good GCSEs or an above - average proportion of pupils making acceptable progress.

Rather they serve less needy children and when adjusting school aggregate performance measures for the children they serve, they achieve no better current outcomes on average than the schools they are slated to take over... The assumption that charter takeover can solve the ills of certain district schools is specious at best.»

Furthermore, in the schools in which low - income students do not achieve well, we find the common correlates of poverty: low birth weight in the neighborhood, higher than average rates of teen and single parenthood, residential mobility, absenteeism, crime, and students in need of special education or English language instruction.

The school has an excellent track record of moving pupils on to achieve well above average GCSE results.

Eventually, when you are nearly 100 % certain of your choice, I want you to choose between them by identifying the state in which an average child is likely to be achieving better in school.

Although 96.7 per cent of grammar school pupils achieve five A * to C GCSEs against a national average of 57 per cent, the EPI says this is not evidence of better grammar school performance, but is in fact likely to be driven by the high prior attainment and demographic of pupils at selective schools.

That law relies more on absolute comparisons of test scores, so it sometimes seems as if Ben Franklin High School, which accepts only high - achieving students, is measured on the same yardstick as schools in the state - run Recovery School District, where the average student starts well below grade level.

I worry about the so - called missing talent — highly able pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds who leave primary school with standard assessment tests results way above the average but who achieve significantly less well than similarly able but more advantaged pupils.