Sentences with phrase «added in prior years»

After controlling for the baseline achievement of students, peers and the teacher's own value - added in prior years, we estimated the variance in student outcomes associated with the textbooks used.

Not exact matches

The fund, which lost money in two of the last three years, had about 125 investors prior to its closing, he added.

BA - defined craft brands represented 21 percent of total beer industry dollars in 2015, up from 19.3 percent the year prior, it added.

Despite the country's high correlation with energy prices, the historically volatile Russia Index added +5.5 percent in 2015 and has posted gains in five of the prior seven calendar years.

To maintain comparability with prior years, thisadjustment must be reversed in 2010 and added back to health centre income, however, the company did not provide the actual data to accurately do so.

In April, Mariani added its last piece to the puzzle when it acquired Urban, a Wisconsin - based family company that's been in the dried cranberry business for 10 years and a supplier to Mariani for the past five years prior to its acquisitioIn April, Mariani added its last piece to the puzzle when it acquired Urban, a Wisconsin - based family company that's been in the dried cranberry business for 10 years and a supplier to Mariani for the past five years prior to its acquisitioin the dried cranberry business for 10 years and a supplier to Mariani for the past five years prior to its acquisition.

Rooney left the Blue side of the Mersey to join United 13 years ago, and has scored 183 league goals in that time, but maybe he could return to Everton this summer to add to his tally of 15 that he notched up prior to that.

«One of the very first actions that I am going to ask council to implement is to allow us to make transfers in order to spend additional moneys this paving year for additional streets to be added to get us back basically back to the same level of paving that we were doing prior,» said Dyster.

As part of Poloncarz's plan, the County will be paying off more debt than it is adding in 2013 as it pays $ 40.6 million in principal and $ 17.6 million in interest from debt service associated with prior year capital projects.

The authors add that it is unlikely that any realistic differences in VA achieved with the 3 agents during years 2 to 10 (in the range of changes seen in prior studies) would alter their relative cost - effectiveness.

«Let's please do everything we can, collectively as an industry, to make sure Lynne Ramsay's next film is not in as many years as the distance from the last film, and the distance prior to that,» added Miller.

Our basic value - added model measures the effectiveness of a principal by examining the extent to which math achievement in a school is higher or lower than would be expected based on the characteristics of students in that school, including their achievement in the prior year.

They tried to isolate how much any individual teacher adds or detracts by comparing how the students scored on end - of - year tests to how similar students did with other teachers, controlling for a host of such things as test scores in the prior year, gender, suspensions, English language knowledge, and class size.

The teachers» value - added from prior years, in which they had been assigned students based on the principals» predilections, provided unbiased forecasts of student achievement during the randomized year.

Moreover, there are statistical shocks to achievement in a given school and subject — such as a dog barking in the parking lot on the day of the test — which could also introduce a mechanical relationship between the value - added estimates from prior years and student's baseline achievement this year (Kane and Staiger 2002).

As examples, studies that use student test performance to measure teachers» effectiveness — adjusted for prior achievement and background characteristics — demonstrate that, on average, teachers add more to their students» learning during their second year of teaching than they do in their first year, and more in their third year than in their second.

The House proposal keeps the previous year's budget intact for teacher assistants, but does not add any new money, even though TA's have suffered deep cuts in prior years.

While up from years prior, more should also be done in this potential area of «value - added» accountability, as well.

Mitsubishi says they've added thicker front door window glass on all trim levels along with rear quarter panel sound insulation, but we noticed no difference in noise over the prior model year.

Add in one more factor, and you can see why the market is so illiquid — the buy side of the market is more concentrated than in prior years, with big buyers like PIMCO, Blackrock, Metlife, Prudential, etc. being a larger portion of the market.

In general, no estimates are required if your withholding and credits add up to at least as much as your prior year's tax.

Just like in prior years, to sweeten the deal BeFrugal is adding a sign up bonus this holiday season!

You can also add in $ 1,500 multiplied by the number of years you were employed prior to 1989 in which your employer did not make vested contributions to a registered plan on your behalf.

To get a more accurate estimate of the actual tax cost of the conversion, a tax pro might take your prior year return and redo it, plugging in not only the added income from the conversion but also estimated adjustments for other significant changes.

And looking ahead, judging by their respective (prior) growth histories & the current inflection point we've now reached in the UK / Irish economies, both of One51's divisions could enjoy a steady progression in terms of increasing revenues & expanding margins over the next few years — while a measured acquisition strategy would obviously add another powerful growth tailwind.

Adding up various sources of income for the period beginning when Ethel retires next year, the couple would have $ 60,000 in potential annuitized return on their financial assets, $ 7,392 annual rental income prior to sale of the property, $ 6,192 of Sam's CPP benefits, $ 6,936 of Sam's Old Age Security benefits, $ 6,960 of Sam's work pension, $ 1,800 of Ethel's estimated CPP benefits, and $ 6,936 of her Old Age Security benefits starting next year.

While it is true that the monthly benefit amount can be reduced to zero in years prior to FRA, those reductions are not «lost» but are added back at FRA in the form of a permanent increase to the monthly amount.

The first quintile includes the companies that added the highest percent increase in number employee over the prior year.

The amount added back is limited to your contributions deducted in the year of transfer and the prior tax year.

In a securities filing Tuesday, American estimated that the new card deals would add $ 1.55 billion to its pretax income over the next 2 1/2 years, compared with what would have been the case under the prior credit - card arrangements.

Grand Theft Auto Online broke monthly audience records in June, July and December, added more new users than in the prior year and delivered its biggest year yet for Virtual Currency sales.

From the way my Turtwig appeared to physically eat a berry in battle, to the slightly randomised animations of certain moves, to the vastly improved bag and PC Box structures, to the way buying 10 Pokeballs would just grant you a free Premier Ball, completely un-advertised, all these small touches added up to give me the same wide - eyed feeling of wonder I had experienced four years prior with Gen III.

Add to this the fact that prior to 1900 there was nothing in the Arctic but two thousand years of slow, linear cooling, and you have an unfinished research program on your hands.

I'm adding some thoughts because I worked for three and a bit years in the NOAA group responsible in the build - up to the Karl et al. paper (although I had left prior to that paper's preparation and publication).

General counsel are adding new blood by replacing existing litigation firms with new firms that help them manage their increasing caseload while spending the same or less money as in prior years.

It added that there is no finding that needs to be relayed by the domestic relations court for the probate court to determine if the father attempted to make contact with his children in the year prior to the adoption filing.

Jr. to Mid-Level Corporate Associate Need in Los Angeles (west side)-- our law firm client has an immediate need to add an experienced Corporate Associate with 3 - 5 years of prior large firm practice working with venture and emerging companies.

Casualty losses are deductible in the year the disaster occurred, but you also can add them to your prior year tax return to get immediate relief.

Persistency Units are added @ 1.5 % for premium range 65,000 — 2 lakhs and 2 % for premiums 2 lakhs and above of the average Fund Value in the last 3 years prior to the additions

For 2017, LG improved peak brightness by about 20 percent, improved the lowest part of the black range, adding more subtle gradients for better shadow detail, changed the anti-reflective screen coating so that the display looks deep black when turned off (instead of casting a purple hue as LG's OLEDs have in prior years), and reduced input lag down to about 21ms.

In places with a dearth of land for new construction, this means some added inventory of smaller homes near downtowns, including in areas like East Los Angeles that in prior years would have been considered less desirable, Blomquist sayIn places with a dearth of land for new construction, this means some added inventory of smaller homes near downtowns, including in areas like East Los Angeles that in prior years would have been considered less desirable, Blomquist sayin areas like East Los Angeles that in prior years would have been considered less desirable, Blomquist sayin prior years would have been considered less desirable, Blomquist says.