Sentences with phrase «advanced international benchmark»

Ten percent of U.S. kids met or exceeded the advanced international benchmark in science — a smaller share than in Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, England, Korea or Hungary.

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In addition, the E3SM project benefits from - DOE programmatic collaborations including the Exascale Computing Project (ECP) and programs in Scientific Discovery Through Advanced Computing (SciDAC), Climate Model Development and Validation (CMDV), Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM), Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI), International Land Model Benchmarking Project (iLAMB), Community Earth System Model Community Earth System Model (CESM) and Next Generation Ecosystem Experiments (NGEE) for the Arctic and the Tropics.

The latest Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) results, released today by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), show 81 per cent of Australian Year 4 students are achieving at or above the Intermediate benchmark (the proficient standard for Australia), compared to 76 per cent in 2011, with more students achieving at the High or Advanced benchmark.

When the NAEP benchmark for proficiency is applied to the results of these international assessments in reading (Grade 4) and math and science (Grade 8), it's the rare nation — even among advanced economies — in which 50 percent or more of students would reach this target.

Advanced credentialing systems are based in part on international benchmarking research conducted by NISL's parent organization, the National Center on Education and the Economy.

NISL is building the advanced credentialing system based in part on international benchmarking research conducted by its parent organization, the National Center on Education and the Economy.

The six indicators of college and career readiness currently utilized are achieving a benchmark score on the ACT, scoring a 3, 4, or 5 on an Advanced Placement exam / scoring a 4, 5, 6, or 7 on an International Baccalaureate exam, scoring silver level or above on ACT Work Keys, earning a transcripted college credit while still in high school, earning an Industry Credential, or being accepted for enlistement into any branch of the military.

To recap, the secular rise in the correlation of global market returns continues, and the beta of international benchmarks relative to the US has been rising in both up and down markets — but the bulk of that rising sensitivity has occurred when the US market was advancing.

This is likely where the next advances in the study of asset allocation will take place: gaining international exposure not through broad benchmarks, but instead through a subset of countries based on individual characteristics.