Sentences with phrase «average grade for»

The state receives an average grade for standards and accountability.

JNJ gets average grades for its earnings growth rates, which in recent years have been about 5 % per year and are estimated to stay in the same range for the next 3 - 5 years.

Not exact matches

Branson was, and is, dyslexic, a learning disability at least partially responsible for his terrible standardized test scores and below - average grades.

Even controlling for grade - point average, men earned more than women who graduated with identical levels of academic achievement.

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.

State - owned producer Saudi Aramco on Wednesday raised the June price for its Arab Light grade for Asian customers to a premium of $ 1.90 a barrel to the Oman / Dubai average, the highest since August 2014.

Prices of WTI crude oil, the benchmark grade for North America, have averaged $ 97.40 a barrel over the last year, 15 % higher than the five year average.

Meanwhile, during the same period, the average annual return for investment - grade government bonds was 5.72 % for a real rate of return of 5.72 % — 2.93 % = 2.79 %.

For example, it does not include euro bonds («reverse Yankees») that are hot in Europe, where junk bond yields are at a ludicrously low 2.35 % on average, and the high - grade yield is just above zero.

The average bid / ask spread was 29 cents (per $ 100 par value) for both investment - grade and high - yield bonds, and the average daily trading volume was $ 2.2 million ($ 2.5 million) for investment - grade (high - yield) corporate bonds.

The average market impact cost was 29 basis points (39 basis points) per $ 1 million traded for investment - grade (high - yield) corporate bonds.

Who can volunteer: Participants must have an undergraduate degree from an accredited college by their first day of training; have a minimum grade point average of 2.5; and be a citizen, legal permanent resident, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient.

For example, by comparing a group of corporate bonds (like investment grade corporate bonds) vs. treasuries, you get a picture of where the average investment grade bond credit spread currently stands.

In the absence of a pickup in consumer spending, annualized, real GDP — adjusted for inflation — is forecast to be between 2 % and 2.5 %, instead of the 4 % average since World War II, and annualized returns on US equities and investment - grade bonds is estimated at 4 % and 1 %, respectively, for the next 10 years.

Scorecard 2016 found that the region currently lags in this area, earning only a «C» grade for both its proportion of non-car commuters and its average commuting time.

The benchmarking analysis shows that Greater Vancouver's performance in this area is poor — it gets «C» grades for the average commute time to and from work and for the proportion of the workforce that non-car commutes.

The average bid - offer spread for trading an investment grade corporate bond, for example, is 50 basis points.

The award recipient will hold the scholarship for one year and must achieve an average distinction grade for each unit of study during the term of the scholarship.

◾ The average GPA for students who were frequently physically harassed because of their sexual orientation was half a grade lower than that of other students.»

Like Harry, every adolescent — and every adult — faces defining choices in responding to good and to evil, choices that count for much more than SAT scores, grade - point averages or adjusted gross income.

I once did an assignment directed at adults in a professional setting where the editor asked me to reduce the concepts to a fourth - grade reading level because that was the average for those professionals.

To be eligible for the fellowship, individuals must have to have junior or senior status, a grade point average of 3.0 or above and be a student in the Johnson & Wales School of Hospitality.

He has one of the three highest academic averages in the history of Mansfield High — he received a B for one marking period in seventh - grade English but nothing lower than an A since — and will certainly become the fourth member of his family named most likely to succeed by his classmates at graduation.

Beginning in 1986, the rule stipulated, entering freshmen would be eligible for scholarships only if they had achieved a grade point average of at least 2.0 in a college - preparatory core curriculum and, when it came to the two standard college entrance examinations, attained a minimum score of 700 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or 15 on the American College Testing Program's exam.

He averaged an awful 2.7 yards per pass attempt (including sacks), which is deserving of a grade much worse than a C +, but he was done no favors by drops (Jalen Saunders had a pair of them while catching just three of nine passes for 30 yards) and he gets bonus points: both for finishing drives (Oklahoma scored on all six of its trips inside ULM's 40) and for rushing 12 times (non-sacks) for 112 yards.

I know he apparently played very well at guard, but PFF graded him poor last season at tackle and it seems like yet another overpay for an average lineman.

He's been a very average wr according to PFF's grades and was in the best situation possible for production in Carolina.

As I recall, Remmers PFF grade for last season was close to league average while both Reiff and Hill earned poor grades.

From his warm, funny and friendly demeanor to efforts in the classroom — he's earned a 3.5 grade point average this semester at the Hayward school — to excelling on the basketball court, the long, lean, high - flying 6 - foot - 6 wing is a young man for young people — and old — to look up to.

But for Faulk, who is the first member of his family to attend college and who plans to major in public administration, gaudy football stats were not enough; he finished his freshman year with a 3.1 grade point average.

He still has some work to do in pass protection as he surrendered 19 pressures for a slightly - above average pass blocking grade, but his overall body of work was impressive for a true sophomore.

For the average child (keeping in mind individual kids may be exceptions to these guidelines), an acceptable amount of homework per night is as follows: — Elementary school: approximately 10 minutes or so per grade level — Middle school: an hour or so — High School: 2 to 2-1/2 hours Any homework beyond these limits is no longer providing any advantage, and is probably cutting into those things that do provide advantages like adequate sleep and what we at Challenge Success call «PDF» — that is, play time, down time and family time.

However, some students at Princeton agreed with the article, and cited professors who had complained about the athletes in their classes for bringing down the average grade and for low attendance to lectures.

Massachusetts Senators and Representatives averaged an «A» grade on environmental votes for the 2011 - 2012 legislative session, according to Mass Audubon's 26th annual Legislative Report Card.

Even though almost every student at the KIPP Academy... is from a low - income family, and all but a few are either black or Hispanic, and most enter below grade level, they are still a step above other kids in the neighborhood; on their math tests in the fourth grade (the year before they arrived at KIPP), KIPP students in the Bronx scored well above the average for the district, and on their fourth - grade reading tests they often scored above the average for the entire city.

● Based upon parental reports, the average grade point average for high school students is between 3.15 and 3.24.

If the basics for acceptance into an accelerated program are met, the right grade point average is the main one, it is possible to complete a nursing course in one half to two - thirds the time it would take in a full - time course.

When compared to control group counterparts in randomized trials, infants and toddlers who participated in high - quality home visiting programs were shown to have more favorable scores for cognitive development and behavior, higher IQs and language scores, higher grade point averages and math and reading achievement test scores at age 9, and higher graduation rates from high school.

Freshman Academy is a program for students who have not met the requirements for admission into university due to a low grade point average or missing academic courses.

Students must maintain a 2.3 to 3.0 grade point average, depending on the type of college and program enrolled in and the extra aid lasts for only four years for students in a bachelor's degree program, in order to ensure on - time graduation.

«If your children came home from college with a grade point average of less than 1.0 you might think about not paying for them to go back to school the next semester,» said Siena pollster Steve Greenberg.

It adds up to about an hour - and - a-half extra on an average test day for teachers in grades three through eight.

Applicants who attended community college after high school before transferring to a four - year college or university were 30 percent less likely to be admitted, compared to those students who never attended a community college or only attended a four - year university to medical school, after adjusting for age, gender, race and ethnicity, parental education, grade point average and MCAT score.

Many scientists look for astronomical Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores or a near - perfect grade - point average, but these accomplishments don't always mean much in the laboratory.

Interestingly, students who received no rationale averaged 90 percent for a final grade, which is still higher than those who received the instructor rationale.

I was told that the criterion for promotion was to receive at least two consecutive above - average gradings on the annual merit appraisals.

Graduate programs across the nation usually require a minimum GRE score for admission — in combination with a minimum grade point average, recommendation letters, and other extraneous variables.

However, we controlled for this in our study by including the students» incoming grade point averages in our analysis,» said Christian Wright, co-first author of the study and instructional professional with ASU School of Life Sciences.

For example, if you figured out the average height of students in a classroom, that statistic could help you predict the average height of students in other classrooms of the same grade at the same school.

A minimum 2.8 grade point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale is required for the master's in engineering fellowship, but in 2004, 60 of the 90 award recipients (out of 350 applicants) had a 3.3 GPA or higher.