Sentences with phrase «better than the nation as a whole»

The percentage of students testing in the bottom quarter of the ITBS has dropped from 32 percent to 24.4 — better than the nation as a whole, according to CPS officials.

By 2003 the dropout rate had fallen to 13 percent, the percentage of students meeting national norms was up to 41, and the percentage of students testing in the bottom quartile was down to about 24 - better than the nation as a whole.

Given recent school - related political conflicts in Wisconsin, it is of interest that only 42 percent of that state's white students are proficient in math, a rate no better than the nation as a whole.

Education did significantly better than the nation as a whole with just a three percent decrease in total school personnel compared to a nine percent increase in the national unemployment rate.

The good news is the state's job growth was up 1.9 percent over the past year, better than the nation as a whole.

Property markets that have strong energy or technology sectors have fared vastly better than the nation as a whole.

Not exact matches

Just as in tribalism the destiny of the tribe is more important than that of the individual, so the destiny and well - being of humanity as a whole must now take precedence over that of any tribe, nation or regional culture.

If Kyasky, injured again last week, can remain whole for the better part of the season the team that led the nation last year in total offense as well as rushing may be scarcely less potent than a year ago.

I think its time to do something about this, over the 2 legs, ireland were clearly the better side, that notwithstanding this particular french team is the worst i've seen in decades, and they have no bussines going to the world cup.It is time for replays to be reviewed in some cases and goaline technology to be applied in other cases, i think we human being have come of age to realise that we humans are not perfect, no matter how hard we try, so for sepp blatter to keep resisting replays and goal line technology is quite baffling to me, i can't really understand why 3 socalled officials could make a decision, a decision in which the whole world saw to be a foul, and its allowed to stand, and a nation is left, heartbroken, cheated and bitter, i am an african, but as a fan of football, i felt terrible seeing this, and i beg the question, if someone other than the team is not benefiting from this, why can't the officials be allowed to take a look at the replays in order to officiate the game better?

But if the public thinks better of local public schools than it does of those in the nation as a whole, it is definitely more satisfied with local private schools than with public ones.

Americans tend to think their local elementary and middle schools are much better than those of the nation as a whole.

Meanwhile the average Virginia fourth grader reads half a grade level better than a similar student did nine years ago, staying apace of the nation as a whole.

Denver has sunny skies 245 days of the year, and Colorado as a whole has a better solar resource than many places in California, the nation's solar leader.

Benjamin Barber, senior research scholar at the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society at The Graduate Center at CUNY, argued cities might do a better job tackling global issues such as climate change than whole countries or larger organizations such as the United Nations.