Sentences with phrase «broad improvement in»

The First Quarter 2012 assessments show that the largest servicers continue to demonstrate broad improvement in implementation of the Making Home Affordable Program, and have focused attention on remediating past areas of need identified by Treasury through ongoing program reviews.

The broad improvement in all components and regions is further evidence of the breadth of the recovery.

In this report, we take the analysis a step further, formulating research - informed recommendations for statewide actions — policies, investments, and expansion of best practices — that have potential to address performance gaps and contribute to broad improvement in student outcomes.

The irony is that NCLB, the remedy for Title I's deficiencies, has itself not produced the broad improvement in student academic achievement that George W. Bush and his congressional allies promised.

Neither outside intervention produced the broad improvement in the schools that was originally envisioned.

Increased use of standardized testing has failed to spark broad improvement in student performance or stimulate progress in struggling schools, they say.

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of that year (ESEA) 1, the embodiment of this new federal role, was the focus of high hope that it would bring about broad improvement in American education.

79, president of the foundation, «when we developed the conviction that dramatic structural change was going to be necessary in Boston and other urban public school systems in order to generate broad improvement in the academic achievement of the mostly low - income, minority students who populate these districts today.»

Since the overall cohort and each tested subgroup were on average quite large, these schools could only escape a Low - Performing rating through broad improvement in test performance.

A surgical collaborative of hospitals across Florida resulted in broad improvement in the state, helping most hospitals significantly improve, according to a new study published today in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

A broad improvement in market internals on our measures would not relieve the obscene overvaluation of the equity market, but it would suggest a return to speculative investor preferences and would reduce the immediacy of our downside concerns.

The high school gains reflected broader improvements in kindergarten - through - 12th - grade achievement this year on the Academic Performance Index.

Jul, 2010 3 Comments After a brief retreat in June, the economy is showing broad improvements in the condition, behavior and expectations of consumers, according to Consumer Reports Index for July.

Yet we are still learning about whether these early effects will translate into broader improvements in the longevity of parents» marriages and outcomes for children.

Growth in home sales and prices is contributing to a broader improvement in the overall economy, aided in part by current homeownership tax treatment.

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Our same - store sales growth is generally attributable to several key factors, including: new product introductions; improvements in restaurant speed of service and other operational efficiencies; hospitality initiatives; frequency of guest visits; expansion into, and enhancement of, broader menu offerings; promotional activities and pricing.

«We're pleased with our improved performance in the quarter as it demonstrates the earnings power of our diversified franchise and shows what is possible with modest improvements in the environment and client activity, and we believe there is room for additional revenue and earnings growth, as we further diversify our global franchise across a broader client base with an expanded suite of products and services.»

«This issuance reflects OnDeck's most successful securitization issuance to date, with strong investor interest resulting in broad participation by existing and new institutional investors, expected improvement in credit ratings, and a significant reduction in cost of funds despite a rising interest rate environment, and is a testament to the strength of OnDeck's business model.»

As always, the strongest prospective market return / risk profile is associated with a material retreat in valuations followed by an early improvement in broad measures of market internals.

Going forward, what I believe that we will see is an increased adoption of security tokens as an improvement over the current crowdfunding model where you get much broader inclusivity, scalability to handle more investors and distribute money back to them via smart contracts as well as liquidity in the secondary market.»

Dubbed the Fair Credit Reporting Improvement Act of 2014, it would make broad changes in how credit scores are calculated.

The resurgence in corporate profits, a broad - based improvement in global economic growth, the stabilization of commodity prices and strong purchasing managers» indexes all support an upswing in capital spending.

Those data are namely 1) the recent rally in stocks, 2) the recent improvement in the ISM (formerly NAPM) surveys, and 3) the substantial string of Fed easings «in the pipeline», which have accelerated growth in broad money such as M2, and 4) the likelihood that inventories will stabilize, taking away the biggest negative factor currently pressuring GDP lower.

That leaves us dependent on an improvement in broader trend conditions.

Small businesses represent about half of GDP, Shepherdson notes, so sentiment in that portion of the economy could be a real obstacle to broader economic improvement.

The past 15 years or so has seen significant broad - based improvements in wages and incomes.

The AIA made important improvements to the examination process and overall patent quality, but stakeholders remain concerned about patents with overly broad claims — particularly in the context of software.

The improvements in manufacturing were broad - based with upticks in the US, China and Japan.

It's easy to forget in an age when screaming protestors claim that the President is from Kenya while the Speaker of the House dismisses half the country as «un-American» for daring to disagree with her, but at the core of the healthcare debate there is broad agreement about what would constitute improvement of the system.

In broad outline, therefore, it appears that the ethical teaching given by the early church was pretty closely related to the general movement in Greco - Roman society towards the improvement of public morals as it was undertaken in the first century by various agencieIn broad outline, therefore, it appears that the ethical teaching given by the early church was pretty closely related to the general movement in Greco - Roman society towards the improvement of public morals as it was undertaken in the first century by various agenciein Greco - Roman society towards the improvement of public morals as it was undertaken in the first century by various agenciein the first century by various agencies.

Whilst agreeing that the liquid milk market is currently very competitive, Dairy Crest has stated that its broad customer and product base and clear improvements in its -LSB-...]

PF: Speaking of kids, some manufacturers have reformulated their school foodservice products to meet government regulations — and then leveraged nutritional improvements in the broader foodservice market.

I'm told most watches had him in the mid to low 4.4's with some timing him as fast as 4.42 s, a marked improvement from his combine number of 4.56 s. Jackson also touched 40 inched in the vertical jump and reach 10 - feet -3-inches in the broad jump.

Most macro trends show long - term and recent improvements; but this broad «broken society» claim simply misses the areas which should be of most concern in a more forensic and accurate account; there are important issues and pressures arising from growing inequality and other factors.

Mayor Bill de Blasio has recently spoken about a broad plan for economic development and transportation improvements in Rockaway.

Turnbull said the rising job numbers and improved county finances that Neuhaus touted in his speech were really a reflection of broader economic improvements that Democrats had predicted would happen.

In addition, despite considerable water quality improvement over the past 2 decades, blue green algae is a problem for water users in some areas of the Broads National ParIn addition, despite considerable water quality improvement over the past 2 decades, blue green algae is a problem for water users in some areas of the Broads National Parin some areas of the Broads National Park.

The specific goal of releasing space - weather data from national - security assets such as GPS satellites is to enable broad scientific community engagement in enhancing space - weather model validation and improvements in space - weather forecasting and situational awareness.

For example, plant breeders working to develop crops that can resist pests and diseases or higher temperatures often look to the broad range of plants and traditional crops in primary regions of diversity as sources of useful traits for crop improvement.

A 2013 University of Cambridge study joined by Darren Dunning of the University of York, found that the improvements in game scores for children with low levels of working memory did not extend to broader skills.

This comparison gives a broad picture of the improved performance achieved in the current study (i.e. the variance across many other studies and the 1 - 2 orders of magnitude improvement over EEG based approaches).

By leveraging the exponential improvements in the semiconductor industry (known as Moore's Law), the Ion Proton ™ Sequencing System provides an unprecedented level of scalability and flexibility to support a broad range of high throughput sequencing applications, ranging from human - scale genome to exome to transcriptome sequencing.

Another pilot study found that a 15 - day course of the prebiotic FOS and Bacillus coagulans produced significant improvements in SIBO symptoms after an initial three - week course of broad - spectrum antibiotics.

As Reckhow and others have noted, the focus in grant making has been on pushing new approaches and broader policy changes that might indirectly foster improvement in high schools — through higher standards, stronger graduation requirements, and better teacher training.

«Houston leads the nation in greatest overall improvement,» said Eli Broad, the founder of the Los Angeles - based Broad Foundation, which was created in 1999 to improve urban education.

Aimed primarily at reducing the dropout rate and improving student achievement, the Boston Compact represents the most comprehensive and broad - based school - improvement effort in the country, according to Robert B. Schwartz, a special assistant to the president of...

Only in Massachusetts, where much deeper and broader reforms were instituted, has there been some improvement, although even there the state's black students have not benefited from the remedy.

Within the classroom, this can lead to improvements in behaviour, communication skills and academic performance, whilst on a broader level, it also helps to establish a solid foundation for good psychological health and wellbeing in later life.

Chicago had never even made the finals for the Broad Foundation Prize, which is awarded annually to an urban district for marked improvement in student achievement.

He suggests that schools can have only a limited influence on closing the achievement gap between students who live in poverty and their more affluent peers unless school improvement is combined with broader social and economic reforms.