More than 80 districts including Newark, Orlando, and Los Angeles, have increased their published graduation rates
by at least a percentage point in recent years while sending more students to alternative programs, ProPublica has found.
Not exact matches
Uber's case is that the driver enters into a binding agreement with a person whose identity he does not know (and will never know) and who does not know and will never know his identity, to undertake a journey to a destination not told to him until the journey begins,
by a route prescribed
by a stranger to the contract [Uber] from which he is not free to depart (
at least not without risk), for a fee which (a) is set
by the stranger, and (b) is not known
by the passenger (who only is told the total to be paid), (c) is calculated
by the stranger (as a
percentage of the total sum) and (d) is paid to the stranger.
These riches were
at least as important to the Eritrean government as they were to Nevsun:
by various estimates Bisha would provide about US$ 1 billion in royalties and revenues over its life, and raise the country's annual GDP
by several
percentage points.
The goal is to raise that
percentage to
at least 40 %
by the end of 2016.
That makes the Trump Bump, for now, the largest post-election gain in
percentage terms
by the Dow index over that time frame —
at least going as far back as the Hoover Mover, when stocks rose 3.6 % following Hubert Hoover's election.
Craft brews made up only 1.3 % of total U.S. beer production in 1994, but that
percentage is expected to grow —
by at least 40 % annually over the next five years, according to some industry estimates.
According to FiveThirtyEight, Murphy won handily each time, beating his opponent
by at least 15
percentage points.
For example, according to a report
by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, 86 percent of people arrested in Cook County in 2012 tested positive for
at least one illegal narcotic — the highest
percentage of any big city.
And
by 2014, analysts predict the
percentage of TV watchers on the Web to skyrocket to
at least 60 percent of households, according to research from Bain.
GDP growth must drop every year for the next five or six years
by at least 1
percentage point a year.
Opinion of the tax reform plan is divided in «red» counties that Trump won
by at least ten
percentage points in 2016 - 34 % approve and 37 % disapprove.
Ask J. Keith Baker, mortgage banking professor
at Irving, Texas - based North Lake College, and he'll tell you the 30 - year rate may rise
by at least a half
percentage point
by mid-year, taking us to around 4.50 percent, on average.
Ideally, the soap should have a fat content of
at least 30 to 50 percent, though it can be hard to determine based on the label alone as ingredients lack
percentages and are listed
by their chemical names.
One cause of this decline in awareness of Buckley's Catholicism may be the fact that he wrote less about his faith than any other major Catholic figure of the twentieth century —
at least, if we calculate
by sheer
percentage of the prose he turned out in his hugely productive lifetime.
There are three more performance levels in the AAA program, reached
by complying with increasing
percentages of criteria on top of the critical ones: Emerging (
at least 33 % of non-critical), High Performing (66 %) and Certified (80 % or greater and
at least 50 % per principal).
The hypothesis was that mediocre teams (defined
by teams with a winning
percentage of less than 60 %) would be undervalued when they play against the top teams in baseball (opponent winning
percentage of
at least 60 %).
We already knew from last season's analysis that mediocre teams (defined
by teams with a winning
percentage of less than 60 %) have been undervalued when they square off with the league's elite (opponent winning
percentage of
at least 60 %).
Road underdogs of
at least 7 - points have gone just 426 - 406 (51.2 %), which isn't a high enough winning
percentage to cover the standard -110 juice charged
by sportsbooks.
Since the NCAA expanded to include
at least 64 teams, in» 85, the high mark for
percentage of minutes played
by freshmen on a Final Four team is 68.5, set
by Michigan's Fab Five in» 92.
The chatter had resumed last week, but the 27 - year - old was quick to stamp it out,
by committing himself to Inter Milan, until
at least the summer, telling the Dutch media: «If I must give a
percentage for it, I think I am 90 per cent certain I will stay until
at least the summer».
FitPregnancy.com reports, «
By the end of pregnancy, a large
percentage of expectant women report waking up
at least three times per night.
The report reveals that in order to meet the World Health Assembly target of increasing the
percentage of children under 6 months of age who are exclusively breastfed to
at least 50 %
by 2025, an additional $ 5.7 billion is required.
The government must review pensions and benefits each year against increases in prices and uprate them
by at least the same
percentage.
Effectively
by the year 2017, Osun had achieved a
percentage improvement of
at least 46 % in WAEC results when you compare the results of the years before the advent of the Aregbesola administration,» he added
When matched against several potential Republican gubernatorial candidates, Cuomo leads each of them
by at least 40
percentage points.
The mayor's lead decreased in the latest NY1 / Baruch College City Poll, but he was still up
by at least 30
percentage points heading into Election Day.
How far could tens of millions of dollars go in smaller, less expensive states where Democrats have a better chance to make pickups, such as Arizona and Nevada, or the five states where incumbent Democratic senators face electorates that favored Donald Trump
by at least 17
percentage points in 2016 (Indiana, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia)?
In half of the districts, the minority population grew
by at least 5
percentage points.
Miringoff points out that Cuomo leads all four potential candidates
by at least 40
percentage points.
At least one CSI was sustained
by 7.4 % of the riders wearing a helmet and 15.4 % of those not wearing one; this difference in
percentages is statistically significant (p = 0.001).
Religious participation is measured
by the
percentage of people attending religious services
at least once a month
In the study, the researchers examined change over time in reports of adult same - sex sexual experience, including bisexual behavior, and attitudes toward same - sex sexual behavior
by examining the
percentage of Americans who report having
at least one same - sex partner.
By 2014 that
percentage increased to 59 percent of girls receiving
at least one HPV vaccine dose and 40 percent receiving all three doses.
A moderate strain is caused
by a higher
percentage of damaged fibers and might force you to stop training for
at least a month, maybe more.
They used two measurements to gauge a drug's effectiveness and tolerability: the
percentage of patients who showed
at least a 50 % improvement in their symptoms as measured
by one of two scales, or who scored «much improved or very much improved» after eight weeks of treatment (or from 6 to 12 weeks if eight - week data wasn't available) and the
percentage of patients who dropped out of the study before eight weeks for any reason.
OkCupid allows you to specify exactly what kind of people can send you messages, so you never have to worry about getting emails from people who live across the country, are way too old for your liking, or who don't match you
by at least a certain
percentage.
However, that
percentage increased
by 5 percent every year so that
by 2000,
at least 50 percent of 10th - graders had to pass the same exam.
An analysis
by the National School Boards Association's Center for Public Education (CPE) suggests that «yes, we do,» revealing that (
at least in recent years) the
percentage of high school graduates who don't go on to a two - or four - year college is surprisingly small.
Ranking states
by either the
percentage of children in families with incomes
at least 200 percent of poverty level (the family income indicator) or the
percentage of adults (25 — 64) with a 2 - or 4 - year postsecondary degree (adult educational attainment), only 15 states would move 8 or more places.
The
percentage of schools with
at least one connection to the Internet increased from 89 percent to 95 percent between 1998 and 1999, according to «Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994 - 1999,» released
by the U.S. Department of Education.
Orlando is one of 83 school districts, from Newark to Los Angeles, where regular schools increased their graduation rates
by at least one
percentage point from 2010 to 2014 while sending more students into alternative education, ProPublica's analysis found.
For high school students, participation rate means the
percentage of designated students in
at least their fourth year of high school, as designated
by the commissioner, who received a valid score on the required assessments for high schools, as set forth in subparagraph (v) of this paragraph.
«Overall, our best estimate is that the combined effects of dismissal and reform, separate from the hurricane effect, reduced the 2007 education employment of pre-Katrina New Orleans teachers
by at least 16
percentage points,» the study says.
It also increased
by 8.1
percentage points
at the
least competitive institutions — from 11.7 to 19.8.
The report paints a similarly discouraging picture in terms of reading proficiency — just 17.4 % of 3rd graders, 10.1 % of 8th graders, and 14.4 % of high school students with disabilities were able to meet the proficiency mark (all down
by at least 25
percentage points from 2011 - 12).
During state fiscal years 2001 - 02 through 2010 - 11, statewide base per pupil funding under the Public School Finance Act (PSFA) and state funding for categorical programs are required to «grow annually
at least by the rate of inflation plus an additional one
percentage point;» and after 2010 - 11,
by a rate
at least equal to the rate of inflation.
Its goal is to increase average daily attendance
by at least 2
percentage points, or an average of three school days per student each year.
Another study in Chile found, «On net, the voucher reforms increased primary school graduation rates
by 0.6
percentage points, high school graduation rates
by 3.6 percent, college - going rates
by 3.1 percent and the percent completing
at least four years of college
by 1.8 percent for individuals exposed to the reform during their entire schooling career.»
Nashville schools that opened with the backing of the incubator outscored Metro Nashville Public Schools
by at least 10
percentage points in every subject tested on the 2012 Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program test.
Between 2002 and 2011, the
percentage of high school seniors graduating after having taken
at least one Advanced Placement exam increased
by a two-fold; this includes a three-fold increase in the number of black high school seniors taking
at least one A.P. exam, and a two-fold jump in Latino students taking A.P. exams.