Sentences with phrase «card on closing the gap»

Kevin Rudd presented his report card on closing the gap in Indigenous disadvantage and life expectancy to Parliament today (correction, it was actually on Thurs 11th), but he got a much tougher assessment from a «shadow report» released by Close the Gap, a coalition of more than 40 of Australia's leading health, human rights and Aboriginal organisations.

Kevin Rudd presented his report card on closing the gap in Indigenous disadvantage and life expectancy to Parliament today (correction, it was actually on Thurs 11th), but he got a much toug... Read more

Not exact matches

Perhaps the 20:20 camera coverage of today makes exacting revenge on Barton a near guaranteed red card but if Arsenal had kept their heads and had instead allowed Newcastle to lose theirs and fly in with wild tackles, the Gooner contributors would instead be savouring 3 points gained and closing the gap at the top to 2 points.

The release includes a model report card and a breakdown of how school ratings will be calculated based on student achievement, student growth, closing achievement gaps and whether students are prepared to graduate, as well as test participation, absentee and dropout rates.

The gap between Hispanics and whites on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the Nation's Report Card, has stayed fairly stagnant over the past few years in both math and reading, even as the country has become more focused on closing achievement gaps as required by the 2002 federal education law, No Child Left Behind.

The report cards rate schools and districts on student achievement, student growth, closing the achievement gap and whether students are on - track for their grade and ready for post-secondary training and education.

The report cards rate public schools for the first time on a scale of 0 to 100 based on state test scores and other factors, such as graduation rates, attendance and progress on closing achievement gaps.

New Haven, Conn. — Connecticut's fourth - and eighth - grade students continue to score higher than their national peers in reading, and have made modest long - term gains in math based on 2017 results from the Nation's Report Card — but our current rate of progress means The Constitution State would need a century to close the achievement gap.

These report cards include data on multiple indicators for multiple years across four Priority Areas (Student Achievement, Growth, Closing Gaps, and On - track and Post-Secondary Successon multiple indicators for multiple years across four Priority Areas (Student Achievement, Growth, Closing Gaps, and On - track and Post-Secondary SuccessOn - track and Post-Secondary Success).

If that's the case, the Rewards Visa card's 2 % cash back on those two categories will reward you nicely, and close the gap on the higher Amazon.com savings you'd get with the Amazon Prime and Sallie Mae credit cards.

Simply continue charging your daily expenses on the card, and soon you will close the gap.

The Federal Government has yet to make a commitment on Justice Reinvestment or to introduce a justice target, as it has been long urged by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations, as part of its Closing the Gap strategy in response to yet another year's poor report card, It has rather instructed the Australian Law Reform Commission to conduct an inquiry into the incarceration rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people — which will report at the end of this year.

AIDA reinforces the recommendation made in the 2012 and 2013 National Report Cards on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention that mental health be included as a distinct target in the Closing the Gap campaign.

The COAG Reform Council's latest report card on government attempts to close the gap on Indigenous disadvantage has found there have been some improvements but much more work is needed.

The AMA Indigenous Health Report Card 2015 — Treating the high rates of imprisonment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as a symptom of the health gap: an integrated approach to both — called on the Australian Government to set a target for closing the gap in the rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander imprisonment.

Thanks to the National Rural Health Alliance for the link to the Budget lock up presentation by Health Minister Greg Hunt detailing his first, second and third waves of reform, which make it clear why there is disappointment on Indigenous health funding, particularly given the poor Close the Gap report card earlier this year, and on prevention.

Campaign Co-Chairs Mick Gooda and Kirstie Parker today released the 2015 Close the Gap Progress and Priorities Report, to coincide with the Prime Minister's annual report card to Parliament on progress made to reduce Indigenous disadvantage.