Sentences with phrase «despite lower scores»

Despite the low score however, the match was not lacking in excitement as we saw a total of 31 shots in the 40 minutes of play.

Besides Cuomo's election as governor, what was new in 2011, when the development finally landed state funding despite the low scores, was that The Birches at Fishkill had secured a $ 1.4 million grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York.

There's a non-trivial risk of branding as failures some schools that, despite low scores, are actually doing right by kids.

But there are a few «bargain» neighborhoods, and one outlier school that's surrounded by pricey housing despite low scores.

Just because Apple has a higher number doesn't mean an Android device isn't still very capable despite a lower score.

Not exact matches

The reason Canada scores an average «C» grade on this indicator despite being at the bottom of the list of peer countries is because of the extremely low score of the last two countries in the list.

Why didn't they entitle the chart with something more positive such as, «Being Asian Can Get You A Lower Mortgage Rate,» or «Although Asians Need Higher Grades And Test Scores To Have The Same Chance To Get Into University, At Least Asians Get To Pay Lower Mortgage Rates,» or «Despite Some Disadvantages Of Being A Minority, You Can Still Get The Best Mortgage Rate Possible,» or «Being A Minority May Make It Easier To Get A Better Rate.»

While Costco and Meijer scored the lowest and Delhaize America scored the highest, none of the stores received a passing grade, despite the majority of the retailers being members of the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), an international network of the world's largest retailers, which in 2010 committed to begin phasing out HFCs in 2015.

After 5 rounds the decision was made on points, and despite taking a lot of punishment from some brutal low kicks to his left leg, Rees triumphed with a unanimous points win with good scoring knees, takedowns, and kicks to the body.

Receivers DeVante Parker and James Quick (combined: 69 catches, 18.0 yards per catch; Parker has 735 yards despite missing half the season) give Louisville big - play potential and will make sure this game isn't TOO low - scoring.

These are giddy times for the Colts, who, despite a season - low scoring output on Sunday, remain on pace to surpass the record 556 points produced by the 1998 Minnesota Vikings.

Last week fun was often in short supply on the course, despite typically low scores.

Joachim Low is likely to stick with the same team that saw off the hosts in such stunning fashion, with all - time World Cup leading goalscorer Miroslav Klose starting upfront despite the second half of audition of Andre Schurrle against Brazil, which saw the Chelsea man score twice.

Despite a number of players posting low scores, Troy Matteson remains in the lead at the 2012 John Deere Classic as the third round begins to wrap up.

Despite Holbrook's track record, bettors are anticipating a low - scoring game.

For the first time in the Premier League two clubs scored over 100 goals (Manchester City - 102 & Liverpool - 101) despite the divisional total slumping to a five year low; (1052 vs 942); Jose Mourinho lost his first EPL home game in 78 matches and that victory helped Sunderland to become only the second team ever to survive the drop having been bottom at Christmas.

Despite the need for victory Arsenal need to avoid defeat here even more and their away games this season point to it being a low scoring game.

I also added, «despite their attacking prowess it is not difficult to see why they are the lowest scoring team in the Premier League at the moment.»

Seals Nevergold said that despite poor test scores and a low graduation rate Brown had a good «transitional» first year.

Twelve projects in the Mid-Hudson region applied for the credit, and Aaron's was among three winners picked by DHCR, despite the fact that the project had the second - lowest score from DHCR staff for that pot of money.

The state labeled Hughes a «persistently low - achieving» school in early 2010 because of its low test scores, and despite an infusion of state funding and efforts to turn it around, it has not markedly improved, district Chief Academic Officer Laura Kelley said.

Other leaders have had bigger leads despite a lower overall score, including Tony Blair over William Hague in 2001.

As the Times Union reported in 2015, the Birches at Schoharie received state support despite getting a low initial score from the staff of Homes and Community Renewal, which allocates competitive state and federal grants and tax benefits for affordable housing projects.

As the Times Union reported in 2015, the Birches at Schoharie received state support despite getting a low initial score from the staff of the state Division of Housing and Community Renewal, which allocates competitive state and federal grants and tax benefits for affordable housing projects.

Cuomo maintains that too many teachers are getting great evaluations despite students scoring low on standardized tests.

However, over the course of 18 months, bilingual students outperformed English - only students with higher scores in math and inhibitory control, despite having lower baseline scores for math at the beginning of the study.

The one - third of postmenopausal women who scored highest on the memory tests actually had brain activity that looked like that of premenopausal women — despite their low estradiol levels.

Research shows the younger a child begins spending time in front of the screen, the lower they score on language tests, despite being taught language on educational videos or television.

Despite these apparently quite high intakes, there are indications that athletes are under pressure to maintain a low bodyweight or body fat percentage, as dysfunctional eating behaviours and higher scores on eating disorder scales have been observed in female Olympic weightlifters than normal control subjects (Walberg & Johnston, 1991).

And despite online dating's reputation for superficiality, mutual attraction scored low on the list of soulmate traits.

I'm glad i picked this game up despite some low review scores from ign and gamespot.

Average score: 70.25 Total value: $ 93.69 Skinny: Despite the low money and Metacritic totals, Dishonored makes this one of the best months for PS Plus.

Schools that are doing heroic work bringing students with extremely low scores up to a point that may be just below proficiency get no credit for that, and may, in fact, face serious sanctions despite the progress they are making with kids who are the most at risk.

Despite making far larger test - score gains than students attending open - enrollment district schools, and despite the emphasis their schools place on cultivating non-cognitive skills, charter school students exhibit markedly lower average levels of self - control as measured by student self - reports (see FigDespite making far larger test - score gains than students attending open - enrollment district schools, and despite the emphasis their schools place on cultivating non-cognitive skills, charter school students exhibit markedly lower average levels of self - control as measured by student self - reports (see Figdespite the emphasis their schools place on cultivating non-cognitive skills, charter school students exhibit markedly lower average levels of self - control as measured by student self - reports (see Figure 2).

Despite widening gaps between highest - and lowest - scoring students, average scores in reading and mathematics were essentially flat from 2015 to 2017, with the exception of eighth - grade reading scores, where the percentage of proficient students increased by two percentage points.

But then again, why would the NPR blogger paraphrase the president of a local district's teachers union who asserts that, despite low test scores, «their parents are happy» and then not ask parents like Salvador Ramirez and Jennifer Perez who have very publicly expressed their unhappiness with that district in their local paper of record?

But it might be the case that, despite low test scores, lots of AECs are doing great work.

Our results suggest that children who speak primarily a non-English language at home recruited executive functions to support their reading comprehension despite of their lower English vocabulary scores.

But, depressingly, this only brought the group up to 8 percent proficiency; and despite this progress, they are outperformed by the low - income students (measured by scale scores) of every participating city except Detroit.

Despite gains in achievement, African American and Latino students still score significantly lower in the aggregate than white students.

Perhaps even more telling, 42 percent of public school parents said they expect the scores to be about the same as in the past, despite all the changes; only 6 percent said they expect the scores will be lower.

Approximately nine months ago she was asked to resign her teaching position by the district's interim superintendent — Dr. Michael Rivera — due to her students» low test scores for the 2013 - 2014 school year, and despite her students exceeding expectations on other indicators of learning and achievement.

Despite some persistently low scores in Hazlehurst, Drawdy, the deputy state superintendent, said «there's a point where we have to decide that it's time now to give it back.»

Among the facts from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Fourth Grade Reading report cited by FairTest: — There has been no gain in NAEP grade four reading performance nationally since 1992 despite a huge increase in state - mandated testing; — NAEP scores in southern states, which test the most and have the highest stakes attached to their state testing programs, have declined; — The NAEP score gap between white children and those from African American and Hispanic families has increased, even though schools serving low - income and minority - group children put the most emphasis on testing; and — Scores of children eligible for free lunch programs have dropped sincescores in southern states, which test the most and have the highest stakes attached to their state testing programs, have declined; — The NAEP score gap between white children and those from African American and Hispanic families has increased, even though schools serving low - income and minority - group children put the most emphasis on testing; and — Scores of children eligible for free lunch programs have dropped sinceScores of children eligible for free lunch programs have dropped since 1996.

«Despite the low LEAP scores, 94 % of parents say they are satisfied or very satisfied with the scholarship program.»

Despite what the lack of action on this issue suggests, however, there is widespread public support for increasing the selectivity of teacher preparation programs: 60 percent of Americans believe that preparation programs should make their entrance requirements more rigorous.11 While there has been some recent evidence of a shift, the average SAT scores of college students pursuing education degrees have historically been lower than those of students entering other professions.12

In his RSCO School Choice Fair field notes, HH expresses concern that ``... the lack of conversations about test scores, despite some critics» view that test scores are not a reliable indicator of a school's quality of education, is concerning as low - income parents might not be aware of the academic outcome produced by the schools that they are choosing for their kids» (HH).

And the state, which bears particular responsibility in all of this, punishes and stigmatizes low - scoring schools despite compelling research questioning the wisdom of such policies.

But now, just a year later, Pryor is saying that although he knew the shift to the Common Core was taking place and despite the fact that shifting to the common core would lead to lower test scores on the Connecticut Mastery Test, he still spent $ 25 million or more conducting the 2013 Connecticut Mastery Test and never once suggested that teacher evaluation plans would need to take into account the news that at drop in scores was not a reflection of a teacher's performance.

Test scores are being used with increasing frequency to rate teachers, deny students promotion from one grade to another, and justify closing «low - performing» schools,» despite a lack of evidence that such strategies have any educational value.