Sentences with phrase «even at a basic level»

«The Promise» sacrifices political context in favor of chronicling a handful of families» plight, but it fails even at that basic level.

Judge Thomas G. Moukawsher of State Superior Court in Hartford was scathing: He criticized «uselessly perfect teacher evaluations» that found «virtually every teacher in the state» proficient or exemplary, while a third of students in many of the poorest communities can not read even at basic levels.

But, that said, if you're familiar with computers, even at a basic level, you'll be just fine.

Not exact matches

The break - even price will always be at or near this level as long as open - access to the resource is allowed — it's basic economics.

Even Richard Dawkins posits a basic level of meaningful unity within matter at the level of the gene.

The original UM document called one body of mainline Protestants to affirm at the most basic level that all forms of human life are worth incalculably more than their industrial, market, scientific or even therapeutic use value.

These principles also indicate the standards to be used in sex education — the basic ideals to be inculcated by explicit instruction in homes and at appropriate levels in schools, and even more essentially by the complex of accepted acts built into social and cultural patterns.

At its most basic level it is a belief in one thing or another, even if that thing is the belief that they don't believe in anything.

Basic church - growth principles employed even at this level.

Even on the most basic, day - to - day level, we were created with personal tipping points — an awareness that we're inching closer to becoming burned out at work, or hurt one too many times by a friend or family member.

Or financial education at even basic level.

The London Assembly's report «Hostile Streets — Walking and Cycling at Outer London Junctions» says that some roads in outer boroughs do not offer even a basic level of service, with crossings inaccessible to wheelchairs and incomplete cycle lanes that push cyclists out into fast moving traffic.

Your email list is community at a basic level, since people do tend to identify with sites that send them information frequently (bitter as I am, I have a soft spot for several sites that have been sending me newsletters for years, even though I rarely read them) or for campaigns under whose auspices they've sent email or faxes to Congress or other decision - makers.

«It will afford us a very good ground for basic tactics and indeed advance tactics, including but not limited to tactics at the Platoon, company, battalion, brigade and even division levels.

«A phylogeny and taxonomy is fundamental for all fields of biology that use lizards and snakes, to understand how to classify the species being studied, to interpret biological patterns in terms of relatedness, and even at a more basic level, to count how many species are in an area, for example, for conservation management purposes.»

Even with their tiny bird brains, rooks comprehend basic principles of physics at the same level as a 6 - month - old baby — and beyond that of chimpanzees — a new study reports.

The situation is even more dire for children learning English as a second language; only 31 % of these children were at or above the basic level.

Among Thousand Talents awardees interviewed by Science, ignorance of the program's nuts and bolts — even at the most basic level, such as the amount of money they are due — is the norm.

Even at the most basic level, we have to make sure that they don't get stuck path - finding on this new complex environment because compared to previous games this is much more complex in terms of where the monsters are going to need to go in order to chase you down and attack you.

Even at the most basic level, teaching itself requires at least two people.

They are revered by undergraduates for their ability in the classroom, even when teaching at the most basic, introductory level.

Even at the most basic level, most Connecticut Charter Schools consistently fail to educate their fair share of students who need special education services

At Meridian Medical, students take college - level courses in the sciences, health and often even basics such as English.

Put in lay terms, that means most Milner students were not even scoring at the «Basic» level on their CMTs.

These high graduation rates seem at odds with the high proportions of students demonstrating performance below proficient or even basic levels of achievement in reading and math on the NAEP.

Over 40 percent of black students score at the lowest achievement level («below basic») in reading in all grades (nearly 50 percent in grades 4 and 12), indicating a failure to even partially master essential grade level material.

In Finland, the government provides funding for basic education at all levels, and instruction is free of charge.3 In Sweden, schooling is «free,» and parents are able to choose their children's schools; funding even follows the student when they change schools.4 In Portugal, the Ministry of Education finances the public sector in its entirety, and the state subsidizes each student in private schools.5 In Germany, the Netherlands, England, Northern Ireland, and Sweden, «public funding is provided so that families can choose to send their children to schools with a religious character.»

At # 22,425 it's priced similarly to the entry - level Kia but offers more power (even at its most basic) and a more involving drivAt # 22,425 it's priced similarly to the entry - level Kia but offers more power (even at its most basic) and a more involving drivat its most basic) and a more involving drive.

The Good Bluetooth and USB connectivity are standard and well implemented in the 2011 Kia Optima EX, even at the most basic trim level.

However, even the basic CL 500 costs more than # 90,000, while the two AMG versions are priced to compete with cars such as the Bentley Continental GT and Aston Martin DB9, and at this price level the Mercedes badge doesn't quite have the same cachet as its luxury branded rivals.

Yet, at this price, the Audi Q3 is unusually devoid of quite a few features in its entry level guise, with gubbins like a powered tailgate, built - in navigation and even gearbox paddle shifters for the automatic transmission coming in as optional extras on the most basic «Premium» trim.

The Good Bluetooth and USB connectivity are standard and well - implemented in the 2011 Kia Optima Hybrid, even at the most basic trim level.

«It's chock full of standard convenience and luxury features even at its most basic trim level, while its standard turbocharged engine should deliver strong fuel economy in the mid-20-mpg range.

The 2018 GMC Sierra lineup offers a wide range of body and bed configurations, an upscale feel even at its most basic level, and comfortable front seats.

The Mercedes - Benz S - Class (W222) has no non-LED lamps at all, not even in the most basic trim level.

Unfortunately, the next service level provided by Trafford Publishing is the «Standard» package, priced at $ 1,297 - and even then, some services that we consider basic are still not included.

The Pennsylvania study (Lance & Schwarz, 2012) found that while 1.6 % fewer students tested at the Below Basic level in reading when they had full - time librarians than those who did not, the difference was even greater for Black students (5.5 %), Latino students (5.2 %), and students with disabilities (4.6 %).

S&P DJI: We've observed robo - advisors using core municipal bond ETFs within even the most basic asset allocations and at every level of client investment.

Private college tuition can be upwards of $ 50,000 a year, with public universities only nominally cheaper.An interesting paradox is developing: people require higher levels of education to qualify for even the most basic jobs, but at the same time they can not afford to achieve that education.

The most basic level is # 5 for an hour of gaming, but for each hour after that the price becomes cheaper with two hours costing # 9, three hours being # 13 and a whole day or evening pass coming in at # 25.

You'll have to know a vague idea of each character's «role» in a group (which is fairly obvious once you're at the 50 + hour time mark), you probably need to know how to level artes (which the game does a very nice job of explaining), and knowing how to gem (even only on a very basic level) would probably be helpful, but you by no means have to go into the world of affinity coins to complete the main story assuming you are a player of average skill and ability level, nor do you have to feel the innate need to update your character's equipment every 5 minutes (unless if you're preparing for a boss encounter).

Even at its most basic level, music production requires more than what this Vita app provides.

Those worries aren't unfounded and bringing your kids in the kitchen requires ground rules to protect them, but if you keep tasks at age - appropriate levels, even toddlers can get help out and start learning the basics of making meals.

Otherwise, I doubt that most people give a flying duck whether scientists go off the grid or not: It's just not interesting theater — anymore than trying to understand the issues at a basic level (even though it only requires exercising enough attention to realize that scientists will go the extra mile to explain the complicated problems while deniers only exercise rhetorical tricks).

As for myself, I will pick up articles in prebiotic chemistry, virology as it relates to retroviruses or bacterial viruses, or molecular biology, such as those dealing with new discoveries related to promoters, transcription factors (proteins and RNAs which regulate the expression of other proteins and RNAs by binding to promoters), but even after having read a fair amount, trying to fit together pieces in a puzzle, I will be lucky if I have actually understood more than half of a given article at a relatively basic level.

I also note that I have had a shot at the hockey stick at the basic level of whether tree rings are even valid as a proxy for long term temperature reconstruction (Loehle, C. 2004.

So even setting aside the many problems of its methodology, the claim itself fails at a basic maths level, which shows even setting aside the many problems of the the value of this claim is the same as «nine out of ten cats prefer.

I'm not a scientist, but it's fairly obvious to me that even at the most basic level, and whilst ignoring the political hype, there is something drastically wrong with the alarmist's case.

And at an even more basic level «anthropogenic CO2 ′ is what we all create when we breathe.

Where the believers in dangerous global warming are so ignorant of the very basics of life and of science at any level they can not even give the atmospheric component they want banned its correct name but use the name of the element which is the basis of ALL life on this planet that of «Carbon» as the item that is to be eliminated from the planet..