Sentences with phrase «evidenced by a graduation»

Over the last decade, New York City public school students have seen real improvements in their schools, most clearly evidenced by a graduation rate that has been climbing steadily after decades of stagnation.

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The 2006 Child Well - Being Index, released in March by the Foundation for Child Development in cooperation with Duke University and the Brookings Institution, suggests a general lack of progress for K - 12 students, evidenced by flat scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, persistent achievement gaps, and falling high school graduation rates.

Judging by the currently available statistical evidence, eliminating the test score gap would sharply increase black college - graduation rates, making them nearly equal to white rates.

Evidence offered: «A 2009 report from America's Promise Alliance, a national advocacy and research organization headed by retired General Colin Powell, showed IPS had the lowest graduation rate among central city school districts in the nation's largest 50 cities.»

Preliminary data suggests that continued mindfulness practice does have a positive effect on student achievement as evidenced by increased graduation rates and a decrease in the D / F rate.

The relationship between decreased high school graduation rates and these characteristics is supported by a wealth of evidence.

This system, which for the first time would have, when fully implemented, established a Texas high school diploma as evidence of post-secondary readiness without the need for remediation, was essentially gutted over the following two legislative sessions, so that by 2013 the Texas high school graduation standard was effectively reduced to freshman algebra and sophomore English and language arts!

In addition, applicants will need to have all required documentation, which includes proof of employment (such as tax returns or pay stubs), proof of graduation (as evidenced by a transcript or diploma), statements from student loans, and proof of residency (such as ID, lease agreement, or utility bills).

16.25.2.12 SENIOR STUDENTS AND NEW GRADUATES: If a senior student or new graduate's veterinary school has not yet provided the diploma by the applicant's examination date, a properly authenticated document such as a letter from the veterinary school dean evidencing graduation or impending graduation may temporarily substitute for the diploma.

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A covariate was included in the multivariate analyses if theoretical or empirical evidence supported its role as a risk factor for obesity, if it was a significant predictor of obesity in univariate regression models, or if including it in the full multivariate model led to a 5 % or greater change in the OR.48 Model 1 includes maternal IPV exposure, race / ethnicity (black, white, Hispanic, other / unknown), child sex (male, female), maternal age (20 - 25, 26 - 28, 29 - 33, 34 - 50 years), maternal education (less than high school, high school graduation, beyond high school), maternal nativity (US born, yes or no), child age in months, relationship with father (yes or no), maternal smoking during pregnancy (yes or no), maternal depression (as measured by a CIDI - SF cutoff score ≥ 0.5), maternal BMI (normal / underweight, overweight, obese), low birth weight (< 2500 g, ≥ 2500 g), whether the child takes a bottle to bed at age 3 years (yes or no), and average hours of child television viewing per day at age 3 years (< 2 h / d, ≥ 2 h / d).