Sentences with phrase «federal benchmarks for»

This award recognizes schools and districts that have met all state and federal benchmarks for at least two consecutive years and are making progress toward VIP objectives reflecting the goals of Governor Kaine and the Board.

This award recognizes schools and divisions that have met all state and federal benchmarks for at least two consecutive years and are making progress toward VIP objectives reflecting the goals of Governor Kaine and the board.

Fewer schools in Michigan met federal benchmarks for students» academic progress this year, and state officials blame the slide on higher standards required by the federal government.

And so, five years ago, the district was flagged for not making federal benchmarks for adequate yearly progress (AYP).

The Board of Education Distinguished Achievement Award was earned by one division — West Point — and 98 schools that met all state and federal benchmarks for at least two consecutive years and made progress toward the goals of the governor and the board.

A Post review of Health Department data shows that roughly 7 percent of inspected full - day universal pre-K programs that are operated by private organizations had lead levels above the federal benchmark for remediation of 15 parts per billion.

Not exact matches

Trouble is, outside of the federal government, NIST recommendations are typically viewed as nice benchmarks to strive for, strictly on a voluntary basis.

The federal government and the banks hold considerable sway over the housing market, of course; the central bank's benchmark rate is a clumsy tool for trying to moderate volatile real estate markets.

Where were you when the U.S. Federal Reserve announced, at 2 p.m. Washington time on December 16, 2015, that it would raise its benchmark interest rate for the first time in nine years?

When the Federal Reserve Board meets later this month, there's a better than 50 - 50 chance it will raise its benchmark interest rate for the first time in seven years.

The Federal Reserve is also due to meet this week, and while no rate hike in benchmark U.S. interest rates is expected, investors will look for clues on the future pace of increases.

Although LIBOR and the prime rate do track the federal funds rate closely, the federal funds rate is not a benchmark for student loans.

In her first public comments in two months, Yellen said the economy was improving to the point that policymakers soon could nudge up the benchmark federal funds rate for the first time since December.

On March 31st the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate for the sixth time in 3 years -LSB-...]

The Fed has a dual mandate to maximize employment and stabilize inflation, which it tries to achieve primarily by pushing up or down the federal funds rate, the benchmark short - term financing cost for banks that influences a wide range of borrowing rates for households and businesses.

On March 31st the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate for the sixth time in 3 years and signaled its intention to raise rates twice more in 2018, aiming for a fed funds target of 3.5 % by 2020.

Following a January rally, the global commodities complex underwent declines in February before partially recovering in March; for the first quarter as a whole, the benchmark Thomson Reuters CoreCommodity CRB Index (CRB) gained 0.8 % on a price - only basis.1 Among the 19 component commodities tracked by the CRB, advancers had a slight edge over decliners, buoyed by growth in global economies and weakness in the trade - weighted US dollar, which retreated 2.1 %, according to the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) US Dollar Index.1 Aside from robust gains for a host of agricultural products, oil and gold were also among the commodity winners.

Concerns about global trade tensions between China and the U.S. and the fear that the stellar earnings could be as good as it gets for stocks are all combining to undermine the sort of confidence that was in abundance during last year's run of repeated records for equity benchmarks, as the U.S. economy enters it ninth year of expansion and as the Federal Reserve moves to normalize monetary policy from crisis - era levels.

The federal funds rate, which governs the cost of lending between banks and serves as a benchmark for the whole economy, has stood at a zero to 0.25 percent range since December 2008, during the depth of the financial crisis.

Since a 2013 overhaul of the Higher Education Act, interest rates on federal direct loans are set annually, according to a formula that uses rates for 10 - year Treasury notes as a benchmark.

Further, according to analyst projections, eliminating CSR payments would also result in a net increase in federal costs of $ 2.3 billion2 for fiscal year 2018 as the result of the increased benchmark premium also increasing the premium subsidies.

On March 21, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the US Federal Reserve Board under its new chairman, Jerome Powell, raised benchmark interest rates, or the target for the federal funds rate, by 25 basis points to 1.5 - 1.75 percent, effectively bringing the federal funds rate to a little above 1.6 pFederal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the US Federal Reserve Board under its new chairman, Jerome Powell, raised benchmark interest rates, or the target for the federal funds rate, by 25 basis points to 1.5 - 1.75 percent, effectively bringing the federal funds rate to a little above 1.6 pFederal Reserve Board under its new chairman, Jerome Powell, raised benchmark interest rates, or the target for the federal funds rate, by 25 basis points to 1.5 - 1.75 percent, effectively bringing the federal funds rate to a little above 1.6 pfederal funds rate, by 25 basis points to 1.5 - 1.75 percent, effectively bringing the federal funds rate to a little above 1.6 pfederal funds rate to a little above 1.6 percent.

For instance, if the Federal Reserve decides to cut its benchmark rate, conventional loan rates could fall, too.

The Fed's go - to move is tweaking its target for the federal funds rate, which is what banks charge one another for loans and the benchmark for our rates on mortgages, credit cards and other debts, as well as savings accounts, CDs and Treasury bonds.

The US Federal Reserve remained in tightening mode at its March monetary policy meeting, raising its benchmark interest rate for the sixth time since December 2015.

For purposes of this paragraph, the term «general level of short - term interest rates» shall be defined as the average value over the preceding six - week interval of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's benchmark Broad Treasury financing rate on overnight repurchase agreements»

An early benchmark of this consensus is the 1944 report of the Calhoun Commission, convened by Robert Calhoun for the Federal Council of Churches.

The law goes beyond federal minimum requirements to specifically include nutritional requirements for a la carte items and school sponsored fundraisers before, during, and after school hours, and requires that a planned, sequential K - 12 health and physical education curriculum aligned with state benchmarks be included in the wellness policy.

D.C. Central Kitchen's bid for the pilot contract was «somewhat more» than the $ 2.70 - per - meal benchmark the schools had set in their request for proposals, representing approximately the amount the federal government provides for a fully - subsidized school lunch.

Launched in September 2013, through a three - year cooperative agreement with Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), the Home Visiting CoIIN works to achieve breakthrough improvements in select process and outcome measures, including benchmark areas legislatively mandated for the Federal Home Visiting program, while reducing or maintaining program costs.

For instance, this year's benchmark for the federal budget is $ 42 but oil now goes for over $ 70 per barrel and instead of paying all the revenues to the Federation Account, the FG still operates an Excess Crude Oil Account contrary to the judgment of the Supreme Court and they spend such funds without recourse to appropriate authorities,» he saFor instance, this year's benchmark for the federal budget is $ 42 but oil now goes for over $ 70 per barrel and instead of paying all the revenues to the Federation Account, the FG still operates an Excess Crude Oil Account contrary to the judgment of the Supreme Court and they spend such funds without recourse to appropriate authorities,» he safor the federal budget is $ 42 but oil now goes for over $ 70 per barrel and instead of paying all the revenues to the Federation Account, the FG still operates an Excess Crude Oil Account contrary to the judgment of the Supreme Court and they spend such funds without recourse to appropriate authorities,» he safor over $ 70 per barrel and instead of paying all the revenues to the Federation Account, the FG still operates an Excess Crude Oil Account contrary to the judgment of the Supreme Court and they spend such funds without recourse to appropriate authorities,» he said.

Employers added 235,000 workers to their payrolls in February — a hefty gain that clears the path for the Federal Reserve to raise its benchmark interest rate when it meets next week.

In December, the Department of Justice said that the 28 units should count towards the 2014 benchmark for financing under the 2009 federal housing settlement, which calls for the building of 750 units of affordable housing in 31 mostly white municipalities.

The US has 86 crime labs that carry out genetic analyses, but the federal government sets no common benchmarks for their work.

Passed four decades ago, the Clean Air Act gave Calif. a «waiver» to petition the federal government for permission to impose its own benchmarks, but the Bush administration had denied the request.

The federal poverty level, still the most commonly used benchmark for determining who is defined as poor or in need of public assistance, was created in the 1960s and is based primarily on estimates of minimal food costs.

Leveraging the federal role by using the Higher Education Act to offer students incentives to graduate ready for college and the workplace, support state efforts to raise high school exit standards and strengthen postsecondary accountability, and by aligning the 12th grade National Assessment of Educational Progress to ADP's benchmarks; and,

First, federal policymakers should offer funds to help underwrite the cost for states to take the five action steps described above [including» adopting a common core of internationally benchmarked standards in math and language arts.»]

Eight states have raised their standards for passing elementary - school math and reading tests in recent years, but these states and most others still fall below national benchmarks, according to a federal report released Wednesday.

For one, officials said last week, they are looking to deemphasize federal performance benchmarks as part of the evaluation parents, students, teachers and taxpayers should use in analyzing schools and districts.

It would set academic growth targets for each student subgroup, and require that charter schools that failed to meet federal benchmarks not be renewed for over three years.

After the plans became available for public review, organizations like Bellwether Education Partners, the Collaborative for Student Success, Alliance for Education, National Council on Teacher Quality and the Brookings Institution reviewed the submissions to understand their overall strengths and weaknesses, and to determine whether elements like educator equity and benchmarks for federal accountability were present.

While it's not looking like a catastrophe, this bill is a real missed opportunity for conservatives to substantively walk back the federal role in education, despite Alexander's promises; it meets none of the four excellent benchmarks the Heritage Foundation's Lindsey Burke outlined last December:

Pennsylvania's proposed indicators for federal accountability include a greater emphasis on academic growth, career readiness benchmarks, chronic absenteeism, and extended - year graduation rates for federal accountability purposes.

The efforts of the group are likely to be included in an application the state may make to receive a waiver from federal No Child Left Behind requirements for next year, which punish schools unable to meet rising national performance benchmarks.

Until now, the agency considered whether states evaluated students for special needs in a timely manner, whether they reported information to the federal government and met other procedural benchmarks.

To qualify for the distinction, schools must exceed all state and federal accountability benchmarks for two consecutive years and achieve pass rates on reading and mathematics SOL tests at or above the 85th percentile.

To earn the Governor's Award for Educational Excellence, schools and school divisions must meet all state and federal achievement benchmarks and achieve all applicable excellence goals for elementary reading, enrollment in Algebra I by the eighth grade, enrollment in college - level courses, high school graduation, attainment of advanced diplomas, increased attainment of career and industry certifications, and, if applicable, participation in the Virginia Preschool Initiative.

These schools also met all state and federal accountability benchmarks for at least two consecutive years and made significant progress toward goals for increased student achievement and expanded educational opportunities set by the board.

Title I Highly Distinguished schools must exceed all state and federal accountability benchmarks for two consecutive years and have achieved pass rates on English and mathematics Standards of Learning (SOL) tests at or above the 85th percentile.