Sentences with phrase «federal benchmarks not»

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.

Not exact matches

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

While it may not sound like much on paper, the Federal Reserve «s anticipated move Wednesday to hike its benchmark interest rate target up a quarter point will have ramifications.

The US Federal Reserve didn't find a compelling reason to raise interest rates at its March policy meeting, maintaining its benchmark short - term interest rate (fed funds rate) in the range of 1/4 to 1/2 percent.

The US Federal Reserve didn't find a compelling reason to raise interest rates at its March policy meeting, maintaining its benchmark short - term...

While that could change in coming months — the Federal Reserve is expected to raise its benchmark rate in 2017 — you're probably not going to see big changes in savings accounts.

While not exactly hitting the Federal Reserve's revered 2.0 % annual inflation target, it was apparently close enough to create more jitters in the bond market, with the yield on the U.S. Treasury's benchmark 10 - year note immediately climbing seven basis points to 2.91 %, its highest level in more than four years.

BlackRock's Rick Rieder believes there are several factors behind the Federal Reserve's decision to not raise its benchmark rate, but highlights one particular trend to keep an eye on.

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:

If the states don't meet the benchmarks the federal government will withhold some funding.

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

Under federal law, local educational agencies are required to give parents the option of transferring to another school inside the district when the neighborhood school falls into Program Improvement as a result of not meeting performance benchmarks.

Parents deserve to know the facts about these frequent benchmark tests that are not required by federal law.

There's just one problem: The federal government has not (yet) penalized a single district for failing to hit the 95 % benchmark.

The reality is that, after the Federal Reserve has set and kept its benchmark short term rate to near zero for more than four years, there aren't many banks that offer savings accounts that would let savers earn a decent return for their hard earned money.

Unfortunately, savings accounts don't provide very high returns these days due to the low benchmark rates set by the federal government.

That didn't happen as Pimco, guided by an economic view called the «new neutral,» predicted that shorter - term bonds will do better than longer - dated debt out of a belief that investors are overestimating how much the Federal Reserve will increase the benchmark rate.