Sentences with phrase «federal study found»

A federal study found that two - thirds of larval blue crabs died when exposed to acidity levels like those currently measured off the West Coast, he said.

A 2011 federal study found that although the employment rate within 6 years of leaving high school for special education students (71.1 percent) was actually slightly better than for general education students (70.7 percent), the special education graduates earned significantly less — $ 9.40 an hour, compared to $ 13.20.

A federal study found that school teachers spend hundreds of dollars of their own money on school supplies — a fact Anne Arundel County hopes to mitigate with $ 500 gift cards to new teachers.

A new federal study found 40 states lacked expertise to help school turnaround efforts.

In fact, a recent federal study found that states» «passing scores» have been drifting downward under pressure from NCLB — since each state can set its own standards for «passing,» and each has an incentive to lower the standard so that it «passes» as many schools as possible.

since 2002, when a big federal study found risks from traditional hormone replacement therapy, or HRT.»

Brentin Mock writes on a federal study finding, no surprise, that poverty and pollution result in poorer birth outcomes in North Carolina.

See on Scoop.it — California Car Accident Lawyer PBSTraffic accidents in the U.S. cost $ 871 billion a year, federal study finds PBS WASHINGTON — The economic and societal harm from motor vehicle crashes amounted to a whopping $ 871 billion in a single year, according to a study released Thursday...

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A 2013 Federal Trade Commission study found that 20 percent of consumers identified errors on their reports that might affect their score, and 5 percent had an error significant enough that it could result in their paying higher loan rates.

A study that analyzed tax data from 2012 to 2016 found 17 percent of taxpayers faced a federal tax bill.

The CBPP found in a recent study that 16 million children in low - income families would be excluded from the benefit entirely, as their parents don't make enough to pay federal taxes and thus receive a refund.

The Federal Reserve studied the effects of weather on retail sales in 2000, and found that, in general, monthly fluctuations in sales caused by weather were smoothed out on a quarterly basis.

First, in 2009 there was an increase in federal tobacco tax.35 The national cigarette tax increased by 158 %, resulting in an immediate reduction in cigarette uptake among US adolescents.35 In our study we found a small but statistically significant increase in quit attempts among US adults, from 39.9 % in 2006 - 07 to 41.4 % in 2010 - 11 (fig 2, top panel).

A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond revealed that «few merchants are found to reduce prices or debit restrictions as debit costs decrease.»

A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond found that the Durbin Amendment is not working as Congress intended and has led to several unintended consequences.

To help the bottom line, the federal government promises to review departmental spending to find savings and to scour its cupboard to see if it should sell off federal assets, and will continue to study the possible privatization of Canadian airports.

➢ Another 2014 study found that one - year - advance growth forecasts from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the European Central Bank from 2008 to 2012 showed «substantial over-optimism, averaging 1.6 to 2.4 percentage points above actual growth.»

A study conducted by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College using data from the Federal Reserve's 2010 Survey of Consumer Finances found that the typical household approaching retirement is ill prepared financially.

A 2015 study by the National Institute for Retirement Security, using data from the Federal Reserve's 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances, found that across all American households, including those without retirement accounts, the median retirement account balance is $ 2,500, and for households near retirement, $ 14,500.

A study from seven Federal Reserve banks found that small businesses that apply for loans with community banks are the most successful and the most satisfied with their borrowing experiences, ahead of businesses that borrow from credit unions, large banks and online lenders.

A 2013 study by the Federal Reserve Bank found just 27 percent of college grads had a job that was closely related to their major.

VISALIA, Calif. — The findings of a five - month long study commissioned by California Dairies, Inc. (CDI), Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA), and Land O & rsquo; Lakes, Inc. (LOL) indicate that a properly written federal milk marketing order for California would provide a regulatory structure that would potentially result in higher farm gate prices, which would benefit California dairy farm families.

A brand - new study in the journal Pediatrics (released online today) found that regulating the sale of «competitive foods» (any food or drink sold outside the federal meal program) may help keep students at healthier weights.

Several studies have found that decreased access to competitive foods leads to increased participation in the National School Lunch Program and subsequent increases in federal reimbursements and overall revenue.

I've walked the fields of mega-tournaments, watched countless instructional DVDs and books, appeared on television to promote new football helmets, and, over the years, have turned down the chance to promote hundreds, if not thousands, of products, many making claims that could not be backed up by peer - reviewed studies, some whose advertisements were later found to be misleading by the Federal Trade Commission.

A federal advisory panel studying the safety of the chemical has delayed releasing its finding.

A 2015 KSHF - commissioned series of case studies of 19 schools in seven states explored the effects of these federal kitchen equipment grants on students and meal programs and found that equipment bought with these funds helped many schools overcome challenges reported in the 2013 study.

The study team found that only 27 percent of the lunches met at least three of the five National School Lunch Program standards from the federal government, which include fruit, vegetables, grains, meat or another protein source and milk.

ALBANY — A federal water study commissioned by the Cuomo administration as it weighed a key decision on fracking was edited and delayed by state officials before it was published, a Capital review has found.

That's just one of the many notable findings in data compiled by New Organizing Institute, a liberal group, which took a broad look at federal campaign staffers in their study.

A 2014 State Comptroller's study found that over one - half of renters and over one - third of homeowners in New York State pay more than 30 percent of their income for housing, which is the federal standard for affordable housing.

A study of three upstate counties of New York found fewer than 10 percent of polling places fully compliant with state and federal laws.

The DOT studied the crossing again and found three weeks after the accident that it met federal guidelines for a traffic light.

«While the toolkit's target audience is federal employees, other organizations and individuals will find many of the case studies and resources useful,» stated Shanley.

State and federal geologists, who had been studying where all that water was coming from, announced grim findings.

To find out, Valerie Trouet at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research in Birmensdorf and colleagues studied the growth rate of trees in Morocco and a stalagmite in Scotland, both dating back 1000 years, to determine rainfall levels during the MCA.

Reeves has studied the effect of natural disasters on voting patterns and has found that when a local official asks for federal aid after an earthquake, hurricane or tornado, that official gets a bump of a few points in the polls.

Stress Photonics recently signed a contract with the Federal Highway Administration to study using the technology to find cracks and corrosion in bridges.

Contrary to public perception, the number of children in immigrant families is not the primary reason more children are living in poverty, a Rutgers study has found, raising the question of whether federal policies affecting immigrants should be significantly altered.

«We only found one, so it is a rare event,» says study coauthor Kepler de Souza Oliveira Filho, an astronomer at the Federal

«40 years of federal nutrition research fatally flawed, study finds.»

Taras Gerya at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich reviewed studies that modelled Earth's early formation and found that the process changed as the mantle cooled.

The study, now published in PLOS ONE, could present scientists with the additional dilemma of finding alternative funding sources, especially during a time when federal funding may be scarce, that won't jeopardize the perceived integrity of their research.

CAMR was founded around when President George W. Bush issued an executive order on 9 August 2001 limiting federal funding for hESC studies to existing cell lines.

A 2014 federal change that limited the dispensing of hydrocodone products may be indirectly contributing to the illegal use of some of those drugs, a study by University of Texas Medical Branch researchers has found.

The study also found that win rates varied by the geographic boundaries of the federal circuits.

The study, which analyzed 210 lawsuits involving First Amendment claims by professors and college instructors against public colleges and universities from 1964 - 2014, found that educational institutions won more than 73 percent of cases in federal and state courts.

In the study, Cantwell and Barrett Taylor, assistant professor of counseling and higher education at the University of North Texas, found that U.S. universities receiving more federal research money and awarding more doctorate degrees in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math) tend to score higher in the Shanghai rankings.

The study analyzes the impact of government funding decisions on community health center capacity in the coming years and finds that without federal funding and expanded Medicaid, the number of patients served by community health centers will drop from 25.6 million in 2014 to18.8 million by 2020.

In a study of randomly selected federal policy decisions between 1998 and 2002, the researchers found that when citizen interest groups and other competitors opposed businesses on policies, businesses had roughly an equal chance of success as the citizen group.