Sentences with phrase «first number of levels»

Even the first number of levels are tricky.

Not exact matches

Ann Arbor came in first place for three of these categories, landing it the number 1 spot in «education level» and number 4 in «quality of education & attainment gap.»

In addition to loans, there are a number of first - time homebuyer assistance programs at the city, state, and federal levels.

When the first Annual Rosenzweig Report on Women at the Top Levels of Corporate Canada was published in 2006, the number in this country was at 4.6 percent.

For fuel taxes, we first distributed statewide vehicle miles traveled down to the county level using the number of vehicles in each county.

The number of employees at securities firms in Canada fell in the first quarter to its lowest level since 2006, according to the Investment Industry Association of Canada, which represents the nation's securities firms.

They assume that at the end of the first year you have a fixed number of memberships, and, even though most of our clubs continue to increase their memberships after the first year, that you remain at that level for the entire year, adding as many new members as the number of members that leave.

Unfortunately the City players wasted a number of great chances both before and after their only goal and that allowed Chelsea to first get back on level terms after De Bruyne had missed an open goal from a few yards out, and then to punich them further with a second and a late third.

First of all I think it's fantastic that we have a world class player in Alexis who is capable of performing to the highest level in a number of different positions across the pitch.

Just watched MOTD and paused the game at the part where Giroud put the ball in the net in the first half which was given offside, well I've just checked it over and over about 10 times and the Watford number 2 played Giroud onside, he was level when the ball was played but the Lino didn't see him because he was directly behind OG, we should of been 1 — 0 up in the first half.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

Wendy Colson: Well, it's monitored the first level usually is taken at 24 hours of age and that's right there gonna be flagged and if it's a kind of moderately high or even high another repeat number will be taken after.

This book, with its numerous references, sheer number of pages, level of detail and broad scope, may seem daunting at first.

Not surprisingly, the number of first time candidates outnumber the incumbents (10 to 7; the full list appears after the jump), and the highest - level elected to sign on is Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, who has been calling for many of these changes for some time and probably stands to gain if redistricting is indeed taken out of the hands of elected officials.

Looking ahead, maintaining the planned level of protection to frontline / operational numbers of the workforce over the whole CSR period will be very challenging — especially over the next 18 months, as two - thirds of the cuts to central Government funding falls within the first two CSR years (2011/12 and 2012/13).

Some level of uncertainty is par for the course in the world of do - it - yourself chemistry, which has seen the number of entrepreneurial alchemists explode in the years since Patrick Arnold gulped down his first chemical concoction and went on to become one of America's most notorious underground chemists.

«It increases the number of HPV16 genomes studied by an order of magnitude and is the first large study to evaluate variation occurring throughout the HPV16 genome at the isolate level linked to cancer development.»

But as a side project a number of us [including Feng - hsiung Hsu and Thomas Anantharaman] did develop the machine that became known as Deep Thought, which became the first program to defeat a grand master, a professional level player in a tournament.

Nestler: It's, to a first level of approximation, it's simple and straightforward, that there are a set number of modifications that could be made to the DNA itself or to the proteins that bind to DNA and control its structure, and activity and that those small number of modifications either turn a gene on or off.

«New chip could bring highest level of encryption to any mobile device: First use of quantum technology to create a random number generator that is both tiny and fast.»

If the mouse became pregnant a second time during this window, the number of T cells grew more rapidly — and reached higher levels — than the first time, conferring extra protection to the fetus.

The number of symptoms and vitamin D levels had a borderline significant relationship at first, but after the analysts adjusted for multiple comparisons, the association disappeared.

Diffuse emission nebulae are often called H II regions because they are mainly consisted of ionized hydrogen, H II - the roman number after the element symbol (here H) designating the ionization level: «I» would stand for neutral atoms, the «II» here means first ionization, i.e. the hydrogen atoms have lost their single electron, and for other elements higher numbers (ionization levels, or numbers of lost electrons) would be possible (e.g., He III, O III or Fe V).

Daily Calorie Chart Food Calorie Chart Daily Calorie Intake The daily calorie chart is primarily based on first understanding and calculating the number of calories that your body will require on a daily basis and then trimming your food consumption to meet those levels.

CHEMISTRY FACT # 5: having at least some chemistry with someone is a good and necessary first step, but you need to connect on a number of levels to sustain a long term relationship.

Rayman Fiesta Run takes all the good things that had made the first Jungle Run and multiplies the number of levels and the difficulty.

There are a total of 8 levels in the game and while this number might seem short at first, keep in mind that these levels are all open with an expansive level design that provides the player multiplayer ways of approaching their objectives.

Job levels are raised by completing a certain number of fights, and the best jobs require you to attain a particular level in multiple other jobs first.

It took me a number of attempts to clear the first level with a passing grade when I was playing solo, but my friend and I perfected it on our second attempt when we played together.

Kick off on the right foot with your class with this exciting resource which contains hundreds of photocopiable pictures, games, puzzles, surveys and quiz questions on: - Core Language (non technical): Me and Football • Fans and Players • Food & Drink, Clothes • Travel, Weather, Body • First Aid Kit • Shopping for Souvenirs • Mood of the Match • Adjectives, Verbs • Numbers and Time - Additional Language: At The Big Match • Inside the Stadium • Some of the Action • Some of the Rules • My Favourite Player • Match Report Age: 10 — Adult Level: Beginners to Intermediate KS2 / 3/4 124 pages.

While we want our children to reach curriculum and grade level expectations, as a huge country with very large numbers of children, we might have to spend some time and quite a bit of energy in just helping them catch up and build the basic skills first.

And so the first report, and every subsequent report, shows numbers of the following type; that in Fifth Grade, so after five years of formal school, we have about half our children who are not yet able to read simple stories, simple texts, which you could say that's Second Grade level.

Since 2004, the Jenks Public Schools has tracked the number of students entering first grade whose reading skills are below grade level.

Students can earn achievements for attaining specific levels, trying out a new skill for the first time, reading a number of articles or books, or demonstrating skills like collaboration or creativity.

«We work with a number of excellent Trusts, who are focused on providing a level headed approach to the academies which they support, so we have seen first - hand how this process can and does have a positive impact.»

Curriculum / Framework: Celebrations Year Level: preschool to Year 1 Resource Type: PDF Size: 5.76 Mb Number of Pages: 32 About This Product: A mix of religious and non-religious activities for Sunday School, Home Schoolers, Preschool, Kindergarten and First Grade.

The pack includes: · Two long colourful display banners of «Pirates» and «Treasure Island» each decorated with pirate themed pictures · A colourful display border to print out as many times as you need for use on a display board of any size · An A4 word card - great to use when writing · Topic words - great to add to display or use in the writing area · Word and picture flashcards · Pirate posters - pictures of different pirates · Colouring pictures - a collection of pirate themed sheets for children to colour · Phoneme coins - all of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme on gold coins - great for display or to hide in the sand tray for the children to find the «treasure» · Alphabet coins - lower and upper case letters · Bingo - a pirate themed colourful bingo game to make and play · Skull and cross-bone bunting · Pirate phrases on posters · A pirate profile worksheet - draw your pirate and then decide what characteristics your pirate will have - three different versions of this for differentiation · Songs and rhymes about pirates · Play dough mats - can you make 3 more pieces of treasure, can you give the pirates new hats etc · Colourful treasure to cut out and use on displays, in the sand tray etc · Board game - move around the treasure island answering questions along the way to try and reach the treasure first - two levels of maths questions are provided as well as blank question cards · Two pirate themed wordsearches · «My pirate adventure» worksheet · Wanted posters for the children to fill in · Writing pages - Four A4 pages with pirate borders for the children to use when writing · Design a pirate flag worksheet · Search for the treasure game - collect coins along the way to fill your treasure chest · Cut and stick treasure map · Pirate acrostic poem · Speech bubble worksheets - write what you think the different pirates are saying · Counting cards up to 10 - count the number of pirate ships, telescopes etc · Design a pirate ship worksheet · Describe the treasure worksheet · A worksheet for the children to draw and write what they have spotted through the telescope

In the first half of the 20th century, the skills list was gradually replaced by a number grade and then by a letter grade, both of which usually indicated a student's level of progress according to a specified numerical standard.

A growing number of children now attend charter schools operated by regional or national firms with non-local «brand names» (e.g. KIPP, National Heritage, Achievement First) and a growing number of pupils now absorb at least part of the curriculum from online providers at the state or national (and, in time, planetary) level.

A general lottery is conducted on the first business day of March for each grade level where the number of enrollment applications received exceeds the number of openings for the Fall.

Although Berkeley's student assignment plan allows parents to rank - order their first - choice, second - choice, and third - choice schools, it considers a number of factors in the actual assignment process, including the parent's level of education, income, and primary language spoken at home.

Indeed, the magnitude of that growth has been strikingly consistent across a number of sites and research methodologies: the average teacher's effectiveness improves between.05 and.08 student - level standard deviations between their first and third years of teaching.

All of these factors contribute to making reasonable goals for the number of PBL projects in the first year as well as the level of integration.

The number of students taking ICT at GCSE level increased in 2012, despite a decline in top grades for the subject and an overall decline in GCSE results for the first time in 24 years.

· Teacher compensation should be restructured to provide more incentives tied to performance, first by significantly reducing the number of steps on the salary scale, and then by phasing in a performance based system as the value - added assessment model evolves to the individual classroom level.

In the first year alone, the restructured schools reduced the number of students scoring below basic levels by 15 percentage points in math and 11.3 in reading.

Yet recent government statistics show that the number of disadvantaged young people who do not continue beyond their first year at university is at its highest level for five years.

Numbers Matter, an instructional plan developed by Barbara Burke, was first implemented in a school with 100 % free lunch, an on - time graduation rate under 70 %, 95 % of freshman students arriving behind grade level, and state test scores in the bottom half of the fifth quintile.

At the secondary level, an additional outcome, or dependent variable predicted is the number of Regents Exams a student passed for the first time in the current year.

«It is impossible to tell whether the # 500m for T - levels, first announced last year, or the # 50m to help employers provide T - level students» work placements will be sufficient to fund the number of people the Government expects to do them.