Sentences with phrase «gains over standard»

The extra 30bhp gets the DB9 GT to 62mph in 4.5 seconds and on to a top speed of 183mph, which are actually only very marginal gains over a standard DB9.

That represents a 0.1 - second gain over the standard M5.

That's still $ 50,000 spend to equal a $ 250 marginal gain over the standard 2 % card.

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On the other hand, in that standard Growth portfolio, your gains over that period would have been $ 5,193.

They schooled me according to a black folk tradition that taught that trouble doesn't last always, that the weak can gain victory over the strong (given the right planning), that God is at the helm of human history and that the best standard of excellence is a spiritual relation to life obtained in one's prayerful relation to God.

Rob Astorino's push to launch the Reform Party — a re-naming of a ballot line created last year set up to oppose the Common Core education standards — is part of a larger struggle for the 2014 Republican gubernatorial nominee to gain some leverage over the state's Republican apparatus.

Active vocabulary, American adults since 1950 have gained 17.4 IQ points over a full standard deviation.

There are many case studies, including and espcially in athletes where ketogenic diets are enabling massive performance gains, as are relatively low carb diets e.g 100 - 150g over the standard 250 + g diets.

When it comes to online dating in Scotland you will be in safe hands with eHarmony and with the experience we have gained over the last three decades your Scotland online dating experience will be of the highest standard as we look to introduce you to other singles in Scotland who are also looking for love.

State efforts in standards - based education over the past decade have had a positive, but modest, relationship with gains in student achievement.

This special report by the EPE Research Center analyzes the links between state policies related to standards - based reform and gains in student achievement over the past decade.

Students identified for retention by the Florida policy gained 0.06 of a standard deviation in reading on both the FCAT and Stanford - 9 over equally low - performing 3rd graders from the previous school year (see Figure 1).

A teacher one standard deviation above the mean effectiveness annually generates marginal gains of over $ 400,000 in future student earnings, assuming a class size of 20, and proportionately higher gains with larger class sizes.

In their report, Miron and Applegate conclude that Edison Schools do improve from year to year on norm - referenced tests, which measure gains in students knowledge over time, but on criterion - referenced tests, which measure whether or not students meet state standards, Edison students fared no better than students from surrounding public schools.

That meant a school might be designated «needing improvement» because it had failed to raise scores over the past several years — but still could have a higher absolute score than a school that had met the federal standard because it had made steady gains from a lower base.

In districts such as Minneapolis, teachers have begun assuming greater responsibility for how quality is assessed and how quality standards are enforced, and they have gained greater authority over their work lives.

Those gains might seem small but when viewed over two decades they accumulate to 30 percent of a standard deviation, enough to bring the United States within the range of, or to at least keep pace with, the world's leaders.

The era of high standards and accountability for schools, teachers, and those who train them — an era that never entirely gained traction in New York — was over.

Using the upper range of their effect size estimates, $ 100 spent on classroom coaches would yield a gain of over one - half standard deviations in student achievement, and one - to - one tutoring would yield a one - quarter standard deviations improvement.

In Arizona's first group of 72 schools to win grants (comprising 1,800 educators and 26,000 students), the percentage of students meeting or exceeding the standard on Arizona's state AIMS (Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standard) reading test rose from 45 percent in spring of 2004 to 59 percent in spring of 2007, nearly triple the gain for the state over the same period (62 to 67 pstandard on Arizona's state AIMS (Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standard) reading test rose from 45 percent in spring of 2004 to 59 percent in spring of 2007, nearly triple the gain for the state over the same period (62 to 67 pStandard) reading test rose from 45 percent in spring of 2004 to 59 percent in spring of 2007, nearly triple the gain for the state over the same period (62 to 67 percent).

But perhaps the strongest objection to national standards that we have repeated at JPGB (here, here, and here) is that even if the current set of proposed national standards is an improvement for some states (and less good than others), there is strong reason to fear that people opposed to sensible, rigorous standards will gain control over the newly created national standards infrastructure and be in a position to impose their nonsense on everyone.

Further, another respected international assessment of student performance, the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), found gains of only 0.5 percent of a standard deviation annually for U.S. students over roughly the same time period.

It is unlikely that these gains would have been generated, however, without the improvements in the standard of living and conditions for learning in publicly funded schools that occurred over the period.

Over time they will gain control of the machinery of national standards even if they do not control it now.

Over the past two decades, gains of 1.6 percent of a standard deviation have been garnered annually by 4th - and 8th - grade students on the math, science, and reading tests administered by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), known as the nation's report card.

Estimating the effect of individual teachers» grading standards on their students» achievement gains assumes that these standards remain relatively consistent over time, that they are not unduly influenced by the composition of their class, and that they are not a reflection of some other observable characteristic that might account for any effects we observe.

Over the coming years, NESLI will enable educational leaders to benefit from world standard leadership development and gain access to an exclusive national network of school leaders.

Yet figures show that GCSEs in English and maths are not set to pick up over the coming years, with one in four pupils currently gaining a C grade — a «good pass» — expected to get a 5 grade next year, which slips under the gold standard.

This second group, with Diane Ravitch as its most prominent member, has raised concerns over who stands to gain financially from the Common Core effort, the role of the Gates Foundation in the standards» creation, the lack of field testing of the standards, and the way in which the standards have been implemented in the midst of changing assessment and teacher evaluation policies.

«It will be the largest piece of legislation regarding education that has passed in over a decade,» said Erin Tuttle, an Indiana mom who has gained national attention for fighting Common Core standards and has established herself as an effective advocate on the matter.

As we demonstrated in our 2015 analysis of the Common Core debate on Twitter, the dispute about the standards was largely a proxy war over other politically - charged issues, including opposition to a federal role in education, which many believe should be the domain of state and local education policy; a fear that the Common Core could become a gateway for access to data on children that might be used for exploitive purposes rather than to inform educational improvement; a source for the proliferation of testing which has come to oppressively dominate education; a way for business interests to exploit public education for private gain; or a belief that an emphasis on standards reform distracts from the deeper underlying causes of low educational performance, which include poverty and social inequity.

Representing a significant 140bhp power increase over the standard M4 CS, the major source of the power gain is generated from a bespoke ECU software package, unlocking the engine's potential without compromising on reliability or driveability.

Not only do the upgrades realise gains of 99bhp and 92 lb ft of torque over the standard car, but they also take the SP610 past the factory - spec DB11 V12 in the output stakes, to totals of 602bhp and 590 lb ft (compared with 600bhp and 516 lb ft).

In S560 trim (both standard and Maybach), the 4.0 - liter turns out 463 hp and 516 lb - ft of torque, a gain of 14 hp over the previous 4.7 - liter twin - turbo.

Work on the Mk7.5 GTI's eminently tunable EA888 engine has boosted power and torque to 355bhp and 347 lb ft respectively — up 128bhp and 89 lb ft over the standard GTI — though Oettinger has so far neglected to detail how exactly it realised these substantial gains.

The end result is 637bhp and 510 lb ft of torque — gains of 75bhp and 67 lb ft over the standard car respectively.

Starting at $ 27,490, an $ 800 increase over the 2015 model, the FR - S gains a new standard backup camera and spruced - up interior accents on the steering wheel, shifter, door panels and centre console.

The standard engine is a new 2.5 - liter four - cylinder unit with undisclosed power and torque levels that's said to offer improvements in NVH, fuel economy, and emissions over its predecessor, as well as gains in horsepower and torque.

Its punchy 1.6 - litre direct - injected turbo four makes 150kW at 6000rpm and 265Nm between 1500 - 4500rpm — a 34 and 38 per cent gain respectively over the standard sixth - gen Elantra «donor».

«We've gained so much experience in GT1 over the years, and Corvette Racing sets the standards for car construction and preparation.

Over and above the 116i, the BMW 118i and 118d gain extra standard features including rear park distance control, storage package, two zone climate control air conditioning, anti-dazzle interior mirrior, fog lights, rain sensor and stylish 17» alloy wheels.

Overall, aerodynamics have been optimized by 150 percent in term of efficiency and gained a considerably higher downforce of 170 percent over the standard Aventador.

It uses the same 4.0 - liter biturbo - charged V8 as the standard G550, but output is increased to 577 horsepower and 627 pound - feet of torque — healthy gains of 161 hp and 177 pound - feet over the base G - Class, or 14 hp and 66 pound - feet more than the outgoing G63.

Overall aerodynamics have been optimized by 150 % in term of efficiency and gained a considerably higher downforce of 170 % over the standard Aventador.

The 1960 models standard engine all had a Horsepower gain of 3 hp due to a compression bump of.25 to one over the 59 engine.

Externally smaller than the Cougar, the new full - size Mercury line offered increased interior space over its predecessor along with extensive fuel economy gains; rear - wheel drive and a V8 engine remained standard.

The study shows that over a 20 - year period ending December 31, 2010, the AVERAGE equity mutual fund investor would have earned an annualized return of only 3.27 percent versus the Standard and Poor (S&P) gain of 9.27 percent.

On the other hand, in that standard Growth portfolio, your gains over that period would have been $ 5,193.

On the other hand, in a standard Growth portfolio, your gains over that period would have been $ 7,634.

The next year, 2008, the Standard & Poor's 500 index got clobbered with a 37 % loss, while the broad bond market gained a bit over 5 %.