Sentences with phrase «grading scale in»

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In order to come up with 10 names, we included six stocks with debt ratings as low as BBB +, which is still investment grade, albeit at the lower end of the scale.

Diamonds are another example; they vary too widely in quality to achieve the volumes of scale necessary to sell them as graded commodities.

This year, in contrast, grades of the top - ranked Kellogg / UST program enjoyed the highest pay — on average, slightly more than $ 392,000, or roughly four times the average at the bottom of the scale.

When you give everything a subjective aim, and make this apply right down the scale, you are using language which is very difficult to make intelligible, except in the case of what Whitehead calls «high grade organisms.»

* Taste grading is based on a subjective scale, factoring in palatability, flavor and variety of foods used *

Constructed of high grade stainless steel with fully seal welds, these scale bucket wash walls exceed all AMI Sanitary Design Requirements for use in a food processing facility and are durable enough to withstand the most demanding environments.

with pilot - scale food grade extrusion production in conjunction with sensory evaluation and test marketing.

Gourmet Kona coffee sets the extra fancy standard in Hawaii according to (SCAA) the Specialty Coffee Association of America; coffee which scores 80 points or above on a 100 - point scale is graded as specialty.

A gray - haired, potbellied man with pipe, glasses and a strong resemblance to Santa Claus, Pacileo angered Maradona recently by grading his performance in a game as a 3.5 on a scale of 10.

In a second, parallel study in which all students were required to revise their paper, the black students who received the «high expectations» Post-it were graded more than two points higher, on a 15 - point scale, on the revised essay than the ones who got the plain - vanilla «feedback» Post-iIn a second, parallel study in which all students were required to revise their paper, the black students who received the «high expectations» Post-it were graded more than two points higher, on a 15 - point scale, on the revised essay than the ones who got the plain - vanilla «feedback» Post-iin which all students were required to revise their paper, the black students who received the «high expectations» Post-it were graded more than two points higher, on a 15 - point scale, on the revised essay than the ones who got the plain - vanilla «feedback» Post-it.

In 2007, Robert Pianta of the University of Virginia published in Science the results of a large - scale survey of American public schools that he and a team of researchers had undertaken, observing regular instruction over the course of an entire school day in 737 typical fifth - grade classrooms across the United States, as well as hundreds of additional first - and third - grade classroomIn 2007, Robert Pianta of the University of Virginia published in Science the results of a large - scale survey of American public schools that he and a team of researchers had undertaken, observing regular instruction over the course of an entire school day in 737 typical fifth - grade classrooms across the United States, as well as hundreds of additional first - and third - grade classroomin Science the results of a large - scale survey of American public schools that he and a team of researchers had undertaken, observing regular instruction over the course of an entire school day in 737 typical fifth - grade classrooms across the United States, as well as hundreds of additional first - and third - grade classroomin 737 typical fifth - grade classrooms across the United States, as well as hundreds of additional first - and third - grade classrooms.

In math: rather than a grading scale, ask students how many questions they believe they need to get right in order to feel they've mastered a particular skilIn math: rather than a grading scale, ask students how many questions they believe they need to get right in order to feel they've mastered a particular skilin order to feel they've mastered a particular skill.

There are full scale required class productions in Grades 10 and 12, however, drama in the High School is often used to support other subjects across the curriculum.

This was the perception when old concussion grading scales were in effect.

In 1984, Conservative Education Secretary Sir Keith Joseph decided to proceed with a merger, on the premise that the new qualifications should be based on general and subject - specific criteria approved by himself; that the O Level exam boards should take responsibility for carrying forward the O Level A to C grade standards into the new scale, while the CSE boards should do the same for grades D to G, which were to be based on CSE grades 2 to 5 respectively; and that most subjects should be examined through tiered papers focusing on different parts of the grade scale, ensuring that each grade reflected «positive achievement» on appropriate tasks, rather than degrees of failure.

Lujan received a score of 42 out of 100 in the 2012 report card for a grade of D - according to the Goldwater Institute's grading scale.

Barto received a score of 67 out of 100 in the 2012 report card for a grade of B + according to the Goldwater Institute's grading scale.

In terms of income and social grade, the order is Kendall > Cooper > Burnham > Corbyn from higher up to lower down the scale; and in terms of how active they are on social media, Corbyn's supporters are far ahead of the other three candidateIn terms of income and social grade, the order is Kendall > Cooper > Burnham > Corbyn from higher up to lower down the scale; and in terms of how active they are on social media, Corbyn's supporters are far ahead of the other three candidatein terms of how active they are on social media, Corbyn's supporters are far ahead of the other three candidates.

Gould received a score of 74 out of 100 in the 2012 report card for a grade of A - according to the Goldwater Institute's grading scale.

Kotowski received a score of 50.00 out of 100 in 2012 for a grade of D - according to the IOP's grading scale.

Allen received a score of 71 out of 100 in the 2012 report card for a grade of A - according to the Goldwater Institute's grading scale.

Under the larger evaluation framework, announced in Albany Thursday afternoon, teachers will be graded on a 100 - point scale, 60 percent of which will be based on evaluations of teacher performance, including classroom observations.

Peng's team gathered 128,000 retinal scans from hospitals in India and the U.S. and assembled a team of 54 ophthalmologists to grade them on a 5 - point scale for signs of the disease.

Japan's Meteorological Agency has now upgraded the intensity of the quake in most areas of Kobe from 6 to 7 — the maximum on Japan's shindo scale, which grades intensity of shaking rather than the overall energy of the quake.

A minimum 2.8 grade point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale is required for the master's in engineering fellowship, but in 2004, 60 of the 90 award recipients (out of 350 applicants) had a 3.3 GPA or higher.

Identifying patients with the worst strokes in this new system requires training first responders to grade a patient's symptoms on a five - point scale and allowing them to divert the patient directly to a stroke center, even if it's not the closest facility.

The Glasgow Coma Scale grades an injured patient's responses in three categories — eye, verbal, and motor skills.

Based on data collected in a Missouri school district by her MU colleagues Christi Bergin, associate research professor, and David Bergin, associate professor of educational psychology, Wang and her colleagues developed a scale that improves understanding of classroom engagement and can be readily used in fourth through 12th - grade classrooms.

Some of the most famous of these are the so - called Whitehall studies of the British Civil Service, which showed that death and illness rates decreased in a step-wise fashion the higher an employee was on the service's 6 - grade pay and responsibility scale.

In the vaccine comparison experiment, lung lesion scores for histopathology were graded for individual animals on a scale of 0 to 4 where 0 — 2 represented degree of cellular infiltration and 3 — 4 represented the degree of bronchiolar epithelial cell necrosis and airway cellular debris (figure 2A).

To identify these improper movement patterns, therapists use the seven tests in the Functional Movement Screen (including deep squats and trunk stability push - ups), and grade participants on a scale of 0 (movement was painful) to 3 (perfect) for each one.

This study however made use of a modified Ashford scale, a more objective measurement that graded muscle tone intensity by the measurement of things like resistance in rigidity and range of motion.

As an additional service to moviegoers, each film is given a Critics» Choice Rating (on a 1 - 100 scale, 100 being the highest), based on the cumulative grades each film receives in the monthly balloting.

According to Rash, the opening scene, in which Duncan is forced to grade himself on a scale from one to 10, was taken verbatim from a conversation he had with his own stepfather.

In most educational programs, traditional time - based assessments provide a single quantitative grade, more often than not on some kind of «pass - fail» scale.

In 2005 — 06, depending on the grade, a student's math scale score had to rise by an average of 32 points to go from the top of the Performance Level 1 range («failing» or not meeting learning standards) to the bottom of the Performance Level 3 range («proficient» or meeting learning standards).

The CER report grades every state's STC law (or laws) on an A-F scale based on their performance in four categories: Eligibility and Availability; Design of Credit and Scholarship; Autonomy; and Budget.

When scaled up to reflect the large increase in pupils getting these grades since 2010, this represents an estimated # 1.3 billion boost to the country's economy.

A new grading will also be introduced in 2017 which replaces the A to U system with a 9 to 1 scale.

It is best thought of as a high grade for «truth in advertising,» telling citizens frankly how well students are performing on an internationally accepted scale, just as states have pledged to do by joining the CCSS consortium.

As can be seen in Figure 1a, states with higher percentages of students from low - income families report lower average scale scores in 8th - grade math on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

Journey through the Digestive System 7/13/2000 [Our Bodies, Science Grades 9 - 12 Submitted by Richard Lord] Students work in cooperative groups to design a theme park based on the anatomy and physiology of the digestive system, prepare a portfolio of the park's attractions, and construct an approximate scale model of it.

We observe the average score by school, year, and grade on each exam, which we scale to have a mean of 0 and standard deviation of 1 in each year, grade, and subject.

We find that the accountability provisions of NCLB increased 4th - grade math achievement by roughly 7.2 scale points (0.23 standard deviations) by 2007 in states with no prior accountability policies relative to states that adopted accountability systems in 1997.

Developmental - scale scores are designed to measure academic proficiency on a single scale for students of any grade and in any year.

To identify the policy's average impact, we compared the gains in developmental - scale scores made by students who first entered 3rd grade in 2002 and scored below the FCAT benchmark with gains made by students who first entered 3rd grade in 2001 and scored below the FCAT benchmark.

We measure FCAT performance using developmental - scale scores, which allow us to compare the test - score gains of all the students in our study, even though they took tests designed for different grade levels.

«I have incorporated the impact of climate change into the Geologic Time Scale and exploring past mass extinctions in coordination with the 6th grade Massachusetts Science standards.»

This is the sixth in a series of reports that grade state proficiency standards on the traditional A-to-F scale used to evaluate students.

In days gone by, and even now in traditional schools, teachers graded students over a five - point scale that ranges from A to F. NCLB needs to rediscover that ancient practicIn days gone by, and even now in traditional schools, teachers graded students over a five - point scale that ranges from A to F. NCLB needs to rediscover that ancient practicin traditional schools, teachers graded students over a five - point scale that ranges from A to F. NCLB needs to rediscover that ancient practice.