Sentences with phrase «high average impact»

The evaluation found gains, on average, of an additional nine months» progress, suggesting that the high average impact of self - regulation strategies is achievable in English schools.

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And while various troubling social factors, including unequal access to health care and the impact of the opioid crisis, have stalled the growth of the average U.S. life expectancy in recent years, odds are that America's higher earners will live longer — maybe much longer — than they expect.

The «high impact firms» that BDC studied are ones that have disproportionate effects on the economy given their size — usually established businesses that have grown big enough to invest in above - average growth.

Interestingly, not only does this vacation - effect persist across income groups, but its impact is so profound that those who earn less than $ 24,000 a year but take regular trips report a higher well - being score, on average, than those who earn $ 120,000 or more annually but don't regularly take vacations.

A weighted average means that the loans with a higher balance influence the interest rate more than loans with a smaller balance — the overall impact of each old loan on the new interest rate is proportional to the comparative balance of that loan.

See Graph 1 in this report: Average transaction sizes in U.S. Treasuries are up to around peak pre-crisis levels, and price impacts are not much higher than they were in 2006 - 2007.

To eliminate the deficit by 2015 - 16, the CCPA assumes that the net impact of these measures will result in higher economic growth and increased employment, resulting in increased revenues to the federal government of about $ 4.5 billion, on average, per year.

The lower lows and lower highs, along with the break below the 200 - day moving average, presently situated at 1.3645, Domestic focus for the pound is now on today's release of the April services PMI, where we expect a 53.5 headline after a weak, weather - impacted 51.7 reading in March.

The average market impact cost was 29 basis points (39 basis points) per $ 1 million traded for investment - grade (high - yield) corporate bonds.

The average price was impacted by two factors, the TREB said: by «changes in market conditions,» and by the sales collapse at the higher end of the market, which changed the mix of sales, and therefore affected the average price.

Profits after interest have tended to decline over the past couple of years, reflecting the impact of the 1994 interest rate increases and a tendency for corporate leverage to increase, but they remain at high levels compared with historical averages; they can be expected to receive a further modest boost as interest - rate reductions in the second half of last year begin to feed through into profit results.

The impact of the packaging over senses was so high that people were prepared to pay, on average, nearly three times the price for identical products.

As with magnitude, the impact frequency reported in the current study fell between those of 6 - to 9 - year - olds and high school athletes, with the average player experiencing 240 impacts over the course of a season compared to 107 impacts per season for 6 - to 9 - year - old players, and 565 for high school players.

That this House expresses deep concern at the impact of the UK Government's policies on Wales; notes the UK Government's real - terms reduction of the Welsh Budget by # 1.5 bn; notes that Wales currently suffers from the lowest average rates of pay in Britain and has the highest proportion of individuals affected by cuts to social security including the Bedroom Tax; further notes that Wales suffers the highest energy bills in the UK and that these, along with low pay, have compounded the cost of living crisis in Wales; and calls on the Government to immediately scrap the Bedroom Tax, freeze energy bills and undertake measures to increase pay rates in Wales.

The findings were not a total surprise, with future projections showing that even with moderate climate warming, air temperatures over the higher altitudes increase even more than at sea level, and that, on average, fewer winter storm systems will impact the state.

Weighting citations by field revealed that Iran - U.S. collaborations in medicine and computer science had the highest impact, on average.

If Americans in the highest - impact group shifted their diets to align with the U.S. average — by consuming fewer overall calories and relying less on meat — the one - day greenhouse - gas emissions reduction would be equivalent to eliminating 661 million passenger - vehicle miles, according to the researchers.

And while the highest - impact group consumed an average of nearly 3,000 calories a day and the lowest just above 1,300, when the researchers adjusted the findings based on caloric intake, the highest - impact group still represented five times more emissions.

«What industry is seeing is the push toward higher - average - power lasers and ultrafast lasers, and it's starting to impact machining and industrial applications,» Leemans says.

The impact factor is a measure of the average number of citations per article, so the higher the number, the more «important» the journal is to the scientific community in that field.

Authors will benefit from the robust journal activities including very rapid review (average time to decision is less than 23 days, 14 days to online publication), high visibility and impact (papers publicized on journal website, monthly newsletters, Facebook, Twitter, 2011 impact factor 3.368,), and author services (connection to nomenclature services, pre-publication annotation of data for submission to data resources and repositories, as well as video and other alternative content as part of the embedded content).

It is estimated that reducing the average amount of sodium people eat to the current recommended level could result in 11 million fewer cases of high blood pressure each year, which might have a significant impact on a number of related health risks.

The participants in the studies were taking higher dose supplements to see these results, but for the average person taking a multivitamin and including nutrient dense food as a regular part of their diet can make a positive impact on their eyes.

This is not your average latte, it is a high - performance drink that has a massive impact on your energy levels and cognitive function.

Although sustainability guidelines are unlikely to be included in the final version of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the Advisory Committee included the following statement in their initial report: «Consistent evidence indicates that, in general, a dietary pattern that is higher in plant - based foods, such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds, and lower in animal - based foods is more health promoting and is associated with lesser environmental impact (greenhouse gas emissions and energy, land, and water use) than is the current average U.S. diet.

Evaluations of career academies have shown a positive impact (download) on academic outcomes such as high school attendance, credits earned, grade point averages, and graduation rates.

Maths Pathway has documented high results in its 2016 Impact Report, which found that Year 7 students grew an average of 218 per cent faster than they were before they started using the program.

The impact of these Healthy Schools activities means that: pupils are more engaged in P.E; literacy has improved; pupils have better relationships with one another and are more physically active at break and lunch times; attendance is in line with national averages; there are very low incidences of bad behaviour recorded after lunch time; all pupils that attended swing high club showed improved handwriting as a result of this intervention; 55 fruit pots are sold each day to pupils in KS2; and 40 pupils attend breakfast club.

This issue's research section offers a first - of - its - kind study examining the impact of instructor quality on student achievement in the higher education sector — finding that students taught by above - average instructors receive higher grades and test scores, are more likely to succeed in subsequent courses, and earn more college credits.

And nationally, the economic impact is clear: A 2011 analysis by the Alliance for Excellent Education estimates that by halving the 2010 national dropout rate, for example (an estimated 1.3 million students that year), «new» graduates would likely earn a collective $ 7.6 billion more in an average year than they would without a high school diploma.

They found that the arrival of low - achieving evacuees dragged down the average performance of the Houston students and had a particularly negative impact on high - achieving Houston kids.

In this study, researchers analyzed the economic impact of six widely - used SEL programs and found that on average, every dollar invested yields $ 11 in long - term benefits, ranging from reduced juvenile crime, higher lifetime earnings, and better mental and physical health.

Rigorous studies consistently show that the impact of a more - effective teacher is substantial A high - performing teacher, one at the 84th percentile of all teachers, when compared with just an average teacher, produces students whose level of achievement is at least 0.2 standard deviations higher by the end of the school year.

In this podcast, Rick Hanushek talks with Ed Next's Paul Peterson about his new study estimating the economic impact of teachers who produce higher than average gains in student learning.

For students continuing from a KIPP middle school, KIPP high schools» impacts on student achievement are not statistically significant, on average.

However, while the average impact on learning is high, feedback interventions also have a very wide range of effects.

Average impacts of middle schools were positive and statistically significant throughout the 10 - year period covered by the study, though higher in earlier years than recent years.

Also, the study notes, teachers newly hired in 2011 - 12 had average IMPACT scores that were more than 25 points higher than the teachers who left.

Peer tutoring approaches, where learners work in small groups to provide each other with teaching support, have, on average, a high impact on attainment at a low cost

Metacognition and self - regulation approaches have consistently high levels of impact, with pupils making an average of seven months» additional progress.

Although it allows the LAUSD discretion in protecting the schools most vulnerable to high turnover rates and classroom instability, this agreement protects schools throughout the LAUSD by ensuring that no school is impacted by layoffs at a rate greater than the District average.

The shortfall is impacting special schools the hardest, where the cost of a place is, on average, four times higher than a mainstream primary.

In other Opportunity Culture sites created by Public Impact, pay supplements have been as high as 50 percent and an average of about 20 percent of base salaries, Public Impact reports.

Innovate Public Schools named seven New Leader schools to its «Top Performing Bay Area Schools of 2016» list, which recognizes schools where underserved students outperform the average for all California students: Voices College - Bound Language Academy; Impact Academy of Arts & Technology; Leadership Public Schools Hayward & Richmond; Montalvin Manor Elementary, Oakland Unity High School, and Richmond College Prep.

Research has shown above - average effects for leaders who believe their major role is to evaluate their impact, who get everyone in the school working together to understand and evaluate their impact, who learn in an environment that privileges high - impact teaching and learning, who are explicit with teachers and students about what success looks like, and who set appropriate levels of challenge and never retreat to just «do your best.»

Compounding this problem, children from low - income families, on average, begin kindergarten approximately a year behind their peers in preliteracy and language skills.106 This fluency gap widens as students continue in school and has a significant impact on economic success later in life.107 As a result, gains from high - quality preschool programs — including improved health, better social - emotional skills, and better cognitive outcomes — are particularly beneficial for children from low - income families.108

[18] Many studies [19] have calculated high correlations (mostly greater than 0.9) between estimates from models that control only for prior student test scores (such as SAS EVAAS), [20] control for student background (such as DC's IMPACT), and control for average classroom characteristics (such as Pittsburgh's system).

Although these schools experience higher turnover, on average, than other schools, the impact on the quality of instruction depends on whether more productive teachers are more likely to depart.

High - impact schools established teaching assignments to meet the needs of students; average - impact schools tended to determine assignments by staff seniority and teacher preferences.

The researchers then compared the four high - impact schools with three demographically similar average - impact schools that were producing more typical results among low - performing students.