Sentences with phrase «higher grades receiving»

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Silvercorp Metals Inc. a Vancouver - based company that explores, develops and acquires high - grade silver in China and Canada, distributed a press release on Sept. 2 saying that on Aug. 29 it received an anonymous letter (also sent to the Ontario Securities Commission) claiming there was a «potential $ 1.3 billion accounting fraud» at the company.

Diversified resource group, Batavia Mining Limited today announced it had received further outstanding high - grade drilling results from its Deflector Gold - Copper project at Gullewa in Western Australia.

Provisions that increased households» after - tax income quickly — and thus were most likely to increase spending quickly — received the highest grades.

Alaska, which received an «F» grade, had the nation's highest gun death rate — 23 per 100,000.

The Schulich School of Business at York University earned the top mark of 86 per cent, receiving a high grade in all three evaluated categories that continues a nine - year reign on top of our rankings.

While Costco and Meijer scored the lowest and Delhaize America scored the highest, none of the stores received a passing grade, despite the majority of the retailers being members of the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), an international network of the world's largest retailers, which in 2010 committed to begin phasing out HFCs in 2015.

He has one of the three highest academic averages in the history of Mansfield High — he received a B for one marking period in seventh - grade English but nothing lower than an A since — and will certainly become the fourth member of his family named most likely to succeed by his classmates at graduation.

What's noticeable is that Peppers received high grades - some of his best at UNC - in classes in the Department of African and Afro - American Studies.

Through this scheme, over 3,100 students received one or more semesters of deficient instruction and were awarded high grades that often had little relationship to the quality of their work.

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-it.

Research found that the children from two - parent homes where fathers participated in activities (such as school meetings; parent - teacher conferences; school or child care activities or events; or volunteerism) were more likely to receive higher grades, participate in extracurricular activities, and be happier in a child care or school setting.

Control group women received standard of care treatment, which in our Baby - Friendly hospital includes referrals to the lactation consultant when needed, use of a pump in the hospital, access to 3 breastfeeding classes per week, staff who are highly trained in lactation management, and a free, high - grade electric breast pump for home use if the mother's insurance does not pay for a pump.

Aside from lowering the voting age by a year, the bill would also require all pupils in the ninth grade or higher to receive at least eight full class periods of civics education and mandate that every New York high school provide each student with a voter registration form the year they turn 17.

The 4 +1 option would apply beginning with students who first entered ninth grade in or after September 2011 and thereafter or who are otherwise eligible to receive a high school diploma in June 2015 and thereafter and have passed four required Regents exams (or Department - approved alternative assessments) in English, mathematics, science and social studies.

Operator Amanda Harris, who received the highest grade for quality improvement from the communications job said, «I don't come here for the grade; I come here to do my job.»

Legislator Baskin herself had difficulties adjusting to traditional pedagogy styles throughout grade school and high school, and often received failing grades.

Students would start in the school in ninth grade and remain for six years, receiving an associate degree as well as a high school diploma.

Under Cuomo's plan, teachers would only receive positive ratings if they received high grades on both subjective and objective measures.

Despite the intervention's brevity, the black children who received the affirmative assignment scored one fourth to one third of a grade point higher in that course than the black control group at the end of the term, and the difference showed up in other classes, too.

Interestingly, students who received no rationale averaged 90 percent for a final grade, which is still higher than those who received the instructor rationale.

And more reflection seemed to lead to better performance: Students who received the intervention prompt twice had higher final course grades than those who only received the prompt once.

The Affordable Care Act requires private insurers to cover medical procedures that receive a grade of «B» or higher from the USPSTF without a co-pay.

Felder was pleased by the high grade his unconventional text received, but he feels no particular allegiance with the open - source movement.

Each recommendation received two grades, one for strength (strong, weak or insufficient), and another for the quality of evidence (high, moderate or low) that supported the specific recommendation.

In these most recent Phase I / IIa trials, five patients with AIS - B grade SCIs received 10 million cells and five with AIS - A received 20 million, the highest dose to be investigated in the SCiStar Phase I / IIa trials.

I had been taking up 10 capsules of high grade turmeric a day... and now with two dropperfuls of this product I'm receiving more turmeric in my system.

We promise that you will receive a high grade dress.

That honor goes to Paramount — yes, the very same Paramount that also out - performed all other studios at the box office — which became the first major studio to receive a quality grade as high as B + in our annual evaluations.

They were also better than those of any other major studio, leaving Disney the only one of the seven majors to receive a grade higher than a C. Interestingly, Disney's three Marvel - related films (including Big Hero 6, which is not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe) were not just the studio's highest - grossing releases, but were also the highest - scoring Disney films with critics.

Disney is thus the only major to receive a grade higher than C.

We reveal the top TV programs of the 2014 - 15 season, including the shows receiving the most award nominations as well as the highest grades from critics.

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.

Schools that had received D grades and were close to the failing grade that could precipitate vouchers» being offered to their students, by contrast, appear to have achieved somewhat greater improvements than those achieved by the schools with higher state grades.

Schools that received F grades in 1999 experienced increases in test scores that were more than twice as large as those experienced by schools with higher state - assigned grades.

A new study by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) finds that children who were cared for in high - quality childcare settings outside the home have better vocabulary skills at fifth grade than children who received early care in lower - quality settings.

Tenth - grade earth science students who engaged in PBL earned higher scores on an achievement test as compared to students who received traditional instruction (Chang, 2001).

At the other extreme, some more advanced students are unchallenged by year - level expectations and receive high grades year after year with minimal effort.

High school students with good grades receive state money that in some cases pays every cent of their college costs.

That year, at least 25 percent of all tested students in a high school were required to pass the 10th - grade exit exam in each subject in order for the school to receive an Acceptable rating.

Those who demonstrate most of what has been taught receive high grades; those who demonstrate relatively little, receive low grades.

Being held back did delay students» graduation from high school by 0.63 years, but being older for their grade did not reduce their probability of graduating or receiving a regular diploma.

Equity: Louisiana receives the sixth - highest grade for equity.

My bigger idea is that in the future, students would receive a device in ninth grade that they could keep, at least for the duration of their high school career, and perhaps permanently.

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.

Standards and Accountability: This year, Louisiana received the second - highest grade in standards and accountability.

There's nothing like a mid-summer «scandal» to get the education press buzzing, and there's little doubt that the media will continue to have a field day with revelations that Tony Bennett worked to change Indiana's A — F grading system after learning that a high - performing school started by a wealthy donor would receive a mediocre C.

In Florida, 57 percent of students who went from a charter school in 8th grade to a traditional public school in 9th grade received a standard high school diploma within four years, compared to 77 percent of charter 8th graders who attended a charter high school.

This is not to say that high - minority schools do not receive lower grades (they do).

There was high demand for the school tours: during its first two semesters, the museum tour program received 525 applications from school groups representing 38,347 students in kindergarten through grade 12.

If we graded attendance the same way we do academic tests, the nation's high schools would receive an A.