Sentences with phrase «less fewer language»

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But being bilingual will have less weight, with the ability to speak a second official language given fewer points.

MPAA Rated: R for language (A few less F - words, and it would be PG) Running Time: 89 min.

• count to and across 100, forwards and backwards, beginning with 0 or 1, or from any given number • count, read and write numbers to 100 in numerals; count in multiples of 2s, 5s and 10s • given a number, identify 1 more and 1 less • identify and represent numbers using objects and pictorial representations including the number line, and use the language of: equal to, more than, less than (fewer), most, least • read and write numbers from 1 to 20 in numerals and words • read, write and interpret mathematical statements involving addition (+), subtraction -LRB--) and equals (=) signs • represent and use number bonds and related subtraction facts within 20 • add and subtract one - digit and two - digit numbers to 20, including 0 • solve one - step problems that involve addition and subtraction, using concrete objects and pictorial representations, and missing number problems such as 7 =??

Although math is less language - based than reading, the testing rates for English Learners in math are only a few points higher: 72 percent of English Learners were tested in math in 1997 - 98; 86 percent in 2000 - 01.

I've also be clear that I believe the reason the test scores are higher is that not only are classrooms sizes small etc. etc. but that AF and other charters are pulling those students that are less poor, speak primarily English, do not go home to households that don't have English as their primary language and have fewer special education needs.

The State claimed Achievement First Bridgeport Academy demonstrated a better record of achievement then did Bridgeport's public schools, but failed to note that Achievement First's students are less poor, and face fewer language barriers and disabilities.

What would happen if I had two middle schools in my suburban town and one had a lottery — and one didn't and the one with the lottery ended up with the students who are less poor, face less language issues, don't come from immigrant, have fewer special education students....

The Achievement First schools are more racially isolated students, have students that are less poor, and have far fewer students going to homes where English is not the primary language

If Charter schools educate children who are less poor, have fewer language barriers and few special education needs, they will, by default, end up with high standardized test scores.

We also know that in case after case after case after case, Connecticut's charter school educate children that are less poor, have far less language barriers and need fewer special education services.

The «improved test results» that they education reforms tout are simply the result of policy changes that allowed these schools to skim off students that are less poor, have fewer language barriers, need fewer special education services or display fewer behavioral problems.

Starting with the newest among the lot, the Alto 800 facelift more or less carries the same design language of the older Maruti Suzuki Alto 800, but there are quite few updates in terms of styling.

The seven drawings created for his exhibition at the Hammer Museum clearly demonstrate the artist's fluency in various dialects of the common abstract language, resonating with Constructivist and Minimalist tones and with a few refrains in less analytical abstract traditions.

Note that plenty of good climate scientists critique the IPCC all the time: most of the quality scientists who do so, however, use much less charged language and many fewer strawmen that are evidenced in this post.

About 12,000, or more than half of all private practitioners in Ontario, work in firms with five lawyers or fewer, while 86 per cent of all firms in the province contain five lawyers or less, Pawlitza said, noting they are also responsible for almost all legal services in languages other than English.

But it may be safer for employers to use fewer words than less and avoid all - inclusive language (like that found in Wood and North) due to Roden, a 2005 Court of Appeal decision.

Past Participants Showed: — Better quality relationships — Less hostility — Less post-partum depression — More satisfaction as parents — Infants with fewer language delays — Fathers becoming more involved

For example, compared to older mothers, teen mothers display lower levels of verbal stimulation and involvement, higher levels of intrusiveness, and maternal speech that is less varied and complex.47, 48 Mothers with fewer years of education read to their children less frequently25, 49 and demonstrate less sophisticated language and literacy skills themselves, 50 which affects the quantity and quality of their verbal interactions with their children.2 Parental education, in turn, relates to household income: poverty and persistent poverty are strongly associated with less stimulating home environments, 51 and parents living in poverty have children who are at risk for cognitive, academic, and social - emotional difficulties.52, 53 Finally, Hispanic and African American mothers are, on average, less likely to read to their children than White, non-Hispanic mothers; 54 and Spanish - speaking Hispanic families have fewer children's books available in the home as compared to their non-Hispanic counterparts.25 These racial and ethnic findings are likely explained by differences in family resources across groups, as minority status is often associated with various social - demographic risks.