Sentences with phrase «meaningful increase»

According to my assessment, the incentives produce meaningful increases in participation in the AP program and improvements in other critical education outcomes.

When the results were added together, though, there was a statistically meaningful increase in muscle growth.

The higher business spending represented the first meaningful increase we have seen since 2015 — and our proprietary survey of companies suggests it is poised to continue during the next few quarters.

Similarly, most people would not view as meaningful increases in performance that result from an improvement in testing conditions.

Value managers saw some of the most meaningful increases in their short - term success rates.

Going forward, keep in mind that robust job creation and meaningful increases in income levels will help propel home prices.

Existing - home sales and contract signings both experienced meaningful increases in February despite higher mortgage rates, rising home prices and subpar supply levels in much of the country.

Quality of life was significantly higher in participants randomized to the intervention group, who demonstrated a statistically and clinically meaningful increase in QOL at 12 weeks (P <.05 using the nonparametric Wilcoxon test).31, 32 Median survival was almost 5 months longer in the intervention group.

We find strong evidence that this system causes meaningful increases in teacher performance,» said James Wyckoff, professor of education at the Curry School and co-author of the study.

«If access to credit improves, we could see a much more meaningful increase in home sales and broader stabilization in home prices with modest gains in areas with stronger job growth.»

Findings from this large and comprehensive evaluation show that KIPP schools lead to educationally meaningful increases in student achievement, not just in basic reading and math, but in a broader set of subjects, including science and social studies.»

Of the 15 studies included in the meta - analysis, the only one that did not find a statistically meaningful increase in the odds of death associated with access to firearms was from New Zealand, where guns are much less available than they are in the United States.

A review published by the US National Research Council concluded that the international evidence was «not encouraging about the ability of incentive programs to reliably produce meaningful increases in student achievement» [2].

In the words of one of the coauthors, «We find strong evidence that this system causes meaningful increases in teacher performance.»

Assuming there are no changes to the tax code that hurt homeownership, the gradually expanding economy and continued job creation should set the stage for a more meaningful increase in home sales in 2018.»

A study by Kirabo Jackson published in the Fall 2008 issue of Ed Next found that a program that paid students and teachers for passing scores on Advanced Placement tests produced meaningful increases in participation in the AP program and improvements in other critical education outcomes.

Further, both Enbridge and TransCanada had been expecting increases in refinery throughput in Ontario, but there has not been any meaningful increase.

While it can take years to build a meaningful increase in sales volume, pricing hikes can be implemented quickly — often in less than three months — and have an immediate impact.

Fed officials «broadly speaking... believe there will be meaningful increases in demand from the new fiscal policies for at least the next, say, three years,» Powell said.

«Without a meaningful increase in employment, it makes it difficult to power strong growth in the future.»

But a number of factors — from geopolitical risk to lack of economic growth — have staved off a meaningful increase.

So any meaningful increase in mortgage rates could make life difficult for highly leveraged home owners.

Using this strategy, you pool your dividend payments until you have enough capital accumulated to initiate a new position or make a meaningful increase to an existing position.

U.S. stocks are flat year - to - date and have experienced a meaningful increase in volatility, but defensive stocks have offered little protection: Utilities and staples are down 4.5 % and 8.5 % respectively year - to - date.

During the most recent quarter, oil production was lower than estimated primarily due to weak production in the Permian Basin, which declined despite a meaningful increase in capital allocation.

Furthermore, any meaningful increase in loans will probably continue to be more than offset by the continual destruction of liquidity as writedowns, chargeoffs, elimination of derivatives, etc. persists for years.

Even when Nespresso has expanded recycling efforts, it fails to create any meaningful increase in recycling rates.

They also agreed on «meaningful increases» in U.S. exports of agriculture and energy products and greater efforts to increase trade in manufactured goods and services.

Rather to my surprise there is no meaningful increase in Labour's support from Ed Miliband's first conference speech as leader.

Much of the Prevention Fund cash will go to state and local governments, Frieden said, and he agreed that CDC's budget this year, like that of many other agencies, «is complex,» with both meaningful increases and decreases.

United for Medical Research, a Washington, D.C. — based lobbying group, says «this meaningful increase for NIH makes real progress toward catching up from the past decade of underfunding and keeping up with scientific advancements and public health needs.»

«We are seeing an increase, and I think it's a meaningful increase,» said Thomas Frazier, chief science officer for Autism Speaks, an autism advocacy organization.

Nor do we find that schools with a larger share of white students have a meaningful increase in their WSI.

Kraft and Gilmour concluded that the rating results in their study represented «a meaningful increase» in the identification of under - performers since the pre-reform era.

With similarly impenetrable and convoluted prose, the union's report clearly showed how collective bargaining trumped the simple goal of providing a meaningful increase in instructional time.

The broadest study, published in the 2007 book «The Education Mayor,» looked at 104 school districts and found that mayoral control was associated with a meaningful increase in student performance.

In schools with populations of greater than 80 % poverty rates, students who were taught by teachers in our program achieved statistically significant and meaningful increases in writing performance and critical thinking skills.

At a time when no teacher in the state has received a meaningful increase in pay in at least five years, will these solutions be enough to attract and retain high quality teachers in North Carolina?

«After years of under funding these engines of innovation, we're encouraged to see this modest yet meaningful increase — especially knowing that Connecticut charters are securing significant academic gains for low - income communities and underserved students,» said Marc Porter Magee, interim executive director of ConnCAN.

We find that this initiative led to meaningful increases in primary - school enrollment, particularly for young girls (i.e., a 12.4 percent increase), as well as targeted improvements in teacher attendance and school facilities, most of which were sustained in the months after the program concluded.

On mountain roads outside of Palm Springs, California, these upgrades don't seem to result in any meaningful increase in driving performance.

«There are a range of income options that can offer a meaningful increase in income; you could potentially increase the yield on your savings by a significant amount,» says Richard Carter, a vice president of fixed - income products and services at Fidelity.

U.S. stocks are flat year - to - date and have experienced a meaningful increase in volatility, but defensive stocks have offered little protection: Utilities and staples are down 4.5 % and 8.5 % respectively year - to - date.

As a result, chances are that CAPE will decline going forward as we go to a period of higher interest rates, since there is not much scope for a meaningful increase in earnings growth expectations.

You know the rest — the drilling was touted as successful but we saw no meaningful increase in reserves, then reserves were decimated by a re-classification & the oil price collapse, which in turn breached the covenants of the IFC loan, all while the company was burning cash, and so on & so on...

After paying taxes, if you are expecting to have $ 60,000 a year available to spend in retirement, and proper tax planning can increase it to $ 63,000 a year, that's a meaningful increase!