Sentences with phrase «middling performance»

Most macro hedge funds have delivered middling performance in 2013 because there was so much uncertainty globally.

When the last round of TIMSS results were released, Paul Peterson and Eric Hanushek argued against being satisfied with middling performance on the TIMSS.

First concerns about U.S. students» middling performance on international assessments came to the forefront in the debate over education policy, with specific emphasis placed on the lean, focused standards in place in top - performing countries.

There is evidence that economic inequality is a large contributor to the overall middling performance by U.S. students when it comes to international comparisons, with a 2013 study suggesting that if our students came from an overall similar economic divide as other first - world countries, our ranking would rise considerably.

The aggressive exterior styling and Abarth details give the little Fiat serious attitude although the harsh ride and middling performance levels do count against it.

Education Week's annual state - by - state assessment of public education paints a portrait of middling performance overall with patches of high achievement, along with perennial struggles to improve on the part of states mired at the bottom.

Each generation sold well, had personality, and put down middling performance figures, but none appealed to enthusiasts as a real alternative to a stylish and capable European sport sedan.

As we saw with the E-Fun Nextbook 10.1, which offers the same configuration, the Venue 8 Pro delivers middling performance, though it's pretty good for the price.

The Marcus Stroman injury hurt their depth, which they'll probably have to tap into this season, but where the Red Sox and Orioles should both do at least one thing well, the Blue Jays are in danger of middling performances everywhere on the roster other than the middle of their lineup.

Jack's middling performance at Koln was hampered IMO — as his usual partner - in - crime — Giroud — seemed less - mobile and less involved; likely from the thigh injury picked up on international duty.

She doesn't hurt the film when compared to some of the other middling performances, but she does nothing to make her mark.

A better bet: «Into the Woods,» which isn't so bad if one ignores significant Act II cuts, Rob Marshall's characteristically clumsy direction and the distracting star turns (Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep's Oscar - nominated but middling performance as the Witch).

Sure, if it ain't broke don't fix it, but there are many schools with middling performance where students could greatly benefit from new approaches.

The vanilla Android purist will find software — or its absence — here to please them too, though the camera's middling performance remains a legitimate frustration.

As it stands, the MA750's middling performance misses the mark, and keeps them from being a great pair of headphones.

Middling performance by the Pelicans so far.

The Core i5 3337U processor is identical to what we tested in the Lenovo Horizon, and, as expected, it turned in middling performance figures.

The engine uses the automaker's dual variable valve timing system, but still uses port fuel injection — while the best of its competition have moved on to more efficient direct injection — which saddle the Toyota with middling performance and fuel economy.

Education Week's annual state - by - state assessment of public education paints a portrait of middling performance overall.

The middling performance, awkward typing, and half - baked software kill the Yoga Book's chances of being a comfortable 2 - in - 1, but taken solely as a tablet, it's not so bad.

US stocks generated a middling performance last month compared with the rest of the field.

Neither Ackman's high - profile stumbles nor the middling performance of activists broadly proved a deterrent.

Glennon did connect with Wheeler on a 21 - yard touchdown pass, but his middling performance could increase the pressure on Beamer to turn the offense over to freshman Tyrod Taylor, a pass - run threat who played his way up to No. 2 on the depth chart last month after only three weeks with the team.

I think that this is a very well written piece Dan — but you make the point yourself that Labour do not, traditionally, sack their leaders, not for having an adenoidal voice and not after what was at worst, a middling performance in the last elections and with Labour ahead in the polls.

So far robots have been too expensive to justify their middling performance in apparel manufacturing, says Dan Kara, research director for robotics, automation, and intelligent systems at ABI Research.

This is a movie — albeit one with a great, gripping story — shot through with meaningful glances, middling performances and melodramatic music cues.

The relatively low status of teaching as a profession is often given as a factor contributing to the difficulty of recruiting teachers, the middling performance of American students on international assessments, and the well - documented decline in the relative academic ability of teachers through the 1990s.

Lenovo's unorthodox multi-mode Android tablets have always boasted striking looks, but middling performance and unnecessarily heavy software customizations usually spoil the appeal.

The question is, are they worth dealing with a middling performance and less - than - intuitive UI?

And yet the entire thing gets derailed by middling performance that makes the $ 550 price feel ludicrous and a lack of any one legitimate «wow» factor.

However, middling performance and a short battery life keep the Pure from reaching true greatness.

But with middling performance and some poorly design software, it just misses greatness.

The Bitcoin price forecast is also looking like it might be ready to rally from its middling performance in the past week or so, but we'll have to see BTC cross that important $ 4,000 threshold.

Nuu Mobile's X5 suffers from poor battery life and middling performance.

That middling performance follows healthier increases that bolstered the metro's rent growth levels in 2016.