Sentences with phrase «modest improvements in»

«A lot of factors are still very supportive: low interest rates, improving job market, further modest improvements in wages and incomes — but if there's not a property in your price range available to buy, it still constrains the overall number of transactions,» Russell Price, senior economist at Ameriprise Financial Inc. in Detroit, said before the report.

George Hammond, Director of the Eller College EBR expects Tucson's job growth to gradually improve, reflecting modest improvements in net migration.

Even though the trial was powered to detect a small effect size, only modest improvements in parenting risks were found, but no impact on child behavior at follow - up time points of 18, 24, or 36 months was found.

In keeping with the classic prevention pattern, families in the E group showed modest improvements in parenting and in child outcomes.

A brief, universally offered parenting programme led to modest improvements in parenting risks but did not impact on toddler behaviour.

Results indicate at 6 - month follow - up, reductions were reported in substance use and substance use - related risk factors, as evidenced by modest improvements in family cohesion and conflict levels and by improvements in other areas of ecological functioning (e.g., increases in school / work attendance).

Overall trends support increases in ACT knowledge appropriate to the nature of the course and modest improvements in personal growth over time.

These trials have shown modest improvements in infant sleep and maternal depression symptoms.

While the new year started with some eye - catching economic headlines, suggesting that the UK's economic recovery might be slowing down further, overall we are likely to see modest improvements in the graduate employment market and an increasingly benign jobs market for new university leavers.

The Snapdragon 801 CPU used here has been usurped by the Snapdragon 805, but with fairly modest improvements in the upgrade it's not a great loss.

Even modest improvements in mileage standards for all vehicles are beneficial, but will only delay the eventual increase in emissions due to a larger population.

Modest improvements in global electrification and access to clean cooking overshadow more significant progress in the global share of renewable energy reports Global Tracking Framework 2017 — Progress Toward Sustainable Energy, launched today in New York.

Across most criteria, performance remained relatively stagnant amongst the banks, with major declines in some areas and modest improvements in others.

Positive effects will include modest improvements in cold - related mortality and morbidity in some areas due to fewer cold extremes, shifts in food production, and reduced capacity of disease - carrying vectors (medium confidence), but globally, positive inlpacts will be outweighed by the magnitude and severity of negative impacts (high confidence).

For the second time, an Ohio bill was introduced to make modest improvements in animal cruelty penalties and establish the authority of judges to issue orders of protection for pets in cases of domestic violence.

As we anticipate that the unemployment rate will be little changed over the next year, we also expect only modest improvements in the delinquency rate.»

Last year a group of nine leading educational researchers summarized the evidence this way: «Among voucher programs, random - assignment studies generally find modest improvements in reading or math scores, or both.

If students received a scholarship from the FTC in grades 3 - 7, and stayed in the program for four years or more, they saw modest improvements in associate degree attainment rates.

«Despite modest improvements in local education over the past decade, we remain far from the goal of providing high - quality public education for all students,» said Myrna Castrejón, acting chief executive officer of the California Charter Schools Association.

SALT LAKE CITY — Despite modest improvements in SAGE scores last year, schools in Utah appeared to get worse grades from the Utah State Board of Education based on school rating data released Thursday.

With respect to math learning, students in all three inductions had modest improvements in their scores on the math learning measure.

It's also difficult to conclude that even the modest improvements in NAEP scores are caused by mayoral control.

«What this [new] study adds to the literature,» she said, «is that certain sanctions, especially restructuring, worked to spur modest improvements in schools.»

-- Also, if students received a scholarship from the FTC in grades 3 - 7, and stayed in the program for four years or more, they saw modest improvements in associate degree attainment rates.

However, as if reverting to Schaefer's earlier pattern, O'Malley has confined his involvement in public education to sharing credit for the modest improvements in student achievement that have occurred in recent years.

The study found that ending social promotion helped low - performing students make modest improvements in reading and substantial improvements in math.

Though the increase in school attendance among disciplined students led to only very modest improvements in their academic performance on state reading exams, it did not have a substantively negative effect on their peers» academic performance.

Research confirms that, by requiring states that had not previously implemented school accountability systems to do so, No Child Left Behind worked to generate modest improvements in student learning, concentrated in math and among the lowest - performing students — precisely those on whom the law was focused.

Students who transferred from closure schools showed modest improvements in some outcomes relative to their school's projected performance based on past trends.

Our findings from Florida suggest that the use of standardized testing policies to end social promotion can help low - performing students make modest improvements in reading and substantial improvements in math.

The evidence would suggest that No Child Left Behind has led to modest improvements in student achievement in math that were most pronounced for low - income students and traditionally disadvantaged minorities — exactly the students whom the law was attempting to reach.»

While we would not feel comfortable claiming, based on the analysis here, that student - based budgeting has been the cause of greater equity in Houston's school funding system, our findings do show that despite an initial increase in the coefficient of variation, Houston schools have over the longer term made modest improvements in equity since the strategy was put into place.

And if this is what it takes to make modest improvements in achievement levels and reduce achievement gaps, how often can we expect it to happen?

After that time, they had modest improvements in hyperactivity, concentration, and other symptoms of ADHD.

Modest improvements in prevention and treatment directly results in productivity gains, even lowering the obesity rate.

Currently approved therapies are only symptomatic in nature, providing modest improvements in memory without altering the progression of the disease pathology [4, 5].

It has also hinted that it may even produce modest improvements in the daily lives of people who have Alzheimer's disease.

«If we could generate even modest improvements in motor or sensory function, it would result in significant improvements in quality of life.»

Modest improvements in the financial condition of some of New York's public schools are not keeping pace with growing needs among the students they serve, warns a new report released today by the New York State Council of School Superintendents.

In addition, analyses on three conditions — cognitive ability, childhood obesity and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)-- indicate that modest improvements in breastfeeding rates could save millions of pounds and, in the case of SIDS, children's lives.

In a recent study of eight state workfare programs operating since 1981, the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation found modest improvements in earnings and employment rates compared with control groups.

«We're pleased with our improved performance in the quarter as it demonstrates the earnings power of our diversified franchise and shows what is possible with modest improvements in the environment and client activity, and we believe there is room for additional revenue and earnings growth, as we further diversify our global franchise across a broader client base with an expanded suite of products and services.»

While Flannery may achieve modest improvement in GE's numbers, he has not demonstrated he can restore its soul.

Last week's rally generated modest improvement in the sorry trend uniformity we've had lately, but not enough to generate any change in the overall Climate.

As a consequence, we have seen only modest improvement in the U.S. labor market.

A modest improvement in Australia's trade performance has been evident since mid 2003.

Segment Results North America VPG increased 6.9 percent to $ 3,477 in the third quarter of 2014 from $ 3,252 in the third quarter of 2013, driven mainly by an increase in the average number of points purchased per contract, higher pricing and a modest improvement in closing efficiency.

While Syracuse School Superintendent Jaime Alicea is encouraged by the modest improvement in student English and math test scores, he said ``... there are still far too many students who are not scoring proficient on these exams.»

But Office for National Statistics (ONS) data also out today showed a modest improvement in the labour market.

The data for March 2010 to March 2012 suggests that, on average, a relatively modest improvement in frontline efficiency is needed for that period, as the predicted loss in frontline numbers is only 2 %.