Sentences with phrase «more act math»

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As more Latinos move to Texas, Arizona, Florida, Nevada and similar states, the entire electoral math may shift, particularly if Republicans keep doing things like killing the DREAM Act — seats that are comfortably Republican after this year's round of redistricting may be much more competitive a few years down the road.

Alison Clough, acting chief executive of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry in London, queries the math and says her organization wants to know more about the global challenges fund.

Perlmutter emphasizes the importance of exercise when he wrote, «the simple act of moving your body will do more for your brain than any riddle, math equation, mystery book, or even thinking itself.»

Not even the rolls of the dice add up to more than three - act narrative math.

States should seize the possibilities for more innovative approaches to school improvement posed by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaces a law much criticized for its heavy - handed federal role and for focusing schools heavily on teaching for low - level multiple - choice tests in reading and math to the neglect of other subject areas and higher - level skills.

Labeled as chronically under - performing under the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, all electives had been stripped away to make more time for reading and math drills in an effort to boost state test scores.

For the past 20 years, ACT has supplemented its college entrance exams with its more basic WorkKeys exam, which tests three skills: applied math, locating information and reading for information.

Perhaps more importantly, a nearly identical effect is seen on the math portion of the ACT (taken in the spring of 11th grade), with double - dose algebra raising scores by 0.15 standard deviations on an exam used by many colleges as part of the admissions process.

More recently, the No Child Left Behind Act has focused on reading and basic math, not on science.

With few exceptions, students eligible for free and reduced - price lunch and students of color in the 50 cities were less likely than more advantaged students to enroll in a high - scoring elementary and middle school, take advanced math classes in high school, and sit for the ACT / SAT.

ACT, the organization that produces one of the two major college entrance exams in the United States, has just reported that taking more math and science courses has

Flexibility from the No Child Left Behind Act gives states new opportunities to implement important education reforms such as evaluating teachers more meaningfully, expanding learning time for students, and setting higher standards for student learning in English and math.

Now, under a new, more flexible federal law called the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Illinois is proposing a new timeline to get students up to par, and it's almost as daunting as the 100 percent goal: By 2032, 90 percent of students would pass state reading and math exams and be considered proficient.

With both of us learning more each day about serving up a well - designed 3 act math task, we came up with an idea in about 15 minutes even though we didn't have a particular learning goal in mind.

Mississippi ranks near the bottom among all states in a number of markers including children ages 1 through 5 whose families read to them more than 3 days a week, fourth - and eighth - grade reading and math levels, on - time high - school graduation and average composite ACT scores.

In adopting the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Congress retained the requirements for annual testing in reading and math but gave states much more leeway in deciding what to do with the results.

The National School Boards Association's (NSBA) Center for Public Education (CPE) in its analysis of the report found that while overall scores remained flat, more students scored high enough to reach the ACT college - ready benchmarks in each of the test's four subject areas - English, reading, math, and science.

Student test scores released this week on the math portion of the «nation's report card» will make more urgent the rethinking of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act.

But as more engine torque is called upon by the driver, the Haldex's electronic brain does the math by registering axle loads, tire slip and steering angle, then commands the fast - acting electro - hydraulic center differential to continuously vary torque distribution to enhance rear traction with a torque split that is biased to the rear wheels by as much as 100 percent.

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If you work it out (by all means, check my math), that means the tidal force from the Moon acting at the surface of the Earth's oceans is more than 1000 times greater than the tidal force from Jupiter acting at the surface of the Sun.