Sentences with phrase «more quality benchmarks»

Low - income students were also more likely to be enrolled in those programs with six or more quality benchmarks than their peers, suggesting a partly promising story.

Not exact matches

Even though Alberta Bitumen is cheaper than most benchmarks, given the need for it to be mixed with higher - quality, more - expensive lighter crude to be transported from Alberta to the U.S. Gulf, its drop into single digits is no less remarkable.

To what degree, for example, is a portfolio cheaper than its benchmark, or more tilted toward high quality stocks?

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The new benchmarks raise the bar by focusing on policies that more directly support continuous improvement of classroom quality.

Students with limited English proficiency were more likely to be enrolled in the lowest quality programs - those with just three of fewer benchmarks - and less likely to be enrolled in programs with six or more benchmarks than their peers.

Using nine specific quality benchmarks, including things like whether teachers had specialized training in early childhood education, if the maximum class size was 20 students or fewer and what the student to staff ratio was, Erin Baumgartner found that none of the 50 campuses included in the study met all nine of the quality benchmarks and that students of limited English proficiency were less likely to be enrolled in pre-kindergarten programs with six or more quality indicators.

Job Embedded Project Summary — While Nebraska school districts continue to operate more preschool programs, many of the benchmarks of a quality program, specifically in regards to program evaluation measured by CLASS and ERS are not met.

«It is more critical than ever for manufacturers to launch new models that meet their financial targets, as well as product quality and consumer - appeal benchmarks,» Gary Dilts, J.D. Power's senior vice president - global automotive, says in a statement.

The all - new Focus plans to raise the benchmark once more, targeting class - leading driving quality that blends outstanding steering precision and road feedback with significantly improved refinement and ride control.

The interiors of the Mercedes C - Class have also undergone major improvements, with more leg and headroom, a sportier driving position, redesigned steering wheel and centre console and a grade of finish that benchmarks the S - Class for quality of touch and feel.

YA seems no longer bound by strict genre lines or pegged below a certain benchmark of quality — Kephart noted that YA novels are taking «more risks than ever with voice, structure [and] form,» and Weiss argued that the generally high quality of YA writing, coupled with increased interest on the part of adults, is facilitating a «leveling of the difference between high and low culture.»

The S&P China High Quality Corporate Bond 3 - 7 Year Index, an investible index tracks the performance of Chinese corporate bonds within three to seven year tenors and uses more stringent rating criteria, has outperformed its boarder benchmark and returned 5.70 % YTD, as of August 27, 2015.

The Chinese study found that in 2012, more than 70 per cent of the population was exposed to annual PM 2.5 pollution levels higher than 35 micrograms per cubic metre, the country's benchmark for healthy air quality.

UnitedLex helps our clients focus on industry benchmarks and identify ways for our clients to «do more with less» while maintaining quality and mitigating risk.

With a Nexus 6P on hand for comparison's sake, Doe has revealed lots of juicy Pixel details — including benchmark scores, camera quality, overall performance, and more.

+ Strong performance in all benchmarks + Stays cool during gaming and also benchmarks + Fast charging is supported + Fingerprint sensor is fast, but will require a press to wake up the device first + ZenUI 3.0 is intuitive and has seen a lot of upgrades over time, with a promising future of even more enhancements later + Great camera performance; easy - to - use camera with a lot of advanced features + Audio output is customizable, even for the loudspeaker and Bluetooth devices + AptX support promises better audio quality with supported devices + DTS Headphone: X will offer a better experience watching movies, simulating surround audio through stereo headsets + Support for both Google Daydream VR and Tango AR standards

More than half a million children, or 42 percent of nationwide enrollment, were served in programs that met fewer than half of the quality benchmarks.