Sentences with phrase «new achievement points»

Players will be able to gain 175 new Achievement points via multiplayer games taking place on the new Flashback map pack and via the Combustible DLC.

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But Wambach is also making a point that other women have echoed, in a year of major achievements for women in leadership positions in professional sports: Eventually, they hope it will no longer be a big story when a female athlete, or a woman working in some other capacity in sports, reaches new heights.

Rabbi Maurice Davis of White Plains, New York, points out that the present generation of Jewish young people, those born here in the «60s, is the first one that can not reasonably expect to surpass its parents» achievements, as those parents did their parents».

The Real Madrid forward is breaking records and reaching terrific new heights on an almost weekly basis at the moment for his club, and he has now set this superb achievement for his national side as well, heading home to give his country a crucial three points in their quest to qualify for the tournament in France in two years» time.

So correct mate, am scared, this is ironic time for wenger and arsenal, it funny that arsenal did well when we didn't have money but couldnt use the new wealth to elevate things but the key point is, eye for tactics and scouting the best youth out there is the forward, if we are honest with ourselves, we have to commend Tottenham achievement of blending young and getting good quality players really cheap

High Achievement New York, a business - backed group that is supportive of the Common Core standards, is pointing to the «opt - in» rates of students in the state's urban areas.

By measuring average point scores rather than a single cutoff point, the new measure will also ensure that the achievement of all students is recognised equally, including both low attainers and high fliers.

The Free Schools Network points out that «the results compare favourably with the achievements of state schools generally, with Free Schools more than twice as likely to be awarded an Outstanding judgement under the new tougher Ofsted inspection framework».

The groups, including High Achievement New York, point to a report that found up to $ 5 billion education funding would be in peril annually — about $ 2,000 per student.

Party figures point to the National Infrastructure Commission - an arms - length body which would take a «strategic» approach to Wales» infrastructure and have access to new financial resources - as a significant achievement and something that was not in Labour's manifesto.

Speaking at the U.S. Military Academy commencement in New York, Obama praised the graduates for their achievements and laid out a scenario of military and societal challenges in what is the ninth consecutive West Point commencement during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the fight against international terrorism.

Uberuaga has had three outstanding scientific achievements over the past 10 years: accelerated molecular dynamics method development, amorphization resistance of complex oxides, and the discovery of a new mechanism for point defect recovery at interfaces.

Knothole Island is not a DLC that is worth the price off admission it does add new weapons, treasures, and achievements which are good, but the story is ok and the quest is a repetitive go back and change the weather every now and again, the only reason i would recommend this is for the new cool weapons and a couple of achievements but that is hardly a reason to recommend this mediocre DLC, if you still want to give this a shot buy the platinum hits edition of Fable 2, and don't waste your Microsoft Points.

For fans who want to take things to the next level, â $ œToy Boxâ $ also comes with bonus content that can be purchased for 560 Microsoft Points, including 10 new Achievements, Avatar Awards and new vehicles and gadgets.

So far four achievements have surfaced on the list, totally at 50 points of Gamerscore, and all of them seem to revolve around Wallace, who's supposedly going to be a new playable character in the upcoming DLC, «Online Multiplayer and Wallace» pack.

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Turning point occurs when an exclusive Manhattan prep school recruits Jamal for his basketball talent and his academic achievement, and he seeks Forrester's help in dealing with the new environment, becomes a reluctant hero and Jamal gradually becomes committed not only to his own writing, but to cracking Forrester's shell.

Each Pack costs 160 Microsoft Points and adds a new weapon, shadow, background, and Achievements.

Doom 3, Resurrection of Evil, and «The Lost Mission» have been optimized in 3D, featuring 5.1 surround sound, Xbox 360 Achievements, PS3 trophies, improved rendering and lighting, and a new check point save system allowing for smoother progression through the game.

8 new Achievements with a total of 125 points.

Meanwhile, the average achievement in the new districts increased by 0.35 standard deviations (14 percentile points), and the shares of African - American and Hispanic students decreased by 14 and 20 percentage points, respectively.

Turning Points 2000: A Blueprint For Middle Grades Education Reform A new report by the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans advises that groups need to work together to help Hispanic students close the achievement gap with students of other ethnic groups.

A new movement is trying to refocus admissions away from purely individual academic achievement and toward something you can't measure with SAT tests or resumes padded with public service points: real concern for others and the common good.

The report became a turning point in American education and marked the beginning of a new focus on excellence, achievement, and results.

Her litany of complaints about the academic results of Klein's «radical restructuring» is somewhat familiar — «inflating» test results and «taking shortcuts» to boost graduation — except for the charge that «the recalibration of the state scores revealed that the achievement gap among children of different races in New York City was virtually unchanged between 2002 and 2010, and the proportion of city students meeting state standards dropped dramatically, almost to the same point as in 2002.»

The study found that after multimedia technology was used to support project - based learning, eighth graders in Union City, New Jersey, scored 27 percentage points higher than students from other urban and special needs school districts on statewide tests in reading, math, and writing achievement.

New Teacher Placement, Retention Can Exacerbate Achievement Gaps Education Week, July 18, 2012 «Marty West, an assistant professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education, said the results point to the need for districts to take a closer look at who they keep and lose both in individual schools and the district as a whole.

To have an 80 percent chance of detecting the impact of an intervention that raises student achievement by an average of 2 percentile points over the course of a year in elementary math classrooms in New York City, one would need roughly 200 classrooms.

Two such good points included the reaffirmation of a commitment to making every effort to accelerate the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 and explicit inclusion of the need for a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the potential for these SDGs to provide a basis for a new, internationally agreed Development framework, to succeed the MDGs.

Investigating the transition to high school, we find that students moving to a new high school between grades 8 and 9 suffer a small drop in achievement of 0.03 standard deviations in math and 0.04 standard deviations in reading (relative to those in grade 6 — 12 schools or schools with another configuration that requires no transition at this point).

One theme seemed to emerge: Newer research has led to a better understanding of the points made by the Coleman Report, but progress has often been disappointing in addressing many of the problems — including segregation, poverty and the achievement gap — related to educational inequity.

New understandings about how people learn point the way to developing more effective educational environments and instructional processes to enhance the academic achievement of all students.

Ms. Hoxby said she calculated the Harlem - Scarsdale achievement gap — a 35 - to 40 - point spread — to give New Yorkers a concrete idea of what her statistical results mean.

New staff members are bringing good ideas, but as a principal, if we don't keep those instructional arrows pointing in the same direction, we're going to be all over the place, and our student achievement is going to be all over the place.

Some argue that Syracuse could be doing more, pointing to New York City as an example of where innovation has improved student achievement.

Opponents of the big Cs» plan pointed out that there was no evidence in Colorado or elsewhere that more funding by itself would raise student achievement, and that the best funded states in the country (like New Jersey [Note: NJ is actually a high - achieving state] or D.C.) often showed the worst student achievement.

Proponents point to positive benchmarks: District enrollment is growing; D.C. scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have improved (in some cases at a much faster rate than students in other large urban districts); and teachers who left the district after receiving low marks on D.C.'s new teacher evaluation system were replaced with higher - scoring teachers who boosted student achievement.

Additionally, ESSA requires states to annually test 95 percent of students in reading and math, to use the participation rate to calculate the achievement indicator, and to factor assessment participation into the statewide accountability system another way.21 For example, four states — Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Mexico, and Vermont — plan to lower a school's classification for not meeting this requirement.22 In three states — Illinois, Nevada, and Tennessee — schools that do not have a 95 percent participation rate can not score at the highest level of proficiency; receive zero points for proficiency; or receive an F on the achievement indicator for the given group of students, respectively.23

As Connecticut's new Commissioner of Education and the Governor's point person on education reform, Stefan Pryor now finds himself in the unique position of being able to determine whether Achievement First's aggressive growth plan will succeed or fail.

«More questions than answers remain at this point, not the least of which include who will be part of the planning team, how the new system will be designed, and what will happen to the collective bargaining rights of employees of the Detroit Public Schools and the Education Achievement System,» DPS union leaders wrote in a joint statement.

Rampell points to a study finding that principals rarely take advantage of new powers to dismiss bad teachers — but studies find that these powers probably improve teacher performance and student achievement anyway (is this really surprising?).

Washington also pointed out that the legislature is currently considering a new pay structure based on achievement of certificates rather than the «time and schooling» grid.

In much the same way, making predictions about student achievement data offers a starting point for navigating new data and engaging in dialogue about what it tells you.

Bezos said that the company is «investing heavily on behalf of readers,» and he pointed to such 2013 achievements as the launch of the new, high - contrast Kindle Paperwhite, the integration of the «very impressive» Goodreads into the first and second generation Kindle Paperwhite, and the launch of Kindle in India, Mexico, and Australia.

Access to Xbox live gaming is a big part of the new OS, where Xbox profiles and avatars can be used on the phone with points and achievements being earned as well.

In the second video (below) we see the much talked about Trophy system detailed — each new game will come with a series of tasks (notice how I didn't say «Achievements») that, when achieved, will earn players points that will in turn raise their level.

The add - on also comes with 100 points worth of new Achievements, which follow after the break.

To purchase all these packs will set you back a fairly substantial 1680 points which would net you two new events, 6 new cars, 20 new events and 11 new achievements.

It has been confirmed that the released date is the 23rd of december for 400 microsft points New Achievements in DLC are: - Piggyback (15G): Catch a ride and surf on top of a car in Dangerous Ride.

With a total of 50 achievements adding up to 1000 gamerscore points, Fallout New Vegas is ripe for the picking.