Sentences with phrase «on earlier standards»

«I would say there's a bit of a trend to build on the earlier standards and increase them.

The prior federally funded studies of instructional materials, such as textbooks, were focused on earlier standards and not the CCSS.

As expected, proficiency levels dropped sharply from the previous year, when the state used an older test based on earlier standards.

Not exact matches

Earlier this year, for example, Judy Zaichkowsky of Simon Fraser University's Beedie School of Business published a study indicating that the presence of just one woman on a company's board resulted in significantly higher standards of corporate governance (which has an established correlation to better financial performance).

Because there isn't a well - accepted industry standard, good advisers lay out their fee structure early on in conversations with a new client.

He showed early entrepreneurial promise selling candy and doing odd jobs for neighbors, eventually going on to become the founder of the Standard Oil Company.

The bank has a strong track record on semiconductor deals, advising NXP on the sale of its standard - products business to a group of Chinese investors for $ 2.75 billion earlier this year.

The power behind Fink's threat to enforce his views hinges, in part, on the standard of one share, one vote — that shareholders» voting power is based on the number of shares they own in a given company rather than the votes of entrenched founders or early investors.

Earlier this week rating agency Standard and Poor's changed its U.S. long - term debt outlook to «stable» from «negative,» despite the concrete prospect of more showdowns on fiscal policy.

By overcoming early obstacles, challenging industry standards and building on what they do well.

Many private companies begin working toward these standards early on — establishing an independent board, arranging for an independent audit, and upgrading their systems and reporting to required levels.

The Department of Labor passed a new rule earlier this year requiring that financial advisors who work with clients on retirement plans abide by a fiduciary standard.

We're increasing enrollment in high - quality early education, raising standards in our public schools as a leader in implementing the Common Core curriculum and working with the business community on STEM programs that are relevant to the job market.

Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal, published a fascinating story on the market for corporate bonds that comply with the standards of Islamic law.

We built up some nice savings before these moves so as long as the market goes in the right direction, I should be able to retire much earlier than most based on our current standard of living.

For instance, if you need to save money for a down payment on a house or you plan on retiring early, then a taxable account may be a good alternative to a standard savings account.

«Building on Ottawa's earlier commitments to set a national carbon price, establish a clean fuel standard and to phase out traditional coal power, these measures will help Canada make the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy.

Normally, solar panels are designed to last several decades on rooftops, but according to these sources, in early 2016, the Whitney panels failed internal tests that determined whether they met industry - standard longevity.

In early 2017, in recognition that continued strong growth of interest - only loans was contributing to rising risks, APRA further tightened standards on interest - only lending.

«If you're on the standard 10 - year plan or Public Service Loan Forgiveness, then you'd be on track [to have paid off your loans by your] early 30s with an undergrad degree or late 30s with a grad degree,» said Galen Herbst de Cortina, a financial planner with Buff Your Finances.

Global Research On Friday, October 24, the pound sterling dropped to just $ 1.53 (down from $ 1.73 earlier in the week, an enormous plunge by foreign - exchange standards), and the euro sunk to just $ 1.26, while Japan's yen soared by 10 %.

Counterpunch On Friday, October 24, the pound sterling dropped to just $ 1.58 (down from $ 1.73 earlier in the week, an enormous plunge by foreign - exchange standards), and the euro sunk to just $ 1.26, while Japan's yen soared by 10 per cent.

On Friday, October 24, the pound sterling dropped to just $ 1.53 (down from $ 1.73 earlier in the week, an enormous plunge by foreign - exchange standards), and the euro sunk to just $ 1.26, while Japan's yen soared by 10 %.

Our plan was to invest in the Freedom Fund until we considered ourselves financially independent by having enough investments to support our living standards in early retirement, and then focus our attention on saving for a house.

By delaying Social Security benefits, and dipping into your retirement portfolio early on, you can help to ensure the longevity of your funds along with a proper standard of living so you can enjoy the retirement you deserve.

They say the weakening changes were tailor made for polluters like Georgia Pacific, just as were earlier and failed efforts to reduce water quality standards on the Lower St. Johns.»

All three enable early adopters of these standards to begin designing with the new specifications immediately, ensuring compliance with the standard and achieving the fastest path to IP and system - on - chip (SoC) verification closure.

Raising the growth rate of the economy by 0.3 per cent (the difference between the underlying productivity growth rate in the 1990s cycle and the average of the earlier cycles) makes little difference over a year or two; over a decade or two, however, the cumulated effect on living standards is substantial.

The predominant standard variable rate on housing loans has fallen by about 3 percentage points since early 1996, to 7.5 per cent.

Earlier this month, the Texas legislature approved a loudly - debated package of restrictions on abortions in the Lone Star State; among other things, requiring abortion clinics to bring their facilities in line with surgical standards and banning abortions after 20 weeks.

The truth is that holding every man or woman we meet to the standard of marriage early on puts undue pressure on both the individual and the relationship at hand.

On the other hand, some interpreters use his later writings, particularly the Letters and Papers from Prison, as standard and ignore the earlier works to a large extent.

The standard objection to this line of interpretation is that Romans did not represent Barth's final position: the disruptiveness of the early Barth was displaced later on by the more placid, doctrinal tones of the Church Dogmatics.

As one who has been a subscriber to Faith since the early days of the 1970s, I must congratulate you on keeping up the very high standard.

Early in 2016, ISEAL published a report on Landscape Approaches and the potential contributions that sustainability standards could play.

With this investment, Danone will capitalize on strong and growing demand for its international early life nutrition brands, including Aptamil and Nutrilon, for both standard and specialized products.

Because of lax government standards and regulations on supplements in China, many manufacturers add ingredients — as we saw earlier — that are dangerous and unwanted.

Public submissions in regards to the draft national standard closed on December 9, with the issue expected to raised again early next year.

I should add that another pleasant thing about signing Olivier at the time was that he was signed pretty early on in the transfer season, and quite swiftly (by Arsenal standards).

Final Thought Going by the stats, Debuchy has been par for the course during his early days as an Arsenal player but, by his own standards, would want to improve a lot more on the offensive side of things.

Third, both of these offenses are better on standard downs and don't handle must - pass situations (like the ones early deficits create) well.

According to London Evening Standard's James Olley, the club are looking to make a marquee signing early on in the transfer window to get the fans back on side.

It can be argued that the crowds were so good because we were winning regularly, but that argument is easily countered by our current home form, six wins on the bounce the best run since the early days of SImon Grayson's time at the helm, and against a higher standard of opposition.

Nigel Reo Coker just isn't Premiership standard I'm afraid and he needs to go at the earliest opportunity, while the jury is still out on Ireland.

A few words of advice for anyone thinking of booking this hotel... Don't book a standard room if you are planning on an early night as the standard rooms are close to local bars which blast out music late into the night.

And did you know he soon raised it to a high professional standard, using dBase software on an early personal computer.)

For those of you too young to remember the early 80s, President Reagan once caused a ruckus by attempting to lower school food nutrition standards as a means of reducing federal spending on the program.

Earlier, important USFA initiatives have included switching from polystyrene trays to compostable round plates and imposing an antibiotic - free standard on its chicken suppliers.

Now Rep. DeLauro has secured language in the Agriculture Appropriations bill's report which would require the USDA to issue minimum national standards on this issue, despite its earlier reluctance to do so.

Based on the weights of breastfed babies in many countries, they're the new standard for optimal health — and can identify babies at risk of obesity earlier.