Sentences with phrase «only narrowed the gap»

Through four races he had only narrowed the gap between himself and the 30th - ranked threshold NASCAR mandated by a scant six points.

With that, we have two standstill regions that leave only a narrow gap between themselves for the super El Nino and its accompanying step warming.

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The share of part - time work among university - educated Canadians also rose from 10 per cent in the 1990s to 13.5 per cent today, with the gap relative to high - school graduates narrowing to only one percentage point.

Although enforcement of the Equal Pay Act and other civil rights laws has helped to narrow the gender pay gap, these actions only cover segments of the American working population, and many important protections are not yet codified in law.

Even if international markets narrow only 50 % of the gap in coming years, I would still expect a sharp rally in broad international markets, such as in the iShares Core MSCI EAFE (IEFA A-95) and the iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets (IEMG A-99).

Only by truly engaging the populous can we even begin to narrow the national wealth gap and thwart a looming retirement crisis,» stated Dara Albright, Founder of Dara Albright Media.

And with each passing moment, that gap is only become narrower and narrower.

It's the only poll with a lead for the Yes campaign, but many others have shown a narrowing of the gap between the two sides.

This is not only because the gaps, where God could be thought to act, became narrower and narrower with the advance of science.

The gap between Bradley Chubb and Harold Landry was already smalled than most people thought it was before the Combine — afterward, it's only narrowed.

(The gap between poor and wealthier fourth - grade students narrowed during those two decades, but only by a tiny amount.)

However, the counter-punch is that evidence of a lingering gap actually supports our case: the difference is only narrowed to the extent that gender equality is attained.

It would be an effort to narrow the state's budget gap — one whose effect is partially symbolic, as it would save the state only $ 200 million to $ 400 million of the projected $ 9 billion deficit.

An eight - point gap, narrowing to a six - point gap, narrowing to a four - point gap just hours before the only poll that counts gets underway.

This seems illogical, or at least counterproductive, since research also shows that achievement would rise, achievement gaps would narrow, lifetime income would increase, and economic growth would surge if only we had the courage to identify and then replace the bottom 5 or 10 percent of the teacher quality distribution.

However, it was during this period — and only this period — that the racial gap in reading narrowed significantly.

It is true that the test - score gap between black and white students narrowed during the 1980s, only to stagnate in the»90s.

The discriminatory impact of this compromise lessened as the gender gap in master's degree attainment narrowed, and more subtle means of discrimination were hampered by nearly universal adoption of the uniform salary schedule, with teachers» pay based only on experience and education.

Only in the across - cohort comparisons did the Mathematica researchers find much evidence to suggest that the black - white test - score gap may narrow during the school years.

Not only in becoming part of the larger conversations about education and research, but also more specifically in regard to narrowing the achievement gap for African American male students.

This contrasts with the voluminous research on class size, which shows that class size reduction is one of the very few ways to narrow the achievement gap and one of only four reforms cited by the Institute of Education Sciences as proven to work through rigorous evidence.

To base tests on what is actually taught in school would not only be fairer to disadvantaged students than the current Kafkaesque system of testing, it would enable such students to gradually narrow the gap in their general knowledge and vocabulary.

Compared to 1992, only the White — Black gap at grade 4 and the female — male gap at grade 8 have narrowed.»

«There are a narrow set of schools where this happens all the time, and until that gets really unpacked and resolved, there's only so much that can be done to close the achievement gap,» Sapp said.

Black students in the state have narrowed the gap in only one subject in the past 20 years.

They must not only manage and run schools — a task one leader describes as a «runaway train most days» — they're expected to narrow the achievement gap and at the same time raise achievement for every single student, even in the most demanding environments.

Despite state reforms over the past decades, the gap between minority students and white students across California has narrowed only slightly.

There is every scientific reason to predict that an intensive focus on oral language development during the classroom reading period in early grades will not only raise reading achievement for all students, it will also help narrow the gap between social groups.

The gap narrowed, however, only because of the increase in the White suspension rate.

When James Coleman, the great sociologist of education, analyzed the school characteristics that had the greatest impact on educational achievement and equity, he found that schools with greater academic intensity — a persistent, goal - directed focus on academics — produced not only greater learning, but also narrowed the achievement gap between ethnic groups.30 That such academically focused schools would raise general achievement is obvious since an intense focus on academics is self - evidently the most likely means to raise academic achievement.

But building knowledge is the only way to make elementary education meaningful for all kids, and it's our best chance of narrowing the achievement gap.

Given this, the fact that during the 90s the gap in achievement measured by NAEP increased only slightly in math and increased in reading but began to narrow again BEFORE NCLB should be celebrated as an achievement of hard working schools facing deteriorating conditions within their communities.

By narrowing socioeconomic - based achievement gaps, high - quality universal prekindergarten will not only induce faster growth, it will also reduce income inequality.

Moreover, international experience confirms that it is possible to make progress in closing these gaps: not only have two dozen countries made substantial progress in overall achievement, but 17 countries that exceed US performance levels also have a narrower gap among children of divergent socioeconomic backgrounds.

Over the next two decades, not much changed in the states that did not reform their finance systems: The gap remained $ 800 in 2008, narrowing only during the 2009 - 2011 state fiscal crisis and never doing better than parity.

Only choose the three - door version if carrying passengers in the back is not a big priority, as clambering into the back seats through the narrow gap is ungainly at the best of times.

With the gap strongly narrowed and if not fully receded, Apple was forced to enter into the smaller tablet market, but Amazon and the Nexus 7 are not the only forces that are forcing Apple's hand.

My only hassle with them is that there's apparently a very narrow gap between getting flagged for cover images that are too small and those that are too large.

I found myself on the tail of one of their testers, only for him to turn sideways and fly effortlessly through a narrow gap on a huge Amarr temple.

Ridge Racer Namco's racer was one of the first texture - mapped polygonal 3D racing games and the quality of its home conversion finally confirmed that the gap between consoles and arcades was finally so narrow, the only major difference was a hydraulic seat.

In addition, the performance gap between Member States further narrowed in 2017, with only two Member States recording a fatality rate higher than 80 deaths per million inhabitants (Romania and Bulgaria).

However, the counter-punch is that evidence of a lingering gap actually supports our case: the difference is only narrowed to the extent that gender equality is attained.

Parenting in the digital age could be very tricky and it is important to narrow down not only the age gap but also the technology gap between parent and child.

The Gap House in West London, England has a narrow frontage of only 8 ft / 2.3 m wide.