Sentences with phrase «only slight improvements»

The schools have seen only slight improvements in test scores since Project LIFT started nearly four years ago.

Even the most recent school report card showed only slight improvements, and the 5th - graders passing the California Standards Test was at 37 percent while the district average is 47 percent.

At best, that focus gets only slight improvements in test scores, which does not necessarily translate into students being better readers, writers, and thinkers.

Killingsworth and Gilbert found that daydreams about pleasant things were linked to improvements in mood, but only slight improvements.

Click Tennessee Constitution Party and Green Party File New Ballot Access Lawsuit May 23, 2011: Tennessee Governor Signs Bill Making Miniscule Improvements in Ballot Access May 9, 2011: Tennessee Legislature Passes Bill that makes Only Slight Improvements to Ballot Access

This is the bill that makes only slight improvements in ballot access for new and minor parties.

France's car market shrank sharply again in June, bringing the decline in registrations of new cars to 11 % for the first half of the year, with the country's auto makers» association warning of only a slight improvement by the end of the year.

However, it's only a slight improvement of 0.4 percent from 2016.

Welbeck was only a slight improvement.

We benefitted from Alexis coming out of Messi's shadow and being liberated at Arsenal, if you think Benzema is only a slight improvement on Giroud you're grossly overstating Giroud.

Which in turn means that for the next 2/3 seasons (in theory) we are going to stand still with the possibility of only slight improvement.

People in the group that received uniform stimulation showed only a slight improvement in these measures — no more than 20 per cent.

That's only a slight improvement over 2000, when the numbers were 6 % and 10 % respectively, according to NSF statistics.

Other cases show only a slight improvement while still others show no improvement at all — and all in situations where the illness causing organism is known to be susceptible to silver.

The Merc With a Mouth is back in a sequel with more slicing, dicing and R - rated quips — but it's only a slight improvement over -LSB-...]

«Rampage» is Johnson's second video game movie and only a slight improvement over the obnoxious «Doom» adaptation he made in 2005.

The normal - sized classroom that had a teacher's aide showed only slight improvement on the tests.

This was only a slight improvement, and by then it was common knowledge that the QP was soon to get a proper automatic transmission, a six - speed ZF unit used for years by BMW.

The central banker says governments should cobble together a mix of policies to the boost the country's economic output — even if each opportunity on its own offers only a slight improvement.

Unfortunately, there is little scientific justification for the use of L - lysine, explaining why your cat's symptoms were showing only slight improvement.

Visually, Fusion is only a slight improvement over Evolution from a couple of years ago.

This is only a slight improvement over the all time low for these companies recorded in 2016 which was 2.67.

The EMDR group also showed large and significant reduction of problem behaviors by 2 - month follow - up, whereas the control group showed only slight improvement.

Among those that predict an increase in occupancies, the majority expect only a slight improvement of less than 1 percent.

Not exact matches

The ties over, so I would try to win the game but the players are only playing for the shirt imo, it's not impossible, but highly improbable they have a mean defense, let's cement 3rd and retain the fa cup (relatively poor) I know because of the expectation and all the noise the club was making last summer but its a slight improvement.

Welbeck is the only positive really as he is a slight improvement over Giroud, but it also means no chance of a better striker in January like Cavani, Martinez or Huntelaar.

At a special meeting this week, the board made only slight wording changes before approving the agreement, which calls for the village to give the park district $ 400,000 for dredging and other improvements.

The math and English scores for grades 3 through 8 in the exams tied to the Common Core show slight improvement, but only about a third of the students are considered proficient.

In justifying Automotive's removal, the state also cited a slight improvement in scores on Regents exams last year, though only 3 percent of grads scored high enough to be deemed college - ready.

May 8, 2013 Rethinking treatment goals improves results for those with persistent anorexia A new, multinational randomized clinical trial has found that patients with severe and enduring anorexia nervosa will not only stick with treatments but also make significant improvements with just a slight modification of the standard goals and methods of treatment.

Students who practiced the Transcendental Meditation program showed significant increases in math and English scale scores and performance level scores over a one - year period.A significant portion of the meditating students — 41 percent — showed a gain of at least one performance level in math, compared to 15 percent of the non-meditating students in the control group.Among the students with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a slight gain.

Recent studies have started showing that if you haven't already been a regular drinker, the performance during physical activity or during mental tasks might only get a slight improvement or none at all if you start drinking caffeine.

It seems to be making a slight improvement so far but it's hard to tell because I've only been taking it just over a week now.

Baltimore County schools made slight improvements in both reading and math at most grade levels measured by the MSA, taking steps back only in sixth - grade reading and eighth - grade math.

As the name implies, the venerable 5 - litre supercharged Jaguar V8 gets a slight power hike from 542bhp to 567bhp (575PS), with torque rising to 517 lb ft from a previous peak of 502 lb ft. Granted, they're only minor improvements on a car that weighs nearly two tonnes, but the new 575 clearly isn't short on performance, particularly given its size.

All Clios are economical, though if you need any more excuses to avoid that naturally - aspirated 1.2 - litre entry car, its that its 50.4 mpg combined economy - a slight improvement on the pre-facelift car - is only about 2.5 mpg more than the Renault Sport models can manage.

While the low student - teacher ratio has always resulted in typical but slight improvements, once the use of Kindles was incorporated into my teaching the level of improvement per student increased, which I can only attribute to the fact that the reading material on the Kindle e-readers is age - appropriate and topically sound.

The Verizon Bold / Tour2 will only be a slight improvement over over my current Tour.

We sprayed the affected areas but again only saw slight improvement.

Deponia: Doomsday makes most of the same mistakes with only a couple of slight improvements.

Like the majority of sports games on the market, THQ has been releasing a new WWE title on a yearly basis with each release only seeing slight improvements or changes.

This is only a very slight improvement from 2012, when 1.1 billion people lacked access to electricity.

Marks said that 48 - hour track forecast errors today are the same as 24 - hour track forecast errors 10 years ago, whereas there has only been slight improvement in 48 - hour intensity forecasts during the past two decades.

I'm only seeing a slight improvement in the Clear Image photos, though, and the optics seem especially susceptible to lens flare.