Sentences with phrase «percent compared»

In fact, the number of families on the waiting grew by 60 percent compared to the last school year as almost 200 families were left on the waiting list this year.

A 2017 nationally representative survey from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools found that enrollment in public charter schools during the 2017 - 18 school year increased five percent compared to the previous year.

from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools found that enrollment in public charter schools during the 2017 - 18 school year increased five percent compared to the previous year.

In 2015 — 16, third - grade reading proficiency fell to 45.7 percent from 48.8 percent two years earlier, while eighth - grade reading proficiency was flat at 39.7 percent compared to 39.9 percent two years earlier.

Although the proportion of low - income students varies greatly from school to school, the average percentage of low - income students in independent charter schools is nearly 83 percent compared to nearly 44 percent for affiliated charters, according an EdSource analysis of 2016 - 17 Los Angeles Unified district data.

They estimate savings in compensation costs for the hybrid model ranging from 36 percent to 57 percent compared to the all - section traditional model (where professors teach all course sections), and 19 percent compared to the lecture - section model (where professors give a large lecture and students are assigned to smaller sections led by teaching assistants).

* Non-white and non-Asian parents were more likely than white and Asian parents both to choose «better education» as their top reason for choosing a private school (40.5 percent versus 23.7 percent) and to place high school graduation rates and postsecondary information in their top two pieces of important decision - making information (54.1 percent compared to 27 percent).

A 2014 report to the state legislature found enrollment in Baltimore charters was broadly similar to overall enrollment in all city schools, though charter students were less likely to enroll in free or reduced - price school meal programs: 79 percent compared to 85 percent citywide.

Even with no training on the personal digital assistant (PDA), study participants caught on naturally to the gadget's features — Pocket Calendar, Tasks, and Class Pro features were the most useful — and experienced grade - point - average boosts of about 14 percent compared to the control group, which started with similar grades.

As Starr pointed out in his memo to school board members, the alternative school programs» graduation rate in SY2012 — 13 was just 8.9 percent compared to the 88.3 percent graduation rate for the county as a whole.

According to new data provided to Education Week by the FCC, applications for E-rate discounts to help purchase the equipment and services needed for internal wireless networks were up 92 percent compared to 2014 - 15.

WGU boasts a one - year retention rate of 78 percent compared to a national average of 74 percent at public four - year institutions.

Total game sales amounted to $ 474 million for October, which is down 20 percent compared to last year.

The game publisher noted sales of 102.2 billion yen (roughly $ 1 billion) for the full year, with profits of 3.4 billion yen ($ 33.8 million), an increase of 15 percent compared to the previous fiscal year.

For the quarter, sales in Capcom's gaming division, called Digital Contents, jumped 23 percent compared to the same period last year, to ¥ 20 billion, while operating income was ¥ 3.8 billion, a dramatic 248.4 percent increase year - over-year.

Whites are slightly more likely to use dating sites than other ethnicities — 11 percent compared with 7 percent for blacks and 5 percent of Hispanics, according to the survey.

Registrations were up 48 percent compared with the monthly average, and new subscriptions increased by 58 percent, which was a combination of new and returning daters.

This is down 3 percent compared to last year.

From October through December 2008, new membership at The Right One / Together Dating, a dating service with 60 locations across the country, increased about 18 percent compared with the same period the previous year.

EM: Worldwide, clothing utilisation — the average number of times a garment is worn before it ceases to be used — has decreased by 36 percent compared to 15 years ago.

The risk was increased as much as 50 percent compared to the low - or non-meat eaters studied.

A large national survey found that eating four or more servings of legumes per week was enough to decrease the risk of heart disease by 22 percent compared with eating legumes only once a week.

A 2004 study also showed that late morning, non-fasting TSH dropped 26 percent compared to early morning, fasting TSH.

In healthy adults, the consumption of processed foods can reduce overall energy expenditure by nearly 50 percent compared with meals containing whole foods.

According to a study conducted by The Organic Center, organically farmed fruits and vegetables can increase antioxidant levels by nearly 30 percent compared with produce grown on conventional farms.

The latest salvo in Macro-Nutrient Land is the Calorie Restriction Diet, inspired by animal experiments in which mice, guppies, water fleas, yeast, spiders, Labrador retrievers, a microscopic water invertebrate called the rotifer, and rhesus monkeys are said to live longer on diets that restrict caloric intake.13 Researchers are encouraged by the longevity of a single monkey who has reached 38 years on a diet in which the portion of monkey chow — dried compressed pellets of wheat, corn, soybean, alfalfa, fish and brewer's yeast — has been cut by 30 percent compared to controls.

Led by Mente's colleague at McMaster, Dr. Martin O'Donnell, it found that consuming less than 3 grams of sodium per day increased the risk of death or major cardiovascular events by 27 percent compared to people who consumed 4 to 6 grams daily.

Founders Adam Lowry and Neil Renninger — of Method natural cleaning products and Amyris (a renewable biotech company), respectively — claim to have reduced water usage by 93 percent compared to traditional milk and 83 percent compared to almond milk.

«Our most striking finding is that BA leads to similar clinical outcomes for patients with depression,» the study authors wrote, «but at a financial saving to clinical providers of 21 percent compared with the costs of provision of CBT.»

After a median follow - up of five years, either hormone therapy plus Zometa reduced the risk of relapse by 36 percent compared with hormone therapy alone.

The drug combined with the training increased the rodents» running time by 68 percent and distance by 70 percent compared with mice receiving exercise training alone.

After a month of use, mothers» milk volume increased 33 percent compared to a 15 percent drop in two comparison groups, one of which was taking fenugreek.

Exclusive breastfeeding seemed to drop the odds of ROP by 75 percent compared to exclusive formula use.

A second phase 3 study presented Sunday found that adding radiation to hormone therapy, also known as androgen - deprivation therapy (ADT) in patients with locally advanced or high - risk prostate cancer reduced the seven - year risk of dying by 43 percent compared to treating with hormone therapy alone.

A new report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration found that U.S. coal use is down 29 percent compared to 2007 levels, and nearly every state is using less of the environmentally destructive resource.

Daily use also declined among eighth graders, to 0.7 percent compared with 1.1 percent the year before.

2009 — Published Results of RV144 trial in the New England Journal of Medicine — The Army - sponsored RV144 trial demonstrated that the «prime - boost» combination vaccine lowered the rate of HIV infection by 31.2 percent compared to a placebo.

When tested on 335 high - risk lesions, the model correctly diagnosed 97 percent of the breast cancers as malignant and reduced the number of benign surgeries by more than 30 percent compared to existing approaches.

«We found that the mice tolerated the treatment well and when examined, their prostate tumors decreased by about 20 percent compared to the control group,» Kazmierczak said.

Across all sports, female athletes had a significantly higher prevalence rate for depressive symptoms than men, 28 percent compared to 18 percent.

Exports in 2015 decreased by 21 percent compared with 2014.

The European emissions trading scheme, the largest in the world, «has reduced emissions by just 2 percent compared to the projected levels without ETS,» according to a 2010 report from the U.S. Climate Task Force.

That's 840,000 additional students failing under lecturing, a difference of 55 percent compared to the failure rate of active learning.

They also show that rainfall has dropped by as much as 17 percent compared with the precipitation in Huayin, a town at the foot of the range, and in Xi'an, the closest big city.

Similar strategies in the 787, which is 50 percent carbon fiber, reduce fuel use by 20 percent compared to competing designs.

Patients in the study averaged three such shifts, which meant that their risk of dying increased by more than six percent compared with patients with access to fully staffed nursing teams.

Exploratory analyses also showed the one - year rate for heart attack, stroke or related death was significantly lower for TAVR at 20.4 percent compared with 27.3 percent for surgical replacement.

While Brazil's Ministry of Health said in a statement that dengue cases usually taper off by the end of May and have decreased 63 percent compared to the same period last year, a recent study in the journalThe Lancet Infectious Diseases found that there are three World Cup host cities in the northeast that are still at high risk of dengue: Recife, Fortaleza and, particularly, Natal.

The frequency of inappropriate aspirin use was higher among women, at nearly 17 percent compared to men at 5 percent.

All told, more than 6,200 commercial buildings earned the Energy Star label in 2010, an increase of nearly 60 percent compared to 2009, according to the agency.