Sentences with phrase «percent of state»

What is surprising is that the standards don't rank in terms of quality in the middle 20 percent of state standards, but, instead, fall in the top 20 percent.

Nationwide, 24 percent of state need - based grant aid (about $ 1.9 billion) is spent at private, non-profit colleges.

At the high - school level, 38 percent of the state's schools won awards, but only 36 percent of Blue Ribbon high schools did.

Through this plan, any student who had been enrolled in district schools for at least one year could apply for a voucher of approximately $ 4,600, equal to 75 percent of state per - pupil funding, to attend a «partner» private school, with the school district keeping the other 25 percent.

Under scrutiny then was a federal law that threatened to withhold 5 percent of a state's highway grant if the state did not raise its drinking age to 21.

By way of background, SIG targeted schools in the bottom five percent of each state, reaching about 1400 schools in all across six cohorts.

Its members noted that only 4 percent of the state's high - school seniors failed to pass the exam when the new com - petency program went into effect...

Money from a $ 26 million reward fund, averaging about $ 2,000 a teacher, will be divided among the 38 percent of the state's schools that improved by more than 10 percent on certain measures over the past two years.

It was backed by 53 percent of the state's electorate.

Michigan has none, and fewer than 3 percent of the state's students in Pennsylvania and likely fewer in Illinois are currently using any private school choice program.

This one group represents 20 percent of the state's workforce, thus posing a significant «New Literacy Challenge» for the Commonwealth.

Today, Georgia's prekindergarten program serves about 63,000 children, about 70 percent of the state's four - year olds, Osborn said.

The findings, part of a study of first - and second - year teachers in New Jersey, also show that 46 percent of the state's new teachers are mid-career entrants to the field, suggesting that mid-career entrants are becoming teachers in roughly the same numbers as first - career entrants.

«The annual celebration organized by the newspaper El Planeta to recognize leaders of the Hispanic community in Massachusetts is a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with friends and to make new acquaintances with colleagues across the Commonwealth working in a wide range of fields in ways that matter to our community,» Reimers said, noting that the Hispanic community represents 10 percent of the state's population and a greater percentage of its children and youth.

About 25 percent of state revenue comes from stock options and capital gains.

Seven hundred million, spread out over four years, represented less than one - half of 1 percent of the state's education spending, and $ 350 million for Gotham, over four years, is the same droplet.

A gain score of zero indicates that a student has kept pace with the average student in the state, while a student with a gain score of 0.25 standard deviations will have improved his or her performance by enough to exceed roughly 10 percent of the state's students.

State officials announced last week that 84 percent of the state's more than 1,800 public schools earned full state accreditation, based on last school year's test scores.

State law allows charter authorizers to retain 3 percent of the state funding for the schools they sponsor, creating a strong disincentive for closing schools.

The California initiative that guarantees schools about 40 percent of the state budget may be saved, an0 alysts suggested last week, by the same fiscal problems that have led this year to calls for its suspension.

According to the report, 84 percent of the state's special test - takers in 2000 were white, while they accounted for just 68 percent of those taking the test under standard conditions.

Given recent school - related political conflicts in Wisconsin, it is of interest that only 42 percent of that state's white students are proficient in math, a rate no better than the national average.

Given recent school - related political conflicts in Wisconsin, it is of interest that only 42 percent of that state's white students are proficient in math, a rate no better than the nation as a whole.

Starting with the 2002 — 03 school year, NWEA administered tests in mathematics, reading, and language arts to more than 90 percent of the state's students.

About 40 percent of the state's education workforce now has come through the BEST system, which is about a decade old.

At a time when districts may not be receiving funds to cover cost growth, however, even 1 percent of the state's total spending is meaningful.

School systems with a per - pupil assessed valuation that is below 90 percent of the state's per - pupil assessed valuation receive more state aid.

State officials recently estimated that 85 percent of the state's school districts were operating with budget deficits.

According to school officials who participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress background survey, only 60 percent of the state's 8th graders attend schools where classroom misbehavior is not a problem or is only a minor problem, putting the state near the bottom on that indicator.

New Mexico's charter cap shields small districts from enrollment loss, and as a result, the state's charters cluster primarily in urban settings (51 percent of charter schools operate there compared to 21 percent of New Mexico's district schools) and in suburbs (which host 12.3 percent of the state's charters but only 8.2 percent of its district schools).

Baltimore City currently receives 25 percent of the state's Title I funds, even though it has slightly less, 23 percent, of the state's eligible children.

But this strains plausibility: it represents just 3 percent of the state's current $ 5.5 billion dollar higher education budget, and averages out to less than $ 300 per full - time equivalent student.

However, this represents less than 1 percent of the bond package, when charter schools account for 4.5 percent of California's public schools and serve about 2.5 percent of the state's K - 12 public school students.

Online - course providers receive 50 percent of the state's per - pupil funds for a given online course up front and are paid the remaining 50 percent only when a student successfully completes the course.

In all, the department will distribute framed certificates to 84 percent of the state's 728 public schools.

In 2011, teachers made no contribution at all for single coverage in 43 percent of the state's districts, nor for family coverage in 31 percent.

Even Education Week «s raw dataset shows that the poorest districts (those with the most students living in poverty) spend, on average, 122 percent of the state's median.

The answer: New York City, which has 37 percent of the state's students.

However, to ensure rigor, the alternative formula figured a state's starting point as a function of 20 percent of the state's grade - level population of students.

Using census data to sort districts within each state by the federal poverty rate among school - age children, the group identified the poorest and richest districts - those with the highest and lowest poverty rates, respectively, whose enrollments compose 25 percent of the state's total enrollment - and matched that information with education revenues from state and local (but not federal) sources.

For instance, if only 50 percent of a state's 4th graders are proficient by the nationally determined NAEP standard, but the state claims proficiency for 80 percent, then the state should be given an F for its failure to establish high expectations for its students.

A larger number of searches for, say, «Eharmony» from a state (as a percent of total Google searches) was used to represent a larger number of users of this dating site (as a percent of the state's population) since dating sites and apps do not normally provide information on the actual number of users by state and by year.

Despite the stiff price tag, nearly 60 percent of state voters approved the stem cell bond, won over in part by the promise of medical miracles and partly by the prospect of a bio-tech economic boom.

Coal currently provides almost 34 percent of the state's electricity.

The state proposition was approved in 2004 with 59 percent of state residents voting for it.

A little over 2 percent of the state is in exceptional drought, down from 44 percent a year ago.

They found that about 40 percent of the state's carbon is contained in forests that are not protected at the highest designation.

Even with several heavy rainfall events from El Niño conditions toward the end of the year, nearly 88 percent of the state continued to experience the ongoing drought at year's end.

Farthing and her team found that about 1,256 square miles, or 4.2 percent of state land area, had a suitability value of at least 70 for five - megawatt developments.

In mid-July the drought footprint peaked at 20.6 percent of the state in drought.