Sentences with phrase «percentage point decrease of»

26 percentage point decrease of learners at lowest levels, meaning 26 % more learners could now recognize numbers and moved the numeracy level scale.

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Ford said that over the next couple of years it will increase its SUV mix 10 percentage points and decrease its car portfolio 10 percentage points in North American.

«A decrease in nominal GDP growth resulting solely from a one - year, 1 - percentage - point decrease in the rate of GDP inflation» reduces the budgetary balance by $ 1.9 billion.

More than one third of business owners said they expect to decrease capital spending in the year ahead, an increase of about 10 percentage points from the previous quarter.

In tandem with that reading, 9 percent of repsondents said they planned to decrease head counts at their companies in the next 12 months, which represents a decrease of two percentage points, compared to the third quarter.

Similarly, 72 percent of business owners said they expect their financial situation 12 months from now to be good, an increase of one percentage point from the first quarter; 11 percent said they expect their situation to be poor, a decrease of one percentage point from the first quarter.

Twenty - five percent of people who started new businesses in 2015 were aged 20 to 34, a decrease of nearly 10 percentage points compared to 1996, according to a Kauffman Foundation report released this summer.

More importantly, 23 percent said they plan to add workers, a decrease of three percentage points from the first quarter; 9 percent said they planned to scale back on the number of workers they have, an increase of two percentage points.

Page 287 of the 2014 Budget has an estimate that a 1 - percentage point decrease in GDP growth would reduce «the budgetary balance by $ 3.7 billion in the first year, $ 4.5 billion in the second year and $ 6.0 billion by the fifth year.»

A 1 percentage point reduction in tax rates increases investment by 4.7 percent of installed capital, increases payouts by 0.3 percent of sales, and decreases debt by 5.3 percent of total assets.

For the first quarter of Fiscal 2017, the Company's consolidated pretax profit margin was 10.9 %, a 0.2 percentage point decrease compared with the prior year.

Excluding items impacting comparability, the adjusted tax rate decreased 8.9 percentage points from 27.8 percent to 18.9 percent primarily due to the ongoing benefit of the lower U.S. federal tax rate.

SG&A expenses declined 2 % or $ 70 million to $ 3.47 billion, or 27.7 % of sales, a decrease of 50 basis points as a percentage of sales compared to last year.

Pricing decreased 0.4 percentage points reflecting timing of trade promotion recognition in the prior year that more than offset price increases in cheese.

ISM ®'s New Export Orders Index registered 57.7 percent in April, a decrease of 1 percentage point when compared to the 58.7 percent reported for March, indicating growth in new export orders for the 26th consecutive month.

Pricing decreased 3.7 percentage points primarily due to an increased level of promotional activity versus the prior year.

The Employment Index decreased 3 percentage points in April to 53.6 percent from the March reading of 56.6 percent.

Not surprisingly, NERA shows far superior economic outcomes for this scenario, with U.S. GDP decreasing by half of one percentage point compared to a no - policy scenario in 2025.

Rest of World Segment Adjusted EBITDA decreased 11.6 percent versus the year - ago period to $ 180 million, including an unfavorable 3.0 percentage point impact from currency.

Volume / mix decreased 1.7 percentage points driven by a combination of distribution losses on Planters in the club channel, lower shipments in natural cheese and service - related losses in cold cuts.

He said that was in line with the bank's guidance, which had been for a SFr200 million reduction for each percentage point of tax rate decrease.

Most people are good for the first few percentage points of decrease.

The April PMI ® registered 57.3 percent, a decrease of 2 percentage points from the March reading of 59.3 percent.

Europe's share of global Champagne volume is forecast to have decreased by 4 percentage - points by 2021, from 80 % recorded in 2016.

These benefits, however, come at a cost of 1 gram of protein, a decrease of 5 percentage points in the daily recommended intake of calcium, and an additional 1/2 gram of fat per average student's lunch.

NYC voters have a 59 percent approval rating of the New York Police Department — a 9 percentage point decrease from three months ago, according to a new Q poll.

- Companies that receive a red top for pre-emption rights issues see a large negative impact on performance, with an annual decrease of 3 percentage points of industry - adjusted ROA.

A signed commitment poster dramatically decreased unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions: among physicians who posted the letter, inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions fell nearly 10 percentage points, to 33.7 percent of total antibiotic prescriptions from 42.8 percent in the year before the study.

This marks a decrease of 7.3 percentage points over the previous study year (2015 - 16), when loss rates were found to be 40.5 percent.

But, on average, it produced just a one percentage point change in the proportion of news in a feed that challenged users» beliefs, while individuals» own choices of what to click on resulted in a four percentage point decrease in the proportion of challenging content.

In the Bureau of Labor Statistics» Jobs Report released Friday, January 8, the employment - to - population ratio for working - age people with disabilities decreased from 27.8 percent in December 2014 to 26.6 percent in December 2015 (down 4.3 percent; 1.2 percentage points).

The labor force participation rate of people with disabilities decreased slightly from 30.8 percent in January 2015 to 30.3 percent in January 2016 (down 1.6 percent; 0.5 percentage points).

In one study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, CBD decreased frequency of seizures by 23 percentage points more than those taking a placebo.

The exact percentage of your calories that comes from protein, carbohydrates and fats is also up for grabs to a certain extent and some people find that they do better if they increase or decrease one of the 3 elements having said that a diet consisting of 40 % protein 30 percent carbohydrates and 30 % fats is a good starting point which can be adapted to what you think best with a bit of trial and error.

Meanwhile, the average achievement in the new districts increased by 0.35 standard deviations (14 percentile points), and the shares of African - American and Hispanic students decreased by 14 and 20 percentage points, respectively.

The impact of the movement of these students was a decrease in the proportion of students in special education in the charter sector of 5.1 percentage points.

The gap has decreased from 16.3 percentage points to 15.6 percentage points, but only 58.6 per cent of boys start school with the expected level of development, compared to 74.3 per cent of girls.

The results of the study were that «on average, teacher - family communication increased homework completion rates by 6 percentage points and decreased instances in which teachers had to redirect students» attention to the task at hand by 32 %.»

However, Trump fails to persuade Democrats, who move away from the president's position on two of the four issues, including a 14 percentage - point decrease in support for merit pay.

-- The average difference between NAEP and state proficiency levels decreased from 35 percentage points to 30 percentage points nationwide, which the authors point out is «the largest tightening of state standards in any two - year period since NCLB was first established.»

As shown in Figure 2 below, a one - thousand dollar increase in tuition level is associated with a 3.5 - percentage point decrease in the likelihood of participating in the LSP.

Adding latrines also decreased dropout rates, reducing the fraction of students who dropped out by 5.3 percentage points in the middle schools and by 12.2 percentage points in primary schools.

If precinct test scores dropped from the 75th to the 25th percentile of test - score change, the associated 3 - percentage - point decrease in an incumbent's vote share could substantially erode an incumbent's margin of victory.

• The average difference between the proportion of students achieving proficiency on NAEP and state tests decreased from 30 percentage points to 10 percentage points nationwide, which the authors describe as «a dramatic improvement over the previous two - year period (2011 - 13), in which the difference dropped only from 35 to 30 percent.»

In the summer of 2010, public support for merit pay actually decreased by 1 percentage point when respondents were told that the president favored the idea.

While pass rates in the first college - level course («gateway» course) in each subject decreased modestly (from 75 to 73 percent in English composition, and from 65 to 58 percent in math), because more students attempted these gateway courses the overall percentage of students successfully completing them rose markedly (by 7 percentage points in English and 4 percentage points in math), with larger increases for black students.

That rate decreases by 0.3 percentage points in co-located district schools and by roughly half as much in district schools between a half mile and one mile of a charter school.

At Carver High School in New Orleans, the percentage of teachers responding that fighting among students is a serious problem at the school decreased by 60 - percentage - points since 2009, and the percentage of teachers saying that students cutting classes is a serious problem decreased by 50 - percentage - points.

For the other variables, each percent increase in the poverty rate would mean an increase of 0.35 percentage points in the boundary participation rate, each percent increase in the change of African American population over time would mean an increase of 0.75 percentage points in the boundary participation rate, and each percent increase in the share of the population that is African American would mean a decrease of 0.29 percentage points in the boundary participation rate.

Some students attend public charter schools within their school boundary The impact of the Wilson HS feeder pattern is present here, too: location within the Wilson HS boundary (where there aren't any public charter schools) decreases public charter participation by about 11 percentage points for elementary schools and about 22 percentage points for middle and high schools.