Sentences with phrase «performed near the bottom»

The students performed near the bottom in general science literacy, were second to last in advanced mathematics, and brought up the rear in advanced physics.

Florida's students had been performing near the bottom on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) when Bush took office, but by 2007 they had made remarkable gains in both reading and math; this was particularly true of Hispanic students.

Over the period of the evaluation, ACT and state test scores improved, graduation rates increased, more students started to enroll in college, and we decreased the percent of students attending schools that perform near the bottom of the state.

Not exact matches

as I was nearing the bottom of the glass in which the panna cotta was served I wished to be able to perform magic so to never let the glass run empty....

of course we should be happy we performed as we did — although the truth remains that as things stand we're as near to the top as we are to the bottom of the league — we've still a long way to go.

(see this European Study Performed: Organic Food is More Nutritious - near the bottom of the page)

These five charter schools are among the lowest performing schools in the state, have not demonstrated substantial growth over time, and have consistently ranked near the bottom of state and local measures of academic performance.

Top - performing teachers can get permanent salary increases, while those with ratings near the bottom for two consecutive years can be let go.

We had a chance to wheel the truck a little at the Bikini Bottoms Off Road Park near Dyersburg, and as expected it performed better than stock due to the increased approach, departure, and ground clearance.

While DiTech performed among the top 3 in JD Power's survey on mortgage originations, it was near the bottom of major lenders when it came to loan services.

Although the feature in Windows 8 lets you quickly access settings and perform searches while in the Metro environment, it popped open many a times when the mouse pointer accidentally went near the top or bottom right side corner of the screen.

Dual speakers, that are found on the bottom of the tablet near the microUSB charging port, perform quite decently actually.