Sentences with phrase «rate than the majority»

And what can we do to identify why some students are learning at a slower rate than the majority of their classmates?

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Not only are the majority of small businesses (83 percent of which are pass - through entities) subject to higher tax rates than their larger C - Corporation counterparts, under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, any modest benefit they reap is scheduled to go away after 2025, while corporations will retain their steep tax cuts.

According to dental health website AsktheDentist.com, sonic toothbrushes, which oscillate at astonishing rates — up to 31,000 strokes per minute at full speed — are more effective at reaching and removing plaque between the teeth and beneath the gum line than rotating electric toothbrushes, making a sonic toothbrush the best bet for anyone with gum issues, those who are lackadaisical about flossing, and the majority of people over age 40.

, sonic toothbrushes, which oscillate at astonishing rates — up to 31,000 strokes per minute at full speed — are more effective at reaching and removing plaque between the teeth and beneath the gum line than rotating electric toothbrushes, making a sonic toothbrush the best bet for anyone with gum issues, those who are lackadaisical about flossing, and the majority of people over age 40.

According to its Web site, Coupa's customer renewal rate is more than 95 %, meaning that a large majority stick with the system beyond the initial contract.

While the vast majority of investors are buying Bitcoin via exchanges, it's still possible to get the cryptocurrency for dramatically less than the current exchange rate.

In Africa, where the vast majority of malaria deaths occur, the malaria death rate has come down by more than 70 percent.

With operations around the world — three wholly owned subsidiaries in Europe, majority ownership in a joint venture in Japan, and distribution agreements with independent contractors in other nations — Wind River faces corporate tax rates that can be much higher than those for companies that operate only in the United States.

The majority of high - income economies experienced high rates of credit growth and in some cases financial activity expanded even faster than was the case in Australia.

Its unemployment rate is lower than the majority of cities on our list, and the median home price also beats most places.

And thirdly, of course, higher leverage means that monetary policy's impact via its effect on the behaviour of borrowers will be bigger than in the past — especially in a country like Australia where the majority of household debt is at floating rates.

Wages have not grown as fast as prices, and the majority of UK homeowners have variable rate mortgages, rather than fixed - rate.

These forces are the stuff of everyday life: rates of birth higher for Mexicans and Mexican - Americans than for most other ethnic groups; a chain of entirely legal immigration, as Mexican - Americans bestow residency and citizenship on their spouses, children and parents; and a practice of illegal immigration that is, in the vast majority of instances, born from ordinary people exercising common sense.

If people travel to Mexico or other third - world countries, it will most likely be to take advantage of beautiful beaches and favorable exchange rates rather than to explore the causes of hunger and poverty.16 The majority of people, rich or poor, who actually follow the news rely heavily on major television networks and local newspapers.

When the majority are atheists, then you can decide, but when that day comes the ancient prophesies will be fulfilled and we will have war and rumors of war and famine and pestilence and we will become a backward, 3rd rate nation which will be over run by another people who are more deserving than us!

The USA has a higher rate of child abuse and child murder than the majority of the rest of the developed world, and sadly, no, it isn't due to better detection and reporting.

And today, more than a third of American babies are born via surgery — a rate even obstetricians» groups acknowledge is too high — while the majority of U.S. births involve the use of epidural anesthesia or the labor - inducing drug Pitocin.

«Gillibrand has a better than two - to - one favorability rating and a solid majority prepared to re-elect her,» said Siena pollster Steve Greenberg.

It rates even less than 0.5 when you consider that the vast majority of Trump supporters don't believe Assad was behind the attack.

Lower fuel costs (hedging rates of 80 - 90 % for the majority of large airlines has delayed much of the benefit from low fuel prices into 2016), a faster than expected recovery of the European economy and strong performance on business travel on North Atlantic routes is benefitting the region.

At any rate, the issue in discussion here is far more complex than Alhaji Bawumia makes it seem to be because the overwhelming majority of Ghanaian citizens describe themselves as Christians, with just under 18 - percent of Ghanaian citizens calling themselves Muslims.

And turnout in Mississippi's majority African - American districts increased at a much higher rate than overall turnout.

A Labour government with anything other than a landslide majority would also struggle to get measures such as Mr Miliband's proposed new 50p top rate of tax through Parliament.

Less than one month ago, a majority of registered Democrats had a positive view of Quinn, but her favorable rating has continued to erode.

Mr Johnson last week only succeeded in making Labour look divided — and even more dangerous, irrelevant to that vast majority who not only will never earn enough to pay the top rate of tax, but who are realistic enough about their own aspirations to know that have more chance of winning the lottery than doing so.

However, once in office, Spitzer found the office to be more constricting than the A.G., leading to frequent clashes with state legislators such as then Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, and his approval ratings were already low before he resigned in disgrace due to a prostitution scandal.

Moreover, the research shows, trauma patients of all races are 40 percent less likely to die — regardless of the severity of their injuries — if they are treated at hospitals with lower - than - expected mortality rates, the vast majority of which serve predominantly white patients.

The study revealed that less than one in 14 bystanders performed CPR in the majority of the lowest - performing group, which had a median household income of $ 43,611 (± $ 5,038), resulting in a ROSC rate of 1.5 percent.

Women have a higher success rate than men, and a majority were led by students, found scholars who wrote the study for The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a nonprofit group in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that supports economics studies relevant to public policy.

«While this galaxy is forming stars at a rate hundreds of times faster than our Milky Way galaxy, the sharp vision of Hubble revealed that the majority of the galaxy's starlight is being emitted by a region with a diameter just a few percent that of the Milky Way,» said Geach.

Statistically, this is negatively impacting our health, as recent surveys showed that less than 40 % of us would rate our health as «good or great» and a majority of people listed health problems as stressors.

It is possible to lose fat faster than this, but for the majority of people, 1 - 2 pounds per week is a safe range that will allow you to drop fat at a reasonable rate while keeping your appetite, energy levels, mood and training performance in check.

At a loss rate of 0.5 kg per week (assuming a majority of weight lost is fat mass), a 70 kg athlete at 13 % body fat would need to be no more than 6 kg to 7 kg over their contest weight in order to achieve the lowest body fat percentages recorded in competitive bodybuilders following a traditional three month preparation [4, 6, 17 — 20].

More than 8,000 users have reviewed the popular product and the majority of the shoppers give the toner a five - star rating.

Unfortunately, the large majority of the cash went toward Tim and Eric living a lifestyle of Hollywood excess, complete with plastic surgeries, stylists, an expensive life coach (Zach Galifianakis) who has magical powers for no reason except that there's no reason for him to have magical powers, and piercings (The movie gives us a long look in close and medium shots of Eric getting a genital piercing (using, we assume and hope, a prosthetic), which is the first of a few reasons why the MPAA's decision to give this an R rating is a bigger point of offense than anything in the movie, especially considering the ratings board's tendency to overreact to naughty words).

These populations also post higher rates of grade retention and lower rates of high - school graduation than their majority - culture peers.

Each year, TFA contracts with an external researcher to survey these principals, and year after year the majority of principals rate TFA teachers» preparation and performance as at least as effective as that of other beginning teachers, and in many cases as even better than the overall teaching faculty.

Until recently, teacher evaluations were little more than a formality in most school systems, with the vast majority of instructors getting top ratings, often based on a principal's superficial impressions.

In the vast majority of these states, the percentage of teachers rated Unsatisfactory remains less than 1 %.

The review found «an industry of mediocrity,» with the vast majority of programs earning fewer than three stars on a four - star rating scale - and many earning no stars at all.

Our findings also suggest that high boundary participation rates are largely concentrated, with families in one part of the city unlikely to make use of options other than their in - boundary school, and families in the majority of the city primarily relying on these options.

She added: «There are more than 170 free schools across the country and the vast majority are performing well - in recent weeks three have been rated «outstanding» and six have been rated «good», despite only opening 18 months ago.»

But according to the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the PACT's pass rates are much higher than those on the California Teaching Performance Assessment (CalTPA), taken by a majority of teacher candidates in the state, and the Fresno Assessment of Student Teachers (FAST), taken only by candidates at California State University Fresno.

But the vast majority of teacher preparation programs in California are still failing to adequately prepare teachers, according to a controversial new report released Tuesday that rated more than 1,200 schools of education across the nation.

A Department for Education spokesman said more than three - quarters of free schools had been approved in areas where there was demand for new places and the vast majority were rated good or outstanding by Ofsted.

While the suspension rates for black students (who make up the vast majority of the student body) at New York schools are generally less than or equal to those of their surrounding districts, Amistad Academy and AF Bridgeport have far greater rates of suspensions for black students than the surrounding districts (see Figure 4)(Office of Civil Rights, 2017).

Latinos are the largest ethnic group in the charter schools, but they are not present in any school at a rate higher than 70 percent (also note that five of the six are located in majority - Latino cities: Los Angeles, Houston, and San Antonio).

Their sturdy construction also gives the Chevrolet Traverse and the GMC Acadia a respectable tow rating of 5,200 lbs, which is more than enough to handle the majority of their owners» needs.

Also according to the survey, the vast majority of buyers, exhibitors and members of the media rated the 2014 SEMA Show as «good» or «excellent,» and of the exhibitors that took orders at the Show, 43 % reported more sales than they had from the 2013 SEMA Show.

Our results showed in a side - by - side comparison that at the news organizations surveyed, free trials resulted in a conversion rate of less than 25 %, while discounted trials resulted in conversion rates of at least 26 % (though the majority was at least 76 %