Sentences with phrase «rates at or above»

Sixteen states report graduation rates at or above 85 percent, compared to just nine states that reached that benchmark in 2010 — 11, according to data collected by the U.S. Department of Education.

Working in 165 middle schools serving 20,000 8th grade students, the research team provided custom lists with a mix of nearby schools, all with graduation rates at or above the citywide average of 70 percent.

Inner - city neighborhoods are where all these dynamics interact, the study points out, and in neighborhoods with poverty rates at or above 40 percent, higher rates of school dropout, teenage pregnancy, and crime, and lower rates on cognitive and verbal skill tests and health indicators among school - age children continue.

Thirty - one districts had rates at or above the statewide average.

In Tennessee, a Race to the Top grant winner and another state regarded as an exemplar of teacher - evaluation reform, 98 % of teachers were rated at or above expectations.

Under the additional assistance announced today, states eligible to receive support have all experienced an unemployment rate at or above the national average over the past 12 months.

In July 2017, 80 percent of Chicago - Kent graduates who took the Illinois bar exam for the first time received passing scores, marking the 15th consecutive year that our graduates have achieved a first - time pass rate at or above the statewide pass rate on the July Illinois bar exam.

For example, if the blue zone for a scale begins at 4.50 it means that more than 90 % of individuals who rate themselves at or above that level also report that they are satisfied with their relationships.

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So - called «sweat equity» remains taxable at a founder's ordinary income rate, which, assuming that he or she selected pass - through status as described above, could be as low as 20 percent.

If you were to wait to sell those appreciated assets at a time when your income is above the threshold for the zero percent rate, you will pay either 15 percent or 20 percent.

He promised that people who had contributed to pension funds for 35 years or more would receive a pension at least 10 percent above the base rate.

The spread on the nominal less inflation - indexed rates for both the five - and 10 - year maturities remains above 2.0 % — a sign that the crowd expects that hard data on inflation will hold at or above the Fed's target in the near term.

Also, bills have typically traded below other money market rates during tightening cycles, as they do now; periods where bills trade at or above other rates have been the exception and not the rule.36 Thus, the smaller increase in bill yields than in rates on other term instruments is not surprising, and I do not read it as undermining the general conclusion that the policy rate increase was effective in firming money market conditions.37

Since bank reserves held at the Fed are far above their historical levels, marginally raising or lowering reserves — which is how the Fed hits its funds rate target (ffr)-- don't move the ffr the way they used to.

The data seems to bear this out: At companies where payout rates tapered off beyond a given target, CEOs tended to deliver results at or just above the target and seldom much beyond iAt companies where payout rates tapered off beyond a given target, CEOs tended to deliver results at or just above the target and seldom much beyond iat or just above the target and seldom much beyond it.

Whether the profit from the sale of a bond in the fund is taxed at ordinary income tax rates or is eligible for a reduced capital gains rate is dependent on the same factors as explained above.

They also vowed to keep short - term interest rates low, at least until the jobless rate hits 6.5 percent or inflation rises above 2.5 percent.

Alberta will stand atop the provincial growth rankings, well ahead of Ontario, the only other province to grow at or above the national rate.

The unemployment rate was 8 % or above for 12 months in the 1975 recession and at that level for 27 months between 1981 and 1984.

At issuance, around 90 per cent of the bonds and loans in domestic CDOs were investment grade (rated BBB or above by S&P), with 10 per cent sub-investment grade or unrated.

If the Fed believed that a 2 percent inflation target was appropriate at the beginning of 2012 when it believed the neutral real rate was above 2 percent, I can not see any argument for not adjusting the target or altering the framework when the neutral real rate is very plausibly close to zero.

At Wells Fargo, for example, borrowers in California with excellent credit scores (760 or above) were quoted rate ranges of 10.50 % to 15.00 % for a $ 20,000 line of credit as of May 1, 2018.

The Harry Johnson and Milton Friedman quotes cited above now seem touchingly naïve, or at best outdated advocacy, overtaken by the experience of three decades of floating rates.

As indicated above, the Bank judges the rate of underlying inflation to be at, or slightly below, 2 1/2 per cent.

Assuming a $ 15,000 two - year loan, borrowers will need to have excellent credit, which is a FICO score of 720 or above, and be eligible for at least two rate discounts.

If your combined income is above $ 34,000 if single or above $ 44,000 if married, up to 85 % of your benefits will be taxed at your income tax rate.

It is important to note however, that at times, abnormal economic factors can cause the yield curve to «invert» — i.e., short - term rates rise above longer - term rates, or to be «flat» across the maturity spectrum.

In fact they are only interchangeable if the gourmet coffee bean's in question is rated at 80 percent or above.

Adult drop in clinics are Saturdays, 10: 00 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 - 11:00 am: - All levels are welcome and at 11:00 am, players with a 3.5 rating or above welcome.

I havent really seen anyone at all rate him above either Ward or Joshua Jackson.

Looking at First Down Rate (% of drives resulting in at least one first down or TD) and Available Yards Rate (yards gained by the offense / total yards available based on starting field position) is in line with our move toward bigger - picture stats, but they tell essentially the same story we've set up above: the Hoke offenses got worse and worse with very little fluctuation in even the most specific stats.

By the second week after birth, babies are generally back at or above birth weight and have begun a healthy rate of growth.

In fact, children with Asperger's develop b both speech and language at a «normal» (or even above normal) rate.

The section of the Conservative vote rating David Cameron at 8 out of 10 or above is up from 24 % to 28 %; those rating him at 7 or below have dropped from 9 % to 4 %.

A copy of the prospectus relating to the offering of the fixed rate bonds can be obtained from the Company at the registered address above, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering (Barclays Capital Inc., toll - free 1-888-603-5847, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., toll - free 1-800-854-5674, Morgan Stanley & Co..

Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino faces several challenges, including credit ratings at or just above junk status, multimillion - dollar accumulated debt, a 2017 budget that includes an 11.5 percent tax levy increase to help restore the town's financial footing, and an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The simulations suggest that, for greenhouse gas emissions at or above current rates, changes in climate will very likely be larger than the changes already observed during the 20th century.

Boys and girls aged 16 to 19 had the highest rates of any age group in 2016, with 41.5 percent considered overweight, defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as having a BMI at or above the 85th percentile for age and sex.

The analysis calculated rates of vaginal birth of a healthy singleton at term in natural and assisted reproduction conception comparing women in the intervention (lifestyle modification) group and those in the control (prompt treatment) group according to six different subgroups: these subgroups were defined by age (over or under 36 years), cycle regularity (ovulatory or anovulatory) and body weight (above or below a BMI of 35 kg / m2).

Taking each factor independently, the team found that CCS only achieves the necessary deployment under one of the following conditions: the price of oil is greater than $ 85 / barrel; the carbon tax incentives increase dramatically to above $ 75 per tonne of carbon dioxide by 2050; or learning rates for technology deployment are sustained at a high rate, with 14 % cost reduction for every doubling of deployment.

A small number of postdocs who choose to work less than 100 % time (such as for outside employment or family care responsibilities) may fall under the OT threshold — these will be paid hourly at or above the same rates as exempt postdocs (NIH +2 steps scale converted to hourly), and our contract has protections to ensure these part - time postdocs are treated fairly and compensated in accordance with the law.

And you do nt have to be Dara Torres to reap the benefits: Activities like brisk walking, biking, dancing, or any exercise that raises your heart rate above its baseline level for at least 20 minutes and makes you sweat are beneficial.

So, employ the calorie / macronutrient guidelines given above and then adjust accordingly if you're gaining or losing body weight at too slow or too quick a rate based on your goal.

In an iso - or hypercaloric individuals (those eating at maintenance or above), the minimal loss of muscle due to momentary amino acid needs is insignificant in comparison to rate of muscle synthesis, but severely hypocaloric individuals are a different story.

Regular vigorous, exercise that raises the heart rate above at least 70 % of the max does not enable most people to eat everything they want and still lose weight even though it does cut down on the weight gain, but it does enable a person to lose fat at higher than 1200 calories a day for a woman, or 1600 for a man, therefore avoiding going into starvation mode.

The way we separate training stimulus is (1) at or under the MAF HR, (2) above the MAF HR but under the lactate threshold, and (3) above the heart rate threshold.

In conjunction with the above, at this rate of loss, you'll prevent or at the least, greatly minimise muscle loss.

If we look at the adaptations that follow strength training or weight training, we can see that strength training with higher intensities (above 85 % of the 1RM) will improve the rate of recruitment, which means more motor units are activated and can contract more forcefully.

But there is room for improvement on its standards, which have not been rated by the American Federation of Teachers as clear, specific, and grounded in content for English above the elementary level or for social studies at any grade span.

Under the leadership of head teacher Dean Coombes, the school is now rated «Good» by Ofsted and sits in the top 10 nationally for the proportion of lower ability pupils who gain five or more GCSEs at grade C and above.