Sentences with phrase «rates on a national basis»

To explore an alternative, the Lumina Foundation for Educationsupported the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) and the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education (NCPPHE) to work withthe National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) in utilizing NSC's extensive student dataholdings to create state - level degree completion rates on a national basis.

Although mortgage rates do show slight differences by city and state, it's also useful to look at the recent history of mortgage rates on a national basis.

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A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that, when asked to rate junior scientists based on scholarly accomplishments and job interview performance, academics in the traditionally male - dominated STEM fields rated female candidates as being more hireable than their equally qualified male applicants.

The analysis assumed each car drove 15,000 miles — roughly the national average — at a rate of 30 kilowatt hours of electricity per 100 miles, based on the median mileage rate for Tesla Model 3 and Model S vehicles, according to figures reported to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Based on rates alone, a jump from 4 percent to 5 percent could cause the nations home sales volume to drop by 300,000, said National Association of Realtors economist Lawrence Yun.

«Top National Rate» is based on a recent market survey.

Midland National is accredited by the Better Business Bureau, and has earned an A + (Superior) rating from A.M. Best, a large third - party independent reporting and rating company that rates an insurance company on the basis of the company's financial strength, operating performance and ability to meet its ongoing obligations to policyholders.

Morningstar ratings based on risk - adjusted return and number of funds Category: Municipal National Short - term funds Through: December 31, 2017

The average rate on a 30 - year fixed - rate mortgage fell one basis point, the rate for the 15 - year fixed dropped three basis points and the rate for the 5/1 ARM went down two basis points, according to a NerdWallet survey of daily mortgage rates published Thursday by national lenders.

NEARX has recently received the coveted 5 - star overall rating from Morningstar, among 173 Municipal National Short - Term funds as of 11/30/2014, based on risk - adjusted return.

These projections are based on a hypothetical 6 % rate of return less a 0.25 % low - cost annual annuity charge, and a 6 % rate of return less a 1.26 % annual annuity charge, which is the national industry average annual charge as of 12/31/2016, according to Morningstar, Inc..

Overall, our survey of mortgage rates in New York fits with the idea that US mortgage rates move on a national basis while housing prices move according to local patterns.

Comparison based on Alliant Credit Union 1.50 % APY as of 05/01/2018 vs. the bank national average savings rate of.08 % APY as of 2018-05-01 sourced from National Association of Federal Credit Unions in cooperation with SNL Financial and Datatranational average savings rate of.08 % APY as of 2018-05-01 sourced from National Association of Federal Credit Unions in cooperation with SNL Financial and DatatraNational Association of Federal Credit Unions in cooperation with SNL Financial and Datatrac Corp..

As the leading advocate for female consumers, WomenCertified Inc., home of the Women's Choice Award, created the first national award based on the ratings and preferences of women.

Based on national averages for fumble recovery rates and passes defensed, Utah's turnovers luck was worth about 4.3 points per game last year, fourth - highest in the country.

In addition, consult the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration's (NHTSA) website, which has a 5 - star rating system that ranks car seats based on ease of use.

The National Conference of State Legislatures summarizes health insurance rate regulation on a state by state basis.

His office compiled the estimates by applying tax rates similar to those used by states where marijuana is legal to the number of New Yorkers believed to use marijuana, based on the usage rates reported on national surveys.

The figures were calculated from a UK national figure of # 29 million a year and are based on the population size and child poverty rate within each local authority area.

The factional NLC leader stated, was demanding N90, 000 national minimum wage based on the current exchange rate, noting that should the exchange rate go above N500 per dollar, NLC would demand for more than N90, 000.

The law, which bases as much as 50 percent of teachers» job ratings on student test scores, was strengthened during a time when more rigorous standardized exams, based on the national Common Core academic standards, were being introduced into classrooms.

The research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, brings together dozens of studies from across the globe that analyzed how nitrous oxide emissions increased based on different rates of fertilizer application.

Instead they base their ratings on public information scoured nationwide from various sources, including the National Center for Health Statistics, the FBI and the U.S. Census.

The precise prevalence rate of LTBI in the United States is difficult to determine; however, based on 2011 - 2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data, estimated prevalence is 4.7 percent to 5.0 percent.

The third JAMA Psychiatry article by lead author Michael Schoenbaum of the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, examined the suicide and accident death rates in relation to basic socio - demographic and Army experience factors in the 975,057 Regular Army soldiers who served between Jan. 1, 2004 and Dec. 31, 2009, charting variations in the rates based on a variety of factors including sex, race, education level, and rank.

Recent research using national data on Medicare suggests that community - based factors, such as availability of general practitioners in the area, may be as or more important than hospital factors in determining readmission rates, and that patients may have few options other than hospital care for both urgent and non-urgent conditions related to their surgery or other conditions.

Stefan Schwietzke, a research associate at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colo., said Howarth may be overestimating methane emissions from shale gas because his 12 percent leakage rate estimate is based mostly on a single satellite study.

The extent to which NCTQ's national ratings matter will depend on whether districts and prospective teachers make decisions based on the ratings.

(The average national pass rate on the Praxis is difficult to calculate, because ETS provides such information largely on an institution - by - institution basis, and passing scores vary by state; some education colleges do better than Western Governors, some not as well.)

Based on historic spending trends and estimating that the federal government's stimulus contribution will grow to approximately $ 90 billion, Guthrie and Peng project that national per pupil revenues could increase at a rate of nearly 2.5 percent annually over the next ten years.

The New York City Department of Education's stunning announcement that it intends to release teacher ratings based on student test scores and academic achievement is the latest example of a growing national movement to fix our country's broken public education system...

The first makes state assessment data comparable by adjusting proficiency rates based on the discrepancy between how well low - income students performed on The National Assessment of Academic Progress (NAEP) in each state compared to how well low - income students performed on their own state exam.

Currently, the state uses a 4 - year graduation rate calculation that based on the calculations recommended by the National Governors Association.

Group Growth Report Reports student rate of improvement based on fall benchmarks, and provides growth goals and comparisons to class, school, district and national norms.

A master's degree merits teachers a salary bump four times greater on average than a «highly effective» rating, according to the report published on Wednesday by the National Council on Teacher Quality, a Washington - based research and advocacy group.

Carnegie bases this position on national research showing a direct correlation between untreated physical or mental illness and poor school performance and high dropout rates.

In an apparent attempt to expand its reach beyond that provided by the partnership with U.S. News & World Report, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) today unveiled a new interactive web site aimed at helping prospective teachers select a preparation program based on the ratings developed in NCTQ's Teacher Prep Review.

No student should be denied graduation or rated on a national scale based on a standardized test!

Consider what he calls the «college preparation gap», defined as the gap between the college enrollment rate, the percentage of high school graduates in the trailing 12 months who enrolled in college, and the percentage who were prepared to be there, based on reading scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

Based on historical graduation rates, nearly a fifth of this quintile will earn a degree, according to estimates from the government - funded National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education.

Now comes the Obama administration's idea, in the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, to develop a national rating system for colleges and universities and to allocate financial aid based on the ratings beginning in 2018.

In case you missed it (and you likely did, based on timing), the U.S. Department of Education finally released its non-regulatory guidance regarding a uniform national high school graduation rate.

«Their teacher - driven curriculum and assessments and focus on project - based learning have led to higher graduation rates, lower dropout rates, and higher college - persistence rates than their state and national counterparts.

New Haven, Conn. — Connecticut's fourth - and eighth - grade students continue to score higher than their national peers in reading, and have made modest long - term gains in math based on 2017 results from the Nation's Report Card — but our current rate of progress means The Constitution State would need a century to close the achievement gap.

«There is a marked difference in the proportion of pupils from poorer backgrounds attending the top 500 comprehensives compared to the national average when based on the 5A * - C English and maths measure, with FSM rates just over half of the national average in comprehensive schools,» the report says.

Their national ratings are based partly on the number of students they admit who are in the top 10 percent of their classes.

The National Council on Teacher Quality, a Washington - based research and advocacy group, has corrected scores for a handful of programs it rated in last year's controversial teacher - prep review.

The brief and accompanying State Progress Reports are based on the latest graduation rate data available from the National Center for Education Statistics at the U.S. Department of Education (2013 - 14).

With the announcement that Massachusetts community colleges will be funded based on graduation rates and other measures, Hechinger's Jon Marcus spoke about this national trend on public - radio station WBUR's Radio Boston program.

Those ratings, by the nonprofit advocacy group National Council on Teacher Quality, which has been a vocal critic of teacher preparation programs, were based heavily on education school curriculum and selectivity.