Sentences with phrase «reading growth per»

Previously she was a TFA corps member in Bridgeport, CT, where her students averaged 1.5 years» reading growth per year and she was a state winner of the Sue Lehmann Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Not exact matches

After reading this post, I'm wondering if she was able to just take in more ounces per feeding during a growth spurt instead of eating more often.

That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Welfare Benefits Up - rating Bill because it fails to address the reasons why the cost of benefits is exceeding the Government's plans; notes that the Resolution Foundation has calculated that 68 per cent of households affected by these measures are in work and that figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies show that all the measures announced in the Autumn Statement, including those in the Bill, will mean a single - earner family with children on average will be # 534 worse off by 2015; further notes that the Bill does not include anything to remedy the deficiencies in the Government's work programme or the slipped timetable for universal credit; believes that a comprehensive plan to reduce the benefits bill must include measures to create economic growth and help the 129,400 adults over the age of 25 out of work for 24 months or more, but that the Bill does not do so; further believes that the Bill should introduce a compulsory jobs guarantee, which would give long - term unemployed adults a job they would have to take up or lose benefits, funded by limiting tax relief on pension contributions for people earning over # 150,000 to 20 per cent; and further believes that the proposals in the Bill are unfair when the additional rate of income tax is being reduced, which will result in those earning over a million pounds per year receiving an average tax cut of over # 100,000 a year.

Highlights of this year's NAPLAN results include: • There is evidence of movement of students from lower to higher bands of achievement across year levels and most domains over the last 10 years • Year 3 reading results continue to show sustained improvement • ACT, Victoria and NSW continue to have high mean achievement across all domains • There are increases in mean achievement in the Northern Territory in primary years reading and numeracy since 2008 • WA and Queensland have the largest growth in mean achievement across most domains since 2008 • Percentage of students meeting the national minimum standard remains high — over 90 per cent nationally and in most states and territories, across all domains and year levels

An analysis comparing the engaged reading time and reading scores of more than 2.2 million students found that students who read less than five minutes per day saw the lowest levels of growth, well below the national average.2 Even students who read 5 — 14 minutes per day saw sluggish gains that were below the national average.

Among the findings and research - driven strategies highlighted throughout the Education Leader's Guide to Reading Growth is data from a recent study that shows «struggling - to - successful» readers read approximately six minutes more per day on average than «persistently struggling» readers — findings that may have a long - term impact on a student's academic career.

The students» rates of improvement are listed under the column titled «Growth,» which indicates how many words read correct per minute the student gained from fall to spring per week.

The report calculates that 15 minutes of engaged reading time per day is «the sweet spot» for reading growth, after which students still benefit, but there are diminishing returns.

When you look at NAEP results for 2013, California's growth in eighth grade reading scores was the top in the nation, getting close to the national average despite high poverty and second language levels and ranking near the bottom in per - pupil expenditures.

Reading specialists who work with students who have physical, learning, or other disabilities can expect a similar salary to special education teachers, who make an average annual salary of $ 56,800.1 Job growth for special education teachers is expected at 6 % between 2014 and 2024.1 Reading specialists with a focus on curriculum development may make a similar salary to instructional coordinators, who make an average annual salary of $ 62,270 and have job growth prospects of 7 % between 2014 and 2024.2 Reading specialists working with adult and out - of - school secondary students earn an average of $ 50,280 per year and have projected job growth between 5 % and 8 % from 2014 to 2024.3

While quarterly growth is slowing, Amazon is still adding a substantial amount of new Prime members who end up spending $ 1,300 per year on average with the site, compared to $ 700 for... [Read more...]

The data shows that the number of people reading on tablet computers is up nearly 200 % during the last seven months, and digital magazine growth has increased from 300,000 issues per week to close to 2 million downloads per week.

Prior to reading that post, I was already aware that from the end of 1814 to the end of 1925, the US stock market experienced compound annual growth of about 5.8 % per year.

The bank underlined several areas where it said economic conditions had hit close to its assumptions: the stronger performance in non-energy exports and investment, the economic growth reading for the final three months of 2014 and core inflation near its two per cent target.

«Although financial assets made a relatively speedy recovery in the aftermath of the crisis, achieving annual growth averaging 8.1 per cent per annum over the past five years, the financial situation of Canadian households is anything but sustainable,» the report reads.

That September reading followed GDP growth at a non-annualized pace of 0.3 per cent in July and 0.1 per cent in August.

Based on the revisions, Statistics Canada now estimates that growth for last year came in at 1.1 per cent compared with its earlier reading of 1.2 per cent, its slowest pace since the 2009 recession.

The contraction reported Wednesday compared with growth at an annual pace of 2.5 per cent in the first quarter, which was revised from an initial reading of 2.4 per cent.

However, as the economy and the stock market recovered, so did Franklin Resources» earnings per share, and stock prices followed Read more about Franklin Resources Inc: A Resurgence Of Growth Post Recession -LSB-...]

In contrast, the 14 years of CO2 growth prior to 1988 is only 1.8 % per year (read below as to why prior to 1988).]

-- Muller believes humans are changing climate with CO2 emissions — humans have been responsible for «most» of a 0.4 C warming since 1957, almost none of the warming before then — IPCC is in trouble due to sloppy science, exaggerated predictions; chairman will have to resign — the «Climategate» mails were not «hacked» — they were «leaked» by an insider — due to «hide the decline» deception, Muller will not read any future papers by Michael Mann — there has been no increase in hurricanes or tornadoes due to global warming — automobiles are insignificant in overall picture — China is the major CO2 producer, considerably more than USA today — # 1 priority for China is growth of economy — global warming is not considered important — China CO2 efficiency (GDP per ton CO2) is around one - fourth of USA today, has much room for improvement — China growth will make per capita CO2 emissions at same level as USA today by year 2040 — if it is «not profitable» it is «not sustainable» — US energy future depends on shale gas for automobiles; hydrogen will not be a factor — nor will electric cars, due to high cost — Muller is upbeat on nuclear (this was recorded pre-Fukushima)-- there has been no warming in the USA — Muller was not convinced of Hansen's GISS temperature record; hopes BEST will provide a better record.

The rate of growth is about 2.5 parts per million per year, said Ralph Keeling, who directs the CO2 program at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which monitors the readings.

You read that right, the annual growth loss to preserve a livable climate is 0.06 % — and that's «relative to annualized consumption growth in the baseline that is between 1.6 % and 3 % per year.»

This growth of 34 per cent vastly exceeds the 7... Read More»