Sentences with phrase «recent federal study»

According to one recent federal study, a fourth - grade...

In fact, a recent federal study found that states» «passing scores» have been drifting downward under pressure from NCLB — since each state can set its own standards for «passing,» and each has an incentive to lower the standard so that it «passes» as many schools as possible.

A recent federal study of the much - watched voucher program in Washington, D.C., for example, showed that using a voucher boosted a student's chances of graduating from high school.

California proposed the new goal because a recent federal study resolved a decade - long debate by concluding that chromium 6 can cause cancer when ingested.

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But in a recent study, the non-partisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget did just that.

According to a recent study, impact investing in the US would not exist without the support of and partnership with the federal government through grants, loans, and guarantees.

The CBPP found in a recent study that 16 million children in low - income families would be excluded from the benefit entirely, as their parents don't make enough to pay federal taxes and thus receive a refund.

But according to a recent C.D. Howe study, the federal government could run a permanent structural deficit of 1 % of GDP ($ 20 billion) and still maintain a stable debt ratio of 25 %, which happens to be the Conservative government's target for 2022.

After multiple recent studies showing that feeding peanut - containing foods to infants can reduce the risk of peanut allergies, there are new federal guidelines for parents about when to start feeding their infants such foods.

Federal officials don't track how many people in the U.S. have been harmed, but a recent government study estimated 410,000 babies are born each year at risk for mercury poisoning because of high levels in their mothers» bodies.

DiNapoli and Cuomo have conducted separate studies showing that New Yorkers give over $ 40 billion more in taxes to the federal government than the state gets back, an imbalance that has doubled in recent years.

After the recent study by the federal emergency management agency of the flood risk, more than 5,200 properties in Dutchess County are now designated in the high risk category.

The endorsement touts Long's recent work as a judicial activist promoting conservative appointments to the federal court, but says her «pro-life activism began on Capitol Hill,» where she served as press secretary to two pro-life senators, and says Long was subsequently inspired to pursue a law degree «to better defend pro-life principles,» and mentions she studied under professors like the late Victor Rosenblum and Mary Ann Glendon, two pro-life legal scholars.

It's concerning that Syracuse, a city with the highest percentage of children with lead poisoning, according to a recent study by Journal of Pediatrics, is currently without federal funding to address the issue.

While there are roughly 670,000 businesses owned by women citywide, only 1.48 percent of federal contract dollars goes to those firms, according to a recent study by Women Impacting Public Policy, an organization which advocates on behalf of women?

While there are roughly 670,000 businesses owned by women citywide, only 1.48 percent of federal contract dollars goes to those firms, according to a recent study by Women Impacting Public -LSB-...]

The study shows that over a recent period of more than three years, the U.S. federal government approved about 91 percent of labor certification applications from Asian immigrants and 90 percent from Canadian immigrants, but just 67 percent of applications from Latin American immigrants.

«Our timely study builds on previous research from UH scientists and recent federal court rulings that show that treated wastewater is illegally discharged to the ocean from injection wells at the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation facility via SGD to Kahekili Beach Park on West Maui,» said Daniel Amato, lead author and recent graduate of the UHM College of Natural Sciences.

Moreover, the report's authors concluded, federal vaccination recommendations, which have expanded in recent years, are based on inadequate evidence and poorly executed studies.

In a recent study, I used data from the 2010, 2012, and 2014 federal election cycles to explore the NEA's involvement in federal politics.

As the authors of a recent Federal Communications Commission - sponsored study said, «Access to the Internet is not a choice: It is a necessity.»

Indeed, it's consistent with much recent work on collective bargaining (including the 2008 study The Leadership Limbo that I authored with Coby Loup), which points out that contracts are frequently less constricting than reputed — but that state and federal requirements, along with timidity and a lack of imagination on the part of district leaders, have contributed to a culture of management passivity.

Dozens of studies have sought to confirm or refute them, using either the original «High School and Beyond» data or subsequent federal surveys tracking more - recent student cohorts.

The most recent one is a Brookings Institution study published this month showing that several long - standing federal programs intended to prepare low - income students for college don't work.

Yet two recent studies with big implications for the federal student loan program have gone largely unnoticed.

The evaluation brief synthesizes two recent NCEE impact studies, which evaluated key strategies that can be funded through the federal Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) grants and its successor program, Read more about Key Strategies to Promote Educator Effectiveness -LSB-...]

But those standards vary among states, and a recent study from the Education Department's research arm showed they usually lag far behind federal standards.

Note, however, that this study took place before even more consequences were attached to students» test scores, given the federal government's more recent fascination with holding teachers accountable for their quantifiable - by - student - test - scores «value - added.»

A recent large - scale federal study revealed that most states lack expertise to turn around struggling schools and are rarely successful.

Her recent projects include a national study of programs designed to re-engage out - of - school youth, technical assistance to federal High School Graduation Initiative grantees, and a study of College Readiness Indicator Systems in two leading districts.

That is the question two researchers at Vanderbilt — Ryan Balch (recent Graduate Research Assistant at Vanderbilt's National Center on Performance Incentives) and Matthew Springer (Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Education and Director of Vanderbilt's National Center on Performance Incentives)-- attempted to answer in a recent study of the REACH pay - for - performance program in Austin, Texas (a nationally recognized performance program model with $ 62.3 million in federal support).

In fact, according to a recent study by the Federal Reserve, banks are now raising their credit standards for mortgages, consumer loans and commercial real estate loans at a pace never seen in the 17 - year history of the Fed's quarterly survey of senior bank loan officers.

However, a recent study found another factor: complaints against credit card issuers filed with federal authorities.

The most recent mystery shop study conducted by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found that national retailers enforced their store policies by refusing to sell M - rated video games to customers under the age of 17 87 % of the time.

Dozens of other recent studies reached similar conclusions — including peer - reviewed case studies and research by academics, government and industry, as well as state and federal regulatory reviews.

Consequently, a recent toxicological study was commissioned by the Agricultural Research and Development Initiative, a program funded by the Canadian Federal and Manitoba Provincial governments, as well as the North American Industrial Hemp Council.

A recent study by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration found that 29 percent of all semi-truck accidents were due to brake failure.

Additionally, a recent study found that 27 % of federal student loan borrowers in repayment have past due balances, with 10 % being delinquent.

Adam Liptak picked up on a recent study of federal public defender programs for the NY Times, Public Defenders Get Better Marks on Salary.

Canada bans interprovincial transport of beer (but the federal government is considering amending the Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act to change that), corner stores can't sell beer, and according to a recent study, Beer Stores uses «monopoly pricing,» so Ontarians pay more for beer than Quebeckers (the convenience store association which supported the study is also behind a «Free Our Beer» campaign (Ottawa Citizen)-RRB-.

The different levels of sophistication were evident at the recent (and excellent) Canadian Forum on Court Technology conference and a glance at «Report of the Subcommittee on Global Review of the Federal Court Rules» shows the commitment to «further study» is alive and well.

In a recent study the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found that junk debt buyers pay on average 4 cents on the dollar for the debts they file lawsuits on.

Presidential Management Fellows, who serve for two years in a federal role that aligns with their recent graduate studies,

For instance, a recent study in preschool - aged children found that those who participated in Head Start had a healthier BMI at school entry than did children who did not have the benefit of food provided by federal subsidy.63

SFBT has had a large number of empirical studies, in fact enough to have been examined in two recent meta - analyses and to be officially supported as evidenced - based by numerous federal and state agencies and institutions, such as SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence - Based Programs & Practices (NREPP).

A recent study conducted by WalletHub identifies the most and least «independent» states based on health - and wealth - related dependencies in five categories: «consumer finances,» such as credit scores and emergency savings; «government,» or federal funding; «international trade,» such as jobs supported by exported goods; «job market,» such as employer - offered retirement savings and the unemployment rate; and «personal vices,» such as drug use and gambling.

According to a recent study, «The Federal Role in Supporting Manufacturing,» by the Pratt Center for Community Development and Brookings Institute, despite recent recessionary shocks, manufacturing continues to play a central role in the American economy and still serves as a gateway to the middle class for a sizeable segment of the nation's population.

A recent study conducted by the Federal Reserve showed that many individuals are not adequately prepared for retirement («Report on the Economic Well - Being of U.S. Households in 2014», Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 2015; http://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/2014-report-economic-well-being-us-households-201505.pdf).

Recent projects include the new United States Federal Courthouse in Austin, Texas; the Common Spaces Feasibility Study for Harvard University Cambridge Campus; Ernie Davis Hall at Syracuse University; the Yale University Health Services Center; the Gates Center for Computer Science and Hillman Center for Future Generation Technologies at Carnegie Mellon University; master planning services for the Lower Don Lands for Waterfront Toronto in Toronto, Canada; the Carroll A. Campbell Jr..

The most recent Federal Reserve Payments Study, results of which were released in April 2011, revealed that the number of checks written each year was falling at a rate of almost 6 percent a year, while electronic payments volume was rising at more than 9 percent a year.