Sentences with phrase «relatively high pass»

The data help explain the disconnect between the relatively high pass rates on many state tests and the low scores on the national exams, known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

Not exact matches

But in those countries where the interest is relatively high, it still falls as the generations pass.

Keeping Giroud on this squad with the promise of substantial playing time... the offensive tactics of this squad is way too indirect and is much more reflective of a hold up play / cross in the box scheme that suits Giroud's skill - sets but can't continue if Wenger really wants Lacazette to be successful... without Sanchez on the pitch this offence is a little bit like a headless chicken, passing sideways, providing relatively poor service to undersized players and sub-par finishing... this isn't to suggest that Arsenal can't perform without Alexis but this offensive scheme is antiquated and ill - advised, especially considering our personnel (poor man's Barca)... if Arsenal doesn't want to pay the price to get topnotch players so we can press high and play all out attack, we would be better served by adopting a counterattack approach... unfortunately that would mean developing a far less skittish defensive group that could withstand the pressure and we all know that Wenger hasn't opted for that approach considering our defensive pickups in recent years and the lack of a «boss» in the midfield

During the battle for healthcare reform, for instance, reformers were able to pass legislation only with a relatively high degree of cooperation from powerful vested interests, and the reform itself amounted to a reorganization of existing submerged policies rather than their elimination.

«Significant impacts to the lake could result from incidental or accidental spills from 5,100 ships passing through every year; invasive species brought by transoceanic ships, which could threaten the extinction of aquatic plants and fish, such as the cichlids that have been evolving since the lake's formation; and frequent dredging, impacting aquatic life through alterations in turbidity and hypoxia, triggered by resuspension of nutrients and organic matter that exert a relatively high biochemical oxygen demand.»

One hypothesis, for example, is that retesting reduces the pressure to unduly focus teaching effort on the marginal students — students who may or may not pass — in the months before the initial test, and thus teachers can give relatively more effort to the infra - marginal students, including those high - achieving students at little risk of failing.

Participants who had earned relatively high — though still not passing — scores on the placement test passed at a mean rate of 68 percent, similar to students who were not assessed as needing remediation and who took the statistics class the year before.

The academic challenges that our children face in elementary, middle, and high school — getting good grades, passing tests, choosing courses from a relatively limited list — are fairly straightforward.

With its relatively small engine, the A4's power drops off in higher gears, and the ability to shift down quickly coupled with the boost from the turbo at higher rpms gave the car the added juice we needed to pass the inevitable RVs on California's Highway 1.

Now that some time has passed and interest has remained relatively high we will finally get to see the line filled out a bit.

Therefore, it's typically only a good consideration if you're relatively young, have a high income and want to pass on money to your family.

Although the Asiana card carries a relatively high $ 99 annual fee that is not waived the first year, cardholders do get a $ 100 rebate on Asiana tickets and two free lounge passes.

I am envisioning the relatively low annual figure for HadCRUT4 in 2016 (see here usually 2 clicks to «download your attachment» or alternatively visit the GWPF website and look at their masthead graphic) and thus I speculate about a potentially high annual figure for HadCRUT in 2017 and the passing thought that such an event could embarrass the Gentlemen Who Prefer Fantasy and their climate - change denying chums.

The high pressure, relatively warm liquid runs into a constriction that doesn't allow the refrigerant to pass through easily.

In the course of the last few weeks, the House of Lords has provided cheer to claimant personal injury practitioners on two occasions, and the High Court has made it clear that the threshold a claimant must pass in a personal injury case to obtain permission to serve out of the jurisdiction is a relatively low one.

Therefore, it's typically only a good consideration if you're relatively young, have a high income and want to pass on money to your family.