Sentences with phrase «score huge gains»

These leveraged acquisitions enabled Pickens and his investors to score huge gains in the bullish energy market in the 1980s.

Not exact matches

Arizona's huge gain in run prevention dwarfed their improvement in runs scored (+60).

And we set up the — at Holland you probably know from my work, the Dutch gained 20 points on Raven's in one generation and they actually dug out the 18 - year - old of today recruits, their own fathers» IQ scores, and over that generation there's still been a 20 - point gain, which is huge.

Huge bellies are not only responsible for spoiling the competition scores of many guys out there (although they're not spoiling as many scores as it should), it's also a symbol of the many negative trends that have gained popularity in the bodybuilding community and thereby have compromised its reputation and credibility.

But now, three years after Abrams took his rebooting powers to Disney / Lucasfilm and scored huge with «The Force Awakens,» Star Wars has surged further ahead and gained a lead that now might be insurmountable for generations.

Boston charters (Angrist, et al, 2014)-- Huge test score gains, no increase in HS grad rate or postsecondary attendance.

Unfortunately, no excuses charters don't seem to produce long - term benefits that are commensurate with their huge test score gains.

There is a huge amount of success to celebrate in this chart for multiple state charter sectors, most of which have either unusually large gains, or unusually high scores, or else unusually high scores and gains.

In some cases, there are ceiling effects where bright students are already scoring near the top and can't show huge gains year after year.

Among the facts from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Fourth Grade Reading report cited by FairTest: — There has been no gain in NAEP grade four reading performance nationally since 1992 despite a huge increase in state - mandated testing; — NAEP scores in southern states, which test the most and have the highest stakes attached to their state testing programs, have declined; — The NAEP score gap between white children and those from African American and Hispanic families has increased, even though schools serving low - income and minority - group children put the most emphasis on testing; and — Scores of children eligible for free lunch programs have dropped sincescores in southern states, which test the most and have the highest stakes attached to their state testing programs, have declined; — The NAEP score gap between white children and those from African American and Hispanic families has increased, even though schools serving low - income and minority - group children put the most emphasis on testing; and — Scores of children eligible for free lunch programs have dropped sinceScores of children eligible for free lunch programs have dropped since 1996.

But now that the national distribution of test scores is more normal, resembling a conventional bell curve, it is unlikely that we will see the kinds of huge gains we saw in the 1990s and early 2000s again, according to Commissioner Buckley.

How do we balance huge gains in SPF ratings when so many students are still in schools that continue to produce such low proficiency scores and growth?

While you might not score huge rewards for charging the extracurricular fees themselves, you can gain more cash back or points by using a credit card to buy sports equipment and other extracurricular supplies.