Sentences with phrase «showing high levels of growth»

However, since students enter school at widely different levels of learning, systems should hold schools accountable for showing high levels of growth and getting students on a trajectory that will lead them to success.

High growth: Schools that have shown high levels of growth over three years.

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August's labor market report showed annual wage growth stuck at 2.5 %, despite the consistently high level of job creation.

Using the Great Barrier Reef as their study case, they estimated the evolution of the region over the last 14,000 years and showed that (1) high sediment loads from catchments erosion prevented coral growth during the early phase of sea level rise and favoured deep offshore sediment deposition; (2) how the fine balance between climate, sea level, and margin physiography enabled coral reefs to thrive under limited shelf sedimentation rates at 6,000 years before present; and, (3) how over the last 3,000 years, the decrease of accommodation space led to the lateral extension of coral reefs consistent with available observational data.

Two months after therapy, tissue analysis showed less scarring and higher levels of regenerative agents such as fibroblast growth factor — which accelerate healing — in rats treated with SIS plus stem cells compared with those treated with SIS alone.

Two samples of Ulva spp., that were deployed near shore on Maui, show large differences due to growth in coastal waters that have either high (left) or low (right) levels of SGD - derived nitrogen.

«For all types of ecosystem the results show that high carbon dioxide levels can impede plants» ability to absorb nitrogen, and that this negative effect is partly why raised carbon dioxide has a marginal or non-existent effect on growth in many ecosystems,» says Johan Uddling.

Bovine growth hormone is also known to stimulate the production of insulinlike growth factor 1 (IGF1) by the liver; some studies have shown that high levels of IGF1 in the bloodstream may heighten the risk of prostate and breast cancers as well as a woman's chance of conceiving twins.

As seen through a microscope, the leg bone of a normal mouse (left) makes considerably less new bone than a mouse that produces high levels of a signaling protein, WNT7B, that stimulates new bone growth (shown in pink on the right).

A study has shown that men who are on a high - protein diet experienced higher levels of IGF (Insulin - like Growth Factor) as opposed to men who were on a low - protein diet, despite the total caloric intake being the same for both groups.

On top of this, there is some evidence that high levels of BCAAs alone can trigger muscle growth (or prevent muscle catabolism) via certain pathways (again, can be addressed later), though there is little clinical data showing any significant increase in muscle mass in trained athletes through BCAA supplementation.

In addition, studies have shown that high levels of magnesium supplementation may inhibit cancer cell growth.

p. 187), recent research shows that celery contains high levels of the bioflavonoid apigenin which inhibits cancer growth by reducing the amount of a specific enzyme used by cancer cells.

Polyunsaturated fats such as corn oil and soybean oil are highly unstable and vulnerable to oxidation — and oxidation, in turn, is linked to cancer — while the omega - 6 fatty acids that predominate in vegetable oils have been shown to accelerate the growth of tumor cells.6 As Fallon and Enig explain, 4 excessive consumption of toxic polyunsaturated oils — not red meat — represents a known mechanism for colon cancer: «Colon cancer occurs when high levels of dietary vegetable oils and hydrogenated fats, along with certain carcinogens, are acted on by certain enzymes in the cells lining the colon, leading to tumor formation» [Emphasis added].

Studies show that human cancer cells express high levels of the fatty acid synthase enzyme, which is associated with aggressive tumor behavior and tumor - cell growth.

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Low - carbohydrate diets produce lower insulin and higher growth hormone levels in the blood, which has been shown to aid in the maintenance of bone and muscle mass in the elderly, and the promotion of lipolysis in individuals who are overweight.

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

... And then, this year we looked at our NAPLAN data and found that 68 per cent of our Grade 5 students were medium to high level growth - so, our next target will be moving those students showing low growth and pushing everyone up towards high rates of growth.

Two of the authors of this report have shown elsewhere that countries with students who perform at higher levels in math and science show larger rates of increase in economic productivity than do otherwise similar countries with lower - performing students (see «Education and Economic Growth,» research, Spring 2008).

The CREDO study released earlier this year showed that, in the aggregate, urban charter schools provide «significantly higher levels of annual growth in both math and reading» when compared to traditional public schools in the same regions.

According to Deming, positions that require both cognitive and social skills have shown more wage growth in the past few decades than those that require high - levels of mathematical or analytical training but little social prowess.

But within a few short years, their schools all showed very high growth — one school was in the top 1 percent in North Carolina for growth, and the other two received the highest growth score possible in the Tennessee system, with one getting the highest level of growth in math in Nashville in grades three through eight.

are an annual list, going this year to schools that in the 2011 - 2012 state tests either showed high achievement levels overall or the greatest progress as indicated by the state's new system of «student growth percentiles» (SGP).

With a 71 % poverty rating, this district has managed to show such a high level of student growth through reform, that the Indiana State Department of Education used the 8 - Step Process for continuous improvement of the Warren Township schools as a model for persistently low - performing schools.

To adequately use feedback to show students that they are progressing toward higher learning levels, teachers must be able to obtain consistent results of student growth toward the same learning goals.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Mike Winder, R - West Valley City, relies on a metric called median growth percentile, or MGP, to identify teachers who show high levels of student growth on standardized tests.

The report shows evidence of positive indicators in strong student growth at Innovation schools and higher levels of teacher empowerment.

Previous work shows that higher levels of education quality (as measured by international student achievement tests) increases growth rates of national income.

Public schools in Colorado that have greater control over hiring teachers, setting the school calendar and budgeting show slightly higher levels of student academic growth and high levels of teacher empowerment, according to a CU Denver report...

While the experimental public schools showed slightly higher levels of academic growth than traditional schools overall, the number of students performing at grade level was lower than the state average.

Based on the results of this study, the students whose teachers engage in higher - level questioning about the stories that they read show more growth in reading and writing during the year.

Platinum is the highest level of recognition offered by GuideStar, and demonstrates that PowerMyLearning is an organization that is focused on measuring our progress and results, while showing our improvement and growth year over year.

The biggest factor for their success was actually not the highest growth listed, as its mass market titles showed a 58 % increase over last year; this is a very difficult market to record this level of progress.

Lowell Miller went on to show that selecting utilities with middle level yields (relative to the utility sector, but much higher than those of the market overall) along with a high likelihood of dividend growth consistently outperformed the S&P 500 index.

As shown, the late 1990s saw the highest p / e levels in history, and the earnings growth of this bull market has brought it back in line with historical readings.

High - frequency associations (not shown here) remain strong throughout the whole record, but average density levels have continuously fallen while temperatures in recent decades have risen... As yet, the reason is not known, but analyses of time - dependent regional comparisons suggest that it is associated with a tendency towards loss of «spring» growth response (Briffa et al., 1 999b) and, at least for subarctic Siberia, it may be connected with changes in the timing of spring snowmelt (Vaganov et al., 1999).

The Lambert - Quiggin school of econometrics would agree there's a likely high R - squared and t statistic, and that these «prove» that CO2 «causes» population growth and AGW, as well it may, as the same source (236, see below) shows that C3 plants (95 % of all plant matter) do best at elevated CO2 levels, eg soya, 61 % higher mass when CO2 rises from 160 to 330 ppm, with mass peaking at CO2 600 ppm (today only 380).

exactly... i recall seeing a graph produced from ice core samples in which the CO2 content of thousands of years past was measured against tree ring data... what it showed was CO2 levels rising 300 years after rapid vegetative growth (natural warming) and incidently the PPM of CO2 measured higher than current levels.

Many crops show positive responses to elevated carbon dioxide and low levels of warming, but higher levels of warming often negatively affect growth and yields.