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His remarks covered the need for investment in upstream oil to meet rising demand and offset decline in mature fields, how competitive prices are vital for growth in gas markets, the rapid growth in solar and wind, and prospects for reaching universal access to electricity, including India's significant achievements over recent years in this respect.

Member companies participating in SEMA's Vehicle Dynamics Program have conducted more than 60 aftermarket - modified vehicle tests to demonstrate FMVSS 126 compliance and made significant achievements over the past six years in understanding how performance products, such as suspension, brakes, wheels, tires and steering, as well as engine modifications, interact with electronic stability control and other active safety systems.

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Other significant achievements of the Commission over the last quarter of a century include the establishment in 2000 of the Lodi Wine & Visitor Center — one of the industry's original regional wine education and tasting centers — and the creation of the Lodi Rules ™ for Sustainable Winegrowing Program in 2005.

Gray says that the team's achievement of breeding these frogs is significant and will bolster similar work on endangered frog species all over the world.

Over the past several years, governments, corporations, and non-governmental organizations have paid significant attention to efforts to reduce tropical deforestation, setting goals and targets for the achievement of zero deforestation.

She was selected based on her academic achievements, mentoring plan, rigorous experimental design, and ability to deliver significant findings over the course of a summer.

Dr. Gould received the Alexander von Humboldt award for most significant agricultural research over a five - year period, the Sigma Xi George Bugliarello Prize for written communication of science, the Holladay Medal in recognition of research achievements and contributions to North Carolina State University, and the O. Max Gardner Award for contributions to human welfare.

Students who practiced the Transcendental Meditation program showed significant increases in math and English scale scores and performance level scores over a one - year period.A significant portion of the meditating students — 41 percent — showed a gain of at least one performance level in math, compared to 15 percent of the non-meditating students in the control group.Among the students with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a slight gain.

Santa Monica, CA, USA About Blog Soroya Bacchus, MD has over 22 years experience in the Medical Industry, possessing a number of significant achievements within Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine, Addiction Treatment, and Geriatric Psychiatry.

Santa Monica, CA, USA About Blog Soroya Bacchus, MD has over 22 years experience in the Medical Industry, possessing a number of significant achievements within Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine, Addiction Treatment, and Geriatric Psychiatry.

Over the coming 12 to 18 months, as successful conversions take place at schools using the parent trigger, we are confident the new school leadership will bring significant improvement in student learning and achievement.

In tackling this task, Feinberg says, they «backed into» the five essential tenets of the KIPP model: High Expectations (for academic achievement and conduct); Choice and Commitment (KIPP students, parents, and teachers all sign a learning pledge, promising to devote the time and effort needed to succeed); More Time (extended school day, week, and year); Power to Lead (school leaders have significant autonomy, including control over their budget, personnel, and culture); and Focus on Results (scores on standardized tests and other objective measures are coupled with a focus on character development).

Gibb replied: «The ruling represents a significant threat to one of the government's most important achievements over the last six years - improving school attendance.

The ideal assessment will be more nuanced, gathering student data over time but also looking at the small, yet significant improvements in achievement, such as higher grades or increased participation in class, which might not be immediately reflected in students» test scores.

Over the past decade he has led a number of significant reform efforts that have helped narrow the achievement gap and increase student performance on both state and national assessment exams.

Among U.S. fourth graders whose reading achievement was in the lowest 5 % of the distribution — children who were all experiencing clinically significant and severe reading difficulties — over 80 % of white children were receiving additional help through special education.

This may be why the U.S. has seen significant achievement growth for its lowest - performing students over the last twenty years (especially in fourth and eighth grades, and particularly in math), but minimal gains for its top students.

Over the past decade he has led a number of significant systemic reform efforts that have helped narrow the achievement gap and increase student performance on both state and national assessment exams.

Schools actually narrow the achievement gap; it's what affluent children get before they start school that gives them significant academic advantages over the children of the middle class and the poor, according to the research.

At the state's prodding, the proportion of students taking Algebra in eighth grade increased 60 percent over the past decade — a significant achievement.

The new report, Effective Teacher Professional Development, reviewed 35 scientifically rigorous studies conducted over the past 30 years which showed significant gains in student achievement resulting from teacher development programs.

On the other hand, District size, School size, School level, and Number of principals in the school over the last 10 years were significant moderators of the relationship between efficacy and conditions in the class and school, along with student achievement.

In elementary schools, however, data use may account for a significant proportion of the variation in student achievement, over and above the effects of student diversity, poverty, and school size.

More than two - thirds of charter students were found to perform better in reading and math and to have a significant achievement advantage over students in the nearest regular public school.

In terms of impact, we've had significant increase in academic achievement over a very short time.

Despite some significant academic gains over the years, serious achievement gaps persist among many of our students, particularly those from several racial and ethnic groups.

Has the escalating intrusion of the federal government over the last two decades netted any significant transformative effect educational achievement?

Assertions that the sector has «fulfilled one of its core missions — equity for students — by establishing itself as a primarily urban phenomenon with significant chains of schools that are closing achievement gaps» (Lake, 2013, p. 1) are countered by claims that «charter schools, on average, don't have an academic advantage over traditional public schools, but they do have a significant risk of leading to increased segregation» (Rotberg, 2014, para 2).

According to the National Council of Teachers of English, «Well over a decade into federal education policy that endows significant consequences to single tests of student achievement too late in the academic year to lead to any action, teachers might be pleased that the term «formative -LSB-...]

Over the last three years, only the language scores on the HSPA showed some significant narrowing of achievement differences.

Over the last decade, research has increasingly suggested what many of us have seen first - hand in schools across our country: principals matter and they have a significant impact on student achievement.

This approach represents a significant improvement over traditional paper - and - pencil assessments used in many states today, providing more accurate scores for all students across the full range of the achievement continuum.

In fact, the entire movement toward standards - and - accountability - based reform over the past twenty years confronted its most significant opposition when it began to extend accountability for student achievement to the educators and their preparation programs, primarily the traditional colleges of education.

Santa Monica, CA, USA About Blog Soroya Bacchus, MD has over 22 years experience in the Medical Industry, possessing a number of significant achievements within Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine, Addiction Treatment, and Geriatric Psychiatry.

Hendricks is the first to be honored with the new Impact award which pays tribute to «a senior or emeritus faculty member whose contributions to a chosen field over the course of a career represent a record of significant innovation, achievement and influence.»

Taken as a whole, the exhibition is a striking curatorial achievement, but the vast space and avalanche of debate over just a couple of controversial works made starkly visible that scale may be the most significant issue in the presentation of contemporary art today.

The Amendment could avoid emissions of well over 70 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2050, which marks an historic achievement and brings significant impetus to the Paris Agreement which comes into effect in November 2016.

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Santa Monica, CA, USA About Blog Soroya Bacchus, MD has over 22 years experience in the Medical Industry, possessing a number of significant achievements within Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine, Addiction Treatment, and Geriatric Psychiatry.

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS • Introduced a care strategy coined «Into the Spirit», the objective of which was to establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional and psychological care patients and family • Decreased nurse staffing issues by 50 % by hiring extra staff to be deployed during staff shortage • Increased nursing staff efficiency by 40 % by providing intense training over a period of three months • Directed a team of 55 nurses and support staff over five years without any significant problems

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PROFILE * Innovative ANALYST with over 35 years of significant achievements in the financial services industry.

Having worked in the Amata community about 100 km from Uluru over a long period, Stewart was able to highlight some of the noteworthy Aboriginal — controlled organisations and significant achievements.

Santa Monica, CA, USA About Blog Soroya Bacchus, MD has over 22 years experience in the Medical Industry, possessing a number of significant achievements within Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine, Addiction Treatment, and Geriatric Psychiatry.

«With over 6,300 franchise locations worldwide — over 700 of those in Canada — to earn one of the top awards is certainly a significant achievement.»