Sentences with phrase «slightly higher failure»

And a report from the Southern Regional Education Board, which supports increasing the number of middle students taking Algebra I, found that among students in the lowest quartile on achievement tests, those enrolled in higher - level mathematics had a slightly higher failure rate than those enrolled in lower - level mathematics (Cooney & Bottoms, 2009, p. 2).»

Not exact matches

The great shame and irony of Antitrust is that after all the high concept — the creative use of sesame seeds, the Citizen Kane-esque skewering of a media tycoon, the constant reiterations of the hero's intelligence — the film remains a conventional addition to the thriller genre that is slightly better than it should be because of its audacious goofiness, but far worse than it could have been because of its failure to be goofier.

The ratings are similar to a breakdown from the year before, although figures are slightly improved, with small bumps in high ratings and even fewer administrators rated failures.

But, GIVEN the failure of OCO, we get a probably of glory failure at 30 % (only slightly higher than the failure probably for OCO, which seems counterintuitive to me).