"To meet this benchmark" means to achieve a predetermined standard or goal.
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Under the law, districts and schools must
meet benchmarks in graduation rates, attendance, test participation, and math and reading test scores.
This distinguished group wants every parent to have confidence that their child's youth sports program
meets a benchmark for quality.
The responsible entity should tell you if the mortgage
scheme meets each benchmark and provide you with the information set out in the disclosure principles.
Their progress was verified when students took their state test, and 20 - 30 percent more students in each grade
met benchmarks on the same skill.
However, to be truly ready for school, children need to be proficient in all of these areas, and only 40 percent of
students met this benchmark.
It is likely that even when less than 80 % of students have
met the benchmark goal, there will be some students who are very significantly behind their peers.
«Although the benchmark production rate of 2.2 million barrels per day is realistic, it is imperative to note that Nigeria is not yet
meeting the benchmark as current production figures still fall short of the benchmark.
In 2011, just one in four students who took the ACT test
met the benchmark scores in all four subjects: English, mathematics, reading, and science (ACT, 2011).
The screening assessment will show all students» current math skill levels as well as which students have or have not
met benchmark learning goals.
Construction usually starts only after 80 percent of the units are pre-sold with buyers depositing 10 percent of the condo's cost to reserve a space and then committing to add installments in 10 percent increments as the project
meets benchmarks such as groundbreaking and tower - topping, according to Carlos Rosso, president of condominium development for Related Group.
Startups should make certain that they raise enough seed funding to provide a comfortable runway to
successfully meet benchmarks and collect enough data to show success before considering subsequent series A funding.
Fonterra could not cut the price sooner because it was obliged under its Bonlac supply agreement to
meet the benchmark price.
Haruna Iddrisu says Ghana can only exit the IMF program «if [Ghana] meets the benchmark of fiscal consolidation» adding that by the President's assessment, Ghana is nowhere near exiting from the program.
Compound this challenge by asking a student to write in their second or third language
while meeting benchmarks and grade - level standards, and it's no wonder writing appears to be such a daunting task for many English language learners, resulting in classrooms filled with apathetic and unmotivated students.
Only about one in four of the high - school graduates who took the American College Testing (ACT) program's college - readiness test last
year met the benchmarks in reading comprehension, English, math, and science.
«Some institutions
already meet the benchmarks laid out in our plan but this will ensure all prospective students can get the necessary information and support to succeed at their studies and complete their qualification.»
Only a quarter of African - Americans, 7 percent of special education students and 23 percent of students who qualify for subsidized
lunches met the benchmark in English.
While their test scores improved slightly in the next three years, the seven schools were not able to
meet the benchmarks necessary to be removed from probation by the end of Vallas's tenure.
But he also says Ballard had no choice but to intervene when TPS failed to
meet benchmark academic standards outlined in the school's charter.
The conceptual design calls for each school to develop a prevention program that assures students sufficient time and opportunity to
meet the benchmarks at grades 3, 5, 8, and 12 (graduation requirements).
In some affluent Chicago suburban districts, students still scored above average or higher on the ACT and
met benchmarks after taking general classes.
HDFC Large Cap Fund has not only failed to protect its downside, -21.29 % vs -21 % or
even meeting the benchmarks during upside, 47.80 % vs 51.92 %.