Sentences with phrase «underperform on a relative basis»

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The past decade has seen a relative surge in research conducted in urban, underperforming schools focused on doing exactly this — providing students with deep, language - and content - based instruction, with a focus on teaching both specialized vocabulary and the specialized structures of language in academic speech and text.

A new study based on the Annenberg Institute on School Reform's (AISR) work with the Transatlantic School Innovation Alliance (TISA) adds to the emerging literature supporting the idea that peer networks among educational practitioners, both within and across schools, can improve teaching and learning.In England, there has been a focus over the past decade on developing formal peer networks, especially in urban settings that have traditionally underperformed relative to other areas of the country.

To be sure, while focusing on factor and smart beta strategies has historically, over longer periods of time, earned higher risk - adjusted returns relative to the broader market, there have been stretches, even long ones, when factor - based approaches underperformed (think value during the 1990s), according to data accessible via Bloomberg.

Not accounting for the dynamism of relative risks in asset classes means most investors underperform on a risk adjusted basis over the course of the cycle.

Funds invested in short - term and intermediate government and investment - grade corporate bonds significantly underperformed benchmarks on a relative basis last year.