For example, studies lead by Shauna L Shapiro of Santa Clara University have found that awareness of one's state of mind can improve coping strategies for dealing with the stress of everyday life, which may benefit students under pressure to attain high grades or teachers targeting ever higher pupil targets.
Children who attended high-quality preschools were 2.4 times more likely in English, and 3.4 times more likely in mathematics, to attain high grades than children without preschool experience.
The tradition of riding the coattails of an admiral moving up, as a means of attaining higher rank for themselves, was already well established among the middle-grade officers of the 1920s.
Berberian College, founded by him, attained high prestige.
This method attained high similarity indices.
Delays in schooling due to repeating grades or temporary withdrawal have been shown to increase young girls' likelihood of dropping out of school (Grant and Hallman 2008), impeding their potential to attain high levels of education.
Selection of university students, particularly for the most competitive and academically demanding subjects, has become more and more difficult during the past decade and a half, as students have attained higher and higher A level grades.
India boasts 15 of the 23 developers worldwide that have reported attaining the highest grade, CMM Level 5. IBM ranks 5, Xerox is Level 3. Infosys, a Level 5er like local competitors Wipro and Tata Consultancy Services, delivers more than 90% of projects on time, compared with a U.S. average of 60% to 65%.
Male participants were older than female participants (average age 46.9 [range 34 59] vs. 35.5 years [range 28 53]) and had attained higher education levels than their female counterparts (Grade 10 and above: 70% vs. 33%).
In higher education, 1,763 people attained associates degrees, 1,336 attained bachelors degrees and 97 attained higher degrees.
Tall people are better paid and attain higher social status.
