Sentence examples for below benchmark from inspiring English sources

In fact, many countries in these two categories have rates with US carriers that are below benchmark levels.

But unlike at the Olympics, bronze will be a booby prize, awarded to universities found to be "significantly below" benchmark standards in some areas – a decision unlikely to be popular with vice-chancellors.

Researchers examined multiple cohorts of eighth-grade students whose EXPLORE (a test administered by ACT) scores were more than one standard deviation below benchmark scores associated with being on-track.

Silver grades will be awarded to universities offering courses with "high levels of stretch that ensures all students are significantly challenged," while bronze will go to universities where "provision is of satisfactory quality … however, the provider is likely to be significantly below benchmark in one or more areas".

Figure 1 shows fall reading scores aggregated by benchmark expectations: below benchmark, at benchmark, or above benchmark.

Fig. 2 Percentage of first grade students reading at, above, or below benchmark expectations at mid-year depending on prior preschool attendance (treatment = attended Pre-K).

As a result, the no-preschool group would have been placed into below-benchmark reading groups in their classrooms and qualified for additional reading intervention more often than Pre-K attendees.

Medicare will distribute 50 percent to 60 percent of its savings to hospitals and doctors who meet its quality standards and hold costs below benchmarks set by the government.

Under the new health care law, doctors and hospitals can earn financial rewards if they improve the care of Medicare patients while holding costs below benchmarks set by the federal government.

The accident in Japan comes days after the Navy admitted the reactors on British submarines are 'significantly below benchmarked good practice', and weeks before the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, which will push fears over nuclear safety back to the forefront of the minds of the British public.

GDP growth since the last election was below the benchmark and has also been below average this year.