Sentence examples for made proficiency from inspiring English sources

Forty percent of Asian/Pacific Islander students made proficiency, compared with 32percentt of white students, 12percentt of Hispanic students, and 9percentt of black students.

19 Such two-way causality makes proficiency in the State language potentially endogenous and the obtained coefficients potentially biased.

Coming back to the scaling and scale level issue raised by JR, it is possible and one could argue even necessary to exploit this essential indeterminacy of the latent variable scale by utilizing scale transformation and linking methods to make proficiency scales comparable across cycles.

She touted the diversity of California and the contribution of Latino immigrants even though she wants to make English proficiency a legal requirement for immigration.

There was a significant difference between the two groups (t = -3.39, df = 161, p < .001), such that those at lower initial proficiency made greater gains (0.40) compared to those at higher initial proficiency (0.02).

Adopting a "branching approach," the CEFR describes finer distinctions within the three superordinate levels (A, basic; B, independent; and C, proficient) so that "the relatively small gains in language proficiency made within language programmes (achievement) can be captured and reported" (Green et al. 2012, p. 48).

The band's driving pace and technical proficiency made them an extraordinarily exciting act, though their tendency to add 15-minute drum or bass solos to live performances also left rock with one of its less attractive legacies.

Sweden accepts dual citizenship and requires five years of residence for naturalization, but no requirements are made for language proficiency, knowledge of society or financial self-sufficiency.