Sentence examples for rising benchmarks from inspiring English sources

Schools from Vermont to California are increasing — in some cases tripling — the class time that low-proficiency students spend on reading and math, mainly because the federal law, signed in 2002, requires annual exams only in those subjects and punishes schools that fall short of rising benchmarks.

But in spite of the progress, the school's scores on California state exams, used for compliance with the federal law, are increasing not nearly fast enough to allow the school to keep up with the rising test benchmarks.

Stocks rose, driving benchmark indexes to their highest levels in more than five weeks.

[C6.] Stocks Rise for a Third Day Stocks rose, giving benchmark indexes their first three-day winning streak in a month on optimism an economic recovery will lift companies' earnings.

According to the scores, Mission High is among the lowest-performing 5percentt of schools in the country, and it has consistently failed to meet the ever-rising benchmarks set by the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

Australian beef cattle prices have recovered slightly in the past week, with the Eastern Young Cattle Indicator, a benchmark, rising 2 cents Monday to 2.96 Australian dollars, or $2.86 ,per kilogram, or 2.2 pounds, although prices remain 20 percent lower than a year ago.

Taiwan's market was a rare bright spot, with the benchmark index rising 1.43percentt.

Oil traders were largely unruffled, with the price of the American benchmark crude rising less than 2 percent to settle at $100.74 a barrel.

In the survey — conducted each quarter and called the tankan — big manufacturers' mood improved after two consecutive quarters of deterioration, with the benchmark index rising 4 points to minus 8.

Benchmarks rose in all 17 of the Western European markets.

Culture-conscious companies rise above industry benchmarks and they out-earn and outperform their competition.