Word: percents
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Landlords have taken advantage of the housing shortage by evicting older tenants and increasing rents up to 300 percent, an action that would have been impossible under rent control...
Through 1998, only $1,000 was deductible from federal income tax. This year, the maximum deduction is $1,500 and by 2001 it will be $2,500, about the amount of interest on a $30,000 loan that charges 8 percent interest. The deductions only apply during the first five years of repaying the loan...
...when the change takes effect, a student leaving college with $30,000 in loans at 8 percent interest--the rate for Harvard's student loan program--would owe $2,400 in interest the first year and would save $142 on state income taxes. The interest and savings would both decrease as the principal is paid...
...cutoff, which is just above the "failing" level, as too low a standard. However, judging from last year's eighth grade test results, many students will not be able to raise their scores enough over the next three years even to reach the "needs improvement" level. Last year, 40 percent of students scored in the "failing" category on the math section, while 13 percent failed the English portion. If these same students took the test tomorrow, they would not receive their diplomas...
...time the test was taken to the second time. In some areas, scores fell despite classroom emphasis on test preparation. It seems clear that scores on this test, like the quality of education in general, can change only gradually. Three years is not enough time to improve a 40 percent failure rate to a reasonable success rate...