How to Use proficiency in a Sentence

proficiency

noun

• Of course, the first thing a guide or host wants to know is his client's proficiency.
  — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 10 June 2023
• Christian Wood’s catch-and-shoot proficiency is a big part of that.
  — Shane Young, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
• Your proficiency with the tool will grow with every prompt.
  — Ebony Flake, Essence, 2 Feb. 2024
• The chart below shows the proficiency levels of students in each group in ELA, math and science.
  — Tcrain, al, 1 Aug. 2023
• The drops in their test scores were often more pronounced, and their climbs to proficiency are now that much more daunting.
  — Ashley Wu, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2022
• And this year, the state reported the widest math and reading proficiency gaps between Black and white students in the country.
  — Talis Shelbourne, Journal Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2022
• But proficiency is not the same as grade level, which is a higher bar, Mackey said.
  — Tcrain, al, 1 Aug. 2023
• At the same time, math and English proficiency rates on the state’s standardized tests fell to their lowest levels in five years.
  — Paloma Esquivelstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2022
• Nationwide only 33% of fourth graders and 31% of eighth graders read at or above grade proficiency.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2022
• And every one of these half-ton haulers packs a payload with utmost proficiency.
  — Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 25 Feb. 2023
• Less than half - 38% - of JCPS third graders meet the state's bar for reading proficiency, according to the most recent test results.
  — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 28 Mar. 2023
• But proficiency for eighth graders decreased from 35% to 26%.
  — Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 24 Aug. 2023
• But then, who goes to a Bruce Springsteen show for displays of technical vocal proficiency from the Boss?
  — Stuart Munro, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2023
• But the scale and proficiency of the local competition is.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 21 Dec. 2023
• The largest increase was seen among sixth-graders, who showed a 6.8 percentage point increase in proficiency.
  — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
• Academics as measured by proficiency rates and other factors still make up most of the rating.
  — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2023
• Now, Maryland is among the worst states, with only 31% of Maryland 4th graders achieving proficiency in reading or math.
  — Clarence C. Crawford, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2024
• Students in other race or ethnic groups showed lower proficiency rates than the rest of Maryland.
  — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
• However, the scales would likely have been tipped in favor of the human participant due to our proficiency with a bow.
  — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 21 Dec. 2023
• The tests measured proficiency in math and reading for fourth and eighth graders, and the harm from closed schools and online-only instruction is severe and depressing.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2022
• Nationwide, about one-third of students met proficiency standards in math and reading in 2019.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2022
• But in a genre that increasingly demands to be taken seriously, simple proficiency of technique won’t take a film to the top ranks of the canon.
  — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 25 May 2023
• Read more Ed Lab: See how your school district performs on math, reading, science proficiency.
  — Tcrain, al, 4 Aug. 2023
• The right for a student to receive yearly language proficiency testing.
  — Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2024
• There is no part of getting licensed that requires an artist to demonstrate their proficiency with a tattoo gun, and certainly not on a variety of skin tones.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 11 Nov. 2022
• Rising through the ranks based on the merits of technical performance and proficiency has always been a common way for people to climb the career ladder.
  — Bruce Tulgan, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• Many in the brewing industry saw it as a cop-out employed by brewers lacking passion or proficiency.
  — Brandon Hernández, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2024
• Pandemic distance learning was followed by a drop in math and English proficiency to levels not seen in decades.
  — Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee, 22 Feb. 2024
• But the answer isn’t as simple as adding more teams or sites, because that could dilute the volume of cases that medical personnel need to see in order to gain proficiency.
  — Helen Ouyang, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
• Of note, the report also found that 97% of hiring managers equate a traditional four-year degree with higher proficiency in soft skills.
  — Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024