21.   Those ratings are based largely on student performance on the state achievement test, the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills.

22.   PHRF ratings are based on performance while CYA ratings require measuring the boats.

23.   In a statement RAM said that the reaffirmed rating is based on the strength of the financial institutions, which have guaranteed this issue.

24.   The BCS ratings are based on poll and computer rankings, schedule strength, and number of losses.

25.   The GAO based its rating on the prices at which government debt has been traded on open markets.

26.   In any case, rating agencies base their ratings for Russia on the extent of commitments by the state to the fund.

27.   The pi ratings are based only on information available publicly.