Sentences with phrase «criteria establish standards»

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We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Neiman Marcus, Inc.'s internal control over financial reporting as of July 28, 2012, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated September 18, 2012 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Members of the Committee are non-management directors who, in the opinion of the Board, satisfy the independence criteria established by the Board, the standards of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the NYSE.

Rainforest Alliance (RA) certified coffee conforms to standards and criteria established by the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN).

[/ pullquote] Rainforest Alliance (RA) certified coffee conforms to standards and criteria established by the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN).

The new science - based standard establishes global criteria for the identity, composition, safety and quality of powdered milk and whey permeates for the first time.

(3) urgently to complete work currently under way on addressing the risk of microbiological contamination of powdered infant formula and establish appropriate microbiological criteria or standards related to E. sakazakii and other relevant microorganisms in powdered infant formula; and to provide guidance on safe handling and on warning messages on product packaging;

In order to allow all children and families access to ECE, federal and state governments should set uniform family payment standards that increase progressively across low -, moderate -, and higher - income groups, so families pay either no fee or an amount they can reasonably afford, based on established income criteria.

-- The Secretary shall review the criteria and standards established under paragraph (1) to determine if revised standards are technologically feasible and economically justified.

Standard operating procedures will be established to characterize ALS antibodies — both commercially available and newly created — to ensure these exceed SGC and the Neuro's stringent quality criteria to establish a public list of «gold - standard» antibodies that will ultimately lay a solid foundation for successful ALS thStandard operating procedures will be established to characterize ALS antibodies — both commercially available and newly created — to ensure these exceed SGC and the Neuro's stringent quality criteria to establish a public list of «gold - standard» antibodies that will ultimately lay a solid foundation for successful ALS thstandard» antibodies that will ultimately lay a solid foundation for successful ALS therapies.

Through the CIC program, the Cancer Research Institute conducts a number of important initiatives that seek among other things to build consensus across the field on key issues, to develop and implement new standards for carrying out and reporting immunological monitoring assays of therapeutic cancer vaccines, and to establish and promote the adoption of new criteria for evaluating the clinical impact of cancer immunotherapies.

Countless patients with hypothyroid symptoms are dismissed because their lab values don't fit within the narrow diagnostic criteria established by standard thyroid panels; others are given prescriptions for thyroid hormone replacement, a blanket approach that fails to address the underlying causes of hypothyroidism.

Modifying my criterion is necessary to start and establish a dialogue, but lowering my desired standards are not an option.

The good part is that, with this regulation, the FDA has essentially enabled the Life Science community and other FDA regulated industries to streamline business processes, reduce turnaround time and costs, all by establishing standard criteria for the use of electronic records and signatures.

NCTQ claims that the 18 standards they developed to judge ed schools are well - established criteria:

A: Accreditation by AdvancED certainly helps to establish credibility with colleges all over the country, but acceptance ultimately depends on standards specific to each college, and the individual merits of each student, including grades, ACT or SAT scores, and service criterion.

In 1999, the state legislature amended the law, named after the late Republican state senator John Stull, to require that «the governing board of each school district shall evaluate and assess certificated employee performance as it reasonably relates to: the progress of pupils toward the standards established pursuant to subdivision (a) and, if applicable, the state adopted academic content standards as measured by state adopted criterion referenced assessments.»

Measuring these school - wide standards — such as effective communication, problem solving, or habits of work — must include establishing clear criteria (rubrics), designing authentic assessments (performance tasks), and a calibrated system of tracking student performance.

«44662 (b) The governing board of each school district shall evaluate and assess certificated employee performance as it reasonably relates to: (1): The progress of pupils toward the standards established pursuant to subdivision (a) and, if applicable, the state adopted academic content standards as measured by state adopted criterion referenced assessments.»

Two sections currently mention the use of the tests in teacher evaluations: «44662 (b) The governing board of each school district shall evaluate and assess certificated employee performance as it reasonably relates to: (1): The progress of pupils toward the standards established pursuant to subdivision (a) and, if applicable, the state adopted academic content standards as measured by state adopted criterion referenced assessments.»

The Board of Education is required to establish performance standards and evaluation criteria for teachers, principals, and superintendents to serve as guidelines for school divisions to use in implementing educator evaluation systems.

The Board is required to establish performance standards and evaluation criteria for teachers, principals, and superintendents to serve as guidelines for school divisions to use in implementing educator evaluation systems.

The Department of Education is planning to establish a second work group in fall 2011 to review performance standards and evaluation criteria for principals.

The Board of Education is responsible for establishing teacher, principal and superintendent guidelines including performance standards and evaluation criteria to assist school divisions in implementing educator evaluation systems.

We focused on selecting criteria for evaluating state standards, identifying the state documents to be analyzed, and establishing the procedures for analysis

As documented under Section 1115 of Title I, Part A of the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), a local education agency receiving Title I funds «may use funds received under this part only for programs that provide services to eligible children under subsection (b) identified as having the greatest need for special assistance... Eligible children are children identified by the school as failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet the State's challenging student academic achievement standards on the basis of multiple, educationally related, objective criteria established by the local educational agency and supplemented by the school, except that children from preschool through grade 2 shall be selected solely on the basis of such criteria as teacher judgment, interviews with parents, and developmentally appropriate measures».

First we needed to establish consistency in the criteria used to judge standards documents.

CCSS leaders, in contrast, established clear criteria for the standards; one of the most important was that the standards reflect research on college and career readiness.

Step by step, the online sessions helped educators understand the importance of aligning learning targets with academic standards (what students should know) and establishing related success criteria (what students should be able to demonstrate once they hit those targets).

This applicant may meet the minimum credit standards established by the GSEs or HUD, but may not be approved by the lender because the score falls below its credit quality criteria.

We have been designated as a Gold Standard Cat Friendly Practice by the American Association of Feline Practitioners, which means we incorporate the optimum level of established cat - friendly criteria.

Buyers should be aware that Chinese Shar - Pei advertised as «designer,» «hybrid,» and «mixed breed,» do not fall within the criteria established by the CSPCA, nor do they meet the guidelines of AKC sanctioned standards for the Chinese Shar - Pei.

The evaluation criteria follow a set of standards established by local equine and animal welfare professionals.

His goal is not only to help people understand what he's learned, but to harvest that understanding for the creation of a Document of Social and Environmental Principles and Criteria of REDD, which will establish minimum social and environmental standards for REDD projects in Brazil.

In short, «An endangerment finding under Section 202 (a) does not simply identify a health and welfare risk, as EPA contends; it also establishes the criteria that will inform whether the emission standards adopted to address that risk are rational....

Rather than looking at the dataset available in 1998 and using standard time series analysis techniques (available in 1998) to establish its underlying structure and hence the null hypothesis, the choice in null hypothesis was limited to a couple of options (trend vs no - trend) that were particularly naive (probably more naive than human instinct) and a selection process was established that appears to use the skill criteria (exactly what was done is unclear from the text) and inappropriate multiple use of the dataset.

Though the need to move beyond first - generation biofuels and establish codified sustainability criteria has gained wider acceptance over the past year, no one such standard exists and plenty of groups have offered their

The Directive seeks to establish minimum standards and common criteria for all the Member States regarding the recognition of asylum seekers as refugee within the meaning of Article 1 of the Refugee Convention.

Membership into AATA's Premier 100 requires the satisfaction of stringent criteria and standards established by the AATA Board of Directors, including notable verdicts, settlements and achievements.

If an attorney does not meet the standards established by our criteria to be selected among the Top 100 in their community, then there is no amount of money (or peer nominations) that will change that.

• Securing financial and technical assistance available to owners and their communities seeking to redevelop brownfield properties or complete clean energy and conservation projects • Establishing cleanup criteria, institutional controls, financial assurance mechanisms, and other measures required under CERCLA and RCRA • Developing strategies to meet TSCA remediation and disposal standards for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and authorization to use encapsulation and similar abatement methods for PCBs, asbestos, and other building materials • Completing the analysis and application proceedings required for projects» regulatory requirements, including wetlands and other EH+S permitting • Scoping and completing impact assessments and reviews required under the National Environmental Policy Act • Completing surveys and identifying mitigation plans addressing Endangered Species Act concerns

Significant growth in and demands on the accreditation system led the NAEYC Governing Board to establish a project to reinvent accreditation by developing new program standards, criteria, and assessment procedures and by taking immediate steps to improve the reliability and accountability of the system while better managing the demand for accreditation.

Persons primarily responsible for administration of professional standards processes must successfully complete training every four (4) years on professional standards administration meeting the learning objectives and minimum criteria established by the National Association of REALTORS ® from time to time.

Qualifying can be easier than for a conventional mortgage — You must meet the age requirements, have enough equity in your home, live in the home as your primary residence, the home must meet FHA property standards, and you must meet financial eligibility criteria as established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Establish standards and criteria for data collection and presentation to firm professionals and clients.

NAR is a sponsor of the Appraisal Foundation in Washington, D.C., which establishes minimum standards and criteria for all state — licensed and state — certified appraisers.