Sentences with phrase «critics say the results»

Critics say the results can not be trusted, in part because the trial ended so early.

The company has faced growing criticism in recent years for its profit - centric model of operation that critics say results in students being poorly served by the online schools.

Some critics say the result is a complicated patchwork, with each state crafting its own reforms and accountability measures.

Not exact matches

Critics complain «say on pay» votes are ineffectual because boards aren't bound to the results, but of the 53 U.S. companies for whom shareholders rejected compensation plans in 2012, 45 made changes and got positive votes the following year, according to Institutional Shareholder Services.

Rule critics say class actions are costly, suck up time and result in lower awards for consumers.

«The net result of the Liberals» carbon trust shell game is that year after year money gets drained from classrooms and emergency rooms without any resulting efficiency gains while big polluters like Encana get a free ride funded by our healthcare and education systems,» said New Democrat environment critic Rob Fleming.

Brazil's highest court voted Thursday to restrict a legal protection afforded federal lawmakers that critics say has resulted in impunity, as the country grapples with massive official corruption.

Critics say it spells a dangerous return to one - man rule in China, something that had disastrous results under Mao.

You saw the Liverpool result and everyone is saying he should have gone [at the end of last season] and his critics are back out of the woodwork, so he's in a tough position and it's not going to get any easier.

if Arsene's critics say he doesn't change anything and expect a different result, they are wrong as Arsene does the same thing over and over again (i.e. playing with three at back) in order to get the same result (i.e. 11 victories out of 12 before the Marriner inflicted defeat at Stoke).

The newer, low - fat version includes sucrose, which is made from sugar cane or beets, instead of high - fructose corn syrup, which some critics say is more heavily processed and, as a result, less healthy.

In 2010, the Tories won just 16 % per of that ethnic minority vote and critics say recent policies, such as the «go home» vans, will have done little to improve that result in 2015.

Almost a decade after that exercise, critics of the Kufour regime have continued to criticize the move saying it yielded no result, but was rather politically motivated and intended to create the impression that Ghana's currency was of a very high value.

Critics said the policy would simply result in the shifting of animal research work abroad, where research animal welfare is typically worse than in the UK.

Stringer, a frequent critic of de Blasio and a potential Democratic primary challenger in this year's mayoral election, said the city should be seeing better results based on the drastic increase in spending on homeless - related services.

Critics of the minimum wage hike say it will hurt businesses by cutting into revenues that could, in turn, result in fewer jobs and price increases.

The mayor would no doubt say this has brought major results — he most frequently cites an increase in graduation rates, but critics point to indicators that would say otherwise, including relatively flat test scores and the small percentage of city graduates who are prepared to do college level work.

The turnout was lower than hoped at 33 % and critics said the BNP's result was little different from the European elections in June, when it took 4.3 % in the Glasgow North East area.

Its passage would result in significant job losses, pressure on the State budget, and lost tax and other benefits for some working families, critics say.

Walters says critics should not disparage the jobs that are created as a result - even if they're at donut shops or liquor stores.

One of the critics to weigh in without anonymity was the University of Nottingham's Jesch, who took exception to the results in part because some of her previous research was cited — and, she says, misrepresented — in the paper.

The resulting undercount, critics say, could invalidate census data used to apportion congressional seats and distribute three - quarters of a trillion dollars in federal funds.

Bernard Rentier, rector of the University of Liège in Belgium and a fierce critic of existing rankings, says he is pleased with the first results of U-Multirank and that the system's indicators are «relevant and enlightening» to compare his university's performance with others.

The results underline «how, for most people, knowing genetic risk information doesn't have a big impact,» said Timothy Caulfield, of the University of Alberta, a critic of quackery.

She said her critics mistakenly think the clinical BROCA test returns results for all 40 genes, not just the 12.

But the study results prove those critics wrong, he said.

Critics argue that the tax has forced tanning salons to close and resulted in lost jobs, and some have claimed that it's racist against people with light skin; now, Smith says it disproportionately hurts women.

Junge, detained in Russia for a period at the end of World War II before finding work as a magazine editor, treats the unseen Heller like a priest; one might say that her regret drives the piece, resulting in not a lurid film about Hitler (which has disappointed those critics out for something pulpier), but a deathbed confession.

«We've had productive discussions with the newly installed leadership at The Los Angeles Times regarding our specific concerns, and as a result, we've agreed to restore access to advance screenings for their film critics,» Disney said in a statement given to the New York Times.

Critics of value - added assessment say that it is just too complicated for teachers and the public to understand the results these systems will generate.

Rossi was an outspoken critic of the evaluation law that was adopted in 2010, but she said she's optimistic it will result in better experiences for students.

Headteachers blame transient populations; academy critics say it is to boost exam results.

Critics say that using annual state test scores to rate teachers is too small and narrow a measure and that results fluctuate so much a teacher easily can go from excellent to failure in a year.

Critics of Sats say the results are not an accurate measure of pupils» attainment.

Fuentes called his bill «leagues better» than current state law, which has largely resulted in pro-forma evaluations of teachers that critics say offer little useful feedback on how to improve their performance.

Some critics have said such a suspension would result in major gaps in knowledge about student performance, including the progress of students in early elementary grades, students learning English, students with disabilities and high school students.

In the U.S., the results of standardized tests are the main measure of school success, but critics say the tests don't capture more nuanced aspects of school quality.

The resulting debate has produced multiple ideas from legislators to reduce the size of the scholarship, in three broad categories: Cut the size of the scholarship for all 52,000 recipients, which critics say would make the scholarships too small to be useful.

Combatants on both sides of that fight could claim a measure of validation from the new research: Advocates of school choice who argue that it isn't fair to judge voucher programs based on test results from a student's first year in private school, given that it takes children time to adjust to a new environment, and critics who say vouchers drain funds from public schools without improving student achievement.

Critics of standardized testing say cheating is a result of the consequences that policymakers have attached to scores, from closing schools for poor performance to offering merit bonuses to teachers whose students do well.

Critics of the arrangement say it can be confusing and result in too little guidance for struggling schools, while advocates say it allows schools to get exactly the help they need.

Critics on the left blame the voucher system for declining results, saying it has opened the door for schools more interested in making a profit than providing solid education.

Cities from Boston to Los Angeles are locked in fierce fights over charter schools, which critics say siphon off money and the most engaged families from local districts, while skimming the best students and steering away the most challenging — not always with better results.

Recently, Chicago's two major newspapers made it very clear that charter schools can be very problematic and do not provide better academic results to justify additional millions of dollars that could be directed towards struggling neighborhood public schools («Chicago's Noble charter school network has tough discipline policy; critics say too many students are being expelled,» Chicago Tribune, 4/7/14; «Charter schools show little difference in school performance,» Chicago Sun - Times, 4/7/14).

Recently, Chicago's two major newspapers made it very clear that charter schools can be very problematic and do not provide better academic results to justify additional millions of dollars that could be directed towards struggling neighborhood public schools («Chicago's Noble charter school network has tough discipline policy; critics say too many students are being expelled,»

Critics have said these contests are too prescriptive and result in too much federal intrusion in local policymaking.

But that commitment was recently challenged by an anonymous critic who noted that Popova also gets revenue from affiliate links to sites like Amazon — and the resulting debate says a lot about the future of both content and advertising.

The result, a series of abstract compositions that look like clusters of oddly shaped cellular forms — «images of primal slime», one critic said, illumined by «a sunlit mescaline glow» — was completed in 2009.

Jackie Wullschlager, the Financial Times» art critic, said it was «the only result that would seem worthwhile to anyone who cares about contemporary art».

An interesting result of the growing power of the market is that artists and their dealers are looking for ways, through copyright law, to con trol what is written or broadcast about the work, so as to prevent critics who might feel less than prostrate admiration for it from saying anything about it at all.