Sentences with phrase «accurate measure»

Better targeted tests also provide more accurate measures of progress over time.

The logic behind the Common Core was not just that we'd be getting lower scores; it was that we'd be getting common and more accurate measures of student progress.

A test linked specifically to academic content in the classroom would provide the most accurate measure of how students are doing.

These testing and accountability systems don't provide accurate measures of individual academic growth.

So for accurate measures, logging your workout gets a lot more tedious.

However, crude fiber listed on Taste of the Wild dog food labels are not a particularly accurate measure of actual total dietary fiber content [38].

The reason for this is to prevent foam formation which will make accurate measuring difficult.

So, districts need accurate measures of these errors, and they must consider them if they plan to use value - added measures for high - stakes decisions.

This provides a reliable and accurate measure against which to benchmark performance and to inform go - forward business strategies.

There is not a single measure we've identified across history that has a stronger correlation with actual subsequent market returns, though several similarly accurate measures have comparable implications.

Without accurate measures, the most perfect, tried and tasted recipe can turn into a disaster.

Laser therapy is a natural method of healing that uses specific wavelengths of light to administer accurate measured doses of energy directly to a treatment site.

Such an analysis will provide a more accurate measure for comparative assessments regarding trends in office rents and potential property income across various local markets.

The Smarter Balanced assessment system provides accurate measures of achievement and growth while challenging students to think critically and solve real - world problems.

However, crude fiber listed on the label is not a particularly accurate measure of actual total dietary fiber content [44].

«Plate waste» is considered a more accurate measure of what students are actually consuming, as opposed to selecting, for their school meals.

Once again, the Florida A + Plan can be seen to be employing a more accurate measuring stick than the NCLB one, where the error rate, it should be remembered, was nearly 30 percent.

«The 353 markers on the DNA provide a weighted average that gives you a very accurate measure of the age of the tissue,» says Horvath.

Deliver accurate measures of student progress and standards achievement to schools and districts

Known now as the biggest journalistic investigation to date, the Panama scandal will surely push for better and more accurate measures on tax minimization in the long term, but for now, Bloomberg states that «in the short - term, this will be accompanied by even stronger resistance to the kind of political unity that is needed in several countries to deliver high growth and genuine financial stability.»

Uses both an estimate or a far more accurate measure using skin calipers.

Testing finished product is not a reliably accurate measure of GMO presence.

The FWRA set out to collect more accurate measures based on data directly from participating companies, working with non-profit think - tank BSR as its research partner.

They have a perforated tear line for easy opening and easy - to - read, accurate measuring lines.

We recognise that pragmatically, the assignment of tax revenue would be best considered, and subsequently implemented, at a time when there are clearly defined accurate measures of revenue attributable to Scotland.

NASA researchers have used the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe to study the cosmic background radiation — considered to be the big bang's afterglow — to produce the most accurate measures yet of various cosmological parameters used to date the universe.

I'm not a fan of this test because no one should be ingesting that much concentrated glucose, and the test is not a completely accurate measure.

Other differences come from the tests on which the value - added measures are based; because test scores are not perfectly accurate measures of student knowledge, it follows that they are not perfectly accurate gauges of teacher performance.

But accountability simply means that states are responsible not only for adequate inputs like sufficient funding, ambitious course content standard, and high - quality instruction, but also for outputs like accurate measures of student learning and teacher effectiveness.

In advanced cases of CKD, anemia - measured through a simple in - office PCV test - is a quite accurate measure of the advance of CKD.

The chemical and isotopic composition of the fossils yields a fairly accurate measure of the environment temperature at the time the animal or plant making up the fossil lived.

Christy, however, does not mention this report anymore, insisting instead that the satellite data is the most accurate measure possible... perhaps a bit of bias on his part?

This instrument is calibrated to ensure accurate measuring of both light output and color representation.

Enforced effective group control techniques and utilized accurate measures to maintain safety of children

3890 Digital Scale with Measuring CupThe most accurate measuring cup measures by weight, not volume, for precise results.

The secret is in accurate measuring and lining up any pattern, especially at the front edge of the cushion.