Will value -
added analysis make performance - based evaluations a viable tool for school improvement?
Not exact matches
They also have
added in Marketing Cloud Einstein, which
makes recommendations directly based on every channel of marketing that you connect, as well as suggesting the right audience using machine - learned segment
analysis.
Here's a question you should be asking yourself about your PPC: Are the correct negatives being
added to your account based on empirical
analysis, and are precautions being
made to
make sure these negatives do not conflict with active keywords?
Naturally, convolutions
make sense for time series, so I went and
added a few to the Walk - Forward
Analysis.
Technical
analysis can help you
add objectivity to your trading strategy, thereby allowing you to
make more disciplined decisions over the long - haul and ultimately improve your profitability and chances of beating the broad stock market.
We will be
adding podcasts, powerpoint presentations and further information to
make the
analysis of BES data as straightforward as possible.
«I think that's really tortured
analysis whoever gave that to you,» Cuomo said,
adding, «I'm here to
make social change, I'm here to pass the Women's Equality Act.»
The fact that the
analysis described in this paper could be conducted on any such database
adds to the justification that these information resources should be generated in real - time and
made available to the best data science tools.
In addition to identifying certain combinations that were more potent than the researchers expected, the
analysis revealed that
adding a third antibiotic sometimes
made the drug combination less potent — sometimes much less so, she said.
The update, released at the United for Wildlife symposium today in London, was
made by
adding new data from 2012 and 2013 and using the same
analysis methods as before.
«We next plan to extend our
analysis to do additional observations along different sight - lines, which will allow us to
make a three - dimensional probe of the rich complexity of the populations in the bulge,» Clarkson
added.
He
adds that a «nice, clean, general theory emerged» that included, and improved upon, the tools used to
make Fourier
analysis more practical.
Future
analyses of the orbit will help astronomers determine the mass of the Makemake / MK 2 system, thus
adding insight into the materials of which the objects are
made, the researchers say.
Adds Liu: «With metastatic cancers accounting for around 90 % of deaths from solid tumors, the hope is that one day a device that can enable the
analysis of single tumor cells circulating in the blood could
make a big difference in early diagnosis, detection and monitoring of numerous types of cancer, without invasive biopsies.»
Wray
added, «The
analysis of the RIXS results not only confirms the manganese 1 - plus state; it also shows that the special circumstances giving rise to this state
make it easier for electrons to travel in the material.
Co-author and Chair of the IOF Committee of Scientific Advisors, Professor Cyrus Cooper
added, «Steady advances are being
made in this field and we look forward to a promising ongoing initiative to bring all BTM results from clinical trials in osteoporosis together in one individual meta -
analysis.
It does seem a bit strange to me that
adding resistance training to the aerobic training seems to
make things worse rather than better — but the overall
analysis in the paper says that AT and AT / RT are statistically indistinguishable.
«Although we do not pretend to
make recommendations on the basis of one study only, even if it is a «study of studies» as ours (a meta -
analysis), we think it would be better to avoid heavy drinking for women who are prone to PMS,» he
added.
According to the
analysis authors, to
make a dent in hypertension rates and other cardiovascular problems, focus these days should shift away from salt and be put on sugar intake, with the caveat that it's
added sugars — not those occurring naturally in fruit or other whole foods — that are likely harmful.
Going from the Lore, to
analysis, to the
making of music, to links with actual myths, etc.» The goal has already been met for the three original books (Zelda, Final Fantasy and Dark Souls), but now a stretch goal has been
added in the form of a Metal Gear Solid themed book.
It was a fun way to
add some physical movement to what I had feared would be the standard, uninteresting document
analysis, and it was enlightening to watch them move the notes around to
make sense of what was at first a large jigsaw puzzle of unrelated concepts.
For our
analysis, the gains
made by students in these classes count toward the estimated value
added of each of the two teachers.
One possible activity is that students
add in alternative interpretations and
make the
analysis more tentative.
The Times
analysis relied on a statistical approach known as «value -
added,» which estimates the effectiveness of teachers by crediting them for the gains students
make over their performance in previous years on standardized tests in math and English.
But they talked more about the
added workload involved in entering data into the systems than about actual retrieval,
analysis, and use of trend data for decision
making.
What reformers should do is develop the tools that can allow families to
make school overhauls successful; this includes building comprehensive school data systems that can be used in measuring success, and continuing to advance teacher quality reforms (including comprehensive teacher and principal evaluations based mostly on value -
added analysis of student test score growth data, a subject of this week's Dropout Nation Podcast) that can allow school operators of all types to select high - quality talents.
And while I may disagree with some very smart people (and yes this
makes me nervous) about how they should be used (I lean towards principals using them on a micro level, districts and beyond using them at the macro, ie not to evaluate individual teachers, but schools, districts, etc) I don't think anyone can disagree on this hard fact: not every K - 12 classroom will be tested every year in a way that is rigorous or consistent enough for value -
added analysis.
«We can start to pinpoint those aspects of hiring that are actually
making a difference and have a connection with performance,» she
added, acknowledging that other solutions don't enable such comprehensive
analysis.
The Tennessee Value -
Added Assessment System (TVAAS) has been designed to use statistical mixed - model methodologies to conduct multivariate, longitudinal
analyses of student achievement to
make
CAASPP has been designed to help educators improve instruction, and, over time, California will look to expand and improve online reporting,
adding tools to
make the system both more flexible and better able to support deeper
analysis of test results.
Value -
added analysis built around the model of a single teacher leading a class of 25 students might
make it impossible for schools to pursue more personalized instructional models, or models in which a team of professionals is responsible for raising achievement.
More - closely monitoring the academic progress of students, essentially subjecting schools to the same Value -
Added analysis that is now being applied to teachers and schools in traditional public school settings also
makes sense, as does monitoring their graduation rates; a private school that doesn't
make the grade shouldn't be a school that families should send their kids.
In the last 6 months, NovelRank has
made a large number of improvements, including: Research on sales rank myths, improved kindle sales estimate accuracy, improved social networking tie - ins, book
analysis, CSV download and RSS feeds for user pages, sorting of books on user pages,
added Amazon.co.uk Kindle book tracking, worldwide snapshot on user pages, and tons of little bug fixes and tweaks to speed up the website.
While writing a summary, we point out the central theme and reviews it while writing a critique we just
add writer's own
analysis and evaluation of other writer writing and compare them to
make it critique.
If you are planning to
add A fund, you first compare it with other funds of similar type or category, do your
analysis and then
make your investment.
But I recognize that this
adds a good bit of complexity to the
analysis and that it is thus probably not a good idea to do this with all
analyses (although I certainly think it is a good idea to do it occasionally to
make the point).
He or she has the tools that can help
make sustainable investing
analysis a part of your portfolio so you can help others and the planet — while potentially
adding to your bottom line.
I've done this kind of
analysis before, but I've
made a few changes to my method, there have been some new award tiers
added, and Club Carlson has changed their elite bonuses.
Analysis: Unlimited 1.5 percent cash back
makes this an attractive card for everyday spending and the $ 150 welcome offer when you reach the minimum spend is an
added bonus.
«The
analysis we've got for the games we're doing internally — and we're
adding 3D to a lot of our games — is that the average investment for
adding 3D can be as low as two per cent in time and budget,» he said, «if you think about how profound 3D can
make a game, I think that's more than worth it.»
The point here is that Foster and Rahmstorf selected only one lagged value of ENSO, when they should have
added all lags that
made a difference in the
analysis.
Adding to that some earlier periods means only that you introduce new opportunities for errors in the
analysis — and
making an error in the
analysis is, indeed, what you have done.
Adding more and more sophistication to
analysis and decision
making doesn't improve the fundamentals.
seems to
make any
analysis with a linear dependence on global mean surface temperature suspect I suppose I should also
add, for the purpose of analyzing equilibrium climate sensitivity — there may be other questions relating to short timescale processes where it may still be useful..
AGW disciples are shrugging it off so far and sticking with the mainstream party line that humans are the sole source for
added atmospheric CO2, but Salby's study could present a serious challenge, which appears, at least, to be confirmed by the primitive post-1980
analysis I've
made.
I would
add one further thought to Tamino's
analysis showing that when CO2 concentration increases are evaluated on a longer timeframe than 7 years, so that linear and exponential increases can be distinguished, and when the proper analytic method (log transformation) is used to
make the distinction, the rise is actually greater than exponential, much less linear.
We do not see the initiative as a threat because at LexisNexis we deliver comprehensive
analysis and innovative technologies that
add value far beyond simply providing content — all helping to legal professionals efficiently and confidently
make decisions and manage their legal issues.
It is this transparency — the ability to take data, analyze it and then use the
analysis to
make predictions about the likelihood of success, to demonstrate and measure where value was
added and to
make changes to the process to minimize risk — that will be at the core of a competent lawyer.
A human lawyer then
adds deeper
analysis and punches up the language,
making the text something that might actually be enjoyable to read — for a lawyer, at least.»
«When you're going to pick an area to hire or
make a decision to
add head count, those are important decisions that you want to look through carefully with the right
analysis, so we want to help in that journey for our clients.»