Value -
added measures do not capture all aspects of student learning that matter, and by giving teachers incentives to focus on outcomes that are measured, they may shortchange students on important outcomes that are not.
Polikoff said that the value -
added measures do provide some information, but they're meaningless if you want to use them to improve instruction.
Therefore, although they are subject to volatility, value -
added measures do have predictive power.
We see the same lack of a relationship when we instead measure instructor quality using the «conversion rate» — an indicator capturing a very different aspect of instructor quality than the value -
added measure does.
For example, suppose that every year a fifth grade teacher is assigned highly gifted students whose learning is not captured by the yearly achievement test, and that her value -
added measure does not account for the gifted status of these students.
Not exact matches
Measuring GDP is a bit complicated but the calculation can be
done in one of two ways — by
adding up what everyone earned in a year, or by
adding up what everyone spent.
Of note, Xi told the forum that globalization was an irreversible trend,
adding that China would
do its part by taking major
measures to open up its economy as soon as possible and widen market access to foreign - funded firms.
A company might need to implement
added security
measures to protect sensitive information or costly materials in the space, particularly if renovations are
done after hours.
He also
added that he would review security
measures in London: «I will reassure all Londoners that today we will be reviewing our own safety
measures in light of this attack and that I and the Metropolitan Police commissioner will
do everything possible to keep Londoners safe.»
«Let us
do that fully, then, applying these
measures along a highly graduated scale, with only minimal
added mandates directed at mid-tier banking organizations.»
And, even if the Front National and other far - right parties
do not get
added support following the attacks, their dynamic has placed current governments under more and more pressure to take drastic
measures against real and perceived threats.
Mr. Zuckerberg
added that Facebook must
do more to protect its users» personal information and summarized some of the
measures the Silicon Valley company is taking to lock down the data privacy of its more than 2.2 billion members.
«Federal employees can't
do their jobs by being hermetic,» Hansen said,
adding that «the Obama administration is trying to take a more
measured approach.»
Robo - advisors «may meet the needs of certain customers, but this alone
does not make them investment advisors,» Galvin said,
adding that the fiduciary standards that apply to investment advisors «will apply in equal
measure to robo - advisors, and they can not disclaim those away.»
You don't need to track hours and insist on a set schedule if you have accountability
measures built in,»
adds Miranda.
Do people ever stop to ponder how sexist that statement is and then for good
measure they make it racist by
adding the white part.
If pollution kills trees, that
does not subtract from personal consumption, but if we spend money on gasoline additives or
add equipment to reduce this killing, that improves the personal consumption
measure.
Mine
do get puffy, however, it's possible (if there's no way you accidentally used cake flour with leavening or mis -
measured your leavining,
adding too much) that it's a chemical thing with the lighter brown sugar... lighter color, less molasses, molasses
add some acidity which I believe negates some of the baking soda, blah blah.
* If you don't have buttermilk,
add 2 teaspoons of white vinegar to a
measuring cup.
When you have coconut oil in a
measure do you
add it in its solid form and
add it to the mixture or melt it then
measure it and
add it?
I didn't really
measure, just
added a little more of just about everything.
Used a local pasture raised boston butt and followed your recipe and
added a bottle of
Dos Equis amber for good
measure.
i made them without the chocolate chips and
added a bit more cocoa powder and some powdered sugar (i didn't
measure).
* If you don't have buttermilk,
add 1 teaspoon vinegar to a liquid
measure cup and fill with milk to the 1/3 cup line.
And I don't know how she
did it but she would pour the vinegar into the potato salad right out of the bottle, no
measuring at all, and
add a spoonful of sugar at a time until it tasted just right.
I think I
added slightly more cocoa powder after mixing to darken it up slightly but I didn't
measure that one.
As a bonus, you actually dirty fewer dishes when cooking this way because you don't need to use 10 different
measuring cups — just
add things one - by - one to the same bowl and zero the scale in between each addition.
I also used almond extract since it's clear and wouldn't
add a brownish tinge to it like vanilla
does, and I
added a dash of cinnamon for good
measure.
- Used almond meal from Trader Joe's instead of blanched almond flour (
added some flour at the end when I was mixing it all together because it was a little wetter than I thought it should be)- Used mostly agave with about 1/8 C of maple syrup instead of yacon - Used 1 tsp powdered ground ginger / 1 tsp real grated ginger - Used a little less than 1/2 C grapeseed oil (didn't
measure — just read some of the above comments and didn't want to use too much oil
Add enough water to this to make a total of one cup (which is why
doing this is a
measuring jug is easier).
YUM... i
did nt
do much
measuring... just a handful of each,
added some flaxseeds and a bit of applesauce to moisten instead of the OJ.
And because I don't want to break too much tradition I
add a can of fruit cocktail for good
measure....
Michelle, if you don't want to buy a litre of buttermilk, just
measure out the amount in regular milk and
add a teaspoon of vinegar and leave for about 10 minutes.
I don't really
measure, but I was semi-heavy handed with the chili powder and
added some cumin.
Add the milk, oil, and egg yolk right into the bowl in that order (I just use a tablespoon to
measure out the liquids here because I don't want to dirty extra dishes because of all the components.
If you want to
do a little prep ahead of time, you could just
measure out the dry ingredients and set them aside for a bit, but the minute you
add liquid to that the leavening starts activating.
So I
added around a half cup of milk to the batter (I didn't
measure it, but in that ballpark).
* If you don't have buttermilk,
add 2 teaspoons of vinegar to a liquid
measuring cup and fill to the 3/4 cup line with cow's milk.
I
did not
measure the cooked meat so am not sure how many cups of meat were
added.
* If you don't have buttermilk on hand,
add 1 tablespoon of distilled vinegar to a liquid
measuring cup.
These additions
do soak up a significant amount of milk which I don't
measure, I
do, however, check the oats mix just before I go to bed and
add more milk to each as necessary.
*
add the coconut flour (
measured using «scoop and sweep» method — google it if you don't know what this is) and baking soda quickly, ensuring it's totally mixed — helps to use a whisk, because coconut flour and baking soda are known to clump.
I started
doing this after I tried my first batch where I
measured the flour and ended up having to
add more, so now I always weigh and it's easy and consistent.
I also
added chopped, fresh rosemary (didn't
measure, just eyeballed it).
And you might want to
add a bit of grated ginger and a tiny sprinkle of black pepper for good
measure, the turmeric paste
does contain these two ingredients and they
do give the yogurt the extra kick.
Once again, I
did not weigh or
measure my bananas — I just
added 3 that I was ready to use.
We are
doing a fast from sugar for a while, so for the topping, I mixed equal parts cacao powder and coconut oil (which I melted after
measuring) and
added stevia to sweeten.
I used corn flour in place of semolina, canola oil for sweet butter and stevia in place of sugar... I don't
measure very often so I am not sure how much carrot and Granny Smith apple I
added but I can tell you this... I ate more of them than all four dogs put together which was NOT my intention.
The only thing I
did differently from the recipe was to use an entire jar of peanut butter, because the amount called for would have left a little (and also so I wouldn't have to wash peanut butter out of my
measuring cup) and to beat the whipping cream to soft peaks and then
add the peanut butter / sugar mixture to the whipping cream and beat until combined and light and fluffy.
If it
does not seem to be thickening up to your liking repeat this over again, ladling a cup of the hot stock into the
measuring cup and
adding a tablespoon of cassava flour, whisking, and
adding back to the pan.