Sentences with phrase «available as an achievement»

The last thing you want, as a developer, is to give away key plot details in something as publicly available as an Achievement or Trophy list.

Not exact matches

Achievement of these goals was considered by the HRC as very challenging, even aggressive, given the expected modest economic growth for 2007 for the financial services industry, the impact and duration of the on - going flat / inverted yield curve (meaning short - term interest rates that are virtually equal to or exceed long - term interest rates, thus lowering profit margins for financial services companies that borrow cash at short - term rates and lend at long - term rates), potentially higher credit losses, fewer available high - quality, high - yielding loans and investment opportunities, and a consumer shift from non-interest to interest - bearing deposits.

The answer is simple and fundamental: as an achievement of man, salvation is impossible; as a gift of God, it is available to all.

Fortunately, there are many kinds available which bring the spiritual quest and achievement of the ages to our minds as worthy substance for meditation.

Engaging Fathers: involving parents, raising achievement (2004)-- an accessible booklet about engaging fathers effectively in schools, published by the DfES and available as a pdf download from their website

The President, John Mahama has touted his achievement in managing the economy as positive and has challenged the youth of the country to take advantage of the many opportunities available to create jobs.

For those of you who don't know, this particular Achievement is commonly seen as one of the most difficult to earn out of all the games available on the 360, and for very good reason.

Theoretically, the Achievements should be attainable when the patch is available (and no, we don't have an ETA on that as yet).

Monthly and yearly competitions are available, as well as team competitions sponsored by Junior Achievement and the Business Professionals of America.

The opposite — a «fixed mindset» — is a belief that external factors such as students» socioeconomic backgrounds, available school resources or current levels of achievement limit what is possible and make further improvement unlikely.

Measures of school performance based on carefully constructed comparisons of student achievement growth, and other important outcomes, such as high - school graduation and college enrollment rates, require student - level data that are not publicly available.

Newly available data on «reduction - in - force» (RIF) notices received by teachers in Washington State shed light on the consequences of existing layoff policies for student achievement as well as the consequences of adopting alternatives.

In the end, the teacher professionalism agenda has functioned like a black hole, sucking in much of the available energy, attention, and funds and leaving little for other reforms - not just other teacher - related reforms (such as those urged by the Excellence Commission), but also a very different list of changes (technology, choice programs, preschool, new curricula) that might prove more effective and economical as strategies for boosting pupil achievement.

But for Core proponents, the timing couldn't be worse: Just as states began implementing the new standards, 40 states receiving No Child waivers are also launching new systems to evaluate teachers, which will incorporate some measures of student achievement, including, where available, scores from standardized tests.

Second, magnet schools have been incorporated into the school choice movement as a means of improving achievement and into No Child Left Behind as a way of increasing the opportunities available to children in low - performing schools.

Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.

The advantages come at the price of concerns about the limited number of country observations, the mostly cross-sectional character of available achievement data, and possible bias from unobserved country factors such as culture.

These firms believe that, using economies of scale as well as other tools that are more readily available to the private sector, they can build organizations that use time and resources more efficiently and effectively than public school districts, leading to higher student achievement at a similar cost.

To compare achievement in states with each other and with other countries, we use newly available data for student mathematics and reading performance in U.S. states from the 2011 TIMSS and 2012 PISA, as well as several years of data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).4 In particular, we use information on mathematics and reading performance of 15 - year - olds from the PISA data, information on mathematics performance in 8th grade from the TIMSS data, and information on mathematics and reading performance of students in 4th and 8th grade from the NAEP data.

Over the subsequent years of the study, as annual testing data became available, we added it to the student achievement data base.

Although Gaetz's bill does not include fiscal expenditures, as noted in the main text (§ IV, supra), in reviewing the start time / academic achievement studies undertaken by fellow economists, Columbia University Assistant Professor of Finance and Economics Jonah Rockoff and the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy, Professor of Economics, and Professor of Education at the University of Michigan, Brian Jacob, concluded that delaying middle and high school start times «from roughly 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. -LSB-,]» will increase academic achievement by 0.175 standard deviations on average, with effects for disadvantaged students roughly twice as large as advantaged students, at little or no cost to schools; i.e., a 9 to 1 benefits to costs ratio when utilizing single - tier busing, the most expensive transportation method available.

Achievement scores for all students of the school as well as student subgroups are available.

Except for yearly standardized testing as an assessment of student achievement, services for homeschoolers have not been routinely available from the states.

In 2012, the progressive Center for American Progress delved into the uselessness and the outrageous costs of the master's bump, stating that «the billions of dollars tied up in master's bumps are not available for compensation vehicles better aligned with a school district's strategic goals such as improving student achievement.»

For the past year in almost every available venue, opponents of high stakes standardized assessments of public school student achievement have been droning on about the perceived oppression of the Texas public school accountability system, which has been rated by national education organizations as having produced the best high school graduation standard in the country when fully implemented.

This report uses the latest data available to look at key transition points for DPS students from 2005 to 2011 to identify: Outcomes and trends in academic achievement and growth as students move from preschool through K — 12 and into college; and Potential barriers to success.

The available data files include the student achievement data as well as the student and school questionnaire data in SPSS and SAS format.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

(p. 19)[The Press Release by the Hartford Public Schools on 12.5.12 is available online and identifies Noah Wepman as Gates Foundation's Portfolio Manager for College Ready Programs, Gov. Dannel Malloy, the disgraced Dr. Michael Sharpe, the ever - present Dacia Toll from Achievement First, and Matthew Poland, chairman of Hartford BOE, as present for this release.]

One of the options available to New Jersey school districts as they build teacher evaluation systems is including student surveys among the «multiple measures» of student achievement.

Although a universal prekindergarten program available to all children may not narrow socioeconomic - based achievement gaps as much as a targeted program, it is likely to generate greater future economic growth.

As a public charter school, student achievement data about Making Waves Academy is available on the California Department of Education website (www.cde.ca.gov).

As a result of the limited applicability of teacher value - added measures to the full population of teachers as well as concerns about potential mis - measurement of effectiveness associated with using value - added measures even when available, neither seniority nor measures of value - added to student achievement should be the sole criterion determining layoffAs a result of the limited applicability of teacher value - added measures to the full population of teachers as well as concerns about potential mis - measurement of effectiveness associated with using value - added measures even when available, neither seniority nor measures of value - added to student achievement should be the sole criterion determining layoffas well as concerns about potential mis - measurement of effectiveness associated with using value - added measures even when available, neither seniority nor measures of value - added to student achievement should be the sole criterion determining layoffas concerns about potential mis - measurement of effectiveness associated with using value - added measures even when available, neither seniority nor measures of value - added to student achievement should be the sole criterion determining layoffs.

VMAST — The Virginia Modified Achievement Standards Test is available for students with disabilities who are being instructed in grade - level content but are not likely to achieve proficiency in the same time frame as their non-disabled peers.

Association of American University Presses backs U.K. collective licensing program; Grant program to make out - of - print humanities titles available as free e-books; Ferlinghetti, Katzenberger win PubWest's 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award

As soon as your book is available online on websites like and at the palms of your viewers, you will feel a sense of pride and achievemenAs soon as your book is available online on websites like and at the palms of your viewers, you will feel a sense of pride and achievemenas your book is available online on websites like and at the palms of your viewers, you will feel a sense of pride and achievement.

More Monuments become available to the player as they fulfill certain in - game achievements.

Now available for Windows Phone and Windows 8 is the highly anticipated Assassin's Creed Pirates as an Xbox title full of achievements.

including the now infamous «Vidmaster: Endure» achievement, as much as the five available Strikes are repeated over and over with varying levels of difficulty (and increasing rewards), I never got bored of memorising attack patterns of different enemies and spawn locations of certain mobs.

As someone who has fond memories of Firefight from ODST, including the now infamous «Vidmaster: Endure» achievement, as much as the five available Strikes are repeated over and over with varying levels of difficulty (and increasing rewards), I never got bored of memorising attack patterns of different enemies and spawn locations of certain mobAs someone who has fond memories of Firefight from ODST, including the now infamous «Vidmaster: Endure» achievement, as much as the five available Strikes are repeated over and over with varying levels of difficulty (and increasing rewards), I never got bored of memorising attack patterns of different enemies and spawn locations of certain mobas much as the five available Strikes are repeated over and over with varying levels of difficulty (and increasing rewards), I never got bored of memorising attack patterns of different enemies and spawn locations of certain mobas the five available Strikes are repeated over and over with varying levels of difficulty (and increasing rewards), I never got bored of memorising attack patterns of different enemies and spawn locations of certain mobs.

Don't forget, there are extra trophies and achievements available within this pack, as well as a stack of other enhancements.

While Xbox Live achievements began on the Xbox 360 console, they have been available on other platforms such as PC, iOS and even Android for years...

Receive the $ 140 rewards except instead of appearing in the game credits as a «Kickstarter Producer» you will be titled «Design Consultant», gain access to our Play Test forums when they launch, help us deciding some challenges and scenarios for in - game achievements, an Unsung Story «Dev Team» Tshirt, both alpha and beta access when they become available, and you will be able to help play test and balance the game

As mentioned previously, the songs are unlocked in the campaign, but it you want to play without getting any achievements, there is a party mode available.

While Xbox Live achievements began on the Xbox 360 console, they have been available on other platforms such as PC, iOS and even Android for years now.

This won't be available right away as you'll first need to earn the Broken Isle Pathfinder, Part 2 Achievement.

As well as the achievements you're already familiar with there are now time - based challenges to go for, which will only be available for a limited period of timAs well as the achievements you're already familiar with there are now time - based challenges to go for, which will only be available for a limited period of timas the achievements you're already familiar with there are now time - based challenges to go for, which will only be available for a limited period of time.

What it does manage, however, is to not only demonstrate the Wii as a serious first person platform — a well overdue achievement — but sits alongside the likes of the Call Of Duty franchise as being one of the top shooters available on any console.

Seeing as the game is still only available in Japan, that's quite an achievement.

Dozens of existing in - game updates and content will be available to RIFT Prime subscribers, as well as regular milestones and achievement rewards.