Sentences with phrase «better objective measures»

From districts such as Washington, DC to most charter schools, human capital management based on the quality of the individual's capabilities, knowledge and aptitude for the profession does result in better objective measures of school success.

In addition, he adds, the research is part of «figuring out very mechanistic descriptions of how attention works,» which can be used in the future «to develop better tools and better objective measures for diagnosing disorders like ADD and dyslexia.»

If VAM is the best objective measure of the day then...

Not exact matches

The best leaders I work with are implementing programs like OKRs (objectives & key results) or a version of V2MOM (vision, values, methods, obstacles & measures) popularized at Salesforce.com.

The payment targets will be related to financial and operational measures or objectives with respect to our company (the «Corporate Performance Goals»), as well as individual performance objectives.

Inflation, as measured by the personal consumption expenditure deflator, is currently well below the Federal Reserve's objective of 2 percent.

75 % believe the communications industry can do a better job at measuring and proving impact of business objectives (Cision)

Agents had significantly better scores than did subjects on all objective measures.

While the media are busy throwing tantrums and doing their best to spin it in the most negative way, I prefer an objective and measured analysis.

While Totti's pursuit of Silvio Piola's scoring record will ultimately fall flat, Totti already has more appearances than any attacking outfield player in the history of the league and is, by any objective measure (bias alert, but not really), the best Italian to ever play the game.

Whether your multiples are in an Early Intervention program or receiving therapy through the school district, their development is measured by how well they meet goals and objectives.

Studies were included if: (a) they were RCTs, (b) the population comprised parents / carers of children up to the age of 18 where at least 50 % had a conduct problem (defined using objective clinical criteria, the clinical cut - off point on a well validated behaviour scale or informal diagnostic criteria), (c) the intervention was a structured, repeatable (manualised) parenting programme (any theoretical basis, setting or mode of delivery) and (d) there was at least one standardised outcome measuring child behaviour.

They provide emotional support, physical comfort measures and an objective viewpoint, as well as help new parents get the necessary information they need to make informed decisions for their family.

A good dietitian or doctor would assess your child's body weight using subjective and objective measures.

A Birth Doula provides emotional support, physical comfort measures and an objective viewpoint, as well as helping the woman get the information she needs to make informed decisions.

The Institute makes the call in response to a Treasury consultation on how to increase the supply of capital to growing, innovative firms.1 The CIOT's response focuses on steps the Government could take to make current tax reliefs more efficient and effective, to provide the best support in line with their policy objectives.2 The CIOT advocates greater post-legislative review and evaluation of tax measures, including tax reliefs.

«When federal funds are distributed on the basis of objective measures of need, New York does well,» said Mauro.

«I agree with the sentiment and the opinion that we should have an objective evaluation strategy for layoffs, but also in general, that seniority alone is not the best measure.»

It is not surprising that there has been a thirst for more objective measures of criminal intent — a genetic test, a scan of certain areas of the brain — that might yield a better understanding of what motivates unlawful behavior, Hyman said.

While there are well - established methods to measure rhythms in speech, there are no automatic, objective equivalents for the temporal structure of sign language.

The new study, published online January 24 in Psychological Science, teased out the answer by examining 30 years of data on thousands of Americans, including psychological measures of mood and well - being, reports of job and relationship success, and objective measures of health.

«Consulting more rigorous and objective measures of corporate social responsibility suggests very different findings than the popular «best of» contests,» Juravich says.

«Girls need to know that they are scoring as well as their male counterparts on these objective measures and that they can be successful in mathematics - intensive careers,» says Wilson.

«So far, there has been no objective measure whether this expert is better than another and by how much.

The objective of this study was to evaluate relationships between mortality risk and well - defined measures of adiposity, fat distribution, and fitness in older adults.

Additional exploratory objectives include assessing the impact that each compound has on the toxic mutant protein known to cause loss of brain cells in HD, as well as evaluating potential clinical effects and impact on brain atrophy as measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Dr. Richard Maurer helps us understand what he considers the best, most objective way to measure your health and find your sweet spot: blood work.

In today's episode, Dr.Richard Maurer helps us understand what he considers the best, most objective way to do this and to measure health: blood work.

Provides emotional support, physical comfort measures and an objective viewpoint, as well as helping the woman get the information she needs to make informed decisions

Since art is entirely subjective and there can be no objective measure of success outside of the financial, obviously I mean best.

Clearly defining your learner personas, your business goals, your engagement strategy, and learning objectives and, finally, how you will measure the success of the initiative, is the best way to ensure the foundation is strong.

To the extent the program involves student achievement, it bases awards on «student learning objectives» as «created by individual teachers, with the approval of site - based administrators»; these objectives «will be measured by a combination of existing assessment instruments, and teacher designed tools,» as well as by state standardized tests.

So that's the referee role; it's an objective question of whether students do well... What you'd measure and hold the institution accountable to is that more diverse kids did well in that objective setting.

A good understanding of your eLearning development objectives enables you to set benchmarks to measure the success of your online learning development project.

The lesson sets out to answer the following learning objectives: * All Students will know how inflation levels are measured * Most Students will know the different problems caused by inflation * Some Students will know the difference between cost push and demand pull inflation The lesson helps students fully understand the key concepts of inflation and covers the following topics in good detail: * Inflation * Retail Price Index (RPI) * Cost push inflation * Demand pull inflation * Price stability The 2nd lesson then goes on to link key theory to the housing market (a typical exam topic) and how inflation can impact that industry.

To obtain objective data concerning student progress, Namaste partners with the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC) to measure the children's height, weight, abdominal circumference, and blood pressure as well as their knowledge of and attitude toward physical activity and nutrition.

As a result, trying to assess if a school is «good» or «bad» relies on a complex web of preferences and objective measures that, quite frankly, can not be taken into account in a centralized accountability system.

How an LMS addresses this issue: Features of an LMS like MIS and Reporting work the best when it comes to measuring the ROI because they offer deep insights into how effective the training strategy is, and how well the strategy meets the designated learning goals and objectives.

Year 4 Science Assessments Objectives covered: Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans Identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C) Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases Identify common appliances that run on electricity Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors

Before selecting any assessment measure, educators are advised to carefully critique, evaluate, and select the best measure to meet the objectives of their educational program and the learning needs of their students.

I don't know ----- since reading Diane Ravitch's, E.D. Hirsch's, and Charles Murray's latest books, along with much of the recent books about the current thinking in psychology, I find it highly unlikely that the confidence of education reformers in the efficacy of «objective measures» of student performance is well - placed.

«It would be nice if we could have some kind of objective external measure to say, «This is what constitutes good teaching — or good enough teaching.»

Well - stated, clear objectives are fundamental to all professional teaching and measures taken to hold teachers accountable for what their students learn.

Not only is it more objective and easier to measure, he said, but the link between good CPD and unmanageable teacher workload could also make CPD a useful litmus test for how hard staff are having to work more broadly.

One grading practice that is gaining popularity is standards - based grading, which involves measuring students» proficiency on well - defined course objectives (Tomlinson & McTighe, 2006).

Attempting to maintain support among the very teachers it is supposed to represent — and looking to show that it cares about elevating the teaching profession it debases through its defense of quality - blind seniority - based privileges and reverse - seniority layoff rules — the NEA gave $ 73,500 to the National Network of State Teachers of the Year; that the selection of teachers of the year is usually more of a popularity contest than one based on objective measures of teacher performance is often conveniently ignored by all but the most thoughtful of observers, and thus, serves as a good way to spend union funds.

However, results from the test should be «interpreted with caution» due to a lack of objective, independent measures of child self - regulation, and the risk that parents will fall foul of «social desirability» and want to present themselves or their child in the best light after using the app, the Sutton Trust said.

Hence, this study was not about using «value - added» as the arbiter of all that is good and objective in measuring teacher effects, it was about selecting teachers who were distinctly different than the teachers to whom they were compared and attributing the predictable results back to the «value - added» selections that were made.

The drawback of objective measures, such as test scores, is that they may be biased against students who are not good test takers, as well as against low - income and / or minority students, who tend to have lower scores that do not reflect actual knowledge or predict future success (Steele 1997; Rothstein 2004; Hoffman and Lowitzki 2005; Madaus and Clarke 2001).

From interviewing executives to determine what they see as key corporate objectives, to addressing these in your instructional design, to then measuring learning outcomes through your LMS and Talent Management System, you must execute across the organization and across your training systems to make the best possible case.