Sentences with phrase «by a value added»

Vice President Kwesi Amissah - Arthur has stated that the acquisition of affordable houses must be covered by the Value Added Tax, (VAT).

A significant number of schools that are safe but below average in absolute academic performance (perhaps half to the 10 % of schools that over perform) are excellent by a value added measure.

Plenty of «good» schools by other measures, however, are only fair by a value added measure.

We compared a principal's assessment of how effective a teacher is at raising student reading or math achievement, one of the specific items principals were asked about, with that teacher's actual ability to do so as measured by their value added, the difference in student achievement that we can attribute to the teacher.

Recent research has shown that high - quality early - childhood education has large impacts on outcomes such as college completion and adult earnings, but no study has identified the long - term impacts of teacher quality as measured by value added.

Why throw away good money on these students when we know by value added analysis that these students will fail?

Districts could also track, over time, the average achievement of grade - level cohorts within schools to determine if performance changes as predicted by the value added by teachers who transfer into or out of schools and grades.

For these reasons, when education leaders are making consequential personnel decisions informed by value added, they would be wise to take into account the different contexts in which teachers work.

We also present qualitative evidence that loan - forgiveness recipients were of higher quality (as measured by value added) than nonrecipients who taught in the same subject but were not certified and thus ineligible.

Sadly, he «balanced» that by seeking input from «Educators 4 Excellence,» one of those imitation grassroots outfits that all have suspiciously similar web page design and sprang up right about when Bill Gates was spreading around tons of money to promote the Common Core State Standards and assessing teachers by value added modeling.

And we need to make sure that teachers are evaluated fairly and appropriately, not by Value Added Measures, student test scores or other invalid and unreliable «metrics.»

The Supreme Court also held that, even if the claimants had in principle been able to make out a claim in unjust enrichment, such a claim would have been excluded by the Value Added Tax Act 1994, s 80 (7), which sets out arrangements for the supplier to reimburse the consumer, subject to a limitation period, removing the need for the consumer to have a direct remedy against the defendants.

This appeal considered whether the claimants have a direct mistake - based action in unjust enrichment against the defendant on the basis that the defendant was enriched at the claimant's expense by the mistaken payment of VAT, and whether the claimants» cause of action against HMRC in unjust enrichment for the recovery of VAT was excluded by the Value Added Tax Act 1994, s 80 (7).

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Canada's share declined by a similar amount, while the Mexican share of value - added increased to 13 per cent from 7.4 per cent.

When American Express raised the annual fee on the Platinum Card by $ 100 last year, the company made it up to users by adding an extra $ 200 in value to the card's benefits in the form of a statement credit toward Uber rides.

If you do this successfully, you suddenly find people going out of their way to help you accomplish your goals, because you started by adding value to them first.

Outsourcing continues to be a business strategy employed by companies large and small and with careful research and the aid of competent partners it can add a lot of value to a business.

Consumer products maker Newell Brands has agreed to add three independent directors to its board, including one proposed by hedge fund Starboard Value, ending a months - long proxy fight with the activist investor.

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On average, around 60 % of those levies are value - added taxes, or VATs, which resemble a sales tax but are actually paid by companies as goods go through each stage of production.

«If investors spent less time listening to the talking heads on BNN and CNBC and more time studying history, they would realize that there is little value added by obsessing about economic growth,» Murray Leith, an analyst at Odlum Brown in Vancouver, wrote last fall.

In terms of being a headphone company's OEM for Shieldz, our goal is to show them the profit that can be made by offering this value add to customers.

Add to that the fact that five of six Canadian clubs are currently within $ 800,000 of the salary cap, and our teams are unable to satisfy the criteria set out in the Fan Value Index: Overall standing (60 per cent), Payroll (10 per cent), Fan Cost Index as established by Team Marketing Report (30 per cent).

Conservatives sat by as an $ 11 - billion project to process raw bitumen was cancelled with seemingly no concern for the loss of tens of thousands of value - added jobs.

For both new and experienced sales reps being held back by fears of credibility and inability to add that value, these few simple tips should get you well on your way.

By comparison, he adds, Nasdaq stocks hit a market value of more than $ 6 trillion before the dotcom bubble burst, not accounting for inflation.

Value add for primary industries grew by a smaller 3.7 %.

The commission's proposal comes as traditional taxation practices have so far failed to capture business proceeds from an industry where value added tends to be virtual rather than material and digital companies have sought to take advantage of loopholes created by uncoordinated European regulation.

But new mobile apps can add value to your visit — not only by suggesting the best sessions to attend based on your past likes and dislikes, but with real - time schedule updates and hyperlocal networking.

The expected value of a randomly decided process is found by taking all the possible outcomes of the process, multiplying each outcome by its probability, and adding all those numbers.

Frankly, I don't think they are represented in the Canaccord share price, but they have been improved quite a bit by Canaccord, and they look to be at, or close to, the inflection point, when they could add serious value.

Kwinana's future as an important centre of value - added mineral processing is being threatened by a potential double closure of major projects — the BHP Billiton - run nickel refinery and the Alcoa of Australia - operated alumina refinery.

Take each prize, subtract the price of our ticket, multiply the net return by the probability of winning, and add all those values to get our expected value.

Buffett, on his part, has disdained private equity's method of investing, which often adds value to a company by piling on debt, and slashing expenses before turning it back on the market.

The «value - add» of going private isn't so much less disclosure as it is less short - term scrutiny by bank analysts and hedge fund managers,

Case in point, independent research conducted by the Capgemini Digital Transformation Institute confirms that 51 percent of consumers already utilize voice assistants, with 81 percent of those users primarily accessing the voice assistant through a smartphone, citing convenience, multitasking enablement and speed as value - adds from the voice assistant experience.

And by asking more questions, you can actually learn about a person and discover ways you can add value.

The expected value of a randomly decided process is found by taking all the possible outcomes of the process, multiplying each outcome by its probability, and adding all those numbers up.

Rather, it's engaging and connecting with its target consumers by adding value through fun tips and trivia about sports.

Take each prize, subtract the price of our ticket, multiply the net return by the probability of winning, and add all those values up to get our expected value:

It's a bit involved: you have to take the present value of each of the bond's cash flows, divide each by the total present value of all the cash flows, and then add up all of these individual durations to get the total duration of the bond.

When asked about how she'd grade her time at Xerox, she begins by talking about disruption in technology and the quest to «add value» to the world, to employees, to shareholders.

Users are encouraged to engage in actions that will benefit other members and the community as a whole by rewarding such actions with Soma Community (SCT), a cryptocurrency designed to incentivize the members of the decentralized community to perform value - adding services and act as a fast, secure and cost - effective way of compensation.»

They had great success early - on by partnering with more established companies like SendGrid and MailChimp and then posting on their partners» support forums in order to add even more value.

He believes that all brands should be special by identifying special brands and projects and adds value to them.

The school, which was founded in 1919 and started offering an MBA in 1954, took Goizueta's name in 1994, and his business philosophy is now a central part of the school's mission: to develop professionals who will add value to their companies by changing the way business is done.

Though the Fido deal would have already been extremely advanced by the time that decision was made, it provides a clear road map of the competitive landscape for Rogers and Bell in the coming years: a growing move to sign content deals that will add value to their telecom offerings.

By all means, run the numbers to see how your generosity will affect the bottom line, but don't discount the goodwill and PR that can add value to your business.

Value - added Sales Management, by Tom Reilly (Contemporary Books, 1993, $ 9.95).

After all, the stock — despite the recent selloff driven by disappointing sales of the new iPhone 8 — has surged 33 % this year, adding $ 200 billion in value, and prompting predictions that the Colossus of Cupertino will soon boast the world's first $ 1 trillion market cap.