Sentences with phrase «called objective measures»

With respect to education, we look at so - called objective measures: scores on international comparisons.

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Roll call votes are the single available objective measure to evaluate legislators on their performance.

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.

The study, which published today in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, is the first to link psoriasis severity to an increased risk of death using an objective measure of disease severity — called Body Surface Area (BSA)-- rather than treatment patterns, such as whether or not a patient was receiving oral, injectable or phototherapy treatment for the condition.

In addition, Hespe said the state will add an appeal process for the current year around the use of so - called «student growth objectives,» a separate measure that uses assessments other than standardized test scores.

Also recall that one of the key reports that triggered the current call for VAMs, as the «more objective» measures needed to measure and therefore improve teacher effectiveness, was based on data that suggested that «too many teachers» were being rated as satisfactory or above.

These documents describe what they call an objective teacher evaluation process that is based on student test scores, takes into account students» prior performance, and arrives at a score that is able to measure teacher effectiveness.

The DOJ's own brief states that these measures, along with the others that they proposed, will help Apple operate lawfully while feeling the effect of what it calls «remedial objectives,» a term whose definition means, «you're going to learn not to do this again.»

The objective of this study was to compile data on the status of POPs emissions from the cement industry, to share state of the art knowledge about PCDD / F formation mechanisms in cement production processes and to show how it's possible to control and minimise PCDD / F emissions from cement kilns utilising integrated process optimisation, so called primary measures.

The prior threshold stage in the justificatory argument limiting rights under the Charter sets the bar very high; calling for proof of a pressing and substantial objective demonstrably justifiable in a free and democratic society, for the challenged measure.

Analyze statistical call center metrics and reports, identified areas to improve, implemented measures that improved service levels and achieved team objectives.

Perhaps it is too harsh to call a failure to obtain an objective measure of the child's behavior outside the home a «methodological shortcoming,» but the philosophy behind the intervention work of Patterson and his colleagues (e.g., Patterson et al., 1993) is that antisocial behavior outside the home has its origins in the home.