Sentences with phrase «commonly stated purpose»

A commonly stated purpose of teacher evaluations is targeted professional development to improve teacher effectiveness; however, a presentation from Linda Darling - Hammond (2010), education policy expert and professor of education at Stanford University, noted that well under half of all teachers receive continuous professional development, mentoring or coaching or engage in peer observation as a result of evaluation.

Not exact matches

One of the leading indicators we use is whether a state's National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores are improving, which is the only commonly administered assessment across the country that also allows comparisons for longitudinal purposes.

The Compact, as it is commonly referred to, has provided nearly $ 5 million for the express purpose of encouraging and creating more charter schools in our State.

Recital 42 E-Commerce Directive states that an ISS for the purpose of Article 12 is characterized by its «technical, automatic and passive nature», whereas a hosting service, to which the abovementioned additional requirement, commonly referred to as the «notice and take down rule», applies is of a «more permanent nature» (paras 61 - 62).

(4) the term «false identification document» means a document of a type intended or commonly accepted for the purposes of identification of individuals that --(A) is not issued by or under the authority of a governmental entity or was issued under the authority of a governmental entity but was subsequently altered for purposes of deceit; and (B) appears to be issued by or under the authority of the United States Government, a State, a political subdivision of a State, a sponsoring entity of an event designated by the President as a special event of national significance, a foreign government, a political subdivision of a foreign government, or an international governmental or quasi-governmental organization;

(2) Goods are of acceptable quality if they are as: (a) fit for all the purposes for which goods of that kind are commonly supplied; and (b) acceptable in appearance and finish; and (c) free from defects; and (d) safe; and (e) durable; as a reasonable consumer fully acquainted with the state and condition of the goods (including any hidden defects of the goods), would regard as acceptable having regard to the matters in subsection (3).