Sentences with phrase «current points of»

Mr. Ellis works regularly with small - group instruction he designs to move students forward from their current points of knowledge, understanding, and skill.

Assessment for instruction emphasizes a teacher's use of information derived from assessments to do instructional planning that can effectively and efficiently move students ahead from their current points of knowledge, understanding, and skill.

Of the three, understanding student readiness calls for more persistent assessment and analysis of assessment information in order to plan curriculum and instruction that moves each student forward from his current point of entry.

I read your piece three times, Tom, and still don't understand what your current point of view is.

We offer complete integration to your current point of sale and seamlessly pulls detailed data.

an up - to - date statement [that] will assure that AGU members, the public, and policy makers have a more current point of reference for discussion of climate change science that is intrinsically relevant to national and international policy.»

I highly recommend reading and listening to the rest of the series: each book gets more into detail about what Robert did to get to the current point of his life.

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Her point of view helps you rethink some of your current practices, encourages more strategic thinking, and empowers action - driven teams through policies.

In his seminal text, The Path of Least Resistance, Robert Fritz describes a vision as a hybrid between future state (the result you want to create) and current reality (the starting point).

CNN analyst Van Jones, who gained a high profile for his strong and pointed commentary during election season, will speak about the current state of affairs, as will venture capitalist and guest Shark Tank investor Chris Sacca, who has been a vocal critic of Trump since long before he came president.

The current outlook for the S&P 500 at 2,787 for the end of this year is now 150 points, or 5 percent, below the outlook in January.

Even with the current paucity of good information, there's no point trying to win a race to the bottom.

The difference between that point and current production — the output gap — likely won't close until sometime in 2017, according to the Bank of Canada's new forecast.

The largest overestimate of real GDP growth occurred for Q3: 2007, where the January 2008 estimate was 219 basis points above the current estimate.

«We want salespeople putting points on the board as soon as possible,» says Elay Cohen, a former senior vice president of sales productivity at Salesforce who helped design the current boot - camp curriculum.

A few things stand out about this particular rate change: first, the magnitude of influence that just a quarter percentage - point change had on the stock market; second, the current rate with an upper range of.50 % compared to the various long - term averages of about 5 %; and third, the rate remains historically low, with only minute incremental changes, despite the relatively good news we continue to read about the economy.

(Block points out Sino - Forest went public through a reverse takeover on the Toronto Venture Exchange long before the current wave of companies.)

The whole point of automation is to increase your current abilities, but if your staff doesn't have the necessary skill set to perform new tasks, you may need to consider additional or different staffing.

The promised capacity of 350 kilowatts per charging point more than doubles Tesla's current standard for its «second generation» chargers that have a capacity of up to 145 kW.

The software automatically manages your sales pipeline, documents all points of contact with your prospects and current clients, logs sales, and allows you to see everything about each lead in one place.

The Survey of Consumer Finances reports that in 2010, just 35 percent of families held some sort of retirement account offered through a current or past job, down 2.9 percentage points from 2007.

In other situations, such as trying to extrapolate numbers on current trends or predicting the tipping point of technologies, things get a bit dicier.

ModPOS is an especially sophisticated point - of - sale malware that current security programs can't catch.

As Steve Blank recently pointed out in an article in Harvard Business Review, it was the failure to deal with this issue that led to many of General Electric's current problems.

Dick Leinenkugel, current president and great - great - grandson of founder Jacob Leinenkugel, says his family has no regrets: «My point of view is that we are all brewers, and you need to be united as an industry, because our battle is really about making beer interesting again and taking share from wine and spirits.»

Similar prophecies have proved wrong before and doubters point out that electricity bills for American factories will rise if the U.S. starts selling its growing supply of natural gas abroad and lifts current curbs on gasoline exports.

«Trying to analyze my professional path like a «web site performance» has been hard but helpful to get an objective point of view about current achievements and future goals.»

Brian Headd at the SBA's Office of Advocacy points out that all these studies are long in the tooth and don't represent the current economy.

A 25 percent jump would take the Dow to over 30,400, a gain of more than 6000 points from current levels.

In my opinion, the overall content opens up several key points that the opposition should be able to hammer them on, reinforcing the potential negative perception that people have of the current Conservative government.

He points out that 75 % of the current $ 100 - billion trading relationship between the EU and Canada is in services such as finance, engineering and technology.

Healthcare and education are just two examples — but they illustrate a point: if the current system prevents a growing number of people from being able to care for themselves when they are sick, or get the training they need to get a job that supports themselves and their families, they will break the system.

«We expect revenue to compound over 20 percent annually to $ 2.4 billion by 2022, at which point Blue Apron will be generating more than $ 150 million of free cash flow — representing more than one - third of the company's current enterprise value,» Trusz wrote.

For instance, one point of contention in the current talks is NAFTA's chapter 19, titled «Review and Dispute Settlement in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Matters.»

The tepid confidence level is somewhat at odds with how business owners view their current financial situations — 67 percent gave their situation a rating of good, the same as the prior quarter and an increase of two percentage points compared with the second quarter of 2015.

Greenland's coastal glaciers and ice caps have passed a pivotal tipping point — a new study concludes that they've melted so much that they're now past the point of no return, and it's unlikely in current conditions that they'll be able to regrow the ice they've lost.

While thought provoking, the real value of the book comes from the practical, templated framework the authors provide for designing your own category that includes a clear articulation of the problem at hand, creating a memorable name for a category, and developing a unique point of view about the current and future of the category.

If you've been frustrated with the battery life of your current phone, the longer battery life on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus should be a huge selling point.

Hudson Square Research analyst Jeffrey Logsdon points out that this year's movie crop is smaller than in the summer of 2013, but the bigger factor behind the current summer slump could be quality.

Like the one Jinwoong's Scott Reeves points to as a current favorite, a simple project - management tool he calls a «product - development system,» a calendar that enables managers to keep better track of key deadlines as they create multiple new products.

In contrast, the current no - wi - fi policy fosters a vibrant community feel that's more in line with the brand's environmental ethos and social conscience, she says, also pointing to early ambitions to evoke the «Penny University» spirit of old English coffeehouses.

«I would argue that the good companies that trade at expensive multiples are better quality companies and deserve a higher multiple,» she says, pointing to the example of retailer Dollarama Inc. (TSX: DOL), which trades at 28.8 times current - year earnings — seemingly rich even for its sector — with an enterprise value - to - EBITDA ratio of 19.8.

The contract for September, which is a date many on Wall Street think is ripe for a hike, indicates a rate of just 0.43 percent, while December points to a 0.5 percent rate, a 0.13 percentage point increase from the current level that the CME tool translates to a 59 percent chance of a hike.

In the current Canadian context, Justin Trudeau's statement was reasonable to the point of being obvious.

«If you look at more current information, you will see that these data points are not demonstrative of our current network, community impact, and both the direct and indirect job creation near fulfillment centers,» a company representative said previously, adding that «Amazon's investments led to the creation of 200,000 additional non-Amazon jobs, ranging from construction jobs to healthcare industry positions.»

The letter included six points of focus for the company, including aligning payments with better medical outcomes for patients instead of simply paying for each medical service, which is how the current system is built.

Given the current price - to - earnings ratio of the S&P 500, a 10 - percentage - point reduction would imply a 11 % gain for the S&P 500, to 2,450.

David Simon is fond of pointing out that only three of his 10 top tenants from 1993, when Simon Property went public, still exist in their current form.

But in a few years, when 5G gear sending data at up to 100 times the speed of current networks is commonplace, people may remember July 2016 as a major turning point.

They do not in fact bury their heads in the sand as the old wives» tale tells it, but the fact that most of us believe that myth to be true only makes a stronger point: if the move you choose is to burrow in deeper to protect the current nest on which you rest, the odds are high that you're leaving yourself a sitting duck (or ostrich, as it were).