Sentences with phrase «flawed measure»

We do a terrible disservice to American children if we judge them by deeply flawed measures.

According to a new analysis in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the paradox appears to be explained by the simple fact that BMI is a very flawed measure of heart risk.

Many educators were unjustly fired, using flawed measures.

Inflation Driver # 1: Rising CPI The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a notoriously flawed measure of inflation.

However, researchers say that feed conversion ratio estimates are flawed measures for comparing efficiency across species because they do not account for the nutritional content of the feed, the portion of the animal that is inedible or the nutritional quality of the final product.

The NEPC report uses badly flawed measures of school performance that provide little information about how much students learn as a result of attending K12 schools.

«While there is room for caution, too much emphasis is being placed on highly flawed measures and mislead beliefs that overstate risks to the economy.»

Mr. Cuomo should stop pushing for this deeply flawed measure.

Kathy Fairbanks, spokeswoman for the «No on 61» campaign, said of the ads, «All the antics from «Yes on 61» are an attempt by them to take attention away from their flawed measure.»

This flawed measure of inflation does not even include housing costs - a major expenditure for many retired people.

Taken together, he says, all of the studies suggest that GDP is a flawed measure of societal well - being.

And yet the PM in New Orleans is making judgments about school closure based on a flawed measure that effectively punishes schools for trying to serve a high concentration of kids who are too disadvantaged.

Opponents of the new grading system who spoke at the meeting stressed a criticism they voiced during a January meeting: the new formula relies on statistically - flawed measures that could hurt schools.

However, as pointed out by several other witnesses, since the key performance measure used by these entities is student performance on the STAAR test, which many consider a flawed measure, the resulting productivity / efficiency analysis would be flawed as well.

As a fellow educator, I find it difficult to understand how those in my profession can not see how the current NYS Assessment system is a flawed measure of student achievement and hurts our children.

Thus, rating teachers by this single, narrow, flawed measure is not only unfair, but provides a disincentive for teachers to take on tough assignments.

However, this is a flawed measure as relatively little competition for teachers occurs between states and state rankings fail to take into account differences in the labor markets across states.

Note that they have been consistently pessimistic on the unemployment rate, flawed measure that it is.

BMI may be a flawed measure, but for now, it's the law of the land.

In short, it is a flawed measure of health.