Sentences with phrase «from objective measures»

Future evaluations would benefit from objective measures, such as behavioural observations or testing of knowledge and skills through case studies, role plays or written assessments.

She also points out that states haven't pulled back from objective measures of student achievement [ie, growth measures] as part of teacher evaluations as much as might have been expected.

Not exact matches

Second, we had objective measures of Facebook use, pulled directly from participants» Facebook accounts, rather than measures based on a person's self - report.

Still, regardless of whether or not a bear market has started, I believe the Fund remains on track to achieve its investment objective even when we measure the complete cycle from the 2002 bear trough to the next bear trough, whenever that occurs.

The objective of the society of Mont - Pèlerin was on the one hand, to combat Keynesianism and the social solidarity measures that prevailed after the Second World War and, on the other hand, to prepare for the future the theoretical foundations of another kind of capitalism, hard and liberated from any rule.

Your analogy fails because in weightlifting, etc. there are objective measure as what is «proper» whereas in «theology» improper belief can not be distinguished from proper belief.

This is not a subjective test attempting to measure the «true» value of the law to benefited individuals; rather, it's a more objective test (at least in theory) which simply attempts to measure the number and scope of allowed exemptions from the law.

Commentators and news outlets seem to shy away from more objective measures, like looking at the percentage of budget spent, in favour of sensational findings.

What's worth noting straight away is that, with a couple of exceptions (namely, that on the «objective measure» Labour supporters are more left wing than Greens and UKIP members slightly more left - wing than Lib Dems), the relative ordering on all three measures is the same: from left to right, it runs Greens, Labour, SNP, Lib Dem, UKIP, and Conservative.

«Football is the only major sport where on every single play, the objective is to violently hit the competition,» said Assemblyman Michael Benedetto, whose measure would bar youth football leagues from allowing anyone 13 or younger to tackle.

All three measures — objective rating by Chou, subjective rating by patients, and digital data from the device's connection to a computer — showed improvement for eating and transferring items when the device was turned on, compared to when it was off.

«The goal of our research was to see if an objective measure like physical examination or imaging from an MRI could help predict non-operative treatment failures in these professional pitchers,» commented Mark S. Schickendantz, MD the study's senior author from the Cleveland Clinic Sports Health Center in Cleveland, OH.

And when you look at the risks side by side, the researchers continued, «by any objective measure the impact threat is minuscule (by a factor of at least a thousand) compared to the threat from anthropogenic climate change.»

A distributed Bragg reflector, which is made from multiple layered materials and reflects over a wide spectrum, then directed the photons to a microscope objective, allowing them to be collected and measured.

«And from those studies, we're finding that there aren't significant differences in terms of objective measures like how quickly kids fall asleep and the total time they spend asleep.»

objectives include: Year 6 objectives • solve problems involving the calculation and conversion of units of measure, using decimal notation up to 3 decimal places where appropriate • use, read, write and convert between standard units, converting measurements of length, mass, volume and time from a smaller unit of measure to a larger unit, and vice versa, using decimal notation to up to 3 decimal places • convert between miles and kilometres • recognise that shapes with the same areas can have different perimeters and vice versa • recognise when it is possible to use formulae for area and volume of shapes • calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles • calculate, estimate and compare volume of cubes and cuboids using standard units, including cubic centimetres (cm ³) and cubic metres (m ³), and extending to other units [for example, mm ³ and km ³] • express missing number problems algebraically • find pairs of numbers that satisfy an equation with 2 unknowns • enumerate possibilities of combinations of 2 variables • draw 2 - D shapes using given dimensions and angles • recognise, describe and build simple 3 - D shapes, including making nets • compare and classify geometric shapes based on their properties and sizes and find unknown angles in any triangles, quadrilaterals, and regular polygons • illustrate and name parts of circles, including radius, diameter and circumference and know that the diameter is twice the radius • recognise angles where they meet at a point, are on a straight line, or are vertically opposite, and find missing angles • describe positions on the full coordinate grid (all 4 quadrants) • draw and translate simple shapes on the coordinate plane, and reflect them in the axes • interpret and construct pie charts and line graphs and use these to solve problems • calculate and interpret the mean as an average • read, write, order and compare numbers up to 10,000,000 and determine the value of each digit • round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy and more!

According to the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), the number of states requiring objective measures of student achievement to be included in teacher evaluations nearly tripled from 2009 to 2015, from 15 to 43 states nationwide (see Figure 1).

Objectives covered: Convert between different units of measure [for example, kilometre to metre; hour to minute] Measure and calculate the perimeter of a rectilinear figure (including squares) in centimetres and metres Find the area of rectilinear shapes by counting squares Estimate, compare and calculate different measures, including money in pounds and pence Read, write and convert time between analogue and digital 12 - and 24 - hour clocks Solve problems involving converting from hours to minutes, minutes to seconds, years to months, weeks measure [for example, kilometre to metre; hour to minute] Measure and calculate the perimeter of a rectilinear figure (including squares) in centimetres and metres Find the area of rectilinear shapes by counting squares Estimate, compare and calculate different measures, including money in pounds and pence Read, write and convert time between analogue and digital 12 - and 24 - hour clocks Solve problems involving converting from hours to minutes, minutes to seconds, years to months, weeks Measure and calculate the perimeter of a rectilinear figure (including squares) in centimetres and metres Find the area of rectilinear shapes by counting squares Estimate, compare and calculate different measures, including money in pounds and pence Read, write and convert time between analogue and digital 12 - and 24 - hour clocks Solve problems involving converting from hours to minutes, minutes to seconds, years to months, weeks to days

Year 4 Science Assessments Objectives covered: Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans Identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C) Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases Identify common appliances that run on electricity Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors

Objectives covered: Measure, compare, add and subtract: lengths (m / cm / mm); mass (kg / g); volume / capacity (l / ml) Measure the perimeter of simple 2 - D shapes Add and subtract amounts of money to give change, using both # and p in practical contexts Tell and write the time from an analogue clock, including using Roman numerals from I to XII, and 12 - hour and 24 - hour clocks Estimate and read time with increasing accuracy to the nearest minute; record and compare time in terms of seconds, minutes and hours; use vocabulary such as o'clock, am / pm, morning, afternoon, noon and midnight Know the number of seconds in a minute and the number of days in each month, year and leap year Compare durations of events [for example, to calculate the time taken by particular events or tasks]

The paradigm shift is even present in the vocabulary we use: we have gone from the idea of qualifications (objective, verifiable, defines a profession or trade) to that of skills (personal, harder to measure, cross-functional) in the 1990s, to move on to the idea of talent, where soft skills are more valued than hard skills.

Standardized test results from this year and next will give the district its first objective measure of academic growth.

NCTQ also found that 30 states now require that teacher evaluations include objective evidence of student learning, a reversal from 2009, when 35 states did not require teacher evaluations to include any such measure.

The school also offers an independent directed studies program where students, working from learning outcomes, design the objectives, assignments, and assessments that will guide, support, and measure their learning.

Under the ruling, those measures can take a variety of forms, from simple — such as using a schoolwide gauge of academic achievement — to complex: «student learning objectives,» or SLOs, that are set individually by each teacher.

The bill would effectively override current state law that requires that student growth data — the only objective measure of a student's improvement from year to year — be one factor in a teacher's annual review.

As documented under Section 1115 of Title I, Part A of the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), a local education agency receiving Title I funds «may use funds received under this part only for programs that provide services to eligible children under subsection (b) identified as having the greatest need for special assistance... Eligible children are children identified by the school as failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet the State's challenging student academic achievement standards on the basis of multiple, educationally related, objective criteria established by the local educational agency and supplemented by the school, except that children from preschool through grade 2 shall be selected solely on the basis of such criteria as teacher judgment, interviews with parents, and developmentally appropriate measures».

However, results from the test should be «interpreted with caution» due to a lack of objective, independent measures of child self - regulation, and the risk that parents will fall foul of «social desirability» and want to present themselves or their child in the best light after using the app, the Sutton Trust said.

Lesson objective: Convert metric measures of mass and capacity from larger units to smaller units by looking at the relationship between the metric system and the base 10 system.

For more than six years, Hanna Skandera has been a bold and innovative leader of New Mexico's public school system, transforming it from one lagging behind the nation to one that is experiencing remarkable growth across every objective measure of student success.

From interviewing executives to determine what they see as key corporate objectives, to addressing these in your instructional design, to then measuring learning outcomes through your LMS and Talent Management System, you must execute across the organization and across your training systems to make the best possible case.

An aligned system — from aspirations to goals to accountability measures — should be the objective for every state.

But in a role as one piece of a more comprehensive evaluation methodology, value - added measures can inject an objective measure that can amplify or validate information gleaned from more subjective methodologies.

Another important finding of the study was that student surveys produced more reliable results from year to year than did objective measures of student achievement gains or classroom observations.53 In other words, student survey results were more stable.

Nonetheless, there is substantial evidence to the contrary, especially from research in which organizational effectiveness is defined as the organization «s bottom line (some measure of productivity) and assessed using objective indicators, such as student test scores.

From districts such as Washington, DC to most charter schools, human capital management based on the quality of the individual's capabilities, knowledge and aptitude for the profession does result in better objective measures of school success.

Alcantara certifies it is meeting its sustainability objectives «by measuring, reducing and off - setting all CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions deriving from the entire Alcantara production process from cradle to grave,» the company says.

As you can see from the chart above, the 100 pip measured objective lined up with a key horizontal level.

Managing volatility, the traditional measure of risk, may now prevent us from achieving our investment objectives.

It's one of the main reasons I enjoy games from the N64 era that, by any objective measure, have aged much worse than their 2D predecessors.

Clearly, it's impossible to take an objective measure of «new contemporary American art» from a curatorial or an exhibition stand - point, so why not focus on the many artworks in the exhibition instead?

It is designed to reduce emissions in six provinces, working with provincial, district and commune authorities, local communities and the private sector, with the objective to «enhance Viet Nam's ability to benefit from future results - based payments for REDD + and undertake transformational changes in the forestry sector», with a focus on «the implementation of national policies, measures and national strategies or action plans that could involve further capacity - building, technology development and transfer and results - based demonstration activities».

Moreover, the availability of historical precedent might imply less contestation (especially from climate skeptics), a cognitively different approach to what we might consider «sufficient evidence», and easier assessment of any given eruption against some objective measure of impacts.

The PDO has flipped to cold, the atlantic will follow, by 2030 global temps as measured by objective satellites will return to where they were at the start of the sat era in the late 70s and btw when the pdo flipped from cold to warm.

The initial objective of the Argo program was to operate 3200 profiling floats in the ice - free waters from 60 ° N to 60 ° S to measure pressure, temperature, and salinity in the upper 2000 meters of the ocean.

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 IPCC then reports the extremes from the models and treats this as though it represents an objective measure of the uncertainty of the projections.

Objective measures of climate model performance are proposed and used to assess simulations of the 20th century, which are available from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP3) archive.

From a climatologist's point of view, PDI is about the most objective measure of a storm's overall strength one could possibly devise, yet the same number lacks any meaning to an economist who's looking at the financial cost.

It is good, as SteveM notes in this thread, that scientists have taken another look at the SST uncertainties and biases, but reading from the article (see comment in quotes below) one still comes away with a sense that we have no final hard and fast objective measure of the uncertainties in the temperature measurements.