Sentences with phrase «gained at least some measure»

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But for all the gains the labor market has made, by at least one important measure, it still isn't back to pre-recession levels.

By creating this framework where we were using test score gains to validate practice - based measures, we were at least creating a common base for discussion.

Finally and most significantly, Tennessee's RTTT package requires that measured student achievement comprise at least 50 % (35 % based on TVAAS gains, where available) of teacher and principal performance assessments.

In contrast, gains in comprehension, vocabulary, and conceptual knowledge are harder to measure, at least in young children, and harder to achieve.

Our results suggest that traditional public schools did not respond to competition from charter schools by becoming more effective, at least as measured by the learning gains made by individual students in the years immediately following establishment of charter schools.

When you move toward a more balanced set of weights you lose correlation with state tests, but you gain two things (at least initially): (1) modestly higher correlation with gains on tests designed to measure «higher order» thinking and (2) far higher reliability.

the school has failed to demonstrate, over the three consecutive year period for which accountability determinations have been made pursuant to this subdivision, at least a 25 point gain in its performance index for the «all students» group in each English language arts and mathematics measure for which the school is held accountable; and / or

Districts, states, and schools can, at least in theory, generate gains in educational outcomes for students using value - added measures in three ways: creating information on effective programs, making better decisions about human resources, and establishing incentives for higher performance from teachers.

Data showed that «schools that measured strong in all five supports were at least 10 times more likely than schools with just one or two strengths to achieve substantial gains in reading and math.

I disagree that at the very least VAMs might be useful when conducting large - scale research, because the other methods often used to measure gains or the impacts of large - scale interventions and policies over time seem to fare well as well.

After more than eight years of gains, few truly cheap stocks remain, at least as measured by price - earnings ratios...

There are measures which both sides probably can agree upon — at least, those who don't gain from or enjoy the status quo.

But the major issue with his case is that the supposed evidence held against him had been destroyed by CSIS, and was likely unreliable in the first place, gained in part at least through coercive measures.