Sentences with phrase «gave them a benchmark for»

Also of interest to metrics - driven managers, a new «How You Compare» section ranks your company page against others in your industry, giving a benchmark for visibility and reach.

The experience gave them a benchmark for measuring adversity.

As I am sure you know, Taylor rules are a simple formula which give a benchmark for the real short - term interest rate, conditional on the latest information about output relative to estimated potential output and inflation relative to the target rate (and conditional on an assumption of a so - called «neutral» real interest rate).

«The Fairness in Families Index gives a benchmark for where Britain stands in terms of how far policies allow families to share parenting and be more «equal».

I'm going to apply so that at least my CV is on file with them for the future and for the opportunity to get to know the company better and see if they really are someone I can work for (and hopefully to give myself some benchmarks for what to expect in terms of employment in this city).

Not exact matches

The deal gives the FriendFeed founders — and their investor, Benchmark Capital — a nice exit since the company had only raised $ 5 million and a chance to cash in on Facebook, which TechCrunch thinks is primed for an IPO.

The government will also give LNG Canada and other large emitters a break on carbon taxes, if they can meet strict new benchmarks for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and will aggressively pursue electrification of natural gas fields.

Even though Alberta Bitumen is cheaper than most benchmarks, given the need for it to be mixed with higher - quality, more - expensive lighter crude to be transported from Alberta to the U.S. Gulf, its drop into single digits is no less remarkable.

Given the maturity of this medium, spending on email remained flat for years, though its efficiency did draw some B2B dollars during the economic recession, according to a new eMarketer report, «B2B Email Marketing: Benchmarks and Best Practices for 2014.»

It was only after Mr. Kalanick took a leave to deal with his family's personal tragedies that Benchmark for the first time took the position that Mr. Kalanick should be forced to resign and to give up his right to appoint additional Board members — supposedly because he had withheld information that Benchmark in fact knew all about.

Instead of being proactive and fight hard and smart hold on to their benchmark position, EZTrader got a bit complacent and sort of dropped the ball for a while, giving competitors a chance to gain momentum.

NYMEX crude oil futures have a ticker symbol of CL, give the buyer control of 1,000 barrels of oil, and use the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) benchmark for oil.

Some think Benchmark's lawsuit as sensational but neccessary, given the stranglehold that Kalanick has tried to retain on Uber, applauding the venture capital firm for not sitting silently as a series of scandals cascaded.

«However, the industry as a whole needs to be (more) attuned to the need for better benchmarking and giving corporate clients more informed basis for decision - making.»

Monday was a poor day for the stock market, as major benchmarks gave back early gains to finish lower.

Yet even for the people in the more generous lower tax brackets, the biblical benchmark of giving 10 percent of income is a stretch.

If that is your benchmark reference for a football club you should give up on football now or do the research and work out for yourself how and why RM are a million miles from being an appropriate or valid comparison to any club, never mind Arsenal.

The first and most simple reason for benchmark sets is to give you a starting point of where you are with fitness, strength and speed in each, and give you a measure on which you will see improvement.

The SmartTeams program is designed to give them a benchmark against which to measure their child's commitment to a safer sports experience, to support those programs that measure up and demand change for those that don't,» said de Lench.

«It's easier to give one - on - one attention and be responsive when there are fewer kids in a room,» says Stephanie Glowacki, director of accreditation programs at the National Association for the Education of Young Children, a benchmark of quality.

To give you a benchmark, here are the values from the 25th percentile to the 75th percentile for weight and height — meaning that half of kids fall within these ranges.

Or, you can click days of the week to find out what hours saw the most donations (handy for other online communicators looking for benchmarks), see which professions dominate the donor base, how many new donors were recruited by friends and family, or check out how many people gave money from a given state or state - like entity (DC!).

Mrs. Clinton's campaign said that half of the donations came online but did not reveal what proportion of the overall money came from donors giving less than $ 200, a common benchmark for grass - roots fund - raising strength.

The GPS measurements, which were so accurate they could detect the crawling drift of the planet's tectonic plates, gave precise benchmarks for each side of the tunnel, allowing the researchers to triangulate the underground detector's position in the planet.

«Previous studies have given us a broad set of benchmarks, including the sequence of the entire genome, which makes Candida albicans a great subject for study in microgravity because we have extensive information to compare it to.»

Those of us for whom Star Trek serves as a benchmark for technological progress can only bemoan the fact that hopes for faster - than - light travel to other galaxies seem to be receding at warp speed, given that we no longer even have faster - than - sound travel to France.

Passed four decades ago, the Clean Air Act gave Calif. a «waiver» to petition the federal government for permission to impose its own benchmarks, but the Bush administration had denied the request.

Interestingly, the PC demo will contain a benchmark mode, thus giving users the chance to assess the performance of their system ahead of the game's launch (September 29th for those who pre-ordered the Ultimate Edition and October 3rd for everyone else).

This means that students must demonstrate competency at 90 percent or better in order to receive an «M» for mastery on any given benchmark task, and they must achieve mastery in order to receive credit.

These guide the script development and also give you a firm foundation for evaluation and benchmarking.

Every student, 9 - 10th grade, must achieve 90 % on benchmark assessments before receiving an «M» for mastery and credit is given for the course.

The CAA brand gives recognition to those providers who excel and gives parents a «benchmark» - the reassurance they need when selecting classes for their little ones from the myriad of providers out there.

Give employees a live view of their targets, benchmarks and achievements, like a fitness tracker for work.

Maybe his time, given his varying roles, would be better spent a. Getting his Trust to produce a detailed case - study with a breakdown of all the cost - savings made, for other schools to scrutinise and benchmark against... and b. actually making sure that the folk setting up his much trumpeted «national deals brokered by the government to help schools save money on energy bills and hardware like printers and photocopiers» do a better job.

Teachers spend an inordinate amount of time giving benchmark tests to prepare for more tests.

Used for benchmarking, an SEL assessment can be given two to three times during the year and lets you know where students are in their social and emotional skill development.

The two agree the state spends too little on education, favor giving local districts more discretion about how to use their funding and share support for the Common Core State Standards, the national learning benchmarks that have generated a backlash over whether they undermine states» rights.

The report asks that any future reform of inspections should be «defined by what is right for pupils in a given school, not by centrally determined criteria chosen because they are easy to measure, nor by benchmarks or a focus for short - term political or media appeasement.

It gave us the opportunity to look at the assessment criteria before it was released and set a benchmark for the new grading system.

In an effort to tighten up performance benchmarks that schools, districts and states may have to reach in exchange for federal funds, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has proposed a new rule that would increase accountability while also giving grant recipients some new flexibility in meeting the mandates.

For instance, as one District C teacher explained «The content standards and benchmarks give you examples of how to [be your best] in the classroom.»

What's your advice for developing formative or benchmark assessments based on the common standards, given that the official common - core - aligned assessments are still under development?

In 2014, schools were given three years to meet benchmarks in areas like attendance, graduation rate, and for elementary and middle schools, performance on state reading and math exams (Taylor, 2017).

The QX50, powered by our VC - Turbo, is the first production vehicle ever to give drivers an engine that transforms on demand, setting a new benchmark for powertrain capability and refinement.»

The QX50, powered by the VC - Turbo, is the first production vehicle ever to give drivers an engine that transforms on demand, setting a new benchmark for pow...

The QX50, powered by the VC - Turbo, is the first production vehicle ever to give drivers an engine that transforms on demand, setting a new benchmark for powertrain capability and refinement.

It's a good thing, given that the E350d, as we proved in our road test, set new benchmarks in its segment for luxury and comfort, but at Rs 73 lakhs (ex-showroom), it is pricey for a mid-size executive sedan.

The dynamic, sweeping lines of the new Mégane Coupé combine with many motorsport - derived details to give the Renault Sport 250 model an even more assertive character, pointing to the promise of exhilarating on - road performance that will reset the benchmark for this segment.

For our review we used the Kindle 3G as a benchmark and in most areas of Vancouver it gave us a full 5 bars no matter where we were.

Luckily, it's one of the new S4 Snapdragons we recently saw benchmarked, which should give even quad - core chips a run for their money.