Sentences with phrase «given benchmark»

The experience gave them a benchmark for measuring adversity.
They also give us a benchmark from which to measure future test results should your pet ever become ill.
All the same, it never felt slow loading apps and switching between them, so it's hard to give the benchmark scores too much thought.
The table above does not answer the question of whether you are getting a good deal for a particular opportunity, but it does give you a benchmark to check against.
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 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.
A month earlier, a jump in wages got investors worried about inflation and set off a stock market swoon, giving the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 index its first 10 % decline in two years.
«Given the benchmarks established by international law and universal legitimacy, and in light of the support offered by the Christian Church in the Holy Land, we believe Palestinians should also have a state that they can at long last call home.
«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».
For each of these situations, a panel of UEFA experts had given us a benchmark decision.
«These reports give us benchmarks about the recent past, and green yard sticks to measure progress in the future.»
Once a project is under way, teachers» roles shift to advisers, coaches, and evaluators, scaffolding students» success with ongoing and diverse assessments and giving benchmark grades as key stages of the project are completed.
Teachers spend an inordinate amount of time giving benchmark tests to prepare for more tests.
In 6 - 9 week cycles, it is also important to give the Benchmark Now!
For instance, given the benchmarking approach of the regulator, the type of fuel for the plant matters as well as whether the supply is contracted to provide baseload, mid-merit or peaking requirements of the utility.
Seeing others» work gives you a benchmark to judge your own writing.
We also give them benchmarks and I focus on certain TEKS that students are lacking.
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).
Then, we define questions that will give us a benchmark, knowing that there is no wrong or right.
This new data not only helps us better understand how industry currently is managing food waste, it gives us a benchmark against which we can measure our progress,» said Susan Kujava, industry relations director at General Mills, Inc. and co-chair of the FWRA.
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.
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.
Clearly, such a model does a better job of measuring school «effectiveness» than a model that simply provides a snapshot of the percentage of students scoring above a given benchmark.
Testing here in Sebring with our competitors has given us a benchmark to see how our work has paid off.»
Metrics such as the standard deviation of returns and value at risk are more absolute - risk measures, while beta and the Sharpe ratio give a sense of risk / return versus a given benchmark.
[1] For the purposes of this discussion, «active management» refers to stock - picking strategies that seek to outperform a given benchmark through superior stock selection, rather than any type of top - down sector rotation or tactical asset allocation strategy.
The model first calculates the implied market equilibrium returns based on the given benchmark asset allocation weights, and then allows the investor to adjust these expected returns based on the investor's views.
Volatility of a company is often measured by beta, which accounts for historical fluctuations in the company's stock price relative to a given benchmark that represents the market.
Leveraged ETFs also provide various levels of exposure, such as 125 %, 200 % and 300 % of a given benchmark's daily performance.
In a nutshell, ETFs are a lot like index funds because they aim to track a given benchmark.
Rather than picking stocks directly or using mutual funds where a manager is trading stocks on behalf of similarly minded investors, traditional index funds aim to replicate the returns of any given benchmark while aiming to minimize both costs and something called tracking error.
Given these benchmarks it's no wonder that Air Canada's benchmarking exercise pointed to eroding the value proposition.
David: It was very sad, but it was also a good thing to see because it gave a benchmark with which to compare with the Achuar community that we went to later.
COOL 2012 gives you benchmarks and tips on exactly what to compost - for example telling you to recycle 75 % of all your paper and then compost the remaining 25 % (thus keeping all waste paper out of landfills).
Dennis Kennedy: Yeah, I think these surveys are useful for that — there's the consistent numbers, I can give you some benchmarkings.
: Yeah, I think these surveys are useful for that — there's the consistent numbers, I can give you some benchmarkings.
Instead, what we want is a user - friendly tool that will monitor system performance and video rendering to give us the benchmarks and frame rate readout we want.
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).
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