Sentences with phrase «giving the benchmark standard»

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We have a 32 - node cluster running in our lab, and we do industry - standard benchmark tests off of that cluster, and we give potential customers the published results of those tests.

The longer you benchmark or measure your progress to an irrelevant or outdated standard, the more time you waste and the more ground you give up to the competition.

[126] Nevertheless, given that independent retailers must compete with major supermarket chains in their vicinities, particularly Woolworths and Coles stores, Metcash encourages the independent retailers it supplies to «benchmark» their standard shelf prices according to the standard shelf prices charged by Woolworths or Coles, particularly in relation to «key value items» that represent particular products whose prices are known and used by consumers to assess the value on offer from a particular store.

The assessment itself was first given in 1969, but the underlying political compromises meant that (a) students were tested by age, not grade level; (b) results were reported either as percentages of test takers getting individual questions right or (starting in 1984) on a psychometric scale that included no benchmarks, standards, or «cut points»; and (c) the «units of analysis» were the entire country and four big regions but not individual states, let alone districts or schools.

After they gave the formative assessment halfway through — a ten - question assessment modeled on the upcoming benchmark exam — they analyzed the results and planned how to reteach the components of the standards students were struggling with.

Many districts have also developed benchmark exams that are given a few times a year to measure students» progress towards mastering these power standards; that way, schools don't have to wait until August to find out how students did on the big, standardized state tests.

«The benchmarks presented in this report reflect world - leading standards and we hope to empower our teachers by giving them the tools to include practical science in a greater proportion of their lessons.»

«The Common Core standards are exciting because they give us a common hook, an internationally benchmarked set of college and career ready standards from which to develop the competencies and assessments.»

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 conjunction with the Cayenne's six standard airbags, this system gives Porsche's sport utility a benchmark occupant safety and protection system.

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.

Overall, our first run through the standard benchmarks gives us an early but promising look at the Huawei Mate 9's peak performance and what the Kirin 960 is capable of.