Sentences with phrase «grading standards of»

Rooms are furnished according to the prescribed 3 Star grading standards of the South African Tourism Grading Council.

In addition, our results do not tell us anything about how to raise the grading standards of teachers whose standards are currently low.

In fact, to our knowledge, the analysis presented here represents the first study to examine the grading standards of individual teachers and how those standards affect students» performance on independent exams.

In about half the states, graduates have also made it through statewide graduation tests that are typically pegged to an 8th -, 9th -, or at most 10th - grade standard of actual performance.

I found that 26 states set expectations that were three or more grade levels behind the eighth - grade standards of New York State, the state that had set the highest expectations back in 2013, as an early adopter of Common Core.

Not exact matches

Yet airlines on average deliver only 60 % of their passengers to their destination by the scheduled time, with checked bags delivered to them — a failing grade by any industry standard.

In 2015, Gates spoke out in favor of national Common Core standards in grades K through 12 and charter schools.

Investment grade vs. non-investment grade (high yield) Corporate bonds are generally rated by one or more of the three primary ratings agencies: Standard & Poor's, Moody's, and Fitch.

Bonds with a rating of BBB -(on the Standard & Poor's and Fitch scale) or Baa3 (on Moody's) or better are considered «investment - grade.»

Raw materials such as coal, gold, zinc are all examples of commodities that are produced and graded according to uniform industry standards, making them easy to trade.

Show your employees that you care about them and their ability to do their jobs well by arming them with tools and technology delivered through multi-tenant, public cloud systems — the ones that do the best job of keeping current with consumer - grade standards.»

Unfortunately for the newcomer to wet shaving, brush manufacturers do not have an industry standard in place that specifically defines grades of badger hair.

He said that, with more than 100 different blends or grades of crude oil each with its own carbon content, the EPA should not use an «average crude oil» as a standard of comparison.

You're just parroting the kind of standard eighth grade atheist questions that are answered by reading any number of excellent authors.

Concerned that I might be grading according to my own ethical values, not according to classroom standards of analysis, use of resources, and the like, I reread a number of papers.

If he should one day find himself in heaven, he may feel that his standard of living has been down graded.

Once one begins to show mercy here and there, it becomes more and more difficult to operate on a standard of strict justice in other cases, and grading becomes an increasingly troubling chore.

However, when schools open their doors to students of highly diverse backgrounds and interests, rigid grade standards make no sense.

There are a substantial number of quality checks at every stage, and once we have final approval from the sampling room the product in the bottling vat is then passed through an inert food grade filter as a safety measure to ensure that our product meets the most demanding standards.»

Sunrise Growers hires independent third party auditors from the California Processing Strawberry Advisory Board to inspect and grade all incoming fruit against a set of rigid standards established by the California Department of Food and Agriculture.

There are different grades of coconut oil that can be used in coconut oil recipes: Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil, Green Label Virgin Coconut Oil, Organic Expeller - pressed Coconut Oil, and standard Expeller - pressed Coconut Oil.

Constructed of high grade stainless steel with fully seal welded seams, these standard auger conveyors exceed all AMI Sanitary Design Requirements for use in food processing facilities and are durable enough to withstand the most demanding environments.

The majority of beverages contain caffeine from high grade synthetically produced caffeine, which provides consistent quality and safety standards.

Each of the processes from pruning the trees, the hand picking the ripe berries, washing and sun drying, grading the beans to stringent standards and the roasting and packaging is carefully watched to assure you of the best - tasting coffee you have ever had.

The state's 1,200 cheesemakers produce more than 600 varieties, types and styles of cheese, all made under the most stringent state standards for safety, grading... read more

The Coombs Commitment: We make 100 % pure maple syrup with no artificial flavors, perservatives or dyes; We never over-tap trees; We support the use of health spouts for tree friendly tapping; We never use pesticides in our tree farm; Our grading standards are never compromised for short - term gain.

Support value - added processing of imperfect produce, surplus product and byproducts (i.e. work with suppliers / marketing orders and federal grading standards to allow more variance in grades and eliminate any restrictions of sale).

Quaker has invested in a proprietary grading lab to ensure our oats that go to our mill meet our standards of excellence.

All of our materials are food grade and can adhere to any global standards.

Oryzatein ® is the only patented, GRAS approved, whole grain brown rice protein with suspension grade options, fractioned without use of hexane petroleum byproduct, unlike all soy proteins and some rice proteins, and is soon to become the USP monographed standard for the industry.

Gourmet Kona coffee sets the extra fancy standard in Hawaii according to (SCAA) the Specialty Coffee Association of America; coffee which scores 80 points or above on a 100 - point scale is graded as specialty.

Beginning in 1986, the rule stipulated, entering freshmen would be eligible for scholarships only if they had achieved a grade point average of at least 2.0 in a college - preparatory core curriculum and, when it came to the two standard college entrance examinations, attained a minimum score of 700 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or 15 on the American College Testing Program's exam.

XTECH pads are made in a small warehouse in New Jersey and fashioned out of military - grade, water - resistant foam, which makes them lighter than standard shoulder pads when soaked with sweat.

I started googling way back in may who could we be buying gonzalo higuian, julio cesar and wayne rooney but realize going by history wenger just as no interest in buying world class players, he wants 2 buy d grade players and turn them up to koscienly nd nasri that will take years while da arsenal faithful pay handsome figures for dismal performances, fans allowed wenger 2 get away when he gets away with these lucky matches of fenerbache been strong on paper but a waste of tym on the pitch, also it happen at bayern but they put a slighty weak team but wenger runt his mouth around of how good da team was after that 2 - 0 win, not forgetting it was bould that got the team defense looking solid while wenger moan about referee decisions and no blame on team, I just feel we (arsenal) have allowed wenger and co to misuse us, so now our main target aim is benzema yet giroud plays more often than him for france, can any1 see how wenger is lowing our standards and expectations at arsenal, I wil be over da moon if wenger does not sign an extension wit us, after the gilberto days and disaterous results and teams we play, his approach to the game defensely which is pathetic and his annoying behaviour.So what if manu and chelski haven't really bought they are already strong it was seen last week now we should be worried about our selves since that villa defeat, jst imagine what the man's and london money maniac's are goin 2 do to us, I can see it already coming from wenger, if we find the right player we will buy him, after sept2, we didn't find da right player but the squad can challenge for the title, its so sick having 2 hear that crap, just take him psg, I just wish the fans would say we had enough of this bullshit transfer policies its time we stood up against these pigs of directors by protesting!

Alcohol: The Alabama Course of Study: Health Education (2003) sets the minimum content standard for teaching about the harmful effects of substance abuse and promoting positive healthful behavior in grades K - 12.

Standard F recommends students by the end of grades 4, 8, and 12 be able to express their feelings in healthy ways.

Character Education: Standard 2.2 of the CCCS for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education (2009) requires that all students receive instruction in character development by the end of grades 2, 4, 6, 8, and 12.

«Overloaded and Underprepared» also offers examples of schools, including Waldorf High School of the Peninsula in Los Altos, that use standards - based grading, which emphasizes feedback over grading.

It's made out of 100 % medical & food grade silicone that meets and exceeds the safety standards in Canada, the USA, and Europe.

Capacity: The new two - story facility, with a capacity of 1,600 students (an increase of 400 from the former campus), allows for the standard middle school configuration of Grades 6 - 8 on one campus... which provides sixth - graders with greater opportunity for academic rigor, fine arts and career electives and athletic and extra-curricular activities, as well as 30 additional minutes of instructional time each day, compared to an elementary schedule.

Control group women received standard of care treatment, which in our Baby - Friendly hospital includes referrals to the lactation consultant when needed, use of a pump in the hospital, access to 3 breastfeeding classes per week, staff who are highly trained in lactation management, and a free, high - grade electric breast pump for home use if the mother's insurance does not pay for a pump.

Board Members also heard updates on several major CCSD projects: the proposed adoption of new instructional materials for math classes across Grades K - 12, which will provide teachers with a system of integrated text and online resources that eliminates the need to seek out additional resources in order to cover all standards and individualize instruction; and the implementation now underway of a new business management system that increases the efficiency of timekeeping, payroll and personnel operations, which will save CCSD time and money.

Its three distinct chewing surfaces allow babies to self - manage their changing teething needs.The food grade ingredients are hypoallergenic and intentionally selected to meet the high standards of today's health - and Eco-conscious consumers.

With more than 30 staff submitted, the Business School had one of the largest submissions for a post-1992 university and 80 % was graded as being of international standard.

Here's the explanation of the award: «Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's Empire State Excellence in Teaching Award recognizes educational leaders, pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, who exemplify the professional work of thousands of outstanding, progressive teachers and innovative educators striving to attain New York standards and success for all of their students.

It was announced on Wednesday that Felder secured some $ 200,000 in discretionary funds for «education access» programs for Agudath Israel, the lobbying force that helped fight state efforts to impose instructional standards on yeshivas... What secular education young boys receive typically ends at the equivalent of about seventh grade, with only minimal English and reading studied after that.

Last April, Standard and Poors downgraded the town's credit to junk status, citing a decade of deficits and weak financial management while Moody's Investor Services in January assigned the town its lowest investor grade ranking.

Elia said the improvements to the standards include increasing the complexity of reading materials for each grade level and helping children to better learn how to read things like technical manuals for information, as well as developing an affinity for reading fiction and literature.

Each year's exam results are followed by public and media allegations that the «absolute standard» which GCSE grades are intended to represent (in contrast to the «quota» grading system of the previous exam systems) is being degraded.

In 1984, Conservative Education Secretary Sir Keith Joseph decided to proceed with a merger, on the premise that the new qualifications should be based on general and subject - specific criteria approved by himself; that the O Level exam boards should take responsibility for carrying forward the O Level A to C grade standards into the new scale, while the CSE boards should do the same for grades D to G, which were to be based on CSE grades 2 to 5 respectively; and that most subjects should be examined through tiered papers focusing on different parts of the grade scale, ensuring that each grade reflected «positive achievement» on appropriate tasks, rather than degrees of failure.