Sentences with phrase «growth as measured»

For comparison purposes, expense growth as measured by the annual change in assisted living average hourly earnings was 4.2 % in the first quarter, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

For comparison purposes, labor expense growth as measured by the annual change in assisted living average hourly earnings was 5.3 % in the third quarter, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

For comparison purposes, labor expense growth as measured by the annual change in assisted living average hourly earnings was 5.5 % in the second quarter, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

After some fits and starts, the U.S. economy is now positioned for solid growth in 2015, with employment gains projected at more than 200,000 per month, the unemployment rate slipping back to below 5.5 percent, and total output growth as measured by GDP projected to increase at its best pace in nearly ten years.

That is twice the rate of economic growth as measured by the GDP.

In schools that used the Second Step Program paired with other trauma - informed strategies, results indicated that they either met or exceeded growth as measured by state achievement tests.

However, it is also evident that in the United States economic growth as measured by gross domestic product (GDP) is decoupling from electricity demand.

The technical indicator of a recession is two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth as measured by a country's gross domestic product (GDP), although the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) does not necessarily need to see this occur to call a recession.»

Generally, 50 percent of the evaluation is now based on administrators» observations of teachers and 50 percent on student growth as measured by test scores (districts can alter that ratio to some extent).

-- Up to 40 percent of a teacher's total evaluation would be based on student academic growth: This would be split between academic growth as measured on state tests and academic growth as measured by the district.

Analysis of state achievement growth as measured by the National Assessment of Educational progress shows that accountability systems introduced during the 1990s had a clear positive impact on student achievement.

The settlement implements an intervention program for targeted schools that includes teacher effectiveness provisions, a collaborative effort to fill teacher vacancies as quickly as possible (including those that occur mid-year), retention incentives — including financial bonuses — for teachers who remain at a targeted school beyond a certain number of years, plus further incentives if that school experiences growth as measured by the school's value - added score.

The 2010 program's «absolute priority 1» required districts to set up performance - based compensation systems tied closely — though exactly how closely was not specified — to student growth as measured by performance on standardized tests.

Colorado's law will hold teachers accountable for whether their students are learning, with 50 % of a teacher's evaluation based on students» academic growth as measured partially by test scores.

In addition to student proficiency and growth as measured by state tests, the inputs into CORE's School Quality Improvement Index (SQII) include such indicators as suspension and expulsion rates, chronic absenteeism, and school culture and climate surveys administered to students, teachers, and parents.

◦ Student achievement and growth as measured by the statewide assessment and other measures for non-tested grades and subjects.

SPINRAZA may cause a reduction in growth as measured by height when administered to infants, as suggested by observations from the controlled study.

The results show that during the past twenty years economic growth as measured by current indicators, especially Gross Domestic Product per capita, has been accompanied by decline in real economic wellbeing.

Growth as measured by GDP is not a good, but more a necessary evil.

The strong indication is that, in highly developed economies, growth as measured by standard indices is of no real advantage to the people as a whole.

The Russell 2000 Growth Index is a subset based of stocks selected based on a «probability» of growth as measured by their Institutional Brokers» Estimate System (I / B / E / S) forecast of medium - term growth (2 year), and sales per share historical growth (5 year).

Using growth as a measure shows that no child is being left out of learning and all children are being encouraged and making progress.

Of course, we can not deem one over the other, for both proficiency and growth are required, but I've not yet considered growth as a measure to build teacher expertise and confidence.

For an exploration of other social experiments aimed at shifting from growth as a measure of progress, check out my 2005 story on Bhutan's experiment with «gross national happiness.»

Not exact matches

The UK capital hopes to lure talent with its East London «Silicon Roundabout,» (OK, a «roundabout» sounds a bit dinky compared to a whole «valley,» but the area boasts a new Google - sponsored space for start - ups as well as 300 innovative companies) as well as measures to boost the city's start - up scene, including # 75 million in funding for high - tech small and medium businesses from the government's new Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth and the Digital London summit showcasing local tech talent that's due to be held March 13 to 14.

But as someone who knows a thing or two about measuring progress, Kureluk believes such targets are crucial for a growth - minded exporter: «They should be almost unreachable, but also enough to inspire people.»

Environment takes into account both physical and emotional factors, and the average number of hours worked each week; income considers mid-level salary and growth potential; outlook measures potential for employment growth and income growth, as well as unemployment rates; and stress takes into account 11 different factors including travel, deadlines, and interaction with the public.

Given the low unemployment rate, anecdotal evidence from a variety of companies, and alternative measures such as the Atlanta Fed wage tracker showing stronger growth, wage growth may not be back at precrisis levels, but the trend over the past year shows wages are certainly headed in the right direction.

For the second time, Inc. crunched the data to find the fastest - growing private businesses in Europe, as measured by three - year revenue growth.

Tens of thousands of jobs would be at risk as supply chains are torn apart and retaliatory protectionist measures crimp growth in both countries.

Economists use gross domestic product to measure growth over time, but as modern economies evolve, it may no longer be up to the task

Market potential is measured as a company's expected future growth as determined by the financial markets.

This wasn't unexpected, since the market was rising in just the right mix of conditions: Volatility as measured by the Cboe's index was at historic lows, the GOP was set to pass the most comprehensive corporate - tax reform in decades, and economies around the world were in growth mode.

Structure: The size (revenue - based) and age of the company are strongly correlated to vitality loss, which may however be compensated by revitalization, as measured by sales growth in the past five years.

«U.S. growth of 0.6 million barrels a day in 2017 beat all expectations, even with a moderate price response to the output deal as the shale industry bounced back — profiting from cost cuts, stepped up drilling activity and efficiency measures enforced during the downturn,» the group said.

Our sense is that in light of the oil shock and weak economic growth recorded in Canada this past year, the SEPH is likely telling the more accurate story, meaning we could see employment as measured by the LFS slow significantly during the first half of 2016.»

Here are the top 10 pizza chains from Entrepreneur's Franchise 500 list, as measured by such factors as financial strength and stability, growth rate, breadth, experience and startup costs.

In a conference held on Tuesday, Lee said:» «We kept the base rate unchanged today as there is a need to closely examine growing protectionist measures and uncertainties abroad, although the local economy is expected to keep firm growth on the back of improvements in the global economy.»

«They need to encourage productivity and growth through measures such as broad - based reductions in personal taxes and increased contribution limits for registered plans to encourage savings.»

If concrete measures to encourage values such as inclusion and fairness aren't planted in the beginning, they tend to get lost in the growth.

Because PE is a measure of earnings over time, you can think of it as representing the number of years required to pay back a stock's purchase price (ignoring inflation, earnings growth and the time value of money).

For 2018, it's now predicting two per cent growth, as measured by real gross domestic product, compared to its 2.2 per cent prediction in January.

As a result, there are no truly reliable measures of future growth.

«Forward - looking measures of business activity have improved as domestic sales growth gains momentum,» the central bank writes.

Management believes that organic growth is an important metric for measuring the operating performance of our business as it helps identify underlying business trends, without distortion from the effects of FX movements.

That pursuit of innovation is precisely the kind of behaviour that is a marker for long - term success, as measured by revenue growth, going public or being acquired and rolled up into something larger.

Second, insofar as the sequester is acting as a cap on overall economic growth, it is, in some measure, putting a lid on private sector hiring as well.

Even as the politicos argued over job growth and a stagnate economy, entrepreneurs kept plugging along, cashing checks and finding themselves with a measure of security heretofore unheard of.

Though all measures of inflation were coming down as summer turned to fall and the economy clearly was slowing following a July brush with $ 4 - a-gallon gasoline, the FOMC decided to hold the fed funds rate at 2 %, concluding that «the downside risks to growth and the upside risks to inflation are both of significant concern to the committee.»

Well, our economist measures of that growth rate were three times as fast between 1920 and 1970, as they have been in the 45 years since 1970.