Sentences with phrase «improvement as a method»

Policy Analysis on California Education (PACE) recently released a comprehensive report on continuous improvement as the method to California's success in the era of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF).

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So far Campbell has shaved months from its sales cycle, which now averages six to nine months, by adopting such methods as critiques of selling techniques and making improvements to the company's follow - up letters.

However, when considered as an alternative to classic equity financing, token sales yield a > 100X increase in the available base of buyers and a > 1000X improvement in the time to liquidity over traditional methods for startup finance.

Considering the market improvement, continued reduction in our discount rates due to lower risks and increased probability of a liquidity event, the probability - weighted expected return method resulted in a common stock value of $ 5.27 as of March 31, 2010.

We value management experience in our directors as it provides a practical understanding of organizations, processes, strategies, risk management and the methods to drive change and growth that permit the Board to, among other things, identify and recommend improvements to our business operations, sales and marketing approaches and product strategy.

Smith said that in» 93, while bouncing back from a debilitating bout of the viral disease glandular fever (formally known as mononucleosis), she had begun devoting herself fanatically to the training methods of Erik de Bruin — a Dutchman who became Smith's boyfriend, then her coach and, five weeks before the Olympics, her husband — and that the combination of her hard work and de Bruin's coaching had led to her dramatic improvement.

The idea has long been floated by transit advocates, many of whom see it as an essential method of generating revenue for transit improvements.

This was true in nearly every subject, and the improvement coincided exactly with the introduction of such methods of assessment as continuous teacher assessment and modular assessment.

«We need to focus on the opportunities, as we partner with our development partners to create storage facilities to minimize post-harvest losses; and as we work on other exportable agro commodities, we are working on mechanized methods for the production of yam heaps to ease the burden of yam production and review its standards to ensure local improvement and global acceptability.

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Shared decision making (SDM) has been studied over recent decades as a method for improving provider - patient communication and partnership, with improvements seen in satisfaction, adherence and health outcomes.

Beyond improvements to fuel efficiency and oil spill remediation, there are currently few easy methods to generate a stable vortex in the lab, so the team hopes their discovery of the «blue swirl» can serve as a natural research platform for the future study of vortices and vortex breakdown in fluid mechanics.

Despite improvements in detection methods and more accurate ship positions, as well as warmer seas, ships continue to have close encounters with frozen, floating objects

«In the future, I would like to see improvements in the methods to identify hybrids, such as more precise techniques that could identify gene combinations unique to hybrids.»

In particular, the improvement compared the the commonly used gene overlap enrichment method is massive; the sensitivity was benchmarked to increase by more than 60 times at the same time as the false positive rate was reduced to zero.

In the near term before 2040, the most cost - effective way to protect New York likely is a more modest combination of building improvements — such as raising new structures and home foundations — and smaller barrier methods to keep out water, such as small levees, the policy study finds.

«The committee has conducted a careful and thorough analysis of those crop improvement methods usually referred to as «GM».

So rather than use these methods to try and force your man boobs to flatten out in a few short days, why not implement them into your lifestyle as part of a self - improvement program?

Wroclaw About Blog The website is focused on showing different methods to learn language faster as well as on the overall memory improvement.

A lot of newly restored films show a marked difference from previous versions but the very nature of the film's photography, which was systematically desaturated by cinematographer Zsigmond with a method called flashing to evoke an earlier time, means that the improvements are not as obvious.

We both believe that classroom observation can be a useful method of generating these data, especially when it is deployed as an improvement as well as an evaluation measure.

I have seen huge improvements in my Year 6 class's written calculation skills as a consequence and many parents have commented how it has helped them to understand the calculation methods too.

Thus, it can only be viewed as a great good thing that two dozen deans of education schools have come together under the banner of «Deans for Impact» and committed themselves to a common set of principles, including data - driven improvement, common outcome measures, empirical validation of teacher preparation methods, and accountability for student learning.

Teacher Inquiry is considered as an effective method to help teachers gain a better understanding of their classroom practice and, by developing reflective practitioner competences, contribute to their own self - evaluation and improvement.

Enterprises have started considering eLearning as a viable solution to their budget and productivity - related issues, as changing business needs and technology improvements have encouraged the adoption of eLearning solutions at the expense of traditional teaching methods.

The executive leadership training programs will provide an opportunity for participating state and district teams to work more collaboratively in such areas as leading change and team development, leadership for instructional improvement, methods to accelerate leader performance, addressing stakeholder engagement around critical state and local issues, and sustaining improvements in school and student achievement.

So it was important to anchor the evaluation instrument in something that had a track record of proven methods of improvement as far as teaching and learning.

Thankfully, more school systems are instituting rigorous evaluations to understand how both students and teachers are performing.But, as in teaching, there is also always room for improvement in evaluation methods.

At the annual meeting of the Society, formal presentations, workshops and informal discussions afford the opportunities for the advancement of new methods and theories relevant to prevention research as well as the dissemination of new findings relevant to the improvement of prevention practice.

Continuous improvement methods, that truly did improve quality in business and industry, were a natural fit for healthcare as well.

Kent says a parent trigger bill should allow for the replacement of a school's administrators or staff or for the overhaul of instructional methods — as federal school improvement programs do — without turning the school into a charter.

As a result of State and public pressure, Achievement First / Amistad has reportedly made improvements to its disciplinary policies; and lately the company has explored the idea of alternative methods in addition to its current «no excuses» schooling.

In follow up surveys from the most recent school year 94 % of teachers noted improvements in their students writing, 90 % reported that their students demonstrated better understanding of the content they were learning, and 86 % said their students showed improved critical thinking as a result of implementing the method.

In contrast to failed state takeovers, that leave children and communities behind in their wake, district - led improvement methods have staying power precisely because they use the needs of their children and communities as their starting point.

By approaching portfolio development as a team, two major things are accomplished: 1) parents have the means to evaluate their teaching methods and the educational experiences they have provided by looking at what has caused student improvement what has been unsatisfactory; and 2) students have the opportunity to evaluate themselves and determine where they personally have excelled or need more work.

The expected performance is usually determined by one of a number of methods, such as end of the year benchmarks or proficiency levels for the student's grade or research - based rate of improvement norms.

This method demonstrates how seamlessly using growth data can be incorporated into a school improvement system by supporting teacher growth, as well as student growth.

Every year, inventories are recalculated and revised, as improvements are made in the analysis methods.

Ferrari immediately undertook a renewal of Maserati's dated production facilities, as well as made improvements to the manufacturing methods and quality control.

In the past translation wasn't as simple between two individuals, with a less straightforward method of using Google translate to engage in a conversation where this experimental feature is a good all round improvement.

By extensively redesigning the panel structure and image re-write methods of Fujitsu's previous - version color e-paper, in addition to offering bright color, Fujitsu has improved contrast ratio to 7:1 (a threefold improvement compared to Fujitsu's previous version), and has made the image re-write speed twice as fast at 0.7 seconds compared to Fujitsu's previous color e-paper, thus enabling smooth image transitions and color display quality that is at the highest levels available for color e-paper.

As continuous improvements in our knowledge and new and evolving methods of treatment are developed, pet owners and their veterinarians have more options available when cancer is diagnosed.

I'll put my training methods to work in a way that is suited to the dogs» individual needs and their owner's schedule, and in no time, just as I've proven time and again, the owner will begin to see improvement in his dogs» stress level and subsequent behavior.

The research - based hip - screening x-ray procedure known as PennHIP (University of Pennsylvania Hip Improvement Program) has proven to be the most accurate and precise method to measure hip laxity.

Wroclaw About Blog The website is focused on showing different methods to learn language faster as well as on the overall memory improvement.

We have developed special teaching methods and use video analysis every day as we believe visual self assessment is the best way for improvement.

For its debut, Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space launches with massive improvements worthy of its pedigree, including English voiceovers to help players focus on the game's nonstop action, new content, and a choice of four - player co-op and versus modes served up either online or via local ad - hoc connection, with each method providing varying levels of difficulty for co-op as well as unique weapon selections.

Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space will launch with massive improvements worthy of its pedigree — including English voice - overs to keep players focused on the game's non-stop action, as well as a choice of four - player co-op either online or locally (ad - hoc), with each method providing different levels of difficulty and different weapon selections.

For its western debut, Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space will launch with massive improvements worthy of its pedigree, including English voiceovers to keep players focused on the game's nonstop action, new content, and a choice of four - player co-op and versus modes served up either online or via local ad - hoc connection, with each method providing varying levels of difficulty for co-op as well as unique weapon selections.

Improvements in methods and equipment, processes of maintenance and calibration as well as a vastly better understanding of measurement methods have reduced the measurement errors by an order of magnitude over those years.