Sentences with phrase «increase quality of a standard»

Not increase quality of a standard 4 × 6 photo.

The LG SJ9 also has 4K Sound (Hi Resolution Audio) and pass - through compatible with high - quality lossless audio files and its Sound Upconverting feature increases the quality of standard audio files to 24bit / 192kHz.

Not exact matches

India - based drug manufacturing facilities have been criticized by the FDA in recent years for violating quality standards, as the agency increases oversight of key suppliers to the United States.

The free market thus increases the quality and availability of desired goods and thus raises the general standard of living.

Efforts to improve the quality of life of the elderly will almost certainly continue lengthening life as an unintended by - product (the main increases in longevity for those beyond 65 have been an offshoot of higher socioeconomic standards of living and disability - oriented technologies).

If they are coupled with regulations that force medical providers to be open about their pricing and allow new medical providers to enter the market (as along as they meet quality standards), the creation of a vast new class of healthcare consumers could help slow medical inflation and increase the wages of workers.

The consequences would be a drop in living standards of the rich, though an increase in their quality of life.

The transition to an ecologically sustainable society requires reduced consumption of goods, the efficient recycling of materials, a move away from the use of fossil fuels to the use of renewable sources of energy, zero global population growth, a reduced standard of living for the rich, an increased standard of living for the poor and an appeal to quality of life instead of materialism.

ISEAL member standards aim to improve smallholders» livelihoods and increase incomes by improving yield and quality — and studies have shown this to be the case for a number of different standards and context.

«He recognized the increasing popularity of Mexican food that offered convenience while maintaining a high standard of quality and authenticity,» the company says.

The restaurant group recently implemented a major back - of - the - house training program aimed at increasing consistency across locations and ensuring each dish meets the company's highest quality standards.

Last year, Eddie Merlot's focused on a major back - of - the - house training program aimed at increasing consistency across locations and ensuring each dish meets the company's highest quality standards.

This investment included the installation of an automatic box wrapping machine, two digital cutting machines, the construction of a mezzanine floor to increase storage, office revamp and investment in state of the art LED lighting to ensure that items can be fully inspected to preserve the highest quality standards for these hand - finished products.

Along with Jourova's comments, in which she requested food makers stop the practice and to increase quality standards, the Visegrad Group called on further and detailed examination of the problem, asking for «concrete» and «strong» measures.

There are a number of factors that appear to have influenced this untimely downfall and it's most likely due to increasing competition from European counterparts and the rise in the quality and standards of other Euro - based teams, particularly in the style of possession football even the supposed «weaker» teams are now adopting.

It found that after the healthier standards were in place, the overall nutritional quality of the foods chosen by students increased by 29 percent, and the calorie content per gram decreased by 13 percent.

The Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010 increased the nutritional quality of school meals, and included provisions to raise the nutritional standards of a la carte food items, snacks, and beverages sold to students separately from complete (reimbursable) school breakfasts and lunches.

Effective food policy actions are part of a comprehensive approach to improving nutrition environments, defined as those factors that influence food access.1 Improvements in the nutritional quality of all foods and beverages served and sold in schools have been recommended to protect the nutritional health of children, especially children who live in low - resource communities.2 As legislated by the US Congress, the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) updated the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetables.

set a standard in facilities and quality of care to increase client awareness and act as a catalyst to drive up the quality provided by all service providers

«There is incredible momentum behind raising standards for students and teachers and for increasing the number of high quality charter schools,» Sedlis said.

«To ensure the best and brightest are teaching our children, the State Education Department will increase the standards for teacher certification to require passage of a «bar exam,» in addition to longer, more intensive and high - quality student - teaching experience in a school setting,» Mr. Cuomo said.

The North Bay Fires affected air quality in the Central Valley and satellite images show it traveled more than 500 miles over the Pacific, reaching as far south as Mexico.19 In 2015, smoke from wildfires in central Canada resulted in multiple days of exceedances of EPA standards in Maryland.20 In 2002, wildfire smoke from fires in Quebec impacted populations all along the East Coast of the United States, and a nearly 50 percent increase in hospital admissions for respiratory diagnoses for the elderly was associated with the smoke plume and concurrent PM2.5 in counties in states between New York and Washington, DC.21

The Calgary Doula Association strives to increase the quality of prenatal, birth and postpartum support by promoting access to doulas that adhere to a strict standard of practice.

Our mission is to ensure the accessibility of high quality child bereavement support and information to all families and professionals by increasing our reach and plugging the gaps that exist in bereavement support and training across the country and embedding standards in the sector.

The arrival of the new primary and secondary curricula and pressure on schools to raise standards in English and maths resulted in an increasing need for high quality, subject specific learning resources.

Speaking of the rise in the number of schools choosing to travel with STF assured operators, School Travel Forum general manager, Gill Harvey, said: «By taking care of standards of safety and quality in an easily recognisable and trusted accreditation scheme, the LOtC Quality Badge is an invaluable tool for school trip leaders, in particular those booking ski trips, and it's great to see that the awareness of the benefits of choosing approved tour operators is increasing.quality in an easily recognisable and trusted accreditation scheme, the LOtC Quality Badge is an invaluable tool for school trip leaders, in particular those booking ski trips, and it's great to see that the awareness of the benefits of choosing approved tour operators is increasing.Quality Badge is an invaluable tool for school trip leaders, in particular those booking ski trips, and it's great to see that the awareness of the benefits of choosing approved tour operators is increasing.»

All of the efforts to establish new standards, develop new assessments, improve the quality of teaching, and increase funding will produce few positive results if the effects of that activity do not reach the classroom.

High - school lottery winners in the high - risk group and all middle - school lottery winners experience modest increases in standard measures of school quality.

CCSSO's effort aims to «significantly increase» the percentage of school districts in targeted states in which curriculum and materials adoptions are of high quality and aligned to state standards; and to increase the percentage of professional - development and teacher - prep programs that include training on those curricula.

The strength of this relationship may be gauged by comparing the change in quality associated with changes in the school's position in the national test - score ranking: the results show that an increase of 50 percentile points is associated with an increase of 0.15 standard deviations in student perceptions of teacher practices (see Figure 1).

While reducing class sizes and increasing teacher quality have also been estimated to increase student achievement by roughly 0.1 standard deviation, the costs of such programs far exceed those of the literacy hour program, which focuses only on changing teachers» practices.

Widespread attention to the standards increases equity of access to a high - quality education for every student, not just for those lucky enough to attend schools in more advantaged communities.

In addition to more than eight out of 10 high school students graduating on time, the number of students enrolled in dropout factories has dropped 47 percent over the last decade and minority students have led the way in increasing graduation rates and leaving dropout factories all while quality standards have grown increasingly strict.

The quality of teaching in Wales needs to improve if overall standards in schools are to have any chance of increasing, inspectors say.

The new rule must maintain a high standard of quality for teachers and simplify the licensure system as much as practicable, including the following: (a) simplify the grade levels licensees can teach and adopt broadfield subject licenses; (b) enable school districts to increase the number of teachers by offering internships and residency opportunities; (c) simplify out - of - state licensure reciprocity; and (d) expand pathways for existing licensees to fill high needs or shortage areas.

Through the creation and development of a high - quality, teacher - led professional learning community, teachers will become empowered to implement highly engaging strategies, routines, and texts in their lessons, which will develop independent readers and writers and increase the level of rigor and academic standards in ELA classrooms.

While state and national leaders in education have repeatedly noted the importance of teacher quality — while also misrepresenting that importance [emphasis added]-- increasing standards - based teaching, high - stakes testing and value - added methods of teacher evaluation, along with the dismantling unions, have de-professionalized teaching and discouraged young people from entering the field.

Quality standards - driven curriculum in the hands of a skilled teacher results in measurable increases in student engagement and outcomes.

Attending a classroom that increased test scores by one standard deviation (about 8.8 percentile points) during the initial year of the experiment was reported to increase college attendance, the quality of the college attended (as indicated by the mean adult earnings of its graduates), and earnings.

The Common Core State Standards were based on the idea that there are potential benefits to states of working together to develop high - quality standards for K — 12: improved quality, increased efficiency, and higher likelihood of implementation.

And assessment of student achievement continues to be done with increasing quality, though alignment to the standards remains a challenge.

While the increase in quality options is a good sign, parents pushed back and said it was only a start to meeting the standard for providing quality education to all of New Orleans» children.

Class Measures seeks to improve standards of student achievement by providing innovative tools that increase the accessibility, range, and quality of education opportunities.

Obama has joined the three presidents preceding him in favoring a far different policy of school improvement than that epitomized by Title I. Instead of additional dollars for extra services for children, the creation of academic standards and tests to measure achievement is seen as the way to increase the quality of American schools, especially that of schools with concentrations of low - income children.

The Virginia Board of Education is revising its accreditation standards to provide a more comprehensive view of school quality while encouraging continuous improvement for all schools and placing increased emphasis on closing achievement gaps.

The long - standing K — 12 academic standards developed by individual states have come under increasing scrutiny and criticism because of the standards» varying quality and the resulting wide disparities in student proficiency as measured under No Child Left Behind and highlighted by National Assessment of Educational Progress scores.

Moreover, CARFAX Trusted Dealers check every car with a CARFAX report before trading them in, so that they can increase the quality standard of their cars and inventory.

While the number that believe ebooks are held to a lower standard than print actually increased over 2014 (12.8 percent versus 9.8 percent), that might be because the bar is rising, and most respondents believe that the quality of digital publishing continues to improve, with 52.5 percent rating most eBooks as either good or excellent compared to 46.5 in 2014.

The accompanying rise of eBooks on a global scale has further increased the volume and complexity of the indie book market, raising standards and increasing the need for quality control.

As the demand increases for materials of all types to be available on mobile devices, publishers and authors are challenged with providing a quality eBook experience while managing costs and standards.