Sentences with phrase «increased standard performance»

For the 2014 Jaguar XJ, the English luxury automaker introduced a new trim level to the lineup, increased standard performance, and made a number of new cabin refinements available.

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It came after a cascade of dissent from parents and teachers, steadily growing since tests aligned with the Common Core academic standards were introduced into classrooms in the 2012 - 13 school year and since the state toughened its evaluation laws, with an increasing amount of educators» job ratings linked to student performance on exams.

The researchers found that auditing hospitals» adherence to the standards and providing staff with periodic reports comparing their facility's performance to the group's — a quality improvement technique called audit and feedback — significantly increased the frequency with which hospital staff communicated necessary information to outpatient PCPs:

Standard rechargeable batteries are only marginally suited for high performance: «To raise the energy density, you need to increase the voltage or the capacity, and that is where traditional electrode materials and electrolytic fluids reach their limits,» explains the physicist.

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Today, Sentient released five papers and a web portal reporting significant progress in taking this step, focusing on three areas: (1) DL architectures are evolved to exceed state of the art in three standard machine learning benchmarks; (2) techniques are developed for increasing performance and reliability of evolution in real - world applications; and (3) evolutionary problem solving is demonstrated on very hard computational problems.

This sharp increase in teacher performance is about 0.27 of a standard deviation (see Figure 3) and suggests that previously low - performing teachers who opted to remain on the job undertook successful efforts to improve.

Whether DCPS can reap further performance benefits from compositional change in its workforce as it increases performance standards remains to be seen.

Unfortunately, not every student can benefit from advanced education, and it could well be that the best way to increase performance is to reduce the number of students included in these programs while continuing to focus on bringing all students to international standards.

The standard of scientific and technological performance required to consider should be the following: 1) increase of the productivity of the economy that is measured by the relationship between global GDP and sectoral GDP and resources used in production processes (raw materials, supplies and labor); 2) reduction of the costs of agricultural, industrial production, and services; 3) increase in investments in R&D; 4) innovation of new products and processes that is measured by its advance over previously used products and processes; 5) increase of the durability of products / services; 6) increase of physical safety of products / services provided to people and users; and, 7) decrease in the levels of technological dependency of the country from the outside.

Despite this increased variation, the report also found that the standards of basic literacy and numeracy had improved, with the gap in performance between deprived and better - off pupils also beginning to close.

They provide standards of performance that encourage and recognise increasing musical achievement.

If principals want to increase their influence, they must focus on the vital leadership traits, necessary performance standards, and required degrees of support needed to build a solid foundation with all members of the team.

The standard of political and moral performance required to consider should be the following: 1) increase of solidarity among the inhabitants of the country; 2) increase in the practice of social justice by organs of government and civil society; 3) increase in the distribution of income and wealth among the population; 4) increase of measures to preserve and care for nature; 5) increase in policies for integral development of education in accordance with the highest human values; 6) advances in the realization of the collective will of the citizens; 7) improvement of political institutions; 8) success in combating corruption measured by its reduction; 9) increase in the exercise of citizenship with the effective participation of citizens in government decisions and fight for expansion of their rights; and 10) increase of contribution of public and private organizations to the political, economic, social and environmental development of the country.

The standard of environmental performance required to consider should be the following: 1) the elimination or reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases; 2) increase of basic sanitation services provided to the population; 3) the elimination or reduction of deforestation and burning of forests; 4) reduction in the consumption of fossil fuels; 5) increase of the share of renewable energy in the energy mix; 6) the elimination or reduction of land pollution, air, ocean and water; 7) increase of energy efficiency or energy saving in agriculture, industry and transportation in general; and 8) increase of recycling of materials.

For every 1.1 miles closer to the nearest private school, public school math and reading performance increases by 1.5 percent of a standard deviation in the first year following the announcement of the scholarship program.

Second, Kirabo Jackson and Elias Bruegmann find that having more effective teacher peers improves a teacher's own performance; a 1 - standard - deviation increase in teacher - peer quality is associated with a 0.04 - standard - deviation increase in student math achievement.

Minnesota moved its testing regimen from February to April in the wake of accountability standards, while Colorado legislators have proposed moving their testing window from March into April, with advocates suggesting that the increased time for instruction would make meeting performance requirements under No Child Left Behind more feasible for struggling schools.

It finds that the reform increased school - average student test performance by roughly a third of the school - level standard deviation.

While elements such as state standards, accountability measures, and value added measures are gaining acceptance, other important components, especially performance - based pay and increased choice options, are opposed by powerful forces — such as the politically connected teachers unions — with vested interests in the current system.

The results of my analysis suggest that high - stakes testing substantially increases math and reading performance, with gains on the order of 0.20 to 0.30 standard deviations.

This comes as an increasing number of the state's higher performing districts are falling victim to NCLB's almost unreachable student performance standards - including the 2014 deadline for all students to be proficient in reading and math.

In fact, in 27 of the 28 states that have released scores from this spring and where the data are comparable to last year, student performance is up — and some of the biggest increases are for third - grade students, who have learned to higher standards for their whole time in school.

Second, it provided principals with increased responsibility and accountability of ensuring that tenured teachers met tenure performance standards.

Based on an innovative, researched - based teaching model known as 4MAT, here's how to drive the gold standard of learning and presentations by increasing performance.»

In her various roles, including as an school principal, Janet has mentored other school leaders, supervised and supported faculty and staff, provided a climate and culture for school improvement, developed rigorous performance goals, and trained staff to use student achievement data to increase student success and create standards - based classrooms.

increased capacity to improve the effectiveness of governing boards in line with the «Competency framework for governance» (particularly boards» ability to provide strategic leadership and data - driven accountability for educational standards and financial performance)

«CCSA has led the way for increased accountability by raising standards that value academic rigor, while also giving schools credit for academic growth, and for taking on the challenge of serving traditionally disadvantaged students,» said Elizabeth Robitaille, senior vice president of Achievement and Performance Management, CCSA.

The push to raise standards and increase student outcomes has placed state education agencies (SEAs) at the center of efforts to improve the performance of the nation's lowest - performing schools, but few are well positioned to deliver on that imperative.

Thanks to a focus on rigorous standards and data - driven instruction, student performance has steadily increased across the board.

Someone should remind our loquacious governor that he was instrumental in passing legislation that's eerily similar — i.e., inasmuch as CT students can't meet NCLB's Adequate Yearly Progress standards, CT will now raise those performance standards by embracing the Common Core, increasing graduation requirements, and eliminating developmental education for entering college freshmen who need extra help.

It focuses mostly on standards for accountability and transparency, and vastly increases the amount of information states will be required to share in annual «school report cards,» which will give parents better data on school performance and help guide where federal education money is most needed.

Develop standards - aligned, measurable, ambitious big goals that will increase student opportunities for achievement; assess and track performance against these goals.

• Academic Accountability — Significantly increase the State standards for K - 12 district and campus performance, add college readiness as a standard, measure it with the SAT or ACT exam for high school exit, and install urgent and serious consequences for underperforming campuses.

As education policymakers nationwide search for better strategies to improve student performance — including new curriculum standards, computer - assisted learning and better assessment systems — there's increasing focus on more fundamental challenges, especially attendance.

Jacqueline Ancess describes how teachers in New York City secondary schools increase their own learning while improving student outcomes • Milbrey W. McLaughlin and Joel Zarrow demonstrate how teachers learn to use data to improve their practice and meet educational standards • Lynne Miller presents a case study of a long - lived school — university partnership • Beverly Falk recounts stories of teachers working together to develop performance assessments, to understand their student's learning, to re-think their curriculum, and much more • Laura Stokes analyzes a school that successfully uses inquiry groups.

In my last blog, I made the case that the recent headline - grabbing strikes of school teachers are a response to an increasingly beleaguered occupation, which, under increasing attack in recent years, is proving to be increasingly unattractive to capable high school students, provoking a lowering of standards for becoming a licensed teacher, thereby making the loud outcry about «stagnant» student performance a joke.

Interestingly, a steep increase in student performance on the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) was observed last year, with the number of students that met or exceeded standards at Heritage increasing 13 percentage points in English language arts and 8 percentage poinperformance on the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) was observed last year, with the number of students that met or exceeded standards at Heritage increasing 13 percentage points in English language arts and 8 percentage poinPerformance and Progress (CAASPP) was observed last year, with the number of students that met or exceeded standards at Heritage increasing 13 percentage points in English language arts and 8 percentage points in math.

The conclusion of 13 out of 14 randomized controlled trials — the gold standard for social science research — is that school choice programs raise participating students» academic performance, and increase their likelihood of graduating high school and enrolling in and graduating from college.

We've moved away from one - size - fits - all, we've demonstrated return - on - investment to taxpayers through our targeted investments, we've increase instructional time, we've expanded Pre-K and Advanced Placement access, and we've raised the bar for standards and performance.

She recognized the increased focus on academic performance and accountability that is prevalent in an era of standards - based reform.

CAEP's standards for admission require that the average GPA of a program's accepted cohort of candidates meets or exceeds 3.0, and the group average performance on nationally normed ability / achievement assessments such as ACT, SAT or GRE is: in the top 50th percentile, increasing to the top third over time..

While the new managers of Philadelphia schools will operate with increased freedom from the central school district, they will also face demanding performance standards; under the plan, they can lose their contract for any school where a majority of students fails to reach the average score on state tests after three years.

Under No Child Left Behind, they also provided state and school administrators the opportunity to set their own standards, which caused some states to lower standards to seemingly increase their performance (see Figure 1).

«The current law that sets the bar at 20 percent before needing additional performance review is adequate, and increasing this threshold to 30 percent would be a loosening of the standards and accountability when the discussion this week on many bills has been about increasing accountability,» said Jewell.

This law has opportunities for states to set their own accountability standards and for school districts to incorporate social - emotional learning in professional development and in the classroom; a recent meta - analysis shows an average increase of 13 percentile points in academic performance for students with SEL exposure over their non-SEL peers.

With 518bhp and 516 lb ft as standard — or 549bhp and 590 lb ft with the optional Performance Pack, which increases maximum boost pressure from 1.0 to 1.3 bar — performance in a straight line is certainly sufficient to lose a 4x4 with twinkly ligPerformance Pack, which increases maximum boost pressure from 1.0 to 1.3 bar — performance in a straight line is certainly sufficient to lose a 4x4 with twinkly ligperformance in a straight line is certainly sufficient to lose a 4x4 with twinkly lights on top.

Hennessey Performance's upgrades will result in a 60bhp power and a 78 lb ft increase in torque over the standard car's 345bhp produced at 6000rpm and 347 lb ft produced from 2000 through to 4500rpm.

That's only a $ 5,000 increase over the previous entry - level Model S 60, which is how much Tesla usually charges just for adding AWD to a Model S. Given that the new car also has improved performance, a longer driving range, and extra standard features, the 70D's price tag is actually a bargain.