Sentences with phrase «increasing measure of success»

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They also measured working spouses» occupational success by studying their self - reported job satisfaction, salary increases, and the likelihood of being promoted.

From a high base, created by rapid growth in 2014, rewards Crowdfunding grew over the last year in excess of 25 % — 27 % as measured by amount raised — with participation (the numbers of pledges) increasing significantly (12 %) while the success rate fell by 2 % as publicity attracted those less prepared for the process.

Hence almost every nation in the world aims to increase per capita GNP or GDP, and the success of the global economy, and of the institutions and policies that promote it, is measured in this way.

Are improvements in economic welfare so connected to increases in GNP that, despite the differences between economic welfare and market activity, it is appropriate to continue to use GNP as a way of measuring economic success?

Polling expert Professor Sir John Curtice said the party had seen a sharper increase in vote share in areas with a large graduate population, saying it may be having «a measure of success» in reconnecting with that market.

«Our impact factor, a common measure of a journal's success, has increased,» he says.

Finally, despite failing to obtain a more substantial salary increase, I was satisfied that I had made a significant effort to change my situation and had experienced a modest measure of success.

It includes recommendations to provide direct funding incentives in the PBF model for the success of one or more at - risk student groups, to introduce measures that wouldn't punish institutions for experimenting with new programs to increase student success, and to better understand the impact of PBF on community colleges before a larger proportion of state funds are tied to the model.

I haven't seen any evidence of the success of online dating using the second measure and, in a period in which the rate of singlehood is increasing, we have good reason to be suspicious as to whether or not the first measure is really capturing an increase in marriage rates as the result of access to bigger markets.

«To help members increase their probability of success we have created eHarmony's online profile checker to help guide members on how their dating profile measures up.

Because test scores are not necessarily the best measure of learning or of likely economic success, we examine instead the relationships between SFR - induced spending increases and several long - term outcomes: educational attainment, high school completion, adult wages, adult family income, and the incidence of adult poverty.

Rather than providing students skills that have real currency in today's labor market and preparing them for gainful employment, accountability provisions in the federal No Child Left Behind Act and Race to the Top funding program have focused on increasing short - term gains that measure success or failure of schools.

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.

If we're measuring the success of microlearning against your business P&L, here are some relevant factors that make it a step towards the right direction to increase your business profitability:

«The success of the program is measured by the increase in attendance rates, the decrease in behaviour issues, increase in higher results in school reports, and the increase in the number of girls being involved in school sporting teams and nominating for leadership roles in the school.»

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The ultimate goal of the Comprehensive Secondary School Reform Plan is to promote student success, as measured by increased scores on high school assessments, increased attendance rate, increased graduation rate, decreased drop - out rate and decreased issues related to a safe and secure learning environment.

Leverage the vast data available to measure the effectiveness of programs, and increase overall student success, graduation rates, or college or employment readiness.

But after more than two years of effort at Liberty, they have yet to see a substantial increase in test scores — the yardstick that the success of the new standards will ultimately be measured on.

After examining our students» contexts, we may find that find it appealing to pursue success on an exam that will increase students» life opportunities but is not aligned to the course they are teaching (such as a High School Exit Exam that measures mastery of some components of algebra (your course) but also components of language arts, chemistry, biology, economics, geometry, U.S. history and world history).

Thankfully, research on which policies work in other states show us that educational choice programs supported by ALEC members have a record of success across different measures, from test score increases, to parental satisfaction, to better life outcomes for students.

Many teachers and schools experimenting with personalized learning also report early success with boosting student and parent engagement, improving student attendance, increasing teacher retention, and other measures of progress.

Tennessee has gained a substantial measure of reform success because of local and statewide public and policymaker awareness of the objectively measured increases in student achievement produced by local schools.

Denver students» achievement, as measured by Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) scores, increased for nearly every group of students since 2015 when the tests were first administered (there has been some stagnation and declines for students on Individual Education Programs (IEPs) in some subjects).

States are allowed to choose their own indicators of Academic Progress and School Quality or Student Success, but the chosen measures must be supported by research as likely to increase student learning.

We measure success in a variety of ways: engagement such as people entering our contests and replying to our posts on Facebook, Twitter, and our blog; increases in fans and followers; online mentions of our titles; increased web traffic to our website and blog; and increased sales — for example, when we do ebook price promotions, we measure whether or not we sold more ebooks at the promotional price.

Today, the increasing emphasis on responsible finance has added environmental impact to the factors considered as measures of success for a microfinance institution.

As partners generally look to their personal distributions as the measure of financial success and stability of their firms, maintaining and increasing those distributions is a management focus.

In a survey of 450 managers in multi-national companies, McKinsey found that effective management of cultural diversity in a global setting was highly correlated with financial success as measured by profit per employee.3 In companies with proficient cross-cultural management, they found that foreign office profits increased through higher productivity, more cross-selling, client expansion, work referrals from other offices, and leveraging of global resources.

One of the measures of success of ECE is its role in increasing readiness to learn and it is for this reason that the present study explores the potential of community based early childhood education services in boosting school readiness.

The results suggest that an increase in annual family income of only $ 3000 during early childhood may result in significant improvements on both SAT scores and adult labor market success measured by an earnings increase of almost 20 %.

Drawing from insights gained through the creation of a mental health treatment centre at Pine River Institute and the development of subsequent collaborations with various clinical and research communities, the authors outline the importance of clarifying the goals and mechanisms of mental health treatment and creating better definitions and measures of treatment success as a strong foundation for moving toward decreasing wait times and increasing system integration.

Develop marketing strategies; create, implement, and measure the success of comprehensive marketing, communications, and public relations plans to enhance the agency's brand, image, and position within the marketplace and with the general public, and to significantly increase awareness of agency's vision and mission;

How about an objective measure of success, such as increased family well - being?

He said he has set rigorous standards for measuring the success of the project, and one of the most important is a substantial increase in riders getting on and off the trains at the downtown stations.

It's true that loneliness increased over time for consumers who valued material possessions as a measure of success or a type of «happiness medicine.»