The phrase
"international benchmark" refers to a standard or measure that is used globally to compare things. It helps to judge or evaluate the performance, quality, or progress of something against the best practices or standards followed internationally.
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IPAs have already set
international benchmarks for innovative carbon abatement programs involving funding partnerships with industry to offset carbon emissions.
Today, EI has worked with over 3000 schools with over 3.5 lac students taking the EI's
International Benchmarking Test — ASSET every year and has a presence in UAE, Kuwait, Singapore and USA.
He is a member of the board of directors of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), on the governing board member of the Center for Continuing Learning at the University of Helsinki, and a member of the Advisor Board for the Centre for
International Benchmarking in Education (of the National Center on Education and the Economy).
At the last check Friday, U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil prices were at $ 67.73 a barrel, while
international benchmark Brent crude sat at $ 73.15.
We also
used international benchmarking to judge the quality of the Common Core standards, and the results are surprising both for mathematics and for [ELA].
The report shows that between one - quarter and one - third of Australian students did not achieve the TIMSS
Intermediate international benchmark to apply basic mathematical and scientific knowledge in simple situations in Year 4 and apply basic mathematical and scientific knowledge in a variety of situations in Year 8.
In the United States, our kids aren't keeping up
with international benchmarks; though they don't illuminate the entire picture, they are one measure to consider.
When the NCCE released its initial report in 1990, it discussed the early impact of globalization and urged America to adopt
international benchmarking standards in education to focus on low skill, low wage jobs.
Advanced credentialing systems are based in part on
international benchmarking research conducted by NISL's parent organization, the National Center on Education and the Economy.
These periods capture the bulk of the global recessionary periods I mentioned above.The graph demonstrates that the trends we've seen in this bear market - where
most international benchmarks are performing worse than the US market - are not unique to this bear market.
Our nation's inability to attract and retain our best and brightest into the teaching profession is the primary reason why other countries are catching up to and passing the United States on every
major international benchmark.
The fund aims for long - term capital appreciation above
international benchmarks such as The Bank of New York Mellon Classic ADR Index, the MSCI EAFE Index and the MSCI EAFE Growth index.
Hedge funds and other money managers have amassed a near - record number of bullish bets on increasing oil prices, helping push the
main international benchmark well above $ 40 per barrel.
Ten percent of U.S. kids met or exceeded the
advanced international benchmark in science — a smaller share than in Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, England, Korea or Hungary.
Although the overwhelming majority of states have established standards that
approximate international benchmarks, and no state set standards so low as to receive an «F» grade, seven states did earn a grade in the «C» range, and one a «D +,» indicating a substantial divergence from the NAEP.
Results from the 2011 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMMS) 3 highlight that 29 % of our Year 4 students achieved at or below the
low international benchmark.
The methods used, however, are far more robust than the ways in which Schneider's organization is patching together data from U.S. states and international assessments to suggest to states that they can pass over a process of
thorough international benchmarking.
She points to
international benchmark numbers — the highly - regarded TIMSS study — showing Indiana students performing better than those in other, traditionally high - performing countries.
Internationally, Stewart has developed a series of
international benchmarking exchanges to share expertise between American and Asian education, business, and policy leaders on how to improve education to meet the demands of globalization.
It also directly coincides with growing national concern over the academic performance of America's school children as measured under respected,
international benchmarks like the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) «Programme for International Student Assessment» (PISA) exam.
The most
comprehensive international benchmarks are those of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an organization of 30 member countries, including the United States.
The AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright ADR ETF (Ticker: AADR) is an actively managed strategy that seeks long - term capital appreciation using a technical, systematically - driven investment approach that seeks to
outperform international benchmarks such as the MSCI EAFE Index and the BNY Mellon Classic ADR Index.
To recap, the secular rise in the correlation of global market returns continues, and the beta of
international benchmarks relative to the US has been rising in both up and down markets — but the bulk of that rising sensitivity has occurred when the US market was advancing.
The decrease in the value largely reflects lower international energy prices of subsidised fuels since mid-2014, as the gap
between international benchmark and end - user prices is closed by decreased international prices of energy, but it also incorporates the impact of pricing reform.
Five - star fund managers find «idiosyncratic» companies to
beat international benchmark The AMG Managers Pictet International Fund buys «attractive companies at attractive prices» The AMG Managers Pictet International Fund buys «attractive companies at attractive prices.»
His language, a
new international benchmark in the world of digital art, field recordings and computer - generated structures coexist in harmony, and open the gateway to an imaginary world where complexity and simplicity alternate and combine in a strange symbiosis.
The math achievement of American high school students in 2015 fell for the second time in a row on a
major international benchmark, pushing the United States down to the bottom half of 72 nations and regions around the world who participate in the international test, known as the Program for International Student Assessment or PISA.