Sentences with phrase «international benchmarks for»

IPAs have already set international benchmarks for innovative carbon abatement programs involving funding partnerships with industry to offset carbon emissions.

provide international benchmarks for professional learning leading to valuable certification and progression

Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, rose to $ 70.37 on Monday, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude reached $ 64.89 on Tuesday, both hitting more than three - year highs.

This unpleasant picture is presented after a third quarter in which Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, traded at about $ 50 a barrel on average, the lowest sustained levels since the financial crisis.

OECD (2013b) International Benchmarking for School Improvement: the OECD Test for Schools, OECD cited in Goss, P., Hunter, J., Romanes, D., Parsonage, H. (2015).

The tests are marked in Cambridge and provide schools with an external international benchmark for learner performance.

The London Gold Market Fixing Ltd PM Fix Price / USD (Gold Index)(not available in all jurisdictions) is an international benchmark for the price of Gold.

Marc Dardenne, chief executive officer of Emaar Hospitality Group and Emaar Hotels & Resorts said: «The World Travel Awards is an international benchmark for excellence in the travel and hospitality sector, and it is our honour to host this Middle East event at The Address Dubai Marina.

Not exact matches

As investigators wrap their case against more than a dozen traders involved in the recent LIBOR scandal — which involves executives at Barclays and a growing list of international banks attempting to manipulate the benchmark figure for trillions of pounds» worth of financial contracts — they're revealing a curious fact about how some of the details were leaked in the first place.

Brent crude, the international benchmark, was up 7.8 percent in the past week and was trading near $ 73 a barrel in the futures market for the first time since December 2014.

U.S. crude futures dipped below $ 28.50, while the international benchmark Brent fell as far as $ 27.79 a barrel after reports that Iran had offered sharp discounts to customers in Europe and Asia to find buyers for millions of barrels of oil in storage that it is now free to sell, after the lifting of most international sanctions on it at the weekend.

Lost in that noise is a potentially more significant development that surfaced in March: Canada's largest bank has been named as a defendant by U.S. mortgage giant Freddie Mac for alleged manipulation of LIBOR, the London Interbank Offered Rate, an interest rate benchmark off which international banks lend among themselves.

Priced in yuan and traded on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange, it's the first such Asian benchmark for oil deals.

IXUS offers an extremely broad portfolio of international equities, tracking the same index that we use for our segment benchmark.

Brent crude, the benchmark for international oil prices, fell $ 1.44, or 3.1 percent, to $ 45.45 a barrel in London.

Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils used by many U.S. refineries, fell 79 cents to close at $ 61.06 in London.

Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils, rose 15 cents to $ 107.72 on the ICE Futures exchange in London.

Brent crude, the benchmark for international oil prices, lost $ 1.33, or 2.7 percent, to $ 47.04.

Brent crude, the benchmark for international oil prices, added 88 cents to $ 46.33 a barrel in London.

Within this team, Payal is responsible for the management of several commingled funds, mutual funds, separately managed accounts, and ETFs that are benchmarked to US domestic, international developed and emerging market indices.

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Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils used by many U.S. refineries, fell $ 1.83 to close at $ 61.85 in London.

This is despite the benchmark international rate for petrol going up from $ 78.84 per barrel, which was used for raising the price to Rs 74.63 a litre on April 24, to $ 80.56 now, according to sources privy to fuel pricing methodology.

We are all about ensuring Wynns Cabernet Sauvignon remains firmly on the international stage as a world player and benchmark for this most loved and scrutinised wine variety for years to come» she said.

Working with parent company NSF International, QAI can also offer other food and quality certifications such as GFSI benchmarked schemes for food safety certification including SQF, BRC, FSSC 22000, IFS, BAP, GlobalG.A.P.

SQF level 2, is recognized as a Global Food Safety Initiative benchmark, meeting international food safety requirements and is considered an international mark of excellence for the certificate holder.

According to Standard and Poor's Global Platts benchmark for Gasoline and Gasoil, prices of both products recorded increments on the international fuel market.

However, the benchmark revenue for the second half of 2016 was revised downwards from $ 502.10 million to 348.42 m in 2016 mid-year budget review when the international benchmark price was further reviewed downward to 45.35 per barrel.

The Steering Group agreed the terms of reference for the review and, in consultation with the UK Human Geography community, appointed an International Panel of leading international experts, chaired by Professor David Ley, University of British Columbia, Canada The International Panel visited the UK for one week in May 2012 and met with about 150 stakeholders in UK Human Geography Prior to its UK visit, the Panel was provided with a range of background data including: Overviews of research trends and outputs since 2000 completed by representatives of the nine Human Geography sub-disciplines Two - page assessments by Heads of UK Geography Departments of strengths, weaknesses, overall health, and future opportunities and challenges to Human Geography in the UK (15 submissions were received) A statistical profile of UK Human Geography: Briefing Document: Statistical Overview and Commentary by Paul Wakeling (2012) Bibliometric Data for the ESRC International Benchmarking Review of Human Geography by Thomson Reuters (2012) A Short Introduction to UK Research Funding Policy by David Mills (2012) Survey of Users of Human Geography Research by Steve Johnson, David Gibbs and Ian International Panel of leading international experts, chaired by Professor David Ley, University of British Columbia, Canada The International Panel visited the UK for one week in May 2012 and met with about 150 stakeholders in UK Human Geography Prior to its UK visit, the Panel was provided with a range of background data including: Overviews of research trends and outputs since 2000 completed by representatives of the nine Human Geography sub-disciplines Two - page assessments by Heads of UK Geography Departments of strengths, weaknesses, overall health, and future opportunities and challenges to Human Geography in the UK (15 submissions were received) A statistical profile of UK Human Geography: Briefing Document: Statistical Overview and Commentary by Paul Wakeling (2012) Bibliometric Data for the ESRC International Benchmarking Review of Human Geography by Thomson Reuters (2012) A Short Introduction to UK Research Funding Policy by David Mills (2012) Survey of Users of Human Geography Research by Steve Johnson, David Gibbs and Ian international experts, chaired by Professor David Ley, University of British Columbia, Canada The International Panel visited the UK for one week in May 2012 and met with about 150 stakeholders in UK Human Geography Prior to its UK visit, the Panel was provided with a range of background data including: Overviews of research trends and outputs since 2000 completed by representatives of the nine Human Geography sub-disciplines Two - page assessments by Heads of UK Geography Departments of strengths, weaknesses, overall health, and future opportunities and challenges to Human Geography in the UK (15 submissions were received) A statistical profile of UK Human Geography: Briefing Document: Statistical Overview and Commentary by Paul Wakeling (2012) Bibliometric Data for the ESRC International Benchmarking Review of Human Geography by Thomson Reuters (2012) A Short Introduction to UK Research Funding Policy by David Mills (2012) Survey of Users of Human Geography Research by Steve Johnson, David Gibbs and Ian International Panel visited the UK for one week in May 2012 and met with about 150 stakeholders in UK Human Geography Prior to its UK visit, the Panel was provided with a range of background data including: Overviews of research trends and outputs since 2000 completed by representatives of the nine Human Geography sub-disciplines Two - page assessments by Heads of UK Geography Departments of strengths, weaknesses, overall health, and future opportunities and challenges to Human Geography in the UK (15 submissions were received) A statistical profile of UK Human Geography: Briefing Document: Statistical Overview and Commentary by Paul Wakeling (2012) Bibliometric Data for the ESRC International Benchmarking Review of Human Geography by Thomson Reuters (2012) A Short Introduction to UK Research Funding Policy by David Mills (2012) Survey of Users of Human Geography Research by Steve Johnson, David Gibbs and Ian International Benchmarking Review of Human Geography by Thomson Reuters (2012) A Short Introduction to UK Research Funding Policy by David Mills (2012) Survey of Users of Human Geography Research by Steve Johnson, David Gibbs and Ian Mills (2012).

For example, a scientific study can set out the relevant evidence to help solve a disagreement between two countries, or can provide benchmarks by which international treaties are regulated.

Furthermore, the President will make it a national imperative to dramatically improve student achievement in math and science, and move US students from the middle of the pack to the top on international benchmarks over the next decade by challenging all Americans to dramatically increase support for math and science education.

«Best Practice Framework is good benchmarking tool for Fracture Liaison Services worldwide: New review finds Capture the Fracture Best Practice Framework helps raise standards, reinforce international guidelines, and identify challenges common to FLS in different health - care systems.»

In addition, the E3SM project benefits from - DOE programmatic collaborations including the Exascale Computing Project (ECP) and programs in Scientific Discovery Through Advanced Computing (SciDAC), Climate Model Development and Validation (CMDV), Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM), Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI), International Land Model Benchmarking Project (iLAMB), Community Earth System Model Community Earth System Model (CESM) and Next Generation Ecosystem Experiments (NGEE) for the Arctic and the Tropics.

The GWI's mission: to shape and grow the vast $ 2 trillion, multi-sector wellness industry; provide an international forum for dialogue and problem - solving among public and private sector leaders in the wellness space; and underwrite needed research that benchmarks and analyzes this complex industry, and that can quantify both its economic and human impact.

According to Elle UK, the ANDAM Fashion Award has become a benchmark for fashion professionals, members of the international press and designers.

Does Sight & Sound's inclusion of Twin Peaks change the rules for the future — and will streamed series and television series also be eligible for the magazine's 10 - yearly Greatest Films of All Time poll, which is the international benchmark?

The National Center of Education and the Economy, through its Center on International Education Benchmarking, is working to build a community of researchers interested in investigating how a small set of countries and states have managed to build and sustain educational systems that manage routinely to produce higher and more equitable outcomes for children and youth.

«Substantially fewer Indigenous students achieve the TIMSS Intermediate international benchmark — the proficient standard for Australia — than their non-Indigenous peers.

Any teacher or student can easily access an international database of tasks, criteria, benchmarks, and student work products that enable longitudinal assessment — a continuum from rank novice to expert — for almost any subject or course imaginable.

The latest Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) results, released today by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), show 81 per cent of Australian Year 4 students are achieving at or above the Intermediate benchmark (the proficient standard for Australia), compared to 76 per cent in 2011, with more students achieving at the High or Advanced benchmark.

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].

Released in the first week of December, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) report has highlighted issues in education outcomes for Australian students (tested at Year 9), adding to the weight of other benchmarking reports released recently.

Using data from the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment, a benchmarking test of 15 - year - olds in 33 countries, researchers led by Margriet van Hek, a sociologist at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, looked at how school characteristics affected boys» and girls» reading performance.

In addition to policy and country reviews, the work of the Directorate includes the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS), and the development and analysis of benchmarks on the performance of education systems (INES).

The International Benchmark Test (IBT) is an internationally administered program of assessments with tests appropriate for grades 3 to 10 in English, mathematics and science.

When the NAEP benchmark for proficiency is applied to the results of these international assessments in reading (Grade 4) and math and science (Grade 8), it's the rare nation — even among advanced economies — in which 50 percent or more of students would reach this target.

When we apply the NAEP benchmark for proficient, in fact, the performance of 4th grade students on the 2011 PIRLS confirms the International Education Assessment's findings since 1996: The reading scores of students in most assessed nations fall far short of American students» performance.

3 See these reports by Gary Phillips, all published by the American Institutes for Research in Washington, D.C. Linking NAEP Achievement Levels to TIMSS (2007); Linking the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in Reading to the 2011 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)(2014), and National Benchmarks for State Achievement Standards (2016).

In this write up about the Chinese educational system by the International Center for Educational Benchmarking, two things popped out at me: 1) large class sizes (50 students / class); 2) specialized teachers, who might only teach one particular class, such as «Senior Secondary 2 Physics», but they teach it multiple times a day.

Students who met or exceeded National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) proficient level for math or Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) high benchmark for math were likely to earn a bachelor's degree or above from a four - year college.