At
least using value - added assessments increases the chance that good teachers are rewarded and bad teachers are sanctioned.
Not exact matches
Fisher says the
value of the product
used as compensation should be at
least the number of hours worked times minimum wage.
Quincey said the company aims to re-invest «at
least half of the savings,» though Coke is still finalizing a complete plan for how it will
use all the savings beyond simply saying it would create
value for shareholders.
Rosenblatt says that Foursquare revenue is at
least doubling every year and marketers couldn't be happier with the results the company is delivering.He explains that by unbundling Foursquare's core
use cases, the company created two apps that are simpler and easier to
use, making it easier to communicate its
value proposition to users and marketers.
The term «applicable educational institution» refers to an educational institution which a) had at
least 500 students during the preceding taxable year; b) the aggregate fair market
value of the assets of which at the end of the preceding taxable year (other than those assets which are
used directly in carrying out the institution's exempt purpose) is at
least $ 500,000 per student of the institution; and c) more than 50 percent of the students are located in the United States.
The document paints a vivid picture of potential investors who are seeking to raise the necessary capital to continue operations, or at
least use whatever remains of Mt. Gox's brand
value to begin a new venture.
The attribute most
valued by consumers, assuming a product is at
least in the general vicinity of a need, is ease - of -
use.
100 % foreign ownership allowed Cold storage Sports centers Film processing labs Rubber and sugar industry) when engaging in partnerships with local farmers and
use 30 % domestically produced raw material) Warehousing Tourism, E-commerce (with a marketplace
value above 10 billion rupiahs and when working with local warehousing companies) Toll road operators Telecom device certification Non-hazardous waste management Raw medicine materials Pharmaceutical ventures Restaurants, bars, cafés Film making Film distribution Cinemas (required to show Indonesian films at
least 60 per cent of their screen time) Direct selling Futures trading
U.S. home
values have climbed more than 30 % since late - 2012 which means that many of the homeowners who have
used FHA financing this decade have at
least some home equity.
For example, in some programs first - time home buyers are allowed to finance up to 97 percent loan - to -
value (LTV)
using a conventional fixed rate loan, whereas non-first-time home buyers are required to put at
least 5 percent down.
Four clusters are
used to justify acceptance (or at
least tolerance) of same - sex marriage: seven passages about, five about, four about, and four about
valuing.
To this end each black church can do three things: (1) acquire the techniques and
use its resources to build up in the homes of its members a sense of the
value of knowledge; (2) develop learning opportunities in the church; (3) underwrite financially first - class departments of religion in black colleges (or at
least in one such college).
If fans will not boycott the games and stop paying for the tickets then let us at
least unite and tell Silent Stan that the CEO is not making him the money that he could, if Silent Stan starts to see Gazidis as a loss to profit then maybe we can get an ambitious CEO in who will help us be ambitious and win titles,
use that then to get better business done and add to the
value of the clubs assets (players), remove the lowest
value players (not good enough for AFC) and replace them with high
value assets which will increase in
value when we are winning / truly competing at the highest level.
That
value wasn't lost on Miami, who
used its franchise tag to ensure it will hold on to its young star receiver for at
least 2018, the team announced Tuesday.
The press is being
used so much this season that most teams are prepared — at
least mentally — for it, and its
value as a surprise move has diminished considerably.
Once we had determined the most and
least popular players, we
used Fantasy Labs in order to determine which players were truly offering
value.
In a study, Patterns of child - rearing, researchers found that children were the
least likely to internalize their parents»
values and ideals when «power assertion» was
used.
The planet is not a giant trash can, and we feel like the
least we can do is think about the things we're responsible for leaving behind, and make sure they're really needed,
valued and
used to the fullest.
Unadjusted associations between maternal
value of exclusive breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding duration for at
least 3 months and 6 months were examined
using logistic regression.
At
least 31 states
use the system New York's board is proposing, a «resource - based relative
value system» which tries to qualitatively measure how much medical procedures are worth, based on factors like the amount of time they take to complete, and the cost of the materials
used to perform them.
«At the very
least, determining the additional carbon storage
value gained with species richness should be taken into account in comparing different land
use management options,» the researchers wrote.
By directly comparing the gene expression estimates by these two techniques,
using a correlation with TaqMan qRT - PCR as a benchmark, we find RNAseq provides measurements over at
least two orders of magnitude greater than the microarray, and thus correlates better with TaqMan
values across a large dynamic range.
I haven't tried the others, but I should at
least try the Natural
Value, since that's what everybody seems to
use, just to compare.
In addition, weekly staff meetings — for at
least the first six to eight weeks of school — will be
used to reinforce newly - acquired teaching skills, discuss their
value to the learning process, and get buy - in from the staff members who didn't attend the conference.
It makes sense to
use value added at
least as a diagnostic tool.
In my opinion, NCLB's greatest
value is creating accountability for the allocation and
use of federal funds with at
least some connection to school performance and student outcomes.
Situations that would normally lead to a lease being classified as a finance lease include the following: the lease transfers ownership of the asset to the lessee by the end of the lease term; the lessee has the option to purchase the asset at a price which is expected to be sufficiently lower than fair
value at the date the option becomes exercisable and that, at the inception of the lease, it is reasonably certain that the option will be exercised; the lease term is for the major part of the economic life of the asset, even if title is not transferred; at the inception of the lease, the present
value of the minimum lease payments amounts to at
least substantially all of the fair
value of the leased asset, and; the lease assets are of a specialised nature such that only the lessee can
use them without major modifications being made.
[14] These results do not mean that
value - added measures can't be
used productively as incentives; evidence from Kenya and India, at
least, suggest that they can.
The «screening» method is the
least costly and fairest of the three options because it
uses value - added measures to improve and streamline other forms of data collection, and it allows final decisions to be made based on the same criteria for all teachers.
Districts, states, and schools can, at
least in theory, generate gains in educational outcomes for students
using value - added measures in three ways: creating information on effective programs, making better decisions about human resources, and establishing incentives for higher performance from teachers.
There is also great interest in
value - added assessment at the state level, with at
least three states — Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee —
using value - added assessment statewide.
«On firing the bottom 5 % of teachers... My opinion is that there are at
least three reasons why firing the bottom 5 percent of teachers, as defined by the bottom 5 percent on an effectiveness continuum created by
using the
value - added test scores of their students on state tests, will not improve the overall effectiveness of teachers... One reason is that...
value - added metrics are inaccurate for many teachers.
Viewed as a tool for assimilating the various immigrant groups then entering the United States, they were overtly
used to teach explicitly Christian and, at
least implicitly, Protestant,
values.
See also the recommendations offered, some with which I agree on the observational side (e.g., ensuring that teachers receive multiple observations during a school year by multiple evaluators), and none with which I agree on the
value - added side (e.g.,
use at
least two years of student achievement data in teacher evaluation ratings — rather, researchers agree that three years of
value - added data are needed, as based on at
least four years of student - level test data).
Mitchell said he thinks that
value - added analysis, which
uses several years of test scores to determine how effective teachers are, should eventually comprise at
least half of a teacher's evaluation.
Simultaneously, the bill would increase the role of «observable» teacher effects, via teachers» «performance ratings» as determined at
least in part via the
use of
value - added model (VAM) estimates (i.e., using the popular Education Value - Added Assessment System (EVAAS)-
value - added model (VAM) estimates (i.e.,
using the popular Education
Value - Added Assessment System (EVAAS)-
Value - Added Assessment System (EVAAS)-RRB-.
In Florida, by 2014, all districts must
use value - added ratings for at
least half of a teacher's total evaluation score.
At
least in the UK there is not VAT on
used cars meaning that a new car loses 20 % of it's
value as soon as your new cars tyres touch the road.
Out of GM's clutches, they - Chinese - owned by NEVS - are at
least finding a new
value proposition based, again, on the original principles Saab
used to create many great products, leveraging the existing culture in Sweden.
Whether it's a
used Chrysler, Dodge, RAM, Jeep, or another
valued brand, our pre-owned inventory is extensive enough to have at
least one vehicle that matches your criteria.
Each year, Edmunds» bestows its Best Retained
Value Awards upon models that depreciate the
least over five years of ownership
using its own True Market
Value measurement.
The
least expensive Saturn is the»91 SL, which has a trade - in
value of $ 5,250, according to the National Automobile Dealers Association's Official
Used Car Guide.
But remember, no two
used cars are the same, so the
least expensive vehicle is not necessarily the best
value.
To get
value equivalent to bonuses that other travel cards offer, you should
use these awards towards hotel rooms that would otherwise cost at
least $ 200 a night.
These mid-caps got at
least one A and one B according to the
value and growth tests we
use for our small - cap stocks.
You will be coming out ahead, as long as you
use the benefit at
least once every 2 years (assuming a minimum night stay
value of $ 100).
These mid-caps got at
least one A and one B according to the
value and growth tests we
used for our small - cap stocks.
Make sure that, whenever you
use the points you transfer, you are getting a
value of at
least $ 0.01.
Most standard renters insurance policies include at
least $ 100,000 in liability protection (in addition to personal property and loss of
use coverage), which is good
value for the cost of most renters policies.
For
used vehicles, financing is available for the Kelley Blue Book ® or other authorized guides, retail
value of any car or truck worth at
least $ 3,000.