Sentences with phrase «levels under a measure»

Most FY12 federal education spending will be frozen at FY11 levels under a measure approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee on a party - line vote of 16 — 14.

Not exact matches

Bonus amounts under our bonus plan are tied to overall corporate and individual performance, and the bonus pool for executive officers is based on our performance during the fiscal year compared to pre-established target levels for three equally - weighted measures: revenue, operating cash flow and non-GAAP income from operations.

Under its «remove it prove it» promise, Kaivac not only provides the systems to remove soil in buildings, it also offers technology that will measure the level of hygiene on a given surface.

Based on a high - level audit of all reports of sexual harassment or violence for three academic years from 2012 - 2013 through 2014 - 2015, Pepper found that the University's student conduct processes were wholly inadequate to consistently provide a prompt and equitable response under Title IX, that Baylor failed to consistently support complainants through the provision of interim measures, and that in some cases, the University failed to take action to identify and eliminate a potential hostile environment, prevent its recurrence, or address its effects for individual complainants or the broader campus community.

There appears to be a current and very deliberate attempt to obfuscate what a VAT actually does (create a level field and back out taxes from exports, allowing recipient countries to impose their own taxes at consumption) and conflate it with protectionist measures such as straightforward tariffs or the proposed complex «border adjustability» tax, the latter explicitly prohibited under WTO rules precisely because it is not a level playing field (imports are taxed and exports are subsidized).

The measure would provide greater transparency around the use of solitary confinement and prevent the Department of Correction from placing prisoners under 18 in the most punitive level of solitary confinement.

Under Blair and Brown the conventional measure of income inequality - the Gini Coefficient - rose to its highest level since records began in 1961.

BP, under fire nationally for all the obvious reasons, was a player pushing against an Albany bill to reduce the level of of sulfur in home heating oil sold in the state to the levels in diesel trucks - a measure that narrowly passed the state Senate after a party - line vote against it by the GOP minority.

The researchers measured cortisol levels in the participants, both under normal conditions and after the participants had completed a so - called dexamethasone suppression test, which is sensitive to early abnormalities in the stress system.

Misbehave while under the influence in the US, and you could be forced to wear a device that measures your alcohol level — but can it be trusted?

According to a study published in the Online First edition of Anesthesiology, the official medical journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), the measure, called the nociception (pain) level index, allowed physicians to more accurately evaluate responses to painful stimulation in patients under general anesthesia, compared to traditional measures.

In this study, we created a series of three - level food webs and monitored and measured the results over a number of months to provide an understanding of future food webs under climate change.»

Putting the spending levels in historical context, the expected R&D spending tracks recent spending trends, and would represent.78 % of all the goods and services the U.S. produces under the House panel approved measure, and.79 % of the gross domestic product under the Senate panel approved version.

They focused on four outcome measures: each patient's latest systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels, whether their blood pressure was under control, and dose escalation for patients whose pressures were not adequately controlled.

Possible effects on other biomarkers and functional scales — including smartphone - based motion sensor data, the level of tau protein in the CSF (which they can measure), and the markers of dopamine metabolism in the brain (although you wouldn't necessarily expect an effect on that)-- are still under analysis.

Usually, they are generated from patient samples which are immortalised and then can be grown in dishes, put under the microscope, frozen down, thawed and revived, have their DNA sequenced, their protein levels measured, be genetically modified, treated with drugs, and generally make biomedical research possible.

Overall, the researchers aimed to meet three American Diabetes Association goals: keep blood pressure under control; lower low - density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL); and limit levels of hemoglobin A1C, a protein that's a measure of out - of - control blood sugar.

Thank you for letting me know, I didn't realise that but I can see it now What I meant in point 1 is: If you measure your ketone levels, measure them under the same circumstances and about the same time of the day (e.g. 3 hours after dinner).

I don't know if I am in ketosis (I just eat low - carb and I don't measure my ketone levels), but my body fat is under 10 % (I can't believe it).

Another study examining the effects the different lipids in terms of heart disease risk found that «triglyceride concentration was not independently related with CHD risk after controlling for HDL - C, non — HDL - C, and other standard risk factors, including null findings in women and under nonfasting conditions.21, 22 Hence, for population - wide assessment of vascular risk, triglyceride measurement provides no additional information about vascular risk given knowledge of HDL - C and total cholesterol levels, although there may be separate reasons to measure triglyceride concentration (eg, prevention of pancreatitis).»

And I'd keep measuring as many thyroid levels as possible, in addition to getting the cortisol under control.

Areas of widespread agreement included the importance of energy levels and nutritional goals; support for greater emphasis on whole grains, unsaturated fats, and nutrient - dense choices, especially from groups that are currently under - consumed; and the use of standard household measures.

It's not the gross - out slapstick, although I think they do that better than most, but rather a level of intelligence and sensitivity that allows them to deliver — under the radar, as it were — strong humanist messages about the objectification of women, the empowerment of people with physical and emotional disabilities, and the importance of establishing in any kind of relationship a measure of compromise and independence.

If the bill is signed by President Reagan, total education spending would be decreased by about $ 200 million from levels set under fiscal 1983 spending measures.

Developing and disseminating the most effective tools for measuring population - level development for children under age 3 (2016)

Schools such as Wilbur shine under the current measure of academic success — the all - important Academic Performance Index — based on students» achievement level on standardized tests.

The best approach for measuring student achievement levels for accountability purposes under ESSA is to use average scale scores.

Under the plan, the board would determine the skills and knowledge, as measured by naep test items, that ought to be mastered at each grade level in...

(c) Beginning with teacher evaluations for the 2015 - 2016 school year, if a teacher's schedule is comprised of grade levels, courses, or subjects for which the value - added progress dimension prescribed by section 3302.021 of the Revised Code or an alternative student academic progress measure if adopted under division (C)(1)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code does not apply, nor is student progress determinable using the assessments required by division (B)(2) of this section, the teacher's student academic growth factor shall be determined using a method of attributing student growth determined in accordance with guidance issued by the department of education.

In fact, of 34 countries measured, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) found the U.S. to have classes slightly under the average at 20 - 22 students per class, depending on grade level.

Identifies measures of student academic growth for grade levels and subjects for which the value - added progress dimension prescribed by section 3302.021 of the Revised Code or an alternative student academic progress measure if adopted under division (C)(1)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code does not apply;

This study found that students whose teachers crafted high quality SLOs outperformed their peers and showed significantly greater gain on two independent measures of student achievement at all three school levels during all years under study.

Correlations of 0.2, such as those above, are consistent with 32 teachers remaining in the same categories under both measures (e.g., performance level A in both cases), 44 teachers switching by one performance level, 18 switching by two levels (e.g., A to C), and 6 teachers switching from the top to the bottom or vice versa.

Under photos of each teacher, staff members could view the color - coded trajectory of students» achievement measured on three levels: grade level, below grade level and significantly below.

In previous years, schools had to get 65 % of pupils to a Level 4 (under the old measure) in maths, reading and writing and see pupils make the expected progress.

In contrast to the traditional methods of measuring school effectiveness (including the adequate yearly progress system set up under NCLB), value - added models do not look only at current levels of student achievement.

The finally adopted rules require that, under both the state - recommended system and locally - developed and adopted appraisal systems, beginning with the 2017 - 2018 school year, each teacher appraisal shall include the performance of teachers» students, which the rules define as «how the individual teacher's students progress academically in response to the teacher's pedagogical practice as measured at the individual teacher level by one or more of the following student growth measures:

The only measures a State may include within its Academic Achievement indicator in addition to the required measure of student performance on the statewide reading / language arts and mathematics assessments under ESEA [Education and Secondary Education Act, of which ESSA is the latest version] section 1111 (b)(2)(B)(v)(I) are the two optional measures: (1) an achievement index or similar measure of student performance in reading / language arts and mathematics at multiple academic achievement levels above or below proficient (see question B - 10 and B - 11); and (2) measures of student growth in reading / language arts and mathematics for high schools (see questions B - 14 and B - 15).

The district has seen more teachers achieving advanced levels of proficiency under this system, proving that instructional improvement is possible once we begin defining and measuring excellence.

Continuing this practice, while also reducing total ECS spending (compared to FY 2017 levels) in FYs 2018 and 2019, puts Connecticut at further risk of violating its federal maintenance of support (MOS) requirement, which is the primary fiscal measure by which states are judged to be eligible for federal funding under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

Under the old law, No Child Left Behind, the only measure of quality was the percentage of a school's students who scored at the proficient level on state tests.

CTAC research found that students whose teachers crafted high quality SLOs outperformed their peers and showed significantly greater gain on two independent measures of student achievement at all three school levels during all years under study.

Many states already use an indicator of college and career readiness at the high school level, and these measures are good candidates for indicators under ESSA.

For a district qualifying under this paragraph whose charter school tuition payments exceed 9 per cent of the school district's net school spending, the board shall only approve an application for the establishment of a commonwealth charter school if an applicant, or a provider with which an applicant proposes to contract, has a record of operating at least 1 school or similar program that demonstrates academic success and organizational viability and serves student populations similar to those the proposed school seeks to serve, from the following categories of students, those: (i) eligible for free lunch; (ii) eligible for reduced price lunch; (iii) that require special education; (iv) limited English - proficient of similar language proficiency level as measured by the Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment examination; (v) sub-proficient, which shall mean students who have scored in the «needs improvement», «warning» or «failing» categories on the mathematics or English language arts exams of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System for 2 of the past 3 years or as defined by the department using a similar measurement; (vi) who are designated as at risk of dropping out of school based on predictors determined by the department; (vii) who have dropped out of school; or (viii) other at - risk students who should be targeted to eliminate achievement gaps among different groups of students.

As a general rule they are used as the basis for measuring the level of employer super contributions under the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992.

@NecoTehSergal its measured contrast ratio is just under 700:1 in its most accurate picture mode, which is standard calibrated to 120 nits which is brightness level at 17 or so and custom RGB white balance using an X-rite i1 Display Pro colorimeter.

Through case studies, key recommendations for new rules, and descriptions of best practices, this working paper can help state officials to determine how best to structure future state - level policies — including measures for complying with forthcoming national emissions standards under the Clean Air Act — to reduce methane emissions from natural gas development.

On fig 2 you see Whole NH actual temp measuring reaching arouns 0,5 K under todays level in 1976.

At closing depth, direct in - situ measurements of CO2 in firn, thus of still open bubbles, and from ice, thus already fully closed bubbles, via the normal route of drilling ice, transport, crushing under vacuum, measuring the levels, both show the same CO2 levels.

Every year, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) brings together scientists from around the world to measure the size of the greenhouse gas (GHG) «emissions gap,» the difference between the emissions level countries have pledged to achieve under international agreements and the level consistent with limiting warming to well below 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F).