Sentences with phrase «main measure for»

CentreForum stresses that if pupil progress does become the main measure for school accountability, assessments for children at the start of their primary school journey must be «valid, fair and reliable».
However, JCESR's main measure for success may not be technology produced, but whether DOE's hub model outperforms conventional research paradigms.

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Further, for our main measures (inflation, home price changes, and earnings growth) we also report the time series of forecast uncertainty.
The SCE also provides measures of uncertainty in expectations for the main outcomes of interest.
Supplementary Estimates include the cost of budget measures, which were not sufficiently developed in time for inclusion in the Main Estimates or unexpected spending requirements.
Ryan's congressional campaign committee gave $ 50,000 to Give Voters a Voice, the main group behind an effort to qualify a repeal measure for the November ballot, according to documents filed by the campaign.
For some perspective on this, recall that the main measures (headline CPI, core CPI and core PCE) have all been below the Fed's target of 2 % for some tiFor some perspective on this, recall that the main measures (headline CPI, core CPI and core PCE) have all been below the Fed's target of 2 % for some tifor some time.
For now, the main point is that the whiplash that investors are feeling with respect to the economy largely reflects the lack of distinction being made between leading and lagging measures of economic activity.
The main idea is that, to state how the space - time distance between B and C is measured, we need the theory of extension; but, to state how B and C are temporally ordered, there is no need for that theory.
In this essay I will unpack and scrutinize the main arguments for the legalization of homosexual marriage and bring to light the negative effects of measures demanded by advocates of legalization.
Majority of the recipes on my site are savory dishes — mostly dinners, main dishes, pasta recipes, soups, salads — you'll find lots of those here at Julia's Album, with an occasional dessert thrown in for good measure.
All the ingredients are basically the same, but I didn't really measure much of the main components for the casserole.
Side note: because the banana acts as the main binder and they can vary in size, I recommend mashing it in a measuring cup to assure that you have a full 1/2 cup for the recipe.
That is a main reason why the organic movement did not manage to advance the topic despite above - mentioned high agreement and relevance.Therefore, a think tank that manages to get concepts and strategies clear, that identifies practicable measure for operators and that is able to explain the concepts in simple language to use in communications is extremely useful and relevant for the advancement of the goals of organic 3.0.
The midwives» main argument for allowing labor to occur naturally after 39 weeks to 42 weeks is that they believe that measuring the age of gestation for the first day of mom's last period is archaic and inaccurate.
Main outcome measures were hospital, doctor, or clinic visits, and hospital admissions for respiratory illness and infection in the first year of life.
But the main reason for a homegrown reform agenda was the regime's acknowledgment that many of the measures suggested were good in their own right and would greatly improve the system's managerial and technical capacity.
One of the main measures is to mandate a minimum broadband speed of 24 Mbps for at least 95 per cent of UK homes and universal service obligation minimum of 2 Mbps.
For now, we intend to apply the ANEW dictionary to political texts and speeches to extract over time measures of affective rhetoric, and in particular we will start with party manifestos — a very conservative test indeed — which are available in the UK going back to 1900 for the three main partiFor now, we intend to apply the ANEW dictionary to political texts and speeches to extract over time measures of affective rhetoric, and in particular we will start with party manifestos — a very conservative test indeed — which are available in the UK going back to 1900 for the three main partifor the three main parties.
Also at 11 a.m., Assemblywoman Nily Rozic, state Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky and New York City Councilman Peter Koo call for traffic calming measures in Flushing, Public Health Solutions» WIC Center, 42 - 60 Main St., Queens.
I think the main task for labour is to convince people of the economic case for their plans to increase spending and why austerity measures need to be less and how this relates to the national debt.
Updated at 12:35 p.m. ET on 7/16 Washington (CNN)-- An effort to remove sexual assault cases from the military chain of command received a bipartisan boost Tuesday as conservative Republicans joined the bill's main backer, Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, to voice their support for the measure.
During the question - and - answer period, the state lawmakers» main question for Mulgrew was: If the state doesn't use state ELA and math scores to evaluate teachers, what would teachers consider authentic measures of student learning?
To this end, three of the five main political parties in Ghana, who accounted for nearly 50 % of the presidential votes in 2012, have called for a new register and proposed measures to tackle the flaws encountered in compiling the 2012 register.
Rachel Maclean, the MP for Redditch, told BBC Sunday Politics his main focus has to be getting the Worcestershire hospital trust out of special measures.
Tory members vote for their preferred deficit reduction measures... Main Reckless talk costs confidence»
Measuring the atomic hydrogen signal emitted by distant galaxies is one of the main scientific drivers behind the billion dollar Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, for which technology demonstrators like the Australian SKA Pathfinder are under construction.
MRI is superior to other imaging techniques for measuring the interior of the heart, including the right and left ventricles or main chambers of the heart, as well as the heart's muscular tissue.
Fermilab intends to reuse most of the Tevatron's parts for making neutrinos, including a booster accelerator that prepared protons for entry into the main Tevatron ring, which measures 3.9 miles (6.3 kilometers) in circumference.
Since one of the main purposes of numbers is to measure quantities, for example, you'd expect a new bunch of numbers would allow you to measure things that never had a good yardstick before.
«The novelty of our study lies in the bigger picture — measuring glacier change over all main glaciated ranges in Bolivia — and in the identification of potentially dangerous lakes for the first time,» Cook says.
The journal impact factor has long been the main standard for measuring scientific impact, although it is deeply -LSB-...]
The need for enhanced Arctic search and rescue (SAR) capabilities and environmental protection measures are among the main messages of the proceedings of the 2011 Arctic Futures Symposium, which also highlights...
Also, the methodology allows measuring biochemical reactions far from the surface, avoiding one of the main limitations of classic SM methods, i.e., the need for immobilization of the molecules under study on a surface (glass slide or microspheres).
This flaw can also be seen in the program's main monitoring device, the BMI measure, which for some users may be inaccurate in that it doesn't measure weight specific to the user's body type.
One of the main reasons people don't use calisthenics for the development of their explosiveness is because it's hard to measure your progress or the effectiveness of the exercises.
Being that the main goal of the AIP is addressing inflammation starting in the intestine, at Parsley Health we focus on testing for changes in inflammatory and immune markers to measure the protocol's success.
Interestingly, a main problem with this line of protein research is that they only measure protein synthesis for a couple of hours (usually around two hours).
I am sure that there are some old research studies that support the BMI and which have made it into what it is today but I won't even bother looking for them because my main point is this: measure your body fat percentage instead.
When measuring EMG amplitude, there are two main options available for the hardware that is used.
A repeated - measures ANOVA was performed to determine main effects of time, treatment, and interactions for food cravings and HVA concentration outcomes.
The album opens with the terrific main theme, which instantly recalls things like The Comancheros; it's a brilliant piece, with even a bit of funky jazz thrown in the middle for good measure.
It's worth noting that, in terms of content, the Switch version, like other console editions, is the equivalent of the Game of the Year 2.0 iOS version, which includes an extra island with some extra challenges that are mostly completely separated from the main game and adds a bit of extra background plot for good measure.
He lays it all out for you — his main character's contradictions — in his patented measured, old - fashioned style.
The measure of a film like this comes through how much we can identify with the main character, and though her nonconformist views on life and love are radically different than what most would opt for themselves, she makes a certain sense in this uncertain world.
The main areas covered in this work booklet are: Measuring rate of reaction Factors effecting rate of reaction Calculating rate of reaction Drawing graphs Calculating gradients Catalyst Reversible reactions Le Chatelier's principle The Haber process Within the booklet are a range of different activities for students to work through to help them remember the content.
The SAT is valuable for two main reasons: 1) It provides colleges with a common standard against which to evaluate students who attend high schools with varying grading policies and levels of rigor, and 2) it partially predicts students» grades during their freshman year of college, a measure of how prepared they are for higher education.
«Overall, results from the analyses indicate that between approximately 24 per cent and 43 per cent of the variance in written composition was explained by the three language convention measures and that spelling was the main predictor of written composition for each cohort.
In the detailed analysis, we are primarily interested in two main outcome measures: the percentage of children reaching the expected standard for their age in English, («level 4» which takes account of tests in reading, writing, and spelling) and the percentile score in the reading test (as low standards in reading were of particular concern).
Activities included: Starter: Some basic recap questions on theorems 1 to 4 Main: Instructions for pupils to discover the rule, by drawing tangents and measuring the angle to the centre.
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