If you drop your laptop, the hard drive automatically stops spinning as a preventative
measure against data loss.
If these figures are
measured against data collated from schools» IT managers, it can be estimated that by the end of 2013, 258,000 tablets will be used in schools.
Not exact matches
Willy Schlacks told me that he sees an even bigger opportunity in more advanced analytics, such as using predictive analysis to lower maintenance costs, using drones to monitor entire construction sites and aggregating
data so that contractors can
measure their performance
against industry benchmarks.
The analytical reports from these systems
measure each applicant's skill levels and aptitudes
against historical
data to help recruiters make more informed decisions from the get - go.
It's just not a good look to be fighting
against regulatory
measures that would protect privacy while your CEO preaches about how important users»
data privacy is to him, and promising to make internal changes to better protect it.
Since then, God has been found wanting when
measured against facts and
data.
The Consumer Goods Forum will store your Personal
Data safely and, therefore, take all precautionary
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced in February that the state was taking tough new
measures against energy marketing companies, also known as ESCOs, after
data showed some were charging more than utilities for gas and electricity supply.
Topics in the Q&A included the source of money for the City's planned pre-K advertising campaign, the City's target number of pre-K applicants, whether Speaker Silver thinks the proposed income tax surcharge should be pursued next year, how the pre-K selection process will work, how the City will cover the approximately $ 40 million annual gap between the estimated cost of pre-K and the amount provided in the state budget, when parents will learn whether their pre-K application has been accepted, how the City will collect
data and
measure success of the pre-K program, whether the existing pre-K application process will be changed, how the City will use money from the anticipated school bond issue, the mayor's reaction to a 2nd Circuit ruling that City may bar religious groups from renting after - hours space in public schools, the status on a proposed restaurant in Union Square, a tax break included in the state budget that provides millions of dollars to a Bronx condominium project, the «shop & frisk» meeting today between the Rev. Al Sharpton and Police Commissioner Bratton and a pending HPD case
against a Brooklyn landlord.
Thus, the
data suggests that rising seawater temperature caused by climate change has buffered
against measures for the protection of the Baltic Sea.
Tools for defending
against electromagnetic attack (right to left): an antenna set (on tripod) for sensing the environment, a RF
measuring device for conditioning the signals and a computer that calculates the relevant
data.
What students are expected to know in order to reach proficiency levels on exams in some states may be as much as four grade levels below the standards set in other states, according to a study by the American Institutes for Research that uses international testing
data to gauge states
against a common
measuring stick.
That's why we need an education agenda that strategically recruits, retains, and rewards the most effective teachers and principals; that builds incredibly high standards; that develops rigorous and useful assessments to
measure progress
against those standards; that builds
data systems that allow teachers, principals, students, and parents to quickly and conveniently access those
data for everyday use; and that focuses on dramatic intervention within our country's lowest - performing schools.
The seventh principle of the
Data Protection Act stipulates that an organisation must take appropriate measures against accidental loss, destruction or damage to personal data and against unlawful processing of the d
Data Protection Act stipulates that an organisation must take appropriate
measures against accidental loss, destruction or damage to personal
data and against unlawful processing of the d
data and
against unlawful processing of the
datadata.
Here's how to use
data to
measure your eLearning
against 5 key metrics of success.
In particular, Doyle (2000), Gigante and Firestone (2007), Spillane et al. (2001) and Zepeda and Kruskamp (2007) employed several
measures to protect
against threats to the validity of their findings, including the use of multiple
data sources and clear articulation of
data analysis strategies.
Winners had to show they were reforming their education systems to fix the worst schools, get quality teachers in each classroom, have high standards and
measure students and schools
against those standards and impose
data systems to be able to
measure what works and what doesn't.
The first argument
against its use relates to how it might be applied for accountability — that teachers should not be held fully accountable for any one test or
data point, given the range of factors and
measures involved in student learning.
In education, this simply means setting high standards for what students should learn,
measuring progress
against those standards, and then using the
data to determine and implement the right kinds of supports and interventions to help students succeed.
Walker said it was his intention to make sure
data from private schools in the voucher program are included in future report cards, so their performance can be
measured against public schools.
The PM Growth Platform collects and analyzes student
data and
measures progress
against school, district, and state goals, giving administrators and educators unique insight into opportunities for improvement.
The state board is expected to decide at its March meeting whether to accept
data from the 2016 - 17 school year as a baseline
against which future chronic absence levels will be
measured.
The recommendation is based on aggregate evaluation
data generated during the application process, considering the following key elements: (1) the quality of the proposed program as
measured against the criteria contained in the charter school application; (2) the substantive issues surrounding the overall feasibility and reasonableness of the application in terms of the likelihood of the opening and operation of a successful, high quality public school; (3) the degree of public support for the proposed school; and (4) the CSDE's recommendation that the SBE give preference to the applicant due to its commitment to: (a) serving students who receive free or reduced price lunch; (b) partnering with FamilyUrban Schools of Excellence, Inc., an organization with a record of operating high - quality public schools in Connecticut; (c) serving students from the Dixwell / Newhallville community, an underserved, high - need area of New Haven; and (d) operating in New Haven, a Priority School District.
Alexandria, VA (08/12/10)-- The ASCD Teacher Effectiveness Suite, offered in partnership with iObservation, is the most comprehensive, streamlined, and immediate approach to
measuring specific teaching practices
against student performance
data across multiple indicators.
Had we been able to collect our own
data, we would have
measured attendance patterns
against the successes of afterschool programs to identify any possible causal relationships.
It's why the use of VAM (Value Added
Measures) can not contribute valid or reliable
data to a teacher's effectiveness rating — because VAM is a predictive model based on comparing a set of actual student test scores
against a hypothetical group of scores.
Using
data to promote mastery learning yields far more valuable information than using
data to
measure this year's class
against last year's.
To protect
against data theft, this version of the Venue 11 Pro is outfitted with a few security
measures that make it safer than your average tablet.
ASIC's MoneySmart website employs a range of security
measures to protect
against data breaches, including firewalls, security patches, regular security testing and
data encryption.
Insights from GfK's pet - market
data reveal that younger consumers
measure up well
against Baby Boomers when it comes to pet ownership.
This will give you accurate
data to
measure your progress
against.
You may argue
against any of those papers but you can not legitimately set rules for what is «
measured data».
Citizens should stand up
against measures that aim to wipe out important climatological databases or reports based on
data that might seem unpleasant, yet stand to be strikingly true.
well... I'm not going to buy that unless they've been really and trully verified
against measured data.
To validate that those forecast winds were close to reality, the researchers checked
against data collected by existing offshore buoys, which
measure winds close to the surface.
They compared it
against modern temperature
data from the worldwide network of robotic Argo floats, finding twice the temperature rise previously
measured since the 1950s.
A rain deposition factor of 0.5 was used, as determined by comparing calculated wind driven rain from the
data noted above
against measured wind driven rain on site.
To conduct the research, a team of scientists led by John Fasullo of the US National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, combined
data from three sources: NASA's GRACE satellites, which make detailed measurements of Earth's gravitational field, enabling scientists to monitor changes in the mass of continents; the Argo global array of 3,000 free - drifting floats, which
measure the temperature and salinity of the upper layers of the oceans; and satellite - based altimeters that are continuously calibrated
against a network of tide gauges.
exactly... i recall seeing a graph produced from ice core samples in which the CO2 content of thousands of years past was
measured against tree ring
data... what it showed was CO2 levels rising 300 years after rapid vegetative growth (natural warming) and incidently the PPM of CO2
measured higher than current levels.
Comparison of satellite
data against field surveys demonstrated a significant predictive relationship between accumulated heat stress (
measured using NOAA Coral Reef Watch's Degree Heating Weeks) and bleaching intensity.
Any time Anthony is able to compare raw
measured temperature
data against the «adjusted» published results, he conclusively shows the published results are utter crap.
This
data is reassuring when compared to the substantially lower VE in the elderly
measured last season (2012 - 2013)
against then predominant H3N2 viruses.»
A lot of mischief in making up the
data would be much harder to justify when each station can easily be checked
against trends in real
measured values.
What he does not do, and should have done is plotted the change in the effect over time
against some emperical
measure of either temperature or surface heat content (either OHC directly for when we have the
data, or glacial extents, or sea levels).
It's NOT a
measure of how your model
measures up
against independent non-model
data.
One of the biggest criticisms levied
against Svensmark was that he had used
data from a satellite that did not
measure total global cloud cover.
Since the areas to be
measured every hour would be known in advance, we could then have ships on station to verify what the real conditions are,
against what the satellite
data reports over the oceans.
We can repeat our earlier observation that CET instrumental to 1659 - this time augmented by the reconstruction using historical records to 1538, demonstrates a temperature profile that looks quite different to significant periods of the remainder of the Northern Hemisphere if the official version of extended climate - as epitomised by the «Hockey stick» - is taken as the appropriate set of
data which it should be
measured against.
The models have used
measured data and reconstructed temperatures from proxies (tree rings, ice cores, boreholes, sediments, etc.) and been calibrated
against at least the last few thousand years of
data, and they all predict that the temperatures will continue to rise.
Hansen 2005 recognised this and took great pains to
measure the forcing
data for the CO2 cases — which form the benchmark
against which all other responses are calibrated.