At a Waldorf school, education is not
measured by competition and test scores, but is viewed as a life - long journey.
Not exact matches
In Canada, however, the printer companies are prevented from excluding third parties
by the
Competition Act, which has enabled refilling businesses such as Island Inkjet to operate and provide some
measure of competitive pricing discipline.
By the mid-1990s, when Oracle had effectively neutered its competition, Ellison had begun making a sport of taking pot shots at Microsoft and its founder Bill Gates, though both were, by most measures, entirely out of his leagu
By the mid-1990s, when Oracle had effectively neutered its
competition, Ellison had begun making a sport of taking pot shots at Microsoft and its founder Bill Gates, though both were,
by most measures, entirely out of his leagu
by most
measures, entirely out of his league.
By rewarding those employees who engage the most, you are also giving everyone in the company a way of
measuring their level of engagement (and encouraging some friendly
competition).
During the middle of the 18th Century and well into the beginning of the 19th Century India produced far more textiles — and usually much cheaper and of better quality — than did England, but a number of
measures aimed at undermining Indian textile producers and protecting British textile producers (tariffs that almost always exceeded 50 %, for example, and
by 1813 were as high as 85 %) meant that at some point in the first half of the 19th Century the British textile industry had become the most efficient in the world and was able largely to eliminate the Indian textile industry from global
competition.
Judged
by other
measures of the exchange rate designed to capture
competition with imports or against export competitors, it has shown a small increase in competitiveness.
Falsely declined consumers dramatically reduce or entirely stop patronage of the offending retailer, and digital goods merchants pay an even higher price for inaccurate eCommerce fraud prevention
measures by sending business to the
competition.
transparent analysis of
competition impacts tabled in advance of
measures proposed
by regulators
The Committee believes that, due to this
measure, the Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission may be burdened
by an increased caseload.
Behind the steady offense of seniors Stolken and Shelby Stender and the stifling defense led
by junior goalkeeper Caitlin Golding, the Mustangs rolled through the
competition to set up a semifinal showdown with 11 - time SJS Division I champion and regional
measuring stick Davis.
3) PIRES FOR GODS SAKE WAKE UP TO WHAT IS HAPPENING.They LAUGH at US.They LAUGH at WENGER.They chant this at AWAY GAMES.They even chant this at THE EMIRATES.Dont Just take my word for this as you can have this confirmed
by anybody on this site.The song is so popular it is likely to be the UK entry into the EUROVISION SONG CONTEST.Its embarrassing to listen to but how can we argue Wenger has NOT been successfully for 2 decades.He was successful foSEVEN SEASONS.Look at the stats.Please do not quote FA CUPS or COMMUNITY SHIELDS.The BIG
Competitions are the PREMIERE LEAGUE and the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.These are what we are
measured on.Nothing else.
Other research
measures announced
by Flaherty included $ 72.75 million for a forestry and environmental genomics
competition at Genome Canada; $ 63.78 million over 5 years for the Canadian Space Agency's plan to develop the RADARSAT Constellation Mission, which proposes to generate radar images using multiple satellites; and $ 17.46 million over 5 years «to commence the pre-construction design phase» for the proposed Canadian Arctic Research Initiative.
They were amazed
by how scientific success is
measured,
by the
competition, that we fight to be able to do our work.
When success is
measured by social comparison, as is the case when winning a
competition, dishonesty increases,» Schurr explains.
Vinogradov & Lukyanov (1986) found a very high correlation between the results posted in a kettlebell lifting
competition and a great range of dissimilar tests: strength,
measured with the three powerlifts and grip strength; strength endurance,
measured with pullups and parallel bar dips; general endurance, determined
by a 1000 meter run; work capacity and balance,
measured with special tests.
At this point I go
by how my body feels and looks, I have a good idea of my macros but unless there is an event, shoot, or
competition I am not
measuring and counting every single calorie.
He entered a
competition on I am Staggered and won a made to
measure suit
by Hugh Harris!
Coached
by District 13's President Alma Coin (Julianne Moore) and former gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee (the late Philip Seymour Hoffman in his final role), Katniss has played the part extraordinarily well, delivering empowering speeches and exposing the unconscionable
measures taken
by the totalitarian government that gave them adolescent death
competitions as reality television.
Our results suggest that traditional public schools did not respond to
competition from charter schools
by becoming more effective, at least as
measured by the learning gains made
by individual students in the years immediately following establishment of charter schools.
Learning should be ignited
by passion for learning and mastery, combined with equal
measures of healthy
competition and playfulness.
More importantly,
by our
measures, the amount of
competition that specific public schools faced on the eve of the program also varied widely.
We therefore report the estimated effects of a one standard deviation increase in the amount of
competition faced
by a given public school
by each
measure.
Although that ensures that the
competition measure is not itself affected
by postpolicy test scores, it does give a less accurate view of the competitive pressures faced
by schools in subsequent years.
The fact that we obtain quite similar results regardless of the specific
measure used makes us confident that the findings are not driven
by other factors that might distinguish public schools facing more or less
competition based on a given
measure.
Scholars have attempted to discern the effects of
competition between the public and private sectors within the United States and in other countries, but no study, to our knowledge, has attempted to
measure systematically the causal impact of
competition by looking at variation across countries.
Alternative systems, competing across the board with government - operated schools, seem to have stimulated the latter to be more efficient (as
measured by cost) and more effective (as
measured by outcomes) than systems in countries where no such
competition exists.
Spurred
by concerns about international
competition, economic troubles, and a perceived stagnation or regression in student performance outlined
by the now famous 1983 report, A Nation at Risk, the standards debate gained new life as politicians looked for ways to clarify goals,
measure progress, and hold schools accountable.
The researchers» approach to
measuring the causal effect of
competition between private and state schools uses the fact that the amount of
competition in education today has in large part been influenced
by the Catholic church's efforts in the nineteenth century to construct an alternative school system wherever the state religion was not Catholic.
Supervisors in private companies have incentives to use the information provided
by productivity
measures properly, because their companies face the discipline of
competition from other companies.
These new tests are funded
by $ 330 million in stimulus money through the federal Race to the Top
competition and are intended to
measure critical thinking, particularly the critical skills emphasized
by the Common Core State Standards, the set of educational standards most states have agreed to adopt.
In an education industry dependent on market
competition to increase profitability, there is no better tool to turn teaching and learning into products — ready to
measure, compare, and sell — than the high - stakes standardized tests championed
by the contemporary education reform movement.
To thoroughly test each vehicle, the
competition began at our facility, where empirical data collection began
by measuring how far each vehicle could drive up a 20 - degree ramp before a tire lifted off the ground.
Balancing between search volume and
competition with books in the search,
measured by best - seller rank and other factors, will help you find your seven perfect keywords.
It
measures 172 x 266 mm, housing that Full HD 10.1 - inch display, but it only weighs 495g, making it lighter than the immediate
competition by some margin.
Readers will play a significant role in the
competition with the award shortlist compiled based on a number of factors that
measure customer interest in the titles, followed
by an esteemed panel of judges — made up of both Amazon experts and literary authorities — selecting the Kindle Storyteller 2017 winner.
Readers will play a significant role in the
competition with the award shortlist compiled based on a number of factors that
measure customer interest in the titles, followed
by an esteemed panel of judges — made up of both Amazon experts and literary authorities — selecting the Kindle Storyteller 2017 winner, says an official statement on Amazon.co.uk.
The company's rise can be
measured not only
by its near - ubiquitous retail presence but
by pervasive advertising that Bishop boasts is deliberately «in - your - face,» and encourages «pet parents» to compare the Buff to the
competition.
But the Big 3's entreaties for action from the Obama administration have been opposed
by smaller U.S. carriers, which say that the legacy carriers have themselves been beneficiaries of government largesse and argue that
measures against the Gulf carriers would reduce
competition and thereby harm consumers.
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Your actions — as
measured by so - called «attrition - risk scores» — could signal to those businesses that you are preparing to try the
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There are many points of detail where those wishing to preserve the competitive system and those wishing to super-cede it
by something different will disagree on the details of such schemes; and it is possible under the name of social insurance to introduce
measures which tend to make
competition more or less ineffective.
Austria could address these concerns also
by implementing more energy efficiency
measures and facilitating greater retail market
competition.
The island
measures 40
by 8 metres and will arrive in Weymouth, UK in time for the opening of the sailing
competitions of the Olympics on July 25, 2012.
So at the lower end, when they are in
competition with houses across the building code climate border, house values drop thanks to the fact that Americans
measure everything
by the cost per square foot, which means that the smaller houses in one climate zone are going to suffer compared to the bigger ones in the more lenient zone.
Discrimination would only arise if the
measure served to protect domestic products similar to the products covered
by a contested
measure or in
competition with them (para 60).
The 2016 Interim Legal Services Market Study Report of the
Competition and Markets Authority asked [4] «Are there any
measures of quality that can readily be collected
by regulators or government... on observable trends in quality of legal services?».
Consequently, when considering whether the private investor test was applicable, the General Court did not err in law
by focusing its analysis, not on the fiscal nature of the means employed
by the French State, but on the improvement — with a view to the opening up of the electricity market — in EDF's financial situation and on the effects of the
measure in question on
competition.
However, a
measure, be it a grant, interest or tax relief, guarantee, government holding or the provision of goods and services on preferential terms, is characterised as State aid when it is the result of an intervention
by the State, leading to a possible distortion of
competition and one which is likely to affect trade between Member States.
If the reduction of overcapacity with 25 % suffices for the qualification as a restriction
by object, how does this
measure up against a reduction of potential
competition in the French market for bank cards?
Such an infringement may thus be established where the State
measures at issue affect the structure of the market
by creating unequal conditions of
competition between companies,
by allowing the public undertaking -LSB-...] to maintain (for example
by hindering new entrants to the market), strengthen or extend its dominant position over another market, thereby restricting
competition, without it being necessary to prove the existence of actual abuse.