Sentences with phrase «measured by participation»

Competence was measured by participation and performance in Extracurricular Activities, quality of Social Relations, and Academic Achievement.

Not exact matches

These initiatives have included various measures to encourage broader participation in local currency bond markets, including by non-residents.

From a high base, created by rapid growth in 2014, rewards Crowdfunding grew over the last year in excess of 25 % — 27 % as measured by amount raised — with participation (the numbers of pledges) increasing significantly (12 %) while the success rate fell by 2 % as publicity attracted those less prepared for the process.

Because our culture has for so long insidiously taught citizens that the good life is measured by their economic success and participation in the consumer society, it is small wonder so many believe that politics is a burden that conflicts with their pursuit of what really matters.

In critical times, the demand for relevance becomes so strong that the sole canon by which a ministry is measured is the degree of its participation in the skirmish of the day.

By participation in Paul's Christ I too know something about liberation from the tyranny of environment, and some measure of liberation from the terrible interior tyranny of my own egocentricity.

(My own participation in the development of such a measure, primarily worked out by Clifford Cobb, can be found in the appendix of For the Common Good, by Herman Daly and myself.)

Total participation in the U.S. Food Waste Challenge is comprised of participants who join by sharing information on their food waste reduction activities via USDA's U.S. Food Waste Challenge form and participants who join by joining EPA's Food Recovery Challenge and working with EPA experts to measure food waste in their operations and attain specific quantitative food - waste reduction goals.

success is measured by trophies, not the money you make or constant participation in the UCL..

The measure was inspired by first lady Michelle Obama's efforts to have children eat healthier foods and exercise more, and it would move breakfast from the cafeteria to the classroom in many D.C. schools to improve participation.

The report measures participation in the Summer Nutrition Programs by comparing the number of children receiving summer meals to the number of children receiving school lunch during the regular school year.

The early voting measure is the first part of a three - point plan Ryan is pushing for, which will address low turnout and boost election participation by citizens across New York State.

* I'm thinking of metrics like voter participation, party membership, candidate recruitment, donations, willingness to work in civil service or the legal profession, etc., but I'm not sure what metrics are actually relevant or are used by experts, so I defer to the answers and their references for how to measure this.

«By any measure, New York under this administration is leading the way on diversity in contracting by raising MWBE participation from 9 percent to 25 percent of state contracts over the last seven yearBy any measure, New York under this administration is leading the way on diversity in contracting by raising MWBE participation from 9 percent to 25 percent of state contracts over the last seven yearby raising MWBE participation from 9 percent to 25 percent of state contracts over the last seven years.

Religious participation is measured by the percentage of people attending religious services at least once a month

The level of participation per age is measured and the attitudes manifested in this paper by female participants were recorded based on dating arrangements between the experimenters and individuals met online.

Chronic absenteeism; a mix of attendance indicators; choice to re-enroll in same school; standardized observations that take into account factors including classroom organization, emotional support, and instructional support; college - readiness measured by ACT, AP, and IB participation and scores

Once again, the deal was that these districts had to show significant progress with parental outreach, as measured by student participation.

The standard of political and moral performance required to consider should be the following: 1) increase of solidarity among the inhabitants of the country; 2) increase in the practice of social justice by organs of government and civil society; 3) increase in the distribution of income and wealth among the population; 4) increase of measures to preserve and care for nature; 5) increase in policies for integral development of education in accordance with the highest human values; 6) advances in the realization of the collective will of the citizens; 7) improvement of political institutions; 8) success in combating corruption measured by its reduction; 9) increase in the exercise of citizenship with the effective participation of citizens in government decisions and fight for expansion of their rights; and 10) increase of contribution of public and private organizations to the political, economic, social and environmental development of the country.

Participation in afterschool programs is influencing academic performance in a number of ways, including better attitudes toward school and higher educational aspirations; higher school attendance rates and lower tardiness rates; less disciplinary action, such as suspension; lower dropout rates; better performance in school, as measured by achievement test scores and grades; significant gains in academic achievement test scores; greater on - time promotion; improved homework completion; and deeper engagement in learning.

The rationale behind this push to increase AP participation is the observation that students who take AP courses and examinations are much more likely to enroll and be successful in college, as measured by college GPA and graduation rates.

Or, they involved observations by evaluators who measured participation — for instance, how many kids talked in class.

Reading engagement in its behavioral form, as measured by students» participation and involvement in the STARI curriculum, mediated the treatment effects on each of these three posttest outcomes.

The union advised teachers to continue conducting parent conferences but will be taking measures to ensure full participation in the boycott by teachers.

Campbell demonstrates that the more homogeneous the community or the school, by various measures, the greater the degree of participation in voluntary civic activities.

Goodrich School has shared their tracking data with Dr Long and accelerated progress measured by Dr Long has been reflected in the change in children's «National Curriculum levels» in reading following participation in the project.

He backs a measure now under consideration here to encourage greater public participation by requiring large publicly - traded corporations operating in Illinois to disclose their state income tax payments.

Participation from our families is an important measuring stick used by corporations and foundations in awarding funding.

She found that students with high levels of arts participation outperform «arts - poor» students by virtually every measure and that high arts participation makes a more significant difference to students from low - income backgrounds than to high - income students.

However, studies purely measuring the amount of physical activity, PE, or sport participation undertaken by pupils and their academic performance, however measured, do not show a clear and positive correlation.

We measure the success of the Show not just by the numbers, but by the levels of participation and satisfaction as reflected by the industry.

In West Valley City, Best Friends expects to move forward with an aggressive campaign to increase adoptions, implement progressive and proven measures to save community cats, and initiate highly targeted spay / neuter programs for low - income residents with financial participation by the city.

Measured by Mason's simultaneous participation in the «Inventing Downtown» show at NYU's Grey Art Gallery — a show about artist - run galleries in the early 1950s — the artist's career has been built on decades of developing a painterly language loose enough to allow multiple voicing, yet purposeful enough to assert a lone sensibility.

By combining measures, analyses, participation of stakeholders and provincial services, Futureproofed also formulated policy recommendations supporting Flemish - Brabant's mission for 2040.

Sir James Munby suggests that this can be achieved by introducing special measures to enable children to attend court (physical participation) and to allow children to communicate their feelings and wishes to the court (intellectual participation).

The participation of Denmark in the adoption of measures constituting a development of the Schengen acquis, as well as the implementation of these measures and their application to Denmark, shall be governed by the relevant provisions of the Protocol on the position of Denmark.

The agreement, a copy of which was obtained by the newspaper El Universal, includes the use of Facebook's tools to measure civic participation, access to real - time data of voting results granted by INE, and the provision of a physical space in the Institute's office where, on election day, the company is expected to perform activities such as posting live videos.

The proposal to implement special measures to overcome the destructive cultural, social and economic impact of dispossession with the full participation and consent of Indigenous people through the Social Justice Package was never pursued by any government.

It is an approach that seeks to measure progress by evaluating whether the disparity between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the enjoyment of rights is being reduced, and according to whether programs and services enable Indigenous participation.

A measure of positive family functioning also improved by close to 10 % over a 6 month period of Relief Nursery involvement and continued to show significant gains with longer program participation.

The CCGR commissioned this research to rectify this situation by developing a reliable, valid, and well - agreed upon measure of gambling participation.

Appraisals of the need for special measures should be carried out on the basis of accurate data, disaggregated by race, colour, descent and ethnic or national origin and incorporating a gender perspective, on the socio - economic and cultural 35status and conditions of the various groups in the population and their participation in the social and economic development of the country».

Parent satisfaction with the IYPB is measured by a questionnaire, and a qualitative study looking into how parents experience participation in the IYPB as a universal prevention will be performed.

The survey - based measures of social participation were not as fine - grained as in some other studies and were reported by parents.

NAR will continue to convene «Regional Roundtables» twice yearly while working with individual cooperating associations to meet performance objectives, as measured by membership, fulfillment of education recommendations, and Annual Conference participation.