Sentences with phrase «measures of progress in»

Good measures of progress in improving outcomes and closing gaps are essential.

A measure of progress in these terms is the size of the gross national product per person.

Since complexity of organization has frequently been used as a measure of progress in evolution Gould equates progress with complexity.

According to the United Nations Human Development Index (a measure of progress in income, literacy and life expectancy), for the period 2000 - 2014, Ghana made the most progress in human development between 2000 and 2010.

He says good teaching ought to be rewarded and that test results are a measure of progress in the classroom.

In 2016 every student who improved by a grade would equate to a value of 1, this makes total sense and an absolutely fair measure of progress in my opinion.

Nor is the lack of a proven measure of progress in either primary or secondary.»

(2) Genuine Progress Indicator: Dr. Campbell has for several years been employed by the State of Maryland to implement this measure of progress in the lives of all Marylanders.

Another important measure of progress in the solar industry is how well it mirrors the US workforce.

Not exact matches

According to a Harvard Business Review Analytic Services Report, fewer than half of all companies in the Harvard survey said they measured employee progress toward a goal.

While Japan has made progress on economic participation and opportunity for women — one of the report's four gender equality measures — it's seen a reversal in women's political empowerment.

We used to consider total number of deals in the pipeline as a standard measure for evaluating sales progress — it turns out, a different metric, pipeline velocity, was actually a much better predictor of monthly and quarterly numbers.

In a panel discussion in Silicon Valley Saturday, however, Musk took a more measured tone on AI, encouraging members of the audience to think about how to prevent it from progressing along a potentially apocalyptic patIn a panel discussion in Silicon Valley Saturday, however, Musk took a more measured tone on AI, encouraging members of the audience to think about how to prevent it from progressing along a potentially apocalyptic patin Silicon Valley Saturday, however, Musk took a more measured tone on AI, encouraging members of the audience to think about how to prevent it from progressing along a potentially apocalyptic path.

(Note: multifactor productivity, or MFP, is commonly seen as measure of technical progress — the increase in output that can not be explained by the accumulation of labour and capital inputs.

The progress we will experience in the next five to 10 years will definitely out - measure that of the last five to 10 years.

«Accordingly, policymakers and citizens alike would benefit from having an alternative, or at least complementary, bottom - line metric that measures the level and rate of improvement in shared socioeconomic progress.»

It's not about trying to implement the latest desperate attempt in a long, sad series of stopgap measures that simply adds complexity to the current code base and impedes any real progress.

If you are looking to make a difference in the lives of at - risk children, how would you measure progress?

For a number of reasons, however, the official measure is an unreliable guide to trends in poverty since 1970 and significantly understates progress in reducing poverty since then.

«MOFCOM will follow the progress closely and will be prepared to take necessary measures at any time to safeguard the legitimate interests of Chinese enterprises,» the agency said in a statement on its website.

Since non-cash and tax - based benefits constitute a much larger part of the safety net than 50 years ago, the official poverty measure's exclusion of these benefits masks progress in reducing poverty.

In the example of retirement planning, a CFP ® professional can be tasked with measuring the client's progress saving for retirement.

Evaluation measures include progress against business model and growth strategies, client relationship management, staff retention, and the evolution of asset allocation and product strategy in line with investor needs.

«We find the gaps between the stated procedures for MFP estimation [a measure of productivity commonly interpreted as technical progress] used by Statistics Canada and the BLS are substantial,» Michael Harper concluded in an open, written response (pdf) he co-authored with Alice Nakamura, another renowned expert on productivity, and Lu Zhang, both from the University of Alberta School of Business.

The power of Google snippets is in gathering data to demystify the black box of the notoriously fuzzy production process — in which raw material turns into output with the application of labor — and makes progress possible to measure, analyze, and recognize.

For a while these negotiations appeared to be making progress, with the President agreeing in principle to cut social programs (the Democrats» sacred cow) and Boehner showing a willingness to accept some measure of revenue increases (a Republican litmus test).

This voluntary initiative is designed to help organizations and individuals apply key recommendations on how to advance the role of women in leadership and board positions from the B.C. Economic Forum to your organization (as appropriate) and measure the progress.

Exploration has progressed rapidly since the acquisition of the project in late 2011 and the Project now hosts 100 million ounces of silver in Measured and Indicated resources and a further 44 million ounces of silver in Inferred resources.

The story of the growth of open source use in Canada has been far more a matter of evolution than revolution, so quiet in its pace that its progress has been difficult to measure.

In late October, Dominion Bond Rating Service (DBRS) decided to keep Portugal's sovereign rating at investment grade, maintaining the country's BBB (low) rating with a «stable» outlook on the back of its progress in reducing the fiscal deficit and proactive measures to strengthen the banking sectoIn late October, Dominion Bond Rating Service (DBRS) decided to keep Portugal's sovereign rating at investment grade, maintaining the country's BBB (low) rating with a «stable» outlook on the back of its progress in reducing the fiscal deficit and proactive measures to strengthen the banking sectoin reducing the fiscal deficit and proactive measures to strengthen the banking sector.

Multifactor productivity (MFP), commonly interpreted as a measure of technical progress, is at the same level in 2011 as it was in 1971 (for an explanation of what MFP is, see part two).

His unrelenting insistence reminded me — in the most stark terms — of James Baldwin's prophetic quip: «Racial progress in America is measured by how fast I become white.»

«Some of these measures might make some difference; a few could be counterproductive; most are likely to accomplish little in promoting progress toward religious liberty.»

The same kind of coordinated action could unite evangelicals with other Christians and concerned persons of goodwill to address the key social needs of the late 20th century — if not to solve them, at least to hold them before God responsibly in prayer to seek whatever measure of progress may be consistent with the church's task before the return of Christ.

Realistic measures of human well being show that our vaunted economic progress is not increasing anything worth increasing, even in strictly economic terms.

In the end they will find an empty pit of nothing in their spiritual needs, because to feel accomplishment humans need a bench mark to measure progresIn the end they will find an empty pit of nothing in their spiritual needs, because to feel accomplishment humans need a bench mark to measure progresin their spiritual needs, because to feel accomplishment humans need a bench mark to measure progress.

For Chapman, our own internal state, our feelings and our own reflection on our feelings, is no measure of our progress as Christians — in fact, he goes out of his way to counsel people to think about their internal state as little as they possibly can («The less we look into ourselves the better»).

In large measure this was because the corporation was apparently stable and effective as the provider of technological and economic progress.

The «first phase» of progress in health measures, from the seventeenth to early twentieth centuries, focused on groups rather than individuals.

Sometimes the progress of reason is more easily measured by the discernment of unreason and by the struggle that it is destined to undergo in order to prevent the fruitless death of its possibilities.

In the biblical perspective, progress is to be measured in terms of the quality of man's life, his moral and spiritual stature, his corporate existence in communitIn the biblical perspective, progress is to be measured in terms of the quality of man's life, his moral and spiritual stature, his corporate existence in communitin terms of the quality of man's life, his moral and spiritual stature, his corporate existence in communitin community.

We can measure the progress of the cosmic adventure in terms of the criteria of harmony and complexity or of order and novelty.

Everyone has room for improvement, and the scorecard's questions create space for a dialogue about how to make progress in the context of the place and organization being measured, as opposed to measuring against a single, inflexible standard.

Progress can be measured in the amount of «validated learning» or lessons instead of just measuring the reduced amount of sugar grams you eat over the week.

They have a study currently in progress where they have enrolled 65 individuals with mild to moderate Alzheimer's to measure the effects of coconut oil, versus a placebo, on the disease.

In 2015, The Consumer Goods Forum, which represents more than 400 of the world's largest retailers and manufacturers from 70 countries, adopted a resolution for its members to reduce food waste from their operations by 50 percent by 2025, with baselines and progress to be measured using the FLW Standard.

Toine Timmermans, Project Coordinator for EU - FUSIONS: «Measuring the level of food waste in a structured way is critical for developing effective strategies that focus on reducing food waste and monitoring progress at the business, national and EU level, as well as contributing to the achievement of SDG Target 12.3.

report every five years to the Murray - Darling Basin Authority on the achievement of environmental outcomes at a Basin scale, by reference to the targets to measure progress towards the environmental objectives in Schedule 7 (Basin Plan Schedule 12, item 7).

«The widespread participation of the wine community in this program has been impressive and continues this industry's unprecedented work in measuring its sustainability and documenting its progress publicly,» said Karen Ross, President of the California Association of Winegrape Growers.

These guidelines aim at providing principles for identifying biodiversity indicators that can be used to measure progress and assist technical advisors of dairy industry stakeholders in improving biodiversity management.