Sentences with phrase «measuring progress by»

We will cap emissions according to specific goals, measuring progress by reference to past carbon emissions.

At schools measuring progress by clock hours, «half - time» is at least 12 hours per week.

As Congress works to reauthorize ESEA, it should ensure that the legislation provides the tools that parents, teachers, districts, and states need to assess the progress that all students are making each year, including measuring progress by each subgroup.

Psychometric analyses supporting instructional improvement and effectiveness by establishing reliability, validity, and forecasts of statewide test performance, evaluating growth (Categorical Growth Analysis) and measuring progress by placing test scores on a common scale.

Aside from measuring progress by your appearance, a powerbuilding program also focuses on strength by using powerlifting techniques such as regular deloads and increasing intensity over time.

«THANK GOODNESS I finally learned to start measuring my progress by things that matter — strength, ability, endurance, health, and HAPPINESS,» she explained.

We'll measure our progress by providing a monthly update against our benchmark.

If God is our benchmark for the ultra-sublime, then our challenge is to measure our progress by our own philosophical and behavioral development.

It would measure progress by counting, among other things, the percentage of news articles that raise questions about climate science and the number of radio talk show appearances by scientists questioning the prevailing views.

Athletes can measure their progress by paying attention to their heart rate.

Instead, you should measure your progress by tracking body composition.

It helps you to measure your progress by gauging the success of your workout regime and meal planning, so you can focus on the methods that work best for you.

Hi Kristina, I would definitely measure your progress by inches lost, not by the scales.

You can easily measure your progress by looking at each other's plates.

The CPS Assessment system contains 3 major types of assessments across all grades: Baseline to understand where students start the year, Formative to monitor progress over the course of the year, and Growth to measure progress by the end of the year.

First, you can measure your progress by the percentage you increase your income each year over a five - year period.

For 60 years we have measured our progress by economic gains and social justice.

Measure your progress by asking where the client thinks you have met or exceeded those expectations and how you have fallen short.

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.

Not exact matches

(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.

By using that method, he could envision his progress, measure it and stay on track.

Inspired by lessons from lean manufacturing, it relies on «validated learning,» rapid scientific experimentation, as well as a number of counter-intuitive practices that shorten product development cycles, measure actual progress without resorting to vanity metrics, and learn what customers really want.

«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.

-- You can convince your VCs of reviewing on a monthly base only those metrics that will measure progress more accurately at this stage, instead of all the financial data which is not relevant — You can set up the right financial systems / software to help measure basic financial information, and allow your VC access to additional financial figures every quarter or by request If none of these work: — You can try convincing your VC of using the right metrics as well as the financial ones, and to be measured by a mix of both — You can hire a seasoned part - time CFO who can at least free you of the hurdle of putting the numbers together

This represents a reversal of progress and is the lowest - value measured by the Index since 2008.

They intuitively want to convey to their clients that they are working hard, and one of the only ways to measure work progress (from the perspective of the client) is by looking at activity within the portfolio.

More to the point, we are encouraged by the progress apparent in the measures that these companies can control.

The part that is left over — that is, the part of economic growth that can not be explained by the accumulation of capital and labour inputs — is what economists call multifactor productivity (MFP), an index that is widely interpreted as a measure of technical progress.

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.»

... Nicaragua's early progress in curbing imports, raising grain production, and other reform and austerity measures were undermined badly by new needs for foreign borrowing imposed by the burgeoning defense burden....

The collective effort supplies the larger system of reference by which individual purpose and progress are measured.

Social progress can well be measured by the criterion of personal liberty, and the level of civilization may properly be rated according to the range and variety of choices people can make.

The progress indicated by conventional national accounts is not just a myth that evaporates when a welfare - oriented measure is substituted.»

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.

That union could be pursued by him along three paths, active, purgative, and contemplative, respectively; and progress along either path would be a simple matter to measure by the application of a limited number of theological and moral conceptions and definitions.

As measured by gross national product this is progress.

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.

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).

This publication addresses this question by evaluating progress relative to a three - step pathway for reducing food loss and waste: (1) target, (2) measure, and (3) act.

This second annual progress report assesses advances by governments and companies over the past 12 months relative to a three - step approach for reducing food loss and waste: target, measure, and act.

Tennessee has established itself as a dynasty by winning the NCAA title three times in the past five years, and the Lady Vols are, in many ways, the measuring stick by which Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer assesses the progress of her own program.

i wld really wish that we measure our hype and not loose focus after what i wld call exceptional performance by our lads against MANURE.We can only hope that lessons have been learnt and mistakes of the past will be duly corrected as we progress forward.

Its hard to believe that manu lost 6 - 1 to man city, take nothing away from man city but every club uses manu as a measuring stick to compare themselves too, I really wish it was arsenal that gave that drubbing, I remember not long ago I was watching arsenal lose to manu by that you know what scoreline and my father (a manu fan) walk away, when it was 3 something becoz he couldn't watch a far one sided match, so I guess he is feeling what we are feeling that day, manu is always a side that neva lose by a huge margin no matter what, but tell you da truth I don't like man city becoz I do nt like a side that will spend and replace every single player and still have classy players on the bench, they can say that we won that and this but that becoz of the huge wages that we are paid, I just don't like football to be won by having money to spend there should be a mixture of everything good, middle and work in progress players.

It is promoted as a voluntary best practice standard and has been used by a majority of school divisions as benchmarks for measuring progress of local wellness policies.

Progress in labor is measured by how much the cervix has opened and thinned to allow your baby to pass through the vagina.

In its address to the Assembly, IBFAN cited the progress made in establishing effective measures to implement the International Code, as documented in its 1998 report, State of the Code by Country.

«Today's measures are welcome step, building on the good progress already made by HMRC to tackle the issue of online VAT avoidance.

«Measures are characterised by a lack of goals and intended outcomes, with no means of monitoring progress,» chair Margaret Hodge said.

«The measure reverses decades of progress in expanding the reach of equality in North Carolina by pre-empting local anti-discrimination laws.»

«Now the department is throwing good money after bad by introducing a short - term fix with no adequate plan for delivery, insufficient skills and unclear milestones to measure progress against.