Sentences with phrase «measuring progress on»

One of our suggestions was that looking at the enforcement of and compliance with decisions rendered under international investment treaties could prove a useful means of measuring progress on the rule of law, since the way countries deal with their disputes provides evidence of accountability.

However, the effects of afterschool programming on social and behavioral skills have received much less attention, in part because measuring progress on social and behavioral skills is more difficult, but also because it has just been relatively under - discussed among most scholars until recently.

Goal attainment scaling is particularly useful for setting and measuring progress on individualized education program goals.

By clearly measuring progress on these skills, educators can respond with agility, using instructional methods and interventions to ensure all students reach their most important life goals.

The newsletter now has an expanded focus: the range of new California academic standards — from the Common Core standards in English language arts and math, to the Next Generation Science Standards and the history - social science standards — as well as how schools will be held accountable for measuring their progress on them.

Only half the data systems used to measure progress on the government's public service agreement (PSA) targets are fit for purpose, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).

Same principle right but you could measure progress on the Bullworker device?

This webinar highlights the collaboration between the state of Rhode Island and Measured Progress on the Rhode Island Interim Assessment Program to create assessments that empower educators.

Smarter Balanced measures your progress on skills like problem solving and critical thinking — skills that you'll need to use in the careers of today and tomorrow.

For each text we read, I give formative written assessments to measure progress on vocabulary, characters and plot, literary terms and concepts, writing, etc..

View the EdWeek on - demand webinar and hear from experts at Measured Progress on how better content in an interim assessment provides actionable data to support college and career readiness.

Accountability systems set goals for student learning, measure progress on those goals, support interventions for progress towards the goals and publicly communicate progress to stakeholders.

On the eve of the administration of SBAC testing in our State, it has become clear to me, as interim Commissioner of Education, that there is much validity embedded in the much - heated controversy surrounding Common Core State Standards, mandated standardized testing to measure progress on those standards, and the intended practice of evaluating teacher effectiveness based on those student test results.

The company also continues to make measured progress on paying down debt.

I decided a few years ago to measure my progress on this goal by my own contributions to my retirement accounts, not the total account balance.

They focused on the need for five - year review cycles to be part of a climate accord so countries can regularly measure progress on short - term targets as well as keep oriented towards longer - term transformation of the energy sector.

Not exact matches

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.

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 path.

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

The only way we can achieve this kind of insight and transparency on our progress is to avidly measure our daily tasks.

Going forward, we will measure Facebook's progress with groups based on meaningful groups, not groups overall.

Federal officials have been meeting with their B.C. counterparts and Notley has promised further retaliatory measures this week if there is no progress on resolving the impasse.

Besides simply viewing meetings as «a big company thing,» entrepreneurs are «constantly pushing, and always on, they don't consider the important of cadenced checkpoints to measure the progress against their goals, and reevaluate that their previously agreed goals should continue to be their goals,» he writes.

Everyone needs to know how their progress will be measured, and (more importantly) how to get back on track if / when they find themselves distracted and off - mission.

I've recorded my progress on daily goals for more than 470 days and measured the results.

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.

«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.

«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

A better way is to solve someone else's problem and measure your progress based on whether or not they pay you.

Therefore, we concentrate on longer time frames to measure our progress.

With the sales - to - inventory ratio on the other hand it makes sense for us to compare month over month changes to measure how the market is progressing.

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.

So, while it might be tempting to measure your progress based on easy, vanity metrics, you have to resist.

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 sector.

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»).

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

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.

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).

Smurfit Kappa's sustainability report, which measures year - on - year progress with a focus on five priority areas (Forest, Climate Change, Water, Waste and People), shows that over the past ten years the packaging giant has also achieved a significant reduction in the amount of waste sent to landfill and has invested $ 60 million in water treatment plants.

We report annually on our CR program and initiatives, including our progress against the United Nations Global Compact principles and our measures to prevent modern slavery.

Many fans will still bleat on about signings... It seems that the modern fan can only associate progress or measure our chances based on who / how many we sign.

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.

The UN works on many water entities such as distributing drinking water during disasters, protecting ecosystems, making sure that water is of sufficient quality, ensuring that our cities have enough water infrastructure, measuring progress of access to sanitation, looking at how we will have enough water to make food.

While many questions persist about more sophisticated diagnostic measures, rehabilitation and long - term effects of injury, we continue to make great progress, remain current on research and new techniques and provide the best possible care for our patients at any level of sport or activity.»

Preschool Reading Screener, which can help you measure your five - year - olds progress on the path to reading readiness.

«Unicef must ensure that compliance with the code becomes a measure of progress on countries» implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.»

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

The Obama administration released a lengthy report this morning on the progress individual states have made on the implementation of the health care law approved in 2009 and, rather impishly, quotes Republican Sen. James Seward saying the measure has the backing of business.