Sentences with phrase «more subjective measures»

When compared with such crude indicators, the combination of student achievement gains on state tests, student surveys, and classroom observations identified teachers with better outcomes on every measure we tested: state tests and supplemental tests as well as more subjective measures, such as student - reported effort and enjoyment in class.

Not exact matches

Granted, one downside of using truly objective measures is that our ranking may not exclude CEOs who have disappointed stakeholders on dimensions where performance is more subjective.

This is not a subjective test attempting to measure the «true» value of the law to benefited individuals; rather, it's a more objective test (at least in theory) which simply attempts to measure the number and scope of allowed exemptions from the law.

Hariri and his lab director, Daniel Weinberger, wondered if they could get more concrete answers by comparing people's genes not just to their behavior or a subjective psychological state, but to brain activity measured by a scan.

The I - PSS17 is a standardized, patient self - reported measure of the subjective problems that the patient experiences with urinating, with scores ranging from 0 to 35 and higher scores indicating more severe symptoms.

Subjective measures such as mood and perceived stress can be just as, if not more, important in determining when to rest and when to go hard [15].

More importantly, observations are inherently biased because they are based on subjective determinations by school leaders and others who are prone to think that their approach to teaching is superior to anyone else's (even if teachers being evaluated have demonstrated that they improve student achievement as measured by test score growth).

But in a role as one piece of a more comprehensive evaluation methodology, value - added measures can inject an objective measure that can amplify or validate information gleaned from more subjective methodologies.

A BCS is a subjective assessment of body composition that has been validated to correlate with more a quantitative measure of body condition, dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (Laflamme et al., 1994).

Dorsey & Whitney managing partner Ken Cutler says that while his firm looks at three years of data, plus other subjective measures when determining partner compensation, «there's a bit of trend to place more emphasis on the previous year.»

League tables can be broadly described as those products that measure law firm deal activity through factual data rather than more subjective methodologies.

If not, you may have subjective performance measures which have more to do with how much you like or dislike an employee rather than how well they meet your objective performance criteria.

Flourishing has been postulated as a distinct measure of well - being that is separate to life satisfaction, which taps into more evaluative judgements of subjective - well - being [70], [71]; the flourishing construct taps into perceptions of self - efficacy, optimism, success at social relationships, purpose in life, and self esteem.