Sentences with phrase «numerical targets»

And they will stimulate progress without imposing the specific numerical targets that lead systems to teach to the test.

We need a hospital inspections regime that doesn't just look at numerical targets but examines the quality of care and makes an open, public and explicit judgement.

The former numerical target of achieving 10 % yield on cost in 10 years has been dropped.

Why had officials and advisers assumed the existence of numerical targets for chucking people out of Britain was something the home secretary would be sufficiently comfortable about not to have to ensure the details were brought to her attention and formally approved?

Consider the context of numerical targets — percentages, for example, X % of students will achieve Y %; it is impossible for teachers to guarantee this.

«To increase the participation of women in the academic workforce, the government has set numerical targets for recruiting for academic positions in two successive 5 - year basic plans for science and technology adopted since 2006.

«But numerical targets present some inherent challenges: what is the goal, if there even is one?

Taking the time to align your company's incentives with numerical targets can pay dividends not only for its long - term business goals, but also for each career that you shape.

But the produce - or - else testing culture that she fostered — tying portions of some evaluations to growth in scores and securing commitments from principals to hit numerical targets — created a climate of fear, in the view of many school employees.

Two other goals — of high school students concurrently enrolling in community college and an increase in bilingual, bi-literate graduates — did not have numerical targets yet.

The «value added» — what instructors contribute to student growth on tests — is a more meaningful indicator of progress than the absolute numerical targets in the federal No Child Left Behind law, advocates say.

Even before the Protocol was adopted, it became clear that it would include strict numerical targets and tight timetables for reducing emissions in the industrialized world, with pernicious economic consequences for the United States.

I have a specific numerical target: By the time of its 10 - year anniversary in 2018, I want the DGP to be sending me 10 % of its original cost every year in dividends.

«Whilst the ambition to achieve three million more apprenticeships by 2020 has created a positive culture, the numerical target itself is not sufficient,» he said.

The numerical target is for the portfolio to deliver 10 percent yield on cost within 10 years of inception.