Sentences with phrase «objective measure of progress»

Businesses, small and large, use key performance indicators as objective measures of progress toward targets.

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A solid plan reassures them about the competence of the entrepreneur and provides an objective yardstick for measuring progress and testing initial assumptions.

We work with all of the teams to help them understand how they can measure progress against their objectives.

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).

These papers add to a growing body of information suggesting that widely used «objective» admissions measures, such as GRE test scores and GPA, are exactly the wrong way to go about picking future contributors to scientific progress.

There must be high academic standards, objective measures of student progress and accountability for providers.

To obtain objective data concerning student progress, Namaste partners with the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC) to measure the children's height, weight, abdominal circumference, and blood pressure as well as their knowledge of and attitude toward physical activity and nutrition.

This camp claims that tests, as currently administered, are the only fair and «objective» measure of progress and should determine all or most high - stakes decisions.

We can empower our students to be in charge of their own learning by creating interesting, open - ended tasks that target real - world skills, meet our learning objectives, and enable students to make choices and then measure and reflect on their progress.

Advocates contend that test scores offer a more objective measure of a teacher's performance than most evaluations currently in place, which rarely consider student progress and rate nearly all teachers as successful.

The suit alleged that the district was violating the 1971 Stull Act by not using an objective measure of «pupil progress» to evaluate its teachers.

Groundbreaking development of Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) that revolutionized how schools measure academic progress.

Progress monitoring with objective measures of writing performance for students with mild disabilities.

«Multimetric accountability systems should use formative assessments, evidence of student learning, and progress toward personal growth objectives to measure student and teacher success rather than rely on standardized test scores as the primary reference point.»

Since the onset of No Child Left Behind we have lost enormous ground on the argument that high - stakes objective standardized tests are illegitimate measures of children's» progress in the first place.

They contract with independent evaluators to conduct local evaluations to measure progress toward the achievement of goals, objectives, and indicators.

Learning Objective: Assessment / Evaluation of Competencies Participants will recognize the importance of the assessment and evaluations processes as described in the NSLS that measure progress toward competency for learners, school librarians, and the school library.

You must enroll in a fellowship program that: provides sufficient financial support to allow for full - time study for at least 6 months, requires a statement of objectives, requires periodic reports or projects that measure the graduate fellow's progress

Well - defined objectives are critical to the success of any money management plan because they provide your plan with a sense of purpose and a benchmark against which you can measure your progress.

Reliable GHG inventories are essential, both at national and international level, for: assessing the international community's collective and individual efforts to address climate change and progress toward meeting the ultimate objective of the Convention; evaluating mitigation options; assessing the effectiveness of policies and measures; making long - term emission projections; providing the foundation for emission trading schemes.

KPIs are objective measures of performance to assess progress toward goals.

However, despite Objective 5 of the Workforce Framework outlined above, the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health has indicated that at present there are no national targets associated with its implementation.277 In September 2003, the ATSIHWWG agreed to establish an Evaluation Group to progress issues related to workforce performance measures and aligning implementation with the National Strategic Framework.