Sentences with phrase «objective measures»

Frankly, my impression is that the recent improvement in market action won't last, but again, our investment positions are driven much more by objective measures of prevailing market conditions.

These two indices, based on objective measures, are assembled by a team of experts and reported for over 150 countries each year.

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

She is interested in using objective measures of outcome to demonstrate clinical changes and in using these data to guide further development of the treatment approach used in this program.

That is to say, I believe he'll look for additional and more rigorous measures for higher - end performance while maintaining student - specific, objective measures for students across the board.

Where multiple measures (eg, biochemical and self - reported smoking status) for the same outcome are reported, the most objective measure of outcome will be used.

In addition, it is merely a measure self - perceived mate value as opposed to a more objective measure like bilateral symmetry of the face, level of education, or height.

No matter how many times our commissioner might say it, these tests are NOT objective measures of a teacher's effectiveness.

That experience taught us that an accountability formula should reflect only objective measures of academic achievement.

However, when it comes to laying off workers, you need objective measures of performance that are directly tied to the work each employee performs.

Again, due to the relative youth of the programs, few objective measures exist to evaluate the success of the different training models.

That's why some policymakers came up with the idea of finding objective measures, and then adopting new firing policies.

Parents, students and society should require objective measures of academic success to make informed decisions.

Future evaluations would benefit from objective measures, such as behavioural observations or testing of knowledge and skills through case studies, role plays or written assessments.

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.

The critical issue is not whether teacher recommendations should be used but how they could be designed to complement objective measures.

Yet there's no reason why teachers shouldn't also be evaluated against objective measures of student performance just as are schools, districts and states.

But it does suggest a more reliable formula for spotting exceptional talent among people who appear not to possess it according to supposedly objective measures of scientific promise.

The improvements in self - reported symptoms, an indication of a marked return to wellness, are supported by reduced need for medication along with other confirmed objective measures.

With respect to education, we look at so - called objective measures: scores on international comparisons.

How to establish a set of evidence - based readiness measures, and how to balance the use of subjective and objective measures continues to be a big challenge.

This new car has improved in every measurable way over the previous gen, and in a few objective measures too — it's a great car.

The force plate analysis is a very objective measure, and the owner and veterinarian perceptions give a good measure of functional use.

At 72 months, teachers reported on children's externalizing behaviors, and children completed objective measures of academic achievement.

It is important to highlight that social problems were measured by parent report, thus indicating a more or less objective measure of social problems rather than a possibly biased perception by the adolescent.

Second, this subjective impression is validated by objective measures (cognitive test battery).

Course placement rules based on objective measures can identify students capable of completing rigorous coursework but whom discretionary systems might overlook.

I'm just trying to say that based on as objective a measure as I can come up with, I think you would want to work to take it to the next step.

«If we can come up with a clinically - relevant, objective measure for concussion diagnosis and recovery, we can make safer decisions about return to play,» she said.

Learn how to buy low and sell high by using objective measures to identify opportunities.

I was very proud of the fact that our waterfront corporation has installed what is by most objective measures a world - leading broadband capacity.

And economic payouts are the only objective measures they can use to justify expenditures.

But the reality is that policymakers need objective measures of what students can do, and standardized tests offer such measures.

And yet it is surprisingly difficult to find objective measures that answer the question, where are we today on the path toward meeting the 1.5 or 2 °C goals?

Since the ATUS is a survey, more population research with objective measures of sleep is needed.

This will be aided by longitudinal analysis of associations between parenting measures used in this study and child health outcomes added in future sweeps, including more objective measures such as BMI and hospital admissions.

Changing the current evaluation system to focus on improved student outcomes, including objective measures of student growth, is critical to improving teacher effectiveness, raising student achievement, and meeting the objectives of the federal «No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.»

For instance, underrepresented students tend to have lower test scores, which do not reflect actual learning or predict future success.6 Relying solely on objective measures in teacher recommendations and hence the placement process may result in many underrepresented students being held back when they are capable of excelling in higher math courses.

First, the moderating effect of parenting stress on the relation between objective measures of neonatal behavior and later subjective maternal ratings of infant temperament may be driven by a subset of children who evidence persistent irritable and difficult behaviors over the first 4 months of life.

In addition, he adds, the research is part of «figuring out very mechanistic descriptions of how attention works,» which can be used in the future «to develop better tools and better objective measures for diagnosing disorders like ADD and dyslexia.»

But for researchers or consumers seeking more nuanced health data, putting other objective measures on hospitals» Yelp landing pages would provide even more context about hospital performance.

Standardized test results from this year and next will give the district its first objective measure of academic growth.

Yeah a good way to show objective measures is to present quantified achievements, anything on your resume that is not an achievement is wasting space.

However, the law specifically allows employers to continue asking about objective measures of an applicant's productivity, such as revenue or sales generated, which should make this change in the law more palatable to employers hiring salespersons.