Sentences with phrase «only measure of performance»

Ravitch has repeatedly fed the myth that reformers want standardized tests to be the only measure of performance.

Not exact matches

The company considers same - property NOI as an important operating performance measure because it is frequently used by securities analysts and investors to measure only the net operating income of properties that have been owned by the company for the entire current and prior year reporting periods.

Return on invested capital (ROIC) is not only the most intuitive measure of corporate performance, but it is also the best.

Tracking repeat calls within a specified period (we recommend seven to 14 days) is not only easier than measuring FCR but also casts a wider net, capturing the implicit, or nonobvious, reasons customers call back, such as related downstream issues or an emotional disconnect with a rep.. A word of caution: Tracking repeat calls instead of using FCR inevitably makes performance appear worse.

The standard proxy for growth in debt - servicing capacity is GDP growth, but this is only valid in economies in which GDP growth data is a systems output that measures the underlying performance of the economy.

Sutton Fell noted that while «80 % of companies offer some kind of formal or informal flexible work options, only 3 % measure the productivity, performance, and engagement of those options to determine their ROI [return on investment], and connect them to overarching business goals and the bottom line.»

But same - store sales, a key measure of retail performance that strips out the effects of square footage changes, rose only slightly, by 1.1 per cent excluding gas.

All well and good, but facts are facts (everyone seems to have a hard - on for stats right now) and that Man City performance was the only significant win against the top 6 this season — it's not a measure of how we typically perform in these games.

i wld really wish that we measure our hype and not loose focus after what i wld call exceptional performance by our lads against MANURE.We can only hope that lessons have been learnt and mistakes of the past will be duly corrected as we progress forward.

Last season, Okafor ranked 61st out of 62 qualifying centers (ahead of only Towns) in defensive Real Plus - Minus, a stat that measures a player's estimated on - court impact on his team's defensive performance.

which is certainly not a slight on the young french national player; like him or not, Sanchez has provided some real world - class performances for club and country in recent years... if you do this move, you need to really clean house or face some serious consequences for the foreseeable future... half measures are rarely rewarded, that's how we got here... tear down the wall... we need to get rid of Giroud, not because he isn't a talented player, his skill - set simply doesn't make sense if we hope to maximize the offensive potential of a quick passing, one - touch scheme... we need to evolve, like Barcelona, who realized you needed to have clinical finishers or face a mind - numbing future of horizontal passes and largely ineffective crosses... Barca went and got Suarez, even though they had Messi and Neymar on the roster (just imagine the possibilities — another in the litany of Wenger «what ifs»)... we need to be as clinical in the boardroom as on the pitch... accept nothing less or move on... personally I would move on from Welbeck, Giroud and Walcott, even Ox if he isn't all in... I think the most intriguing player might be Perez, which runs counter to the thoughts in my head when he arrived late last summer... we need a deep lying DM with quick feet and long ball potential, midfielders who can counter quickly even when they are spread out and 4 or 5 players who know how to attack the lanes (kind of a cross between Barca, Dortmund and Monaco)... this is seriously an achievable goal, one that logically should have been achieved quite a few years ago... did no one in the Arsenal organization see the financial restructuring of the football universe... think of the players we could have had but we weren't willing to cough up the dough only for those individuals to have their value double or triple within a 12 to 24 month period... even if just from an investment perspective these «no deals» represent a failure of monumental proportions... only if you cared, of course

It provides a single, seemingly straightforward measure of party performance that can tell us not only how well or badly a party has done as compared with four years ago, but also as compared with any previous local elections for which a PNS is available — even though the places in which local elections are held varies considerably from one year to the next.

This is not only a statement of intent but a benchmark which we are using to measure the performance of our administration.

Only 38 Percent of African American and 42 Percent of Latino Parents Think High School Graduates are Ready for College; 83 Percent and 80 Percent, Respectively, Agree with Need to Grade Schools; Lower - Income Parents are Among the Most Likely to See Measuring School Performance as ImportantNew York — While three...

Dr McKay added that previous studies had only compared the decisions of delusion - prone and non-delusion-prone people to each other rather than to an objective measure of performance: «Surprisingly, our study also found that even low delusion - prone people jumped to conclusions — so most people jump to conclusions, but delusion - prone people jump further.»

As new measures of academic performance appear, experts stress that quantitative indicators are only part of what counts as scientific impact.

These studies not only measured objective parameters of sporting performance, but also asked athletes about their sensations after consuming the energy drink and measured the frequency of the side effects in comparison with the placebo drink.

The effects of consumption of milk after endurance exercise on post-exercise muscle protein fractional synthetic rate (FSR), signaling molecules of skeletal muscle protein turnover, leucine kinetics, and performance measures, suggests unique benefits of milk compared with a carbohydrate only beverage.

Only when the peerless Vanessa Redgrave appears on screen to deliver an elegantly sexy and witty performance, at intervals too infrequent for sustained relief, is any measure of heat detectable.

While it isn't a great performance by most traditional measures, it likely would have been an action star - making turn, as Lee not only has the athletic physical attributes to convincingly go through the motions of the fight choreography, there is an innate sense of goodness and sensitivity in his demeanor that makes for a fine romantic hero, even though he looks like the inspiration of Heath Ledger's Joker from The Dark Knight and he's got murder on his mind.

Those who want to reward teachers on the basis of measured performance should consider whether it is worth the trouble and expense to implement value - added assessment if the only outcome is to reward small numbers of teachers.

At present, the desired performance standard of a country is measured by what is accomplished only in the economy using as reference the size and progress of the growth of GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ignoring the other systems.

NAEP's Trial Urban District Assessment, which measured the performance of 11 large urban systems in 2005, provides compelling evidence of the futility of district - based reforms: even the highest - performing district studied (Charlotte) had only 29 percent of its 8th graders at or above proficient in reading.

While this means that some of the students, whose test scores are included in the school's performance measure, may have only been in that school for a relatively short time, it avoids problems associated with excluding the high - mobility students - typically the lowest - performing students - from the district's overall accountability measure.

Performance measures based on the growth in student achievement over time, which are only possible with annual testing, provide a fairer, more accurate picture of schools» contribution to student learning.

Moe, for reasons I'll explain in a moment, thinks «reform unionism» is a pipe dream and that the only effective way to drive school improvement is by getting the system incentives to emphasize performance — which requires measures of student learning.

Advocates claim that tests are the only universal, unbiased measure of student and school performance.

Critics also contend that standardized tests are only one measure of student performance, and must be considered alongside other assessment tools, including classroom work, student portfolios, and teacher evaluations.

Yet that seems to be only part of the story: Dr. Jerrim said he was surprised to discover a considerable gap in access to selective colleges and universities even after accounting for differences in academic performance as measured by grades or standardized tests.

This conflicts with ESSA's stated goal to identify the schools where support is most needed, as the support system would effectively focus on only one type of school because the indicators used to measure performance would not apply meaningfully to that school type.

Before NCLB, the only method used to measure student performance was in terms of school averages.

Most importantly, I would prefer to see states expend precious public dollars on answering these questions of performance measurement rather than on an elaborate licensing apparatus that typically measures only course content and internship hours.

These performance - based evaluations are often very subjective and only take small measures of a teacher's performance into consideration.

Hill, Ball and Brian Rowan find only modest links between measures of the mathematical knowledge that teachers need for teaching and their students» performance on standardized math tests, and the vaunted Measures of Effective Teaching project had to abandon its content knowledge for teaching measures, designed to assess some aspects of pedagogical content knowledge, as they were not associated with student achimeasures of the mathematical knowledge that teachers need for teaching and their students» performance on standardized math tests, and the vaunted Measures of Effective Teaching project had to abandon its content knowledge for teaching measures, designed to assess some aspects of pedagogical content knowledge, as they were not associated with student achiMeasures of Effective Teaching project had to abandon its content knowledge for teaching measures, designed to assess some aspects of pedagogical content knowledge, as they were not associated with student achimeasures, designed to assess some aspects of pedagogical content knowledge, as they were not associated with student achievement.

Test scores released Tuesday for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) continued a decade - long trend of stasis, with small improvements measured only for performance in eighth - grade reading.

LMSs can be utilized to provide a comprehensive measure of more than just performance or training, restrained only by the organizations» imagination.

Unless such tests are shown to be developmentally appropriate, scientifically valid, and reliable for the purpose of measuring both student learning and a teacher's performance, such tests may not be used to support any employment action against a teacher and may be used only to provide non-evaluative formative feedback.Standardized tests, even if deemed valid and reliable, may not be used to support any employment action against a teacher.

Unless such tests are shown to be developmentally appropriate, scientifically valid, and reliable for the purpose of measuring both student learning and a teacher's performance, such tests may not be used to support any employment action against a teacher and may be used only to provide non-evaluative formative feedback.

The null results from most studies contrast with some recent evidence suggesting that programs that combine value - added with other measures of performance, or which use only other measures, can lead to improvement.

Student achievement measures for courses associated with statewide assessments may be used only if a statewide growth formula has not been approved for that assessment or, for courses associated with school district assessments, if achievement is demonstrated to be a more appropriate measure of teacher performance.

[13] In other words, value - added, along with other measures, [14] can help screen the performance of not only teachers, but observers as well.

The release added: «Today's results form only one part of how primary school performance is measured — later in the year results for pupil progress will be published.

This is much preferable to the EBacc performance measure in which only a core of five academic subjects, with no recognition of success in more creative or practical subjects, was targeted.

If that was only true of the school in which he gave his speech — CASSA received a «D» on its Performance Index and an «F» in value - added, a growth measure over a school year.

The hastily called hearing sought to be a forum for the various groups to air mounting concerns about implementation of the new standards and especially the new testing, which will not only gauge how much students have learned but will also be used in measuring teacher performance under the state's new evaluation guidelines.

In order to monitor Arizona's progress towards the Governor's goals, we should encourage any programs or initiatives that not only address early identification and interventions for students struggling in math, but also measure and report the math performance of all eighth grade students, no matter the test they take.

What evolved was a measurement framework that based its assessment of school quality on students» performance on only a single assessment (an invalid standard for measuring student progress) and mandated a series of wide - ranging sanctions that did not prove to significantly improve student or school performance.

It measures the performance of students, some of whom have only been in their new schools for a matter of months.

The AFT and the state education department have only agreed that classroom observations — which, even under the best of circumstances, are far less reliable in measuring student performance than either value - added analysis of student test score performance or even surveys of students — should be the «majority» element in the new evaluation system.

In addition, «27 states [now] require annual evaluations for all teachers, compared to just 15 states in 2009;» «17 states include student growth as the preponderant criterion in teacher evaluations, up from only four states in 2009... An additional 18 states include growth measures as a «significant» criterion in teacher evaluations;» «23 states require that evidence of teacher performance be used in tenure decisions [whereas no] state had such a policy in 2009;» «19 states require that teacher performance is considered in reduction in force decisions;» and the «majority of states (28) now articulate that ineffectiveness is grounds for teacher dismissal» (p. 6).