Sentences with phrase «performance as measured»

Facilitated cross-reference strategies culminating in improved personal and professional performance as measured by increased output and by decreased absenteeism and turnover.

Similarly, its rendering performance as measured by its score on the Cinebench test (675) is twice that of the nearest competitor (322, belonging to the Core i7 - powered Acer Spin 3), and it finished our series of Photoshop image - editing tasks more than 30 seconds faster than the Yoga 720 did (3:27 vs. 4:05).

Receiving a Confirmit ACE Award is a distinct honor that demonstrates both rigorous application of customer feedback processes and outstanding performance as measured by those processes.

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A prior version of this story incorrectly reported that SB 1290 will require charter schools authorizers to consider student performance as measured by the Academic Performanc Index as the most important factor when considering renwals.

Indeed, students» high school performance as measured by GPA and course grades — even when self - reported by students — is a much more accurate indication of student readiness.

«You have teachers and administrators whose jobs rise and fall on school performance as measured on reading and math tests given for three to four days in the spring,» he said.

«I'm not going to let my staff be complacent and hang our hats on being Level 5 because the truth is, until I can increase our overall performance as measured by proficiency on the State Assessments, my team and I will not stop.»

Student performance as measured on standardized tests has improved about 5 percent a year since the school opened, D'Avignon said.

Our results indicate that citizens» perceptions of the quality of their local schools do in fact reflect the schools» performance as measured by student proficiency rates in core academic subjects.

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.

That really allowed us to answer the question: Is there a relationship between being absent from school and academic performance as measured in their NAPLAN results?

While the states vary somewhat across the columns, it is clear that several states stand out as having particularly weak performance as measured by the NAEP.

The results presented here — greater teacher performance as measured by student achievement gains in years following TES review — strongly suggest that teachers develop skills or otherwise change their behavior in a lasting manner as a result of undergoing subjective performance evaluation in the TES process.

Canada and Australia are large, diverse countries like the U.S., with significantly stronger student performance as measured on international tests.

She states that five studies have found «no consistent relationship between the subject - matter tests of the National Teachers» Exam and teacher performance as measured by student outcomes or supervisory ratings.»

Its rankings are based heavily on a company's long - term financial results and — for the first time this year — take into account its environmental, social, and governance performance as measured by investment research firm Sustainalytics.

In State v. Skandera (2015), New Mexico's highest court rejected a challenge, based on state legislation, to new state regulations for performance evaluation that included student performance as a measure of teacher competency.

That said, if we experience a significant drop in equity markets, it's possible the administration will ease off the protectionist agenda, particularly given that President Trump has viewed stock market performance as a measure of his performance.

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They shouldn't be seen as a guaranteed payment, but instead should be measured by performance of the individual, team or company.

This measure is used to assess each segment's business performance and as a tool in making business decisions.

While the GGEI is recognized as a leading international measure of the green economic performance of many countries, researchers at Yale (who also produce their own green country ranking each year) have criticized it for having limited geographic coverage.

Use it as a tool for measuring performance goals, and a tool for understanding how to coach employees to meet those goals.

In a new study based on mice, scientists at Lancaster University found that a drug that goes after three diabetes - related targets «significantly reversed the memory deficit» in mice who got the drug, as measured by their performance in a maze test when compared to mice who didn't get the drug.

According to a new report from public - advocacy nonprofit As You Sow, that's because most pension funds, mutual funds, and other institutional investors continue to «rubber - stamp» exorbitant pay packages — even when a CEO's performance doesn't measure up.

However, non-GAAP net income (loss) and non-GAAP basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share are not measures of financial performance under GAAP and, accordingly, should not be considered as alternatives to GAAP measures as indicators of operating performance.

MSCI, originally known as Morgan Stanley Capital International, provides a range of global stock indexes that professional investors track to measure their performance.

Management believes analysts and investors use Adjusted EBITDA as a supplemental measure to evaluate overall operating performance and facilitate comparisons with other wireless communications companies because it is indicative of T - Mobile's ongoing operating performance and trends by excluding the impact of interest expense from financing, non-cash depreciation and amortization from capital investments, non-cash stock - based compensation, network decommissioning costs as they are not indicative of T - Mobile's ongoing operating performance and certain other nonrecurring income and expenses.

Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for income from operations, net income or any other measure of financial performance reported in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles («GAAP»).

Non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for or superior to, other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Content marketing is maturing, and as a result we're better able to effectively target content, measure performance and correct course to improve results.

Furthermore, our management uses each of these measures as measures of the performance of our operations for budgeting and forecasting, as well as employee incentive compensation.

Of the 28 advertisers Keynote measured in terms of performance across desktop, smartphone, and tablet, WeatherTech came in second, while behemoths such as Pepsi and Budweiser were rated dead last.

Make the milestones to be reached as specific as possible with dates and performance measures, tasks and responsibilities.

Consequently, management uses these non-GAAP financial measures as indicators of the company's business performance, as well as for operational planning and decision making purposes.

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.

FFO as Adjusted: A supplemental non-GAAP measure that the company believes is more reflective of its core operating performance and provides investors and analysts an additional measure to compare the company's performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis by excluding items that we do not believe are indicative of our core operating performance.

As businesses create new social - media campaigns, analytics are a great way to measure performance.

«We found that increasing the size of lunch tables... significantly improved performance by over 10 percent, as measured by peer reviews,» writes Humanyze CEO Ben Waber on re: Work.

Instead, use these numbers as a jumping - off point to determine where you should begin engaging, but be sure to measure your performance on each site to see when and if you need to change course.

In addition to the non-GAAP measures discussed above, Cree also uses free cash flow as a measure of operating performance and liquidity.

Willy Schlacks told me that he sees an even bigger opportunity in more advanced analytics, such as using predictive analysis to lower maintenance costs, using drones to monitor entire construction sites and aggregating data so that contractors can measure their performance against industry benchmarks.

Identify and measure key performance indicators (KPIs) that align with your long - term goals, such as:

In addition, certain of these non-GAAP financial measures are used as performance metrics in the Company's incentive compensation programs.

The Company believes free cash flow and free cash flow conversion are meaningful to investors as they function as useful measures of performance, and the Company uses these measures as an indication of the strength of the company and its ability to generate cash.

We believe that these non-GAAP measures are useful to investors in assessing our operating performance, as it provides them with the same tools that management uses to evaluate our performance and is responsive to questions we receive from both investors and analysts.

The single year - end performance measure was abolished, as were relative rankings.

Management believes that organic growth is an important metric for measuring the operating performance of our business as it helps identify underlying business trends, without distortion from the effects of FX movements.

EBITDA is defined as earnings (net income or loss) before interest expense, net, (gain) loss on early extinguishment of debt, income tax (benefit) expense, and depreciation and amortization and is used by management to measure operating performance of the business.

While management believes that these non-GAAP adjusted financial measures provide useful supplemental information to investors regarding the underlying performance of the company's business operations, investors are reminded to consider these non-GAAP measures in addition to, and not as a substitute for, financial performance measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.