Sentences with phrase «performance in the previous years»

an index of 100 that may be incremented annually, as the commissioner deems appropriate, or progress in relation to performance in the previous year; and

The Times analysis relied on a statistical approach known as «value - added,» which estimates the effectiveness of teachers by crediting them for the gains students make over their performance in previous years on standardized tests in math and English.

The approach estimates a teacher's effectiveness by comparing his or her students» performance on standardized tests to their performance in previous years.

One should also observe the company's credibility, its financial performance in the previous years, its market share etc..

Not exact matches

«Twice a year, we recognize 10 percent of our staff, in front of the whole company, for stellar performance over the previous six months.

The study, released Monday, shows performance shares were used as CEO rewards by 51 % of companies surveyed last year, up from 47 % the previous year and 41 % in 2011.

But McDonald's performance in the recession was even more remarkable: sales growth in 2008 surpassed the previous two years; the fast - food giant opened nearly 600 stores; and same - store - sales have increased in each of 2009's first seven months.

The Leadership Development and Compensation Committee offered Larry and Sergey cash awards in recognition of their performance in 2014, but as in previous years, they declined to receive cash bonuses.

This is consistent with national survey reports from the General Social Survey where employee owners report that they have greater job security and lower likelihoods of being laid off in the previous year compared to other employees.29 When faced with recessionary pressures, employee ownership firms may retain workers to sustain a workplace culture based on cooperation, information - sharing, and commitment to long - term performance.

In a previous piece, we discussed that China's lackluster performance had made it the worst - performing country in the Pan Asian bond market in 2017, and that it was the only country that closed the year in negative territorIn a previous piece, we discussed that China's lackluster performance had made it the worst - performing country in the Pan Asian bond market in 2017, and that it was the only country that closed the year in negative territorin the Pan Asian bond market in 2017, and that it was the only country that closed the year in negative territorin 2017, and that it was the only country that closed the year in negative territorin negative territory.

«We suspect that in a similar manner to its performance after previous spikes and retracements, the Shanghai Composite Index will now settle into a broad range, potentially for several years,» Garner says.

Mr. Dimon's compensation included $ 14.2 million in restricted stock and options awarded in 2010 for his performance from the previous year.

FRANCE: China, France blackspots fail to hamper Pernod Ricard in H1 Pernod Ricard has hailed a «good performance» in its H1, despite a «less buoyant environment» than the previous year.

Trippier impressed for Burnley prior to his move to White Hart Lane last year, and in turn he'll hope that a move away from north London is just what is required to reach those previous levels of performance again.

Further, places in the draw for the group stage are allocated not on the basis of whether a club happens to have won a title the previous season, but on their UEFA coefficient, a rolling points average based on a team's performance in all European competitions over the last five years.

He found the studies linking school breakfast with improved student performance compelling, and brought the idea to his superintendent, who was new to the position in the previous school year.

In previous boom years, the cap is adjusted upwards, based on economic performance.

Labour kept the seat with ease, but the rise of UKIP and the Greens the previous year saw them both turn in very creditible performances of 18 % and 11 % respectively.

[93] The Labour results were described as a success, with the party building on its performance the previous year in the north of England and Wales, consolidating its position in northern cities and winning control of places such as Cardiff and Swansea.

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.

«In spite of the reduction in the headline numbers, the Group's performance for the year 2017 witnessed an improvement in core operating performance over the previous year after adjusting for the significant foreign exchange revaluation income enjoyed in 201In spite of the reduction in the headline numbers, the Group's performance for the year 2017 witnessed an improvement in core operating performance over the previous year after adjusting for the significant foreign exchange revaluation income enjoyed in 201in the headline numbers, the Group's performance for the year 2017 witnessed an improvement in core operating performance over the previous year after adjusting for the significant foreign exchange revaluation income enjoyed in 201in core operating performance over the previous year after adjusting for the significant foreign exchange revaluation income enjoyed in 201in 2016.

Suspicions were raised of potential malpractice when figures published by the ambulance service showed a dramatic improvement in performance, with 28 out of 32 ambulance trusts in England meeting the target, compared to just three the previous year.

Unlike previous years, Ghana recorded a lot of new faces on the nomination list; some of whom Included new actor, Joseph Otsiman who got the nod for Best Actor In Supporting Role for his performance in the drama thriller film, The Cursed Ones directed by Nana Obiri Yeboah, who was also nominated for AMAA 2016 Award For Best Director categorIn Supporting Role for his performance in the drama thriller film, The Cursed Ones directed by Nana Obiri Yeboah, who was also nominated for AMAA 2016 Award For Best Director categorin the drama thriller film, The Cursed Ones directed by Nana Obiri Yeboah, who was also nominated for AMAA 2016 Award For Best Director category.

Commenting on the primary school performance tables released today by the DfE, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The NASUWT has consistently highlighted to Government the serious problems with the reforms to primary assessment, particularly the impossibility of comparing data for last year with previous years due to changes introduced to the testing system.

In my earlier post about Gordon Brown's performance at his press conference on CentreRight, I also mentioned that the Prime Minister failed to answer Ben Brogan's question about whether or not he would honour Tony Blair's previous promise to give David Cameron and the shadow cabinet access to the civil service as of the New Year.

At a follow - up months later, these gains were maintained and in one of the studies, involving two teams that had losing records the previous year, both had winning seasons following mindful sport performance enhancement.

A 38 - year - old female professional / elite triathlete (and medical doctor) of 13 years presented with decreased performances in the Ironman triathlon, alongside a number of physiological ailments during training and competition over the previous several years.

That studio plummeted to last place in 2012 thanks to a disastrous performance in all markets that saw Paramount collecting less than half of its previous year's revenues.

That role, coupled with the exposure that Snipes had received for his performance as a talented but undisciplined baseball player in the previous year's Major League, succeeded in giving the actor a tentative plot on the Hollywood map.

Aniston won her first Golden Globe in 2003 for her performance on NBC sitcom «Friends,» and was nominated the previous year for the same role.

Like last year's subpar «The Conjuring» spinoff «Annabelle,» this direly routine ghost story marks a huge comedown in production values and performance quality from the series» previous entries (which earned a combined $ 258 million worldwide), despite the presence of longtime Wan collaborator Leigh Whannell behind the camera and always game - faced elder scream queen Lin Shaye in front of it.

The film pivots on Julie Andrews's inarguably excellent performance as Maria — she not only sings with great skill and charm, but no doubt also brought lots of audience goodwill and a useful aura of maternal efficiency from her performance in Mary Poppins the previous year.

If you're intrigued but not sure, watch his previous work, especially «12 Monkeys» (1996), just for Bruce Willis» performance alone (and a theme tune that will get stuck in your head for years).

The film's technical innovations are probably familiar at this point — a blend of photo - realistic CGI and the performances; minutes - long shot lengths that'll rival the extended takes in Cuaron's previous picture; being designed in 3D from the ground up — and it's certainly one of the most anticipated of the year for many.

Though I still think the Academy dropped the ball in some areas (Best Actress, in particular, could have been a far richer and more diverse race had the likes of Sally Hawkins and Kristin Scott Thomas been invited), it's true that, while 2008 hasn't been as rewarding for auteur works as some previous years, we've seen a lot of films either wholly constructed around their performances («The Wrestler» being a prime example) or saved by them (for my money, Anne Hathaway and Rosemarie DeWitt are the most focused elements of «Rachel Getting Married»).

Teachers participating in the study saw gains of 20 percent on AP test pass rates when they adopted the Knowledge in Action PBL curriculum when compared with the performance of their students from the previous year at the same school using a traditionally taught curriculum.

We also use information on the school's performance composite two years before the year to correct for measurement error in the school's previous - year performance.

The proportion of students receiving a free school lunch, the proportion of students who are white British, student performance on the age - 11 test in the prior year, and the school's inspection rating from the previous inspection round are all similar, on average, in the treatment and control schools.

And because of targeted teaching and the tech - enabled rigor used in the analysis of results, Neal maintains that his time spent on admin and marking has decreased by almost half, while class performance on assignments have increased by approximately 15 % compared to the previous year when edTech apps were not regularly incorporated in class or for homework.

SGPs calculate how a student's performance on a standardized test compares to the performance of all students who received the same score in the previous year (or who have the same score history in cases with multiple years of data).

I gathered NAEP scores on fourth - grade math performance from the US from 1990 to 2013 and linked them to data on how good of a holiday season was had in the previous year (operationalized as consumer spending in November and December as measured by the ICSC - Goldman Sachs index).

This two - page document effectively gives the simple snapshot of a school's performance in the previous academic year, and provides quantitative details about factors which contribute to a school's overall performance.

Montera's Academic Performance Index — the state's primary metric for evaluating student achievement — had increased by 94 points in the previous three years, with the largest gain coming from black students.

Value - added assesses a teacher's effectiveness at raising students» performance on standardized tests compared with how they did in previous years.

What percentage of students at grade level on a previous year's assessment declined in their performance?

Assemblyman Jose Solorio, D - Santa Ana, authored AB 1166 in response to a practice implemented in the Anaheim Union High School District that required students to carry school ID cards and notebooks in one of three colors based on their performance on the previous year's California Standards Tests.

In the latest release of data, we have a sense of how much progress students show on state assessments from one year to the next (as it's been two years since the last time we had growth data, here's a quick reminder on how it is calculated: a student's performance on the test is compared to her «academic peers» — other students who had the same test score she had the previous year, resulting in the individual's student growth percentilIn the latest release of data, we have a sense of how much progress students show on state assessments from one year to the next (as it's been two years since the last time we had growth data, here's a quick reminder on how it is calculated: a student's performance on the test is compared to her «academic peers» — other students who had the same test score she had the previous year, resulting in the individual's student growth percentilin the individual's student growth percentile.

After one year, the data indicated that almost 50 percent of students entering 9th grade were reading at grade level, and student performance in mathematics, science, and social studies continued at levels comparable to previous years.

Teacher performance was calculated by using a value - added model, which predicts how students will do in a given year based on how they performed in the previous year.

Yet the small minority of requests put in by candidates who were not present for an exam — sometimes due to illness, according to the report — were less likely to be approved than in previous years because a candidate's performance can no longer be predicted due to the lack of prior modules.