Sentences with phrase «perverse measure of progress»

Yet gender diversity in film remains lacking enough that when two people passed out at a recent film - festival screening of Julia Ducournau's cannibalism coming - of - age tale, Raw — much to the director's surprise and dismay — it was not only noteworthy but also a perverse measure of progress.

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«By introducing a progress measure, we will ensure schools are fairly judged on the performance of all their pupils rather than focusing entirely on attainment, which created a perverse incentive for schools to focus on some children at the expense of others.»

Heath Monk, executive director of the King Edward VI schools foundation in Birmingham, said performance measures such as Progress 8 gave schools «perverse incentives» to «chuck a few kids out».