Sentences with phrase «point scale system»

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The points system sees would - be immigrants graded on a scale of 100, with points awarded for language ability, age, education, work experience and adaptability to Canada.

But in most cases, those aren't scaled up to a point where they really impact bigger systems and processes.»

For all front - of - pack labelling systems, after using the system the majority of participants reported that they found it «very easy» or «fairly easy» to use, from a five - point likert scale, even though many made incorrect judgements.

Unwinding that culture is going to take as many solutions as it can get, and I think we're at a point where we need to talk about shutting down systems that allow this sort of thing to happen on a grand scale.

The scale of the task, the length of the timescale and the current warped system all point in one direction.

For those who aren't familiar with it, the «tipping point» is a concept from epidemiology (popularized by the best - selling book by Malcolm Gladwell) that suggests that small changes accumulate innocuously until a critical mass is reached, at which point a large - scale, irreversible change occurs in the system under study.

«If human activities are starting to impact this system, it is a worrying sign that the scale of human impacts on the climate system may be reaching a critical point.»

Being able to study quantum systems with a large number of components — or «qubits,» as they are often called — also has important implications for future quantum technologies, as Carleo points out: «If we want to test quantum computers with more than a handful of qubits, that won't be possible with conventional means because of the exponential scaling.

Identifying patients with the worst strokes in this new system requires training first responders to grade a patient's symptoms on a five - point scale and allowing them to divert the patient directly to a stroke center, even if it's not the closest facility.

Most white water rapids are on a six point scale or a classification system where it's 1 through 6 and 6 being the worst, 5 being really, really bad, 6 being you could die on this one.

This points to a new kind of growth mechanism in mineralization, and because the theory is independent of absolute scale, it may be adapted to other geometrically constrained growth phenomena in physical and biological systems.»

From arranged marriages, to chaperoned courtship, to slightly more freedom to almost anything goes --- traditional offline dating progressed from a system that involved knowing hardly more than name and rank on the wedding day, to the point at which parties now ask for complete financial and medical disclosure and can purchase full - scale background checks over the Internet.

Elmore points out that large - scale improvement is a «property of organizations,» not of the individuals who work for them, as the current system would have us believe.

I've written previously about its role in creating proof points capable of scaling for the field that help propel the education system more toward a fully competency - based, student - centric one, and now NGLC is at it again (full disclosure: I serve as a reviewer for their grants).

We find that the accountability provisions of NCLB increased 4th - grade math achievement by roughly 7.2 scale points (0.23 standard deviations) by 2007 in states with no prior accountability policies relative to states that adopted accountability systems in 1997.

Some studies developed by JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) in the UK pointed out that there are interesting innovations in assessment methods being performed in limited circles, but these have not yet been transferred to a larger scale.

New York grades schools on a four - point scale, which, if not as good as the traditional grading system, would be satisfactory were it not for the fact that, in New York, 4 is good, 1 is bad.

A five - point A to F scale that focused strictly on student growth at a school would greatly enhance the transparency of the accountability system.

A points system is often used to give a high - level estimate of the scale or size of a specific task.

Johnson said the rating system isn't finalized but DPI is considering both 100 - point and 400 - point scales.

Under this system, teachers are evaluated on a four - point scale based on multiple measures that include classroom observations, content standards, and assessments of student growth.

Danielson's system includes 22 indicators to use when observing teachers in the classroom, each scored on a four - point rating scale.

The state system would then subtract each student score from the low value of 100 scale score points) for the Meets Standards proficiency level resulting in derived values of -10, +10, and +15.

Other variations include: number, type, and weight of indicators, ranking system, scaled points, and growth measures.

If the low end of the scale score band for Level 3 is say 100 scale score points and student A scores 90 scale score points on the Math SBA for their grade level, and student B scores 110 scale score points, and student C scores 115 scale score points, the system subtracts each student scale score from 100 arriving at derived scores of -10, +10, and +15.

This system masks the performance of low performing students by redistributing «excess» scale score points of high performing students.

At that point, every district in the state is required to have in place a teacher evaluation system that will grade educators on a scale from «ineffective to «highly effective.»

Also, while states are required to measure academic proficiency indicators — which are static, point - in - time indicators within their school classification systems — there may be an opportunity to measure specific aspects of proficiency data, such as growth or scale scores, which are further described below.24 That is, ESSA may provide states an opportunity to use differentiation within an indicator, as well as differentiation between schools.

The Final 16 beat out 25 other states and earned the highest scores from the peer reviewers, who awarded points based on a 500 - point grading scale that judged states» commitments to improve teacher effectiveness, data systems, academic standards, and low - performing schools.

And with technology becoming a bigger selling point, the Editors» Choice Uconnect 8.4 AN infotainment system could tip help the scales for some buyers.

This allows an absolute scale for entropy to be established from a statistical point of view, and also determines the degree of randomness or disorder in a system.

Charlie Munger makes two key points here: 1) some bargains are only visible if you understand qualitative factors and 2) there sometimes are catalysts that can boost the value of the stock even further based on factors like scale advantages, favorable regulatory changes, improving secular phenomenon and better systems or business momentum.

If your trading system measures cycles, like the Top Dog Trading system, you could also use cycle highs / lows as logical points to scale out of your positions.

While you do earn points at a higher rate on the Citi ® Hilton Honors ™ Visa Signature ® Card, one caveat is that the program uses a larger scale points system.

Each points system has its own scale, and while many are the same or close (airlines typically all share very similar value structure), some are completely different.

Gameplay is exactly what you know; there are no large scale changes to the system at this point.

We're also using the same three - point system for re-releases, but instead of giving it only one score, we're retaining the individual elements (Graphics, Sound, Story, etc.) from our standard reviews, but overlaying them with the new scale.

This system uses stars on a 10 - point scale (five stars, including half - points).

It's like an X-ray of an underground spring or a large - scale section of the circulatory system — the point being that any and all such associations apply.

[i] The Wine Games five point scale (from worst to best) is a system for assessing cultural output and consists of the following ratings: Yellow (Y); Red (R); Green (G); Orange (O) and Black (B).

But to the point: yes, in theory the climate system could show chaos on longer time scales.

Gates hammered on points reported here for many years: that without a big, and sustained, boost in spending on basic research and development on energy frontiers, the chances of triggering an energy revolution are nil; that while the private sector and venture capital investors are vital for transforming breakthroughs into marketable products or services, they will not invest in the long - haul inquiry that's required to generate game - changing breakthroughs; that a 1 or 2 percent tax on carbon - emitting fuels could generate a large, steady stream of money for invigorating the innovation pipeline; that a declining emissions cap and credit trading system --- if it could survive America's polarized politics --- would have to raise energy costs far beyond what would be politically tenable to generate a similar scale of transformational activity.

trigger tipping points at ecosystem and biome scale, and that such non-linear dynamics at local to regional scale can add up to impacts at the Earth system scale.

A concern with «large» climate changes (i.e., on the scale of snowball Earths or runaway greenhouses) is that there's bifurcation (loosely, tipping points) in the system.

I accept that there are complex weather systems bubbling away at any given point over the earth's surface but, on a planetary scale as the earth rotates on its axis, I suggest these will essentially average out, at similar angular distances as from the sub-solar point, at decadal and centennial timeframes.

I hate to parrot Thomas Kuhn, but he did point out that error in science is weeded out of the system on a generational time scale.

And it can be deployed at any scale and at any point in the grid, from a small home storage system to a pumped hydroelectric reservoir big enough to power a small city.

''... models produce precipitation approximately twice as often as that observed and make rainfall far too lightly... The differences in the character of model precipitation are systemic and have a number of important implications for modeling the coupled Earth system... little skill in precipitation [is] calculated at individual grid points, and thus applications involving downscaling of grid point precipitation to yet even finer ‐ scale resolution has little foundation and relevance to the real Earth system.»

It's a moot point whether politicians will be able to rise to the challenge of fixing the mammoth flaws in the system so that the carbon market is able to achieve its core objective, which is to provide a tool for making cost - effective reductions in CO2 emissions on a planetary scale.

From there, a reporter can explain that errors were nonetheless made, which should remind the world of three things: that the exact timing and scale of certain impacts of climate change are subject to a lot of uncertainty; that some scientists will behave defensively, even to the point of negligence, when they feel threatened; and that all quality control - systems sometimes fail.