Be able to provide independent and objective assurance and consulting activity with
the purpose of adding value to improving the operations of the company.
Kotak Premier Life Plan is designed with the core
purpose of adding value to customers» life.
These elements, along with the Gothic character of the purpose - built stained - glass windows and rood cross, provide a plausible context for the spolia, which can thus serve
their purpose of adding value without stealing the show.
Elevate your staff and let them show off their talents and gifts for
the purpose of adding value to your customers.
Not exact matches
Hosted by the New England regional member groups
of the Angel Capital Association (ACA), the ACA & Angel Resource Institute (ARI) educational workshops are focused on the specific needs
of angel groups in New England and
purposed to help existing and prospective angel investors improve their investment knowledge and expertise — and
add value to their role as business angels — as members
of an angel group or as individual investors.
«The hard fact is most
of the internet wouldn't operate at all today were it not for the huge
value of our personal data, which is hoovered up and sold up for commercial marketing
purposes,» Omand
added.
The
purpose of the grant is to create
added value of cooperation in a group that is larger than in a regular research projects.
The
purpose of HeKKSaGOn is to create a unique brand mark for research collaborations amongst German and Japanese universities, to create
added value for the network and to develop best practice through mutual exchange
of experience.
(e) The contact for the
purpose of subsequent profit, especially by subsequent reference to
value -
added SMS or 0900 or 19XX numbers;
On the «managing by results» side, there has been the big battle over the use
of test data for accountability
purposes (CompStat for schools), culminating in the fight over
value -
added measurement
of teacher performance.
Critics
of value -
added assessment tend to embrace the concept but don't want the results gleaned from such analysis to be used for accountability
purposes — and especially don't want to use the results to reward or sanction teachers.
There is already considerable evidence from several places — such as Tennessee and Florida, where
value -
added analysis has been used for accountability
purposes — that low - achieving students are the main beneficiaries
of the changes that occur when these techniques are implemented.
However, they do not lead to the judgment that
value -
added assessment for
purposes of evaluating teachers and schools is invalid.
Their
purpose is to better estimate the bias resulting from the inability
of value -
added models to adequately control for peer effects.
In other words, many states are still moving forward, more specifically in terms
of states» continued reliance on the use
of value -
added models (VAMs) for increased teacher accountability
purposes, regardless
of the passage
of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
The
purpose of this entry is not to settle these controversies but rather to answer a more limited question: How might educators reasonably interpret
value added scores?
For estimating the effects
of programs or practices for the
purpose of school improvement,
value -
added measures are not superior to random control trials.
Moreover, the use
of value -
added data for the
purposes of evaluating teacher preparation programs is more straightforward.
While I don't recommend reading the whole technical report (at over 200 single - spaced pages), the main issues with this piece, again not in terms
of its overall
purpose but in terms
of its
value -
added felicitations, follow:
The
purpose of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity
of value -
added modeling to the way an underlying vertical score scale has been created.
For clarity
purposes, we color - coded the chart — green signifies the grade levels for which 75 % or more
of the schools received a positive
value -
added score, while red signifies the grade levels for which 25 % or less
of the schools received a positive
value -
added score.
While
value -
added models based on student test scores are problematic for making evaluation decisions for individual teachers, they are useful for looking at groups
of teachers for research
purposes — for example, to examine how specific teaching practices or measures
of teaching influence the learning
of large numbers
of students.
The
purpose of the statement is to provide a considered, research - based discussion
of the issues related to the use
of value -
added scores for high - stakes evaluation.
Most importantly in this piece, and in my opinion, Goldhaber discusses the «[s] everal [which turns out to be two] studies that simulate the effects
of using
value -
added estimates for high - stakes
purposes [and] suggest there may be significant student achievement benefits» (p. 88).
The long and short
of it, though, is that the observational components
of states» contemporary teacher systems certainly «
add» more «
value» than their
value -
added counterparts (see also here), especially when considering these systems» (in) formative
purposes.
But while Goldstein assumes that the
purpose of a
value -
added model is to assess individual teachers, it's worth noting that
value -
added methods can be much more useful if we focus on larger units
of analysis, such as the performance
of a whole school or mathematics achievement across a whole district.
A variety
of people may see
value -
added estimates, and each group may use them for different
purposes.
As just posted on Diane Ravitch's blog, Randi Weingarten, the current president
of the American Federation
of Teachers (AFT), has (finally) expressed her full opposition against using
value -
added models (VAMs), the statistical measures
of utmost interest on this blog, for teacher evaluation, accountability, and merit pay
purposes.
Related,
value -
added calculations rely on inexpensive (aka «cheap») large - scale tests, also
of questionable validity, that still are not designed for the
purposes for which they are being tasked and used (e.g., measuring growth upwards can not be done without tests with equivalent scales, which really no tests at this point have).
In short, in this study researchers found that the observational components
of states» contemporary teacher systems certainly «
add» more «
value» than their
value -
added counterparts, especially for (in) formative
purposes.
What was ultimately titled a «
Value - Added Smackdown» in a blog post featured in Education Week, let's just say, got a little out of hand, with the «smackdown» ending up focusing almost solely around our claim that Harris believed, and we disagreed, with the notion that «value - added [was and still is] good enough to be used for [purposes of] educational accountability.&r
Value -
Added Smackdown» in a blog post featured in Education Week, let's just say, got a little out of hand, with the «smackdown» ending up focusing almost solely around our claim that Harris believed, and we disagreed, with the notion that «value - added [was and still is] good enough to be used for [purposes of] educational accountability.&r
Added Smackdown» in a blog post featured in Education Week, let's just say, got a little out
of hand, with the «smackdown» ending up focusing almost solely around our claim that Harris believed, and we disagreed, with the notion that «
value - added [was and still is] good enough to be used for [purposes of] educational accountability.&r
value -
added [was and still is] good enough to be used for [purposes of] educational accountability.&r
added [was and still is] good enough to be used for [
purposes of] educational accountability.»
In the end,
adding a permanent life insurance policy to your investment portfolio can be a good option to help mitigate the risk
of early death as well as build some cash
value that can be used for a variety
of purposes, including retirement income, but it should never be used as your only method
of investment planning.
I'd be very interested in having a DIY IPS, I think this would be a very valuable service to offer some
value -
add fee only services for DIY investors who need a little bit
of advisor help for planning
purposes but still want to manage investments themselves and not pay an annual fee or trailer commission.
3.2 The Licensee owns no right to use the data or products provided under this agreement for commercial
purposes and not for development or production
of meteorological, hydrological and oceanographic
value added -
value services.
If left in place, this provision alone will be responsible for drastically diminishing the
purpose and
value of this code due to the fact that it will
add significant cost to development for some tiny houses.
Amidst the crucial discussion
of expanding energy access and developing clean energy technologies scalable for the
purpose of climate change mitigation, adaptation stands out as the area
of action with the greatest capacity for
value -
added research and clarity, and the...
The authors say — correctly --(page 111) that the
purpose of both authentication and best evidence rules are «interwoven to the point
of being interdependent» — but do not share my own current view that the best evidence label
adds no
value, only distraction.
The
purpose of agile legal project management is to
add value for your clients by anticipating that your strategies will probably have to adapt to changing circumstances.
The CEO
of one organisation for which I used to work (not a law firm) once made a statement: «Do not hold any meeting unless the primary
purpose of that meeting is to
add value to a client or to the clients in general.»
● Clarify the vision,
purpose, and mission for your law practice ● Define and develop your legal niche to match your greatest strengths and motivate you to be the best in that field ● Project a likeable personality and acquire traits that will attract potential clients, who will eagerly seek you out to solve their legal problems ● Network and market your practice to generate a stream
of clients ● Efficiently manage a solo law practice or small firm with limited resources and optimum results ● Evaluate law practice technology and marketing companies to find those which
add value to your business (within your budget) ● Create systems and procedures for all office operations and client relations ● Create a peer group or gain a mentor to encourage and guide you as you build your practice
Billing services, repricing companies, community health management information systems, community health information systems, and «
value -
added» networks and switches would have been considered to be health care clearinghouses for
purposes of this part, if they perform the functions
of health care clearinghouses as described in the preceding sentences.
«payment to the Company
of the
value of all works and erections constructed or provided by the Company within and without the Mobile River watershed subsequent to the date
of this Lease for the primary
purpose of developing the waters
of Mobile provided such works and erections are in use by the Company for that primary
purpose at the time notice
of termination
of the Lease is given by the Council and also at the time
of termination
of the said Lease...» (emphasis
added)
Even though the death benefit is not income taxable to your beneficiary, the amount
of the death benefit is
added to the gross
value of your estate for estate tax
purposes unless it is owned by a life insurance trust.
«Choosing the best hardware is the easy part, the real challenge is in making the best hardware perform in ways that
adds value to the experience
of the user,» the OnePlus CEO says before revealing that the company formed a team called Team FSE (Fast, Stable, Efficient) whose
purpose is to boost the performance
of its phones.
Additionally, SARS will not require VAT (
Value -
Added Tax) registration as a vendor for
purposes of the supply
of cryptocurrencies in 2018.
They had almost ten years
of purpose and I would
add value, based on my eclectic experience that others couldn't understand.
The reason that many people write mediocre cover letters for their resumes is that they simply don't know the
purpose of the cover letter, which is to take what's in your resume and grow on it, give them
added insight while displaying your writing and communication skills, all
of these are things that companies
value greatly.
About Blog - The
purpose of the San Diego County News Center is to share with the public information about the County
of San Diego's programs and services that
add value to the public's health, safety, neighborhood, and environment.
The
purpose of real estate investing is to find a property for cheap or discounted
value, invest some money in
added upgrades and either sell it or rent it.
Charles Fifield, MBA A salesperson's or agent's toolkit is a set
of tools designed to be used together for the
purpose of earning a win - win
value -
adding purchase decision.