Sentences with phrase «quality benchmarks in»

Paul Reed Smith Guitars, a leading manufacturer of high - end electric and electro - acoustic guitars has become the quality benchmark in the guitar industry.

Not exact matches

Quality isn't instinctive; there are so many tools like benchmarking, industry analysis, and process improvement that allow us to zoom in fast and get great at it.

We provide institutional - quality investment services, directly connected to your financial plan and in line with strategic benchmarks... as a truly independent advisor, our investment decisions are made purely in your best interests.

The fund largely aligns with our benchmark in terms of sector weightings and credit quality.

Self - impose a moratorium on polls about religion for a sufficient period that the savings could be used to conduct a high quality poll with a high response rate in order to have a benchmark against which to compare other results.

Kendal Manilla has become established as a benchmark in quality in the art, craft and stationery markets and has proved perfect for the intricate construction of this fun, visually stunning project.»

This divestment supports Stora Enso's growth strategy for its consumer board business, where the focus is to generate value to customers by being the global benchmark in high quality virgin fibre carton board.

«Our commitment to our clients» brands is reflected in a quality systems approach where people, processes, technology and infrastructure come together to provide safe products that meet or exceed quality benchmarks.

We recognise the important role of «Q» Awards in highlighting product quality and supplier professionalism and confidently look forward to benchmarking Northern Ireland produce against the best in the industry.

With over 2000 employees based across five continents, Pernod Ricard Winemakers is dedicated to producing high - quality, premium wines and setting the benchmark for innovation in the winemaking world — launching 14 new products in 2013 alone.

We all need to calm down on the «sell Jack», «Jack is crap» etc etc and reflect how much our quality has improved if he is now the benchmark for a squad player who will have difficulty breaking in to the team.

It's a mark of Sanchez» quality that he keeps finding himself in scoring positions, as his form last season is used as the benchmark, but Theo and Giroud don't get that same level of faith.

«It's easier to give one - on - one attention and be responsive when there are fewer kids in a room,» says Stephanie Glowacki, director of accreditation programs at the National Association for the Education of Young Children, a benchmark of quality.

MIECHV has launched an array of efforts to strengthen and facilitate states» efforts in tracking benchmark data, strengthening evaluation efforts, developing data systems, and implementing quality assurance systems.

Participating facilities receive individualized benchmark reports detailing the facility's quality practice rank scores for performance measures in seven maternity care practice domains.

«We strongly support the Joint Negotiating Committee for Youth and Community Workers as the quality benchmark to maintain the pay and employment conditions, status and professionalism of youth workers in these challenging times.»

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point remains on warning by its academic accrediting agency even as the school has improved all but one of the five quality benchmarks it failed last year, according to a status update made public yesterday.

Benchmarks in isolation may say little about the quality of management or public services in different communities.

«The changes will provide increased choice while ensuring that ADIT retains its position as a trusted benchmark of quality in international tax examinations.

The code — which will be compatible with the AIA's 2030 carbon - neutrality target — will include water, energy, air - quality and safety benchmarks that states and cities may adopt starting in late 2011.

U.S. institutions, in particular, are very conscious of research funding statistics as a benchmark for judging the quality of research.

But spectacular image quality is why I got into HD disc formats in the first place, so to see not one but two discs set a new benchmark for visual quality is an exciting thing for me.

Final Destination 3 brings the series back to basics, and while it is pretty bad as far as benchmark qualities in scripting and conceptualization go, it does deliver the gore, shock, and suspense that lovers of these kinds of movies will be seeking.

In late 2008 the STF were appointed by the Learning Outside the Council Interim Council (an independent charity set up by the UK government in 2008) to act as the Awarding Body for the Study & Sports Tours Sector of the LOtC Quality Badge and our standards adopted as the benchmark for all companies operating in that sectoIn late 2008 the STF were appointed by the Learning Outside the Council Interim Council (an independent charity set up by the UK government in 2008) to act as the Awarding Body for the Study & Sports Tours Sector of the LOtC Quality Badge and our standards adopted as the benchmark for all companies operating in that sectoin 2008) to act as the Awarding Body for the Study & Sports Tours Sector of the LOtC Quality Badge and our standards adopted as the benchmark for all companies operating in that sectoin that sector.

They also consider the work of Deming with regard to total quality management (TQM) and then examine the issues of quality circles, benchmarking, monitoring, quality chains and quality's important role in the satisfaction of customers.

Yet, in terms of formal educational credentials — the key variable that they use to benchmark teachers» wages against «comparable» workers — teacher quality has never been higher!

Develop a strong core of high - quality schools in the charter sector by working with the best charter authorizers to develop quality benchmarks and close low - performing charters in a targeted set of neighborhoods.

Providers can attain the «endorsed» title if they've run programs in the past, met certain quality benchmarks (such as maintaining minimum enrollment and retention numbers), participate in PASA's quality - assessment process, and completed the Endorsed AfterZone Program Application.

The introduction of the National Quality Framework (NQF) in 2012, by the Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority, brought a renewed level of safety and quality to what had become a significant industry and provided benchmarks and targets that programs must abide by in order to gain and retain accrediQuality Framework (NQF) in 2012, by the Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority, brought a renewed level of safety and quality to what had become a significant industry and provided benchmarks and targets that programs must abide by in order to gain and retain accrediQuality Authority, brought a renewed level of safety and quality to what had become a significant industry and provided benchmarks and targets that programs must abide by in order to gain and retain accrediquality to what had become a significant industry and provided benchmarks and targets that programs must abide by in order to gain and retain accreditation.

Working for the past 20 years to define the characteristics and fundamental elements of an evidence - based high - quality induction program that accelerates the development of both teachers and their students, New Teacher Center (NTC) established the Teacher Induction Program Standards (TIPS) in an effort to create an industry standard that can be adopted by school districts, educational institutions, state agencies, and policymakers as the benchmark for success.

The law put a much greater focus on quality in charter school authorizing, for instance by mandating the closure of any charter school that fails to meet academic or financial benchmarks for three consecutive years.

District authorities, particularly superintendents, should consider how best to develop quality performance benchmarks in addition to the minimum standards mandated by the states.

She also commented on the mediocre quality of Common Core's English language arts / reading standards in grades 6 - 12 and their lack of international benchmarking:

Behind the New Benchmarks Webinar — NIEER's webinar provided an overview of changes to State of Preschool report quality standards benchmarks, reasons for the updates and policies that should be in place to meet the new bBenchmarks Webinar — NIEER's webinar provided an overview of changes to State of Preschool report quality standards benchmarks, reasons for the updates and policies that should be in place to meet the new bbenchmarks, reasons for the updates and policies that should be in place to meet the new benchmarksbenchmarks.

a) Support educators in accessing and / or creating high - quality, technology - enhanced formative practices, interim / benchmark, and summative assessments that support personalized learning.

A new report on primary school teacher quality released by the Center on International Education Benchmarking finds high - performing education systems in Japan, Finland, Hong Kong, and Shanghai have very different approaches to elementary - level teacher training.

Additionally, the lack of standards and benchmarks in distance education courses may have led to serious misconceptions about the quality of online and distance learning.

Under ESSA, in its recent draft proposal, New Jersey has included chronic absenteeism as a benchmark for its accountability system for measuring school quality, climate and safety.

The College also received top billing for it online graduate program in education, and received the nation's highest score for online student selectivity — considered a benchmark indicating the high quality of students enrolled.

As the benchmark for quality, the program uses The Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS), which centers on the processes that take place in classrooms: student - teacher interactions (academic and social), relationships and the implementation of the curriculum.

Like the parents at West Lake Middle School, where I started this story, these parents believe in a version of the American Dream that includes a guaranteed access to a school that will accept their children for who they are and provide a benchmark of education quality that is expected in a country that professes to «lead the world» in all aspects of human enterprise.

For the first time, the District will be comprehensively addressing principal quality throughout the system by using national benchmarks in how principal success is measured and matching accountability for student growth and achievement.

The National Institute for Early Education Research analyzed preschool programs in all 50 states, and found Arizona was one of nine states that met less than half of the quality benchmarks.

Students with limited English proficiency were more likely to be enrolled in the lowest quality programs - those with just three of fewer benchmarks - and less likely to be enrolled in programs with six or more benchmarks than their peers.

Using nine specific quality benchmarks, including things like whether teachers had specialized training in early childhood education, if the maximum class size was 20 students or fewer and what the student to staff ratio was, Erin Baumgartner found that none of the 50 campuses included in the study met all nine of the quality benchmarks and that students of limited English proficiency were less likely to be enrolled in pre-kindergarten programs with six or more quality indicators.

Complicating that finding, though, was the fact that students with limited English and students enrolled in bilingual programs did seem to benefit from programs with a higher number of quality benchmarks.

Low - income students were also more likely to be enrolled in those programs with six or more quality benchmarks than their peers, suggesting a partly promising story.

Non-economically disadvantaged appear to benefit from being enrolled in programs which attained a higher number of quality benchmarks.

Six states — Alabama, Alaska, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Mississippi, and West Virginia — and one program in Louisiana met all 10 of NIEER's benchmarks for minimum quality standards, up from four states in the previous school year.

Building on the first report, which looked at the variation in quality among pre-kingdergarten programs in the Houston Independent School District, this report found that there did seem to be a positive connection between test scores and quality benchmarks for some groups.