Sentences with phrase «reduced timing assessment»

While the technique attempt to mimic the touchscreen swipes of the PS Vita version, the process feels limp with the PS3 controller and is undermined by reduced timing assessment.

Not exact matches

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

The Board's assessment at the time of its June meeting was that the balance of risks had shifted to a point where a case for reducing the cash rate needed to be brought under consideration.

They also pointed out how the education department has made recent adjustments to standardized testing, such as reducing the number of questions and testing time on state assessments for students in grades 3 through 8 this school year, and receiving a federal waiver to stop «double testing» in math for seventh and eighth graders through a combination of state and federal testing.

LITRG's Chairman, Anthony Thomas, said: «Whilst we acknowledge that collecting the Class 2 NIC at the same time as self - assessment liabilities may reduce administration time, it must be similarly acknowledged that it is incumbent upon HMRC to take into account the needs and challenges faced by those on low incomes.

The researchers point out that the popularity of TNR in the U.S. has been in part due to a goal of maximizing feral cats» quality of life (e.g. extended life span, vaccinations, assessment for infectious disease) and reducing undesirable behaviors such as aggression and vocalization while still eliminating colonies over time.

We provide novel forms of real time PCR that reduce the effort for sample preparation while also providing rapid assessment of mutation status prior to targeted re-sequencing.

Over what time period might this savannization process release carbon «equivalent to several years of worldwide carbon emissions», and how does that affect the assessment offered by Gore, Hansen and others that we have perhaps ten years in which to substantially reduce CO2 emissions to avoid irreversible catastrophic warming?

One of the most time - consuming tasks we have during assessments is with our citations, and thankfully there's a way to reduce the time spent here.

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

by Brett Wigdortz, founder and CEO, Teach First; Fair access: Making school choice and admissions work for all by Rebecca Allen, reader in the economics of education at the Institute of Education, University of London; School accountability, performance and pupil attainment by Simon Burgess, professor of economics at the University of Bristol, and director of the Centre for Market and Public Organisation; The importance of teaching by Dylan Wiliam, emeritus professor at the Institute of Education, University of London; Reducing within - school variation and the role of middle leadership by James Toop, ceo of Teaching Leaders; The importance of collaboration: Creating «families of schools» by Tim Brighouse, a former teacher and chief education officer of Oxfordshire and Birmingham; Testing times: Reforming classroom teaching through assessment by Christine Harrison, senior lecturer in science education at King's College London; Tackling pupil disengagement: Making the curriculum more engaging by David Price, author and educational consultant; Beyond the school gates: Developing children's zones for England by Alan Dyson, professor of education at the University of Manchester and co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education, Kirstin Kerr, lecturer in education at the University of Manchester and Chris Wellings, head of programme policy in Save the Children's UK Programme; After school: Promoting opportunities for all young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of London.

Ranked as one of the top five innovative nations in The Global Innovation Index, Sweden has taken a much more hard hitting approach, embracing technology — specifically digital assessment and grading solutions — to reduce teacher workload and free up time for all important teacher - learner discussion and engagement.

Supplied with answers - for quick assessment (and reduced wasted teaching time).

Reduce assessment development time and increase measurement accuracy with nationally normed items.

«The teachers in our study confirmed what we at Teach Plus have learned from previous research and from speaking with thousands of teachers over the past five years: that alignment between assessments and curriculum, access to highly valued activities, and the autonomy to choose what's right for students all contribute to how teachers perceive the value of activities they use to prepare their students for tests, and are all factors that can be changed to reduce wasted time and increase valued instructional time.»

Rather than simply add more and different assessments to what we already have, the time expended on state mandated standardized tests should be reduced and we should move to a broader array of performance assessments that are part of the curriculum.

It is also important that we make these investments in a way that supports smart, effective assessments and reduces over-testing, including language requiring states to limit classroom time spent on statewide standardized testing.

AFL, IWBs, peer - assessment, card sorts, thinking time, think - pair - share, reducing teacher talk, PELTS, pupil plenaries and endless other strategies have optimised the direct instruction approach and kids get a better education than ever from committed inspiring teachers.

These include collaborative leadership, personalization, and performance growth and reduced achievement gaps on state assessments over time.

DAC updates for state accountability will be discussed first with the focus on learning and assessment topics in our professional learning throughout the balance of the session, reducing overall meeting time for those who currently participate in both previous CAI and DAC meetings.

The government reacted by reintroducing standardized testing for grades 2 to 9, so we advised reviewing and refining this strategy by working to minimize unintended effects such as teaching to the test, and suggested that in time the tests may be reduced to a couple of grades, like the highest performing countries, using the money saved to provide higher quality training in classroom assessments.

In the May issue, I noted that it was crunch time for school accountability in Texas, as the Texas Legislature wound down to final decisions on several bills, most significantly one that would drastically reduce the standard for high school graduation as measured by standardized high school end of course assessments.

Previously I noted that it was crunch time for school accountability in Texas, as the Texas Legislature wound down to final decisions on several bills, most significantly one that would drastically reduce the standard for high school graduation as measured by standardized high school end - of - course assessments.

I have seen many great examples recently of headteachers who have reduced teacher workload by overhauling their schools» assessment policies by recognising that many time - consuming marking habits are ineffective.

As students complete lessons, they take short assessments that are embedded right in the instructional routine that pinpoint skill gaps for reteaching or reinforcement without reducing instructional time and drive the adaptive content system to adjust text complexity and meet students» evolving needs.

Additionally, SDE is working with school districts to gather and share innovative strategies for reducing assessment time.

KIDS allows teachers to reduce the variety of assessments on isolated standards and instead have more time to observe kindergarteners in their natural environment.

Early warnings from rigorous, 11th grade assessments can help close preparation gaps before postsecondary enrollment, reducing time and money spent on non-credit-bearing coursework.

(Calif.) Next year's high school juniors would be allowed to take college admissions tests instead of the current statewide assessment under a bill announced Tuesday that aims to close gaps in college enrollment and reduce testing time.

He pledged that this year we'd reduce the amount of time public school students spend taking standardized assessments.

The grants aimed to help districts comprehensively analyze their tests to ensure that they reflect district priorities, remain aligned to new state standards, provide maximum value, and are not redundant with other assessments, with the ultimate aim of reducing testing time wherever possible.

«By linking intelligent, validated recommendations with the assessments teachers already rely on, we can reduce the amount of time spent gathering data and increase the amount of time delivering focused, intentional literacy instruction.»

In January, New Mexico released an initial response to the three major themes of that report, which included growing initiatives that championing the teaching profession, revising the state's teacher evaluation system, and reducing time spent on statewide assessments.

«The members of this coalition also believe that the audit will show that test preparation and administration take too much time and reduce time available for instruction... Finally, we believe that a reduction in state and local assessments can save financial resources that can be used instead for education.»

The widespread use of electronic grade books, strongly aligned benchmark assessment systems and report generators that provide analytics more aligned to the critical questions teachers want to ask, are reducing the high hurdles and frustrations experienced by teachers and make it easier for them to assimilate the practice in real time, not dependent on seat time in a course.

Students typically complete the assessments in 20 - 30 minutes, reducing testing time by up to 50 - 95 % compared to traditional tests.

Indeed, McCarthy et al. acknowledge as much, noting that «the popularity of TNR in the U.S. has been in part due to a goal of maximizing feral cats» quality of life (e.g., extended life span, vaccinations, assessment for infectious disease) and reducing undesirable behaviors such as aggression and vocalization while still eliminating colonies over time.»

These cats may just need more time and some adjustments to their environment to reduce their stress levels and be ready for assessment.

BTW — Sierra Club Green Home is starting its Energy Efficiency First Campaign, where their goal is to reduce the carbon footprint of 1,000 homes by 2012 — one home energy assessment at a time.

«Our new enterprise archive lets customers use the e-Discovery module in - house to complement Microsoft Office 365 and conduct early case assessment on their native archive, massively reducing the time and costs associated with e-Discovery cases.

The need to recognise the potential for active case management to save costs and court time (such as by reducing the need for detailed assessments, etc).

As chief scientist at Catalyst, he has spearheaded the development of Insight Predict, a technology assisted review tool that helps reduce review costs and time for outbound productions, deposition preparation and early case assessment.

By combining Predictive Ranking with Catalyst's powerful, hosted e-discovery platform, law firms and corporations can reduce the cost and time involved in early case assessment, search and document review:

Insight Predict is a second - generation TAR engine designed to reduce review costs and time for outbound productions, deposition prep, early case assessment and investigations.

In this course, the solution uncovered, stated companies can reduce turnover, save time and money by using DISC - based behavioral style assessments for candidate screening, selection and strategic positioning.

By implementing pre-hire assessment testing, you'll be able to pre-screen applicants and reduce interviewing time by 50 % or more.

ACHIEVEMENTS IN HVAC • Integrated a complex HVAC system into an already constructed commercial building • Created a series of field surveys which reduced system assessment time by 50 % • Reduced per component cost by 60 % by creating liaison with a local pats supplier • Reined in a high performance HVAC project that spanned 13 months and ended up in being rated as the «best designed HVAC system in the state» by the Home Floor mreduced system assessment time by 50 % • Reduced per component cost by 60 % by creating liaison with a local pats supplier • Reined in a high performance HVAC project that spanned 13 months and ended up in being rated as the «best designed HVAC system in the state» by the Home Floor mReduced per component cost by 60 % by creating liaison with a local pats supplier • Reined in a high performance HVAC project that spanned 13 months and ended up in being rated as the «best designed HVAC system in the state» by the Home Floor magazine

Future studies should provide both pre - and post-program assessments online so as to reduce participant dropout between time points.

But if that plan also reduced the time D.C. assessors have to conduct their assessments to two months, rather than the current six months, many of those same taxpayers might reconsider.