Sentences with phrase «stakes consequences more»

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Certainly this is a conversation where everyone has more to lose; those scapegoating Facebook probably don't want to think about their own responsibility, such that it may be, for an election result they disagree with, and the stakes are even higher for Facebook: giving people what they want to see is far more important to the company's business model than $ 100,000 in illegal ads, unintended consequences or not.

The ultimate consequence of this is that Gibbs will have to take a leaf out of his rival's book and bide his time on the bench until an opportunity emerges for him to stake a claim for a starting place once more.

It means, in a finely balance case, a GAAR Panel or court might be more lenient towards the taxpayer because of the harsh consequences of the 60 per cent of the tax at stake penalty.

The body's influence over our perceptions is more than just academic — it could have serious consequences in high - stakes situations, argues Jessica Witt, a psychologist at Colorado State University.

With all of the high - stakes testing in our schools, and the resulting judgments and consequences for students and teachers, it is no wonder that schools are taking time away from activities like recess, breaks, art, music... to spend more time on academics.

a moratorium, or delay, in the high - stakes consequences for students and teachers from standardized testing to give the State Education Department - and school districts - more time to correctly implement the Common Core.

MORE has generated alliances with parents and students who have felt the consequences of a leadership that had, for far too long, ignored the truth about high stakes testing and the faulty metrics of value added measures.

The AFT has called for an end to the testing obsession and for a moratorium on the high - stakes consequences attached to the Common Core State Standards - aligned assessments until the more rigorous standards have been implemented properly.

Recall from prior posts (here, here, and here) that seven teachers in the Houston Independent School District (HISD), with the support of the Houston Federation of Teachers (HFT), are taking HISD to federal court over how their value - added scores, derived via the Education Value - Added Assessment System (EVAAS), are being used, and allegedly abused, while this district that has tied more high - stakes consequences to value - added output than any other district / state in the nation.

«When stakes are high, and teachers and principals can lose their jobs over low scores, they are more likely to cheat,» says David Berliner, a Regents Professor Emeritus of Education at Arizona State University, who has written about the unintended consequences of high - stakes testing.

When high - stakes consequences are to be attached, this matters even more.

Despite all of its noble intentions, this emphasis on high stakes / standardized testing seems to have done more harm than good and yielded troubling unintended consequences.

I hope that today's forum is a sign that the road transport industry is starting to understand that it is your children's future at stake − it's your children who will get lung diseases and asthma if urban air pollution is not dramatically reduced; it's your children who will suffer the consequences of climate change that the scientists are trying to warn us of − more scorchers, more devastating cyclones, more Ross River Fever, more bushfires, degraded beaches, flooded houses, and the disappearance of some of Australia's unique wildlife.

The required attention and preparation are determined in part by what is at stake; major litigation and complex transactions ordinarily require more extensive treatment than matters of lesser complexity and consequence.