Sentences with phrase «standard metric for»

Think about it: income is such a standard metric for loan repayment.

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Differing safety standards and other regulatory disparities — even those as simple as converting speedometers from metric to imperial — make it impractical for individuals to cross-border shop, says Desrosiers.

We used to consider total number of deals in the pipeline as a standard measure for evaluating sales progress — it turns out, a different metric, pipeline velocity, was actually a much better predictor of monthly and quarterly numbers.

For better or worse (profitable or unprofitable), he measures success (and failure) with an entrepreneur's metrics so judging his plans through usual business standards will only lead to frustration and extreme skepticism.»

By the time she delivered a commencement speech at Smith College in 2013, she was preaching the gospel of a good night's sleep and asking graduates to measure their lives by a «third metric» — changing the world for the better — in addition to those timeless standards, money and power.

Although ACT's credit protection metrics will fluctuate because of acquisitions and variations in gasoline prices, Standard & Poor's believes that the risk of a sharp increase in debt for a major acquisition is reduced somewhat because of the dearth of large targets.

LearnStorm came from the idea of we can create these great experiences online that are aligned with standards that are really good for students and they correlate with success metrics, but you need the the students to engage with them.

Trucking Efficiency informed the government's new, more - stringent fuel economy and emissions standards for heavy - duty trucks — estimated to save 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions and $ 170 billion in fuel costs.

This is a standard metric and is probably something you look at on a regular basis regardless of link building campaigns — if you don't — I worry for your clients.

The February 2018 decrease in applications for both conventional and government purchase mortgages as well as any changes in credit standards, a metric of mortgage supply, will be closely tracked for evidence of a longer declining trend.

And even if Benchmark's relationship with Uber frayed at the end, their collaboration still produced billions of dollars for both parties — a success by the standard metrics of Silicon Valley that shouldn't go unnoticed by the current crop of rising star founders.

Whiteheadian cosmology embraces the notion of a uniform metric structure for the space - time continuum that is independent of the material objects commonly said to be «in» space - time and also that is independent of the material objects appropriated as standards of spatio - temporal measurement.

For Whitehead, a uniform and independent metric structure is presupposed by measurement in the space - time continuum and in particular is necessitated by any attempt, so it seems to Whitehead, to establish standard conditions or to introduce correction factors ensuring the self - congruence of measuring devices under transport.

Ingredients listed in standard and metric; complete nutritional analysis included for each recipe.

Every metric shows that we are poised for a great election cycle, and with extremist Donald Trump as the Republican standard - bearer, we expect record Democratic turnout in competitive races throughout New York State.»

«We should re-evaluate the metrics and the standards for closing schools,» she began when asked about the call — repeating her response to an earlier question about the city's decision not to declare a snow day yesterday.

Per - passenger cost is a standard industry metric based on fees for security, baggage, counter rent, concourse rental, fuel and landing.

Not only that but it has rubber buttons on the base that help to keep it from skidding, no matter what you need to use it for and it includes both metric and standard rulers molded right into the top.

His administration delivered the strongest increases in fuel efficiency standards for passenger cars in decades with promises to cut carbon emissions by 6 billion metric tons by 2025.

In the transportation sector, the new CAFÉ standards for model years 2017 - 2025 are expected to decrease greenhouse by 2 billion metric tons.

At the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy (IfA), home of David Sanders, another citation - index buff, a set of metrics is incorporated in the standard review process.

Efficiency standards for cars, light trucks, and most SUVs, also coming from the Environmental Protection Agency, could yield another 300 or so million metric tons by then.

For their next step, Lyons and his colleagues on the ASTM sustainability committee plan to define key performance indicators (KPIs)-- metrics of success — for manufacturing sustainability that can be fed back into the E3012 - 16 standard to make it even more effectiFor their next step, Lyons and his colleagues on the ASTM sustainability committee plan to define key performance indicators (KPIs)-- metrics of success — for manufacturing sustainability that can be fed back into the E3012 - 16 standard to make it even more effectifor manufacturing sustainability that can be fed back into the E3012 - 16 standard to make it even more effective.

While Cicio's group hasn't taken an official position on what it wants in a new rule, some industry groups have advocated for limited standards that would establish efficiency metrics for power plants.

As noted above, the first three metrics are associated with regulatory standards in different world regions for the protection of human health to acute or short - term exposure to ozone.

California can reduce carbon emissions by more than 70 million metric tons by 2030 — akin to taking 15 million gasoline - powered cars off the road in one year — by adopting a higher target for its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), according to an analysis released by the UK - based research firm Cerulogy.

Standard metrics are not particularly good, and what's being developed for online could be applied to f2f as well.

The blended environment calls for teachers to proactively develop and deliver standard - aligned content while tracking students» learning paths and monitoring content engagement metrics as well as leveraging this actionable data and proven teaching practices to fulfill goals of personalized learning for every individual learner.

Standard metric units for length, weight and capacity are introduced and related to everyday objects.

Exam suspended in 2015 no longer required for graduation, now that state has adopted new Common Core standards and school accountability metrics.

Now that we are raising the standards, this will drive changes in the test that measures to the standards, which will impact the grading metric for meeting the standards, and ultimately will impact the types and scope of rewards and assistance.

The district's opinion stems from a Federal waiver granted LA Unified and seven other California school districts, allowing them to to create their own metrics for academic performance in the temporary absence of statewide standards — measures used to determine whether a school is failing.

Firstly, the standards are about frameworks for learning, not about meaningless metrics.

NWEA MAP produces a metric called the «standard error of measurement» (SEM) for every student test event based on many factors.

We need to transform education into a true profession with standards for performance, metrics for measuring performance, and accountability that celebrates high performance and jettisons low performing teachers and administrators from the system.

Consequently, it is imperative that the State set the standard for what authentic parent engagement should look like at every school by including parent engagement metrics and indicators in the rubrics that all districts should address.

Challenges to innovation, she said, include the need for teachers to develop new personalized curriculum and to adhere to state standards and accountability metrics.

Perhaps the biggest rap against charters is that the local community must pay for them at least for tuition and transportation a fact that's trotted out at seemingly every opportunity by their opponents.Charters follow the same curricular standards as traditional schools and are subject to the same accountability metrics.

The following year former Superintendent John Deasy argued that the district was exempt, for one year, from the parent trigger by a federal waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law that allowed LA Unified and seven other California school districts to create their own metrics for academic performance in the temporary absence of statewide standards.

Former Superintendent John Deasy had argued that the district was exempt from the Parent Trigger by a federal waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law, allowing LA Unified and seven other California school districts to create their own metrics for academic performance in the temporary absence of statewide standards.

Students advised into AP courses based on objective metrics (for example, performance on assessments aligned to college - and career - readiness standards).

Today's final rulemaking builds on the fuel efficiency and GHG emissions standards already in place for model years 2014 - 2018, which alone will result in CO2 emissions reductions of 270 million metric tons and save vehicle owners more than $ 50 billion in fuel costs.

Sometimes you can hammer a 12 - point socket from the «other» socket set (metric if standard bolts, standard if metric bolts) onto the rusted and partially rounded - off bolt, but that's a half - baked solution for when you don't have a proper bolt extractor set (looks like sockets with kindof curved cutting edges inside).

Created in response to customer demand for an edgier version of the McLaren MP4 - 12C offering greater levels of driver engagement, the 650S runs a more heavily tuned version of McLaren's twin - turbocharged 3.8 - liter V8 direct - injection engine producing a claimed 25 hp more than the variant used by standard sibling for a total of 641 hp (as its name suggests 650 ps — metric hp).

Looking past the performance metrics, this SRT - tuned Durango also makes a strong case for itself by virtue of the fact that it demands zero compromise in terms of livability versus the standard models, and FCA's latest Uconnect system continues to score points on the infotainment front.

Adobe, the creators of the flagship Digital Publishing Suite that a wide variety of publishers use to create their digital editions, announced this week that it has collaborated with a team of industry professionals to build a standard for metrics.

Skiff is collaborating with publishers, leading advertisers and agencies to establish appropriate standards, formats and metrics for e-reading, and to validate them through consumer research.

The primary difference is the ability for parents to receive metrics that explain dynamics such as how long their children spent interacting with a specific title, how the young readers fared on the extras like finding words embedded in the text, and at what level based on the Common Core standards (adopted in 42 states so far) their children are selecting books.

As for the metrics that you've described in measuring the «professional» standard, they are flawed in the following respects: Professional via publication — publishers are profit - driven, not a good indicator of excellence; Professional through number in print — numbers can be altered with marketing and time (by this logic, the Bible, Kuran, and the Communist Manifesto are perhaps the most professional work ever written); Money — there are plenty of professional idiots out there with more money than deserved; Peer review — depends on the peer.

The risk metrics for the fund is healthy with standard deviation at 3.36 that is better than peers having similar profile.