Sentences with phrase «standard the performance model»

As standard the Performance model gets pair of electric sports seats, however the lighter cloth seats from the less powerful model are still very supportive, are 20 kg lighter and are a no cost option.

Not exact matches

Moreover, the standard of comparison would be not the performance of other students but the best available models of what is true and excellent.

«The company's history of excellent service and its solid business model set standards of performance all employees strive to achieve and surpass,» Bennett says.

«We have been extremely pleased with the performance of all our Ishida models in helping us to meet and exceed our high standards.»

This may require a new model that breaks down the investment and costs attached to the construction phase of the project, the interior fittings phase, the long term maintenance work, and the on - going upgrade work that improves performance beyond the original core standard.

Standard experiments, agreed upon by the climate modelling community to facilitate model intercomparison (see Section 8.1.2.2), have produced archives of model output that make it easier to track historical changes in model performance.

In his eight years as Minnesota's governor, Tim Pawlenty's «push against the teachers union grew stronger,» Sherry writes, and he called for tying teacher pay to performance, bringing up the state's standards, and urging state lawmakers to authorize the use of a transparent growth model to see how well schools are really doing to improve student achievement.

Nonetheless, the claims that schools are underfunded rest on models that purport to quantify the level of expenditure necessary to meet higher performance standards.

Ironically, however, it is not clear that these growth models would fulfill the more simplistic federal requirements for adequate yearly progress, which dictate that the performance of students at each grade level be measured against a fixed standard of proficiency.

To be sure, statewide analyses can provide accurate estimates of the impact of school resources — but only if the analyst includes within the statistical model all the factors that affect student performance and, in the standard linear regression model generally favored by RAND, if these factors have a constant, additive effect on student achievement.

The teacher unions are trapped in archaic organizational models characterized by buildings and districts that are too large and too fragmented, compulsory attendance, the 180 - day school year, the 50 - minute period, age - grouping of students in 13 discrete grades, few performance or standards - based activities, and inaccurate assumptions about the dangers of privatization.

ELA / Literacy Task Models guide the development of performance - based tasks (collections of items) that have a particular focus and elicit targeted evidences aligned to standards.

Based on an innovative, researched - based teaching model known as 4MAT, here's how to drive the gold standard of learning and presentations by increasing performance.»

«Mississippi has built a strong foundation for its public education system that includes rigorous academic standards for all students, aligned assessments to evaluate student achievement and an accountability model that clearly measures the performance of our schools and districts.

Learn how to make a direct connection between the selected thinking skill and the new standards with the CCSS performance tasks modeled in phase III.

Setting behavioral standards, modeling peers» performance, and rewarding class accomplishments reinforce self - regulation.

The current delivery model that has been in place essentially unaltered for over eighty years is flawed because, in spite of all the good work done on standards and accountability in recent years, the system remains primarily «input» and compliance driven rather than «output» and performance driven.

Our performance based education model assesses content standards in two different ways bodies of evidence and secured assessments which provide checks and balances for each other, thus offering an overall validity to the assessment process.

While the field of teacher preparation has made significant advances in recent decades — creating stronger clinical partnerships, developing better performance assessments, making better use of newly available data sources, meeting more demanding state approval and national accreditation standards, and developing new models and patterns of preparation — not all of these advances have been universally adopted at the program level.3 To consolidate the gains and to overcome challenges to implementing universal high standards for admission and academic rigor in teacher preparation, states, school districts, and teacher preparation programs must work together to enact key policy changes.

As mentioned in last week's Capitol Connection, Harkin's bill eliminates the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) model and allows states to use the accountability and teacher evaluation systems in place under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waivers or to create new systems that establish their own student academic performance standards.

The variety of evaluation models has not allowed for a common means of uniformly recording or compiling teacher evaluation results in terms of common professional standards or teacher evaluation performance levels.

Create the first draft of a standards - based performance assessment that includes all components of the model.

Develop the components of the assessment model, including interdisciplinary standards, engaging scenarios, performance tasks, and task - specific rubrics or scoring guides.

Ultimately, we make two large - scale recommendations: first, we recommend that the model used for Perkins performance standards be adopted for all public schools; second, we propose a fused model of Perkins accountability and No Child Left Behind accountability measures in response to these performance standards.

The grand Speed is Bentley's gentlemanly GTI, cranking up performance over the standard models, lowering the suspension and adding some bigger wheels and a sports exhaust.

Mini has also announced powertrain details for the new Mini Cooper, which include a 1.5 - liter, 134 hp turbocharged three - cylinder for standard Cooper models and a 2.0 - liter, 189 hp turbocharged four - cylinder for high - performance Cooper S models.

While the 2016 Nissan Altima SR has its own performance - tuned shocks and springs, a bigger anti-roll bar that's 75 percent stiffer, and comes with 18 - inch wheels — spoiler alert — it's an incremental dynamic improvement over the standard SL and SV models.

The product of four years of extensive testing and research and outreach to industry, environmental organizations, labor unions, and other stakeholders, the vehicle and engine performance standards would cover model years 2021 - 2027, and apply to semi-trucks, large pickup trucks and vans, and all types and sizes of buses and work trucks.

Manual - equipped Turbo models comes standard with Michelin Pilot Sport 4 summer performance tires while automatic - equipped ones make do with all - season rubber.

That's only a $ 5,000 increase over the previous entry - level Model S 60, which is how much Tesla usually charges just for adding AWD to a Model S. Given that the new car also has improved performance, a longer driving range, and extra standard features, the 70D's price tag is actually a bargain.

The standard Stingray receives new 19 - inch front and 20 - inch rear wheels with summer - only tires as standard equipment, and Grand Sport models now offer ceramic brakes without the Z07 Performance package.

The Veloce, an eCoty victor, crowns the standard range with the supersaloon Quadrifoglio model sitting far above it in performance terms.

Not that you should expect conventional standards of appearance or performance from these all - new 2016 models.

If you check the specific model of tire that you are using, you can determine what level of performance standards would be applied to the rubber.

Paired with a new six - speed manual transmission, this engine promises much better fuel economy (42 mpg highway according to the Feds) and improved performance, making the standard Cooper the model that particularly intrigued us.

It also is equipped with AMG Performance 4MATIC all - wheel drive; AMG - tuned steering, AMG braking system, and AMG Sport Suspension, which are standard on the new model.

Despite the slight speed advantage, the AMG Performance package holds over the standard model, Mercedes maintains that both achieve the same manufacturer - estimated 16 mpg combined.

When the high - performance 2016 Mini Clubman John Cooper Works eventually arrives, it will likely come standard with All4 all - wheel drive and the 228 - hp version of Mini and BMW's turbocharged 2.0 - liter four - cylinder, an engine already offered in other new Mini JCW models.

Before putting the kit on sale, Honda enlisted racing division Honda Performance Development to test the standard 2013 Honda Accord Coupe V - 6 back - to - back with the upgraded model.

Importantly, for the first time, bus models that fail to meet one or more minimum performance standards will «fail» their test and thus be ineligible for purchase with FTA funds until the failures are resolved.

The regular 3.5 - liter EcoBoost engine in the standard F - 150 (it's also used in several other Ford models) churns out 365 hp and 420 lb - ft of torque, but the Raptor's version will ratchet up performance courtesy of a new block and upgraded turbos.

The 2018 GTI also gets a slight power increase, with the output of standard models rising to 226 hp and that of Performance variants to 242 hp.

Starting at # 30,995 for the well - equipped entry - level model, all the Type R's performance paraphernalia comes standard including 20 - inch wheels, Alcantara bucket seats, LED headlights and that arresting body kit.

The extra power is nice, but the reduced weight is key to improved straight - line performance, and the car grips and stops much better than a standard model.

Standard on the electrified model is the Sport Chrono package, which gives drivers access to lap times and other performance data among other features.

Buick thinks a standard turbo speaks better to the Regal's performance mission and notes that, in any event, the eAssist only accounts for 12 percent of the model's sales.

The six - speed manual transmission previously offered on front - wheel drive models is discontinued for standard Juke S, SV, and SL models, though it still comes standard on the performance - oriented Juke Nismo and Nismo RS models.

The cars are sportier, Polestar - fettled versions of the Volvo S60 and V60 with a selection of performance upgrades that are optional on the regular models fitted as standard.

The new high - performance model could weigh up to 220 pounds less than the standard M4, Australia's Motoring reports.

This new Mercedes - Maybach S - Class does things a little differently than these previous, standalone Maybach models, as it is based heavily on the standard Mercedes - Benz S600 sedan and fits into the S - Class lineup along with standard S - Class and performance - oriented Mercedes - AMG versions.