Sentences with phrase «such robust measures»

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The CALS construct is defined as a constellation of the high - utility language skills that correspond to linguistic features prevalent in oral and written academic discourse across school content areas and that are infrequent in colloquial conversations (e.g., knowledge of logical connectives, such as nevertheless, consequently; knowledge of structures that pack dense information, such as nominalizations or embedded clauses; knowledge of structures for organizing argumentative texts) Over the last years, as part of the Catalyzing Comprehension Through Discussion Debate project funded by IES to the Strategic Educational Research Partnership, Dr. Paola Uccelli and her research team have produced a research - based, theoretically - grounded, and psychometrically robust instrument to measure core academic language skills (CALS - I) for students in grades 4 - 8.

The Scholars» Paradise model would use «scale scores» or a «performance index» for the «academic achievement» indicator; measure growth using a two - step value - added metric; pick robust «indicators of student success or school quality,» such as chronic absenteeism; and make value added count the most in a school's final score.

· Create robust measures that utilize all of the data [and related indicators] available via required reporting at the U.S. Department of Education such as: the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and related reporting with the SPP, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the Civil Rights Data Collection.

This is why movement conservatives not engaged in education discussions are naturally be more - supportive of measures such as the expansion of school choice (because they conform to their views that markets and private actions by families should be the deciding forces in education) than of other reform efforts that seem to involve what they may perceive more - robust federal or state government roles, or involve what they consider to be an abrogation of roles they think should be in the hands of families or local governments.

Taken together, such measures paint a far more robust portrait of student learning and teacher performance than a single test score.

The ASIC is a robust regulator that requires brokers such as Vantage FX to have strict internal control measures in place for accounting, audits and risk management before they are issued the license to operate as a broker.

«Trend estimates from the SOS [Start of Spring] methods as well as measured and modeled plant phenologystrongly suggest either no or very geographically limited trends towards earlier spring arrival, although we caution that, for an event such as SOS with high interannual variability, a 25 - year SOS record is short for detecting robust trends.»

Additional measures such as robust construction details, improved testing etc could be added for around the same again, he told Ecobuild.

This is why extent is such a useful measure: it only needs observations at the ice margin, and is robust even with sparse observations.

Delivery of reductions and financing by developed countries will be measured, reported and verified in accordance with existing and any further guidelines adopted by the Conference of Parties, and will ensure that accounting of such targets and finance is rigorous, robust and transparent.

In such case, there is a high risk of reverse causality whereby participants» depressive mood may affect their perceptions of the environmental exposures of interest (eg, neighbourhood safety from crime).21 Environmental data collected using more objective measures of the neighbourhood environment, including geographic information systems (GIS) 22 and environmental audits conducted by independent auditors, 23 are likely to provide more robust estimates of the potential causal effects of neighbourhood environmental attributes on residents» depressive symptoms.

REM: We're hearing descriptions such as «continued at a measured pace», «moderated considerably», «less robust», «continues to correct», in monthly real estate board news releases updating market activity.