Sentences with phrase «traditional measures like»

But the committee was also instructed to think about output measures themselves, and to look beyond traditional measures like bar passage and employment rates.

The problem is, traditional measures like consumer spending or GDP underestimate the value of this market now, because digital goods like the music industry for example, are «cannibalizing» assets, such as the CD players or record companies of old.

But if you happen to define success by traditional measures like professional achievement and fortune and fame, hard work is the great equalizer.

Not exact matches

You can measure this through traditional metrics, such as the size of your email list or your Facebook audience, but approaching your audience purely as clicks, likes, or views can quickly alienate them.

Historian Timothy Snyder, author of «The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America,» explains that Russia is not a powerful nation when measured in terms of traditional indicators like technological innovation or gross national product.

Poloz later told a Senate committee that the bank did not have a lot of traditional tools left to boost the economy, but could use unconventional measures like forward guidance, asset purchases, quantitative easing and negative interest rates.

Whether your company relies on traditional outbound lead generation tactics like cold calling and networking at trade shows, or inbound lead generation like content marketing, there are many tools available to manage the process more efficiently and measure results along the way — hopefully turning more of your sales leads into sales.

Like any traditional or classic text, it overflows with meanings that vary in considerable measure with the interpreter.

For her granola bark recipe, Prueitt instead relies on lower - glycemic sweeteners (a measure of how quickly a food raises your blood sugar levels) like maple syrup and coconut sugar instead of the traditional white sugar.

How Children Succeed introduced readers to an exciting new body of research showing that the traditional way we measure children's abilities — through standardized tests of their cognitive skills — was missing a crucial dimension: the importance of so - called non-cognitive skills or character strengths, qualities like grit, curiosity, conscientiousness, self - control, and optimism.

I had my in - laws use this when they came to visit and help out with my newborn since they aren't familiar with doing laundry with the nuts and using the liquid is SO simple (and also not messy, no measuring into cups, etc like traditional detergents.)

Ostensibly, they oppose the measure on grounds of cost, but the sectarianism of their supporters sees any «victory» for Sinn Fein coming at their expense and don't want to risk upsetting grassroots supporters who may drift to the even more hardline Traditional Unionist Voice party led by Jim Allister, who makes Arlene Foster look like Caroline Lucas.

In a traditional accelerator, the B mesons would behave like those Volkswagens, and physicists wouldn't have a chance to measure any of their properties before they decayed.

Traditional security measures — like cryptography or encryption — can be expensive, time - consuming, and computing - intensive.

With traditional and social media chock - full of images of (so - called) «perfect» bodies, it's easy to fall into the trap of comparing yourself and feeling like you don't measure up.

While it isn't a great performance by most traditional measures, it likely would have been an action star - making turn, as Lee not only has the athletic physical attributes to convincingly go through the motions of the fight choreography, there is an innate sense of goodness and sensitivity in his demeanor that makes for a fine romantic hero, even though he looks like the inspiration of Heath Ledger's Joker from The Dark Knight and he's got murder on his mind.

Perhaps the first clue that «10,000 B.C.» would fall short was the decision by Warner Bros. to release what otherwise looks like a summer blockbuster in the spring, the traditional dumping ground for films that studio execs don't think measure up.

The NBA has increasingly supplemented traditional statistics like points, rebounds, and assists with more comprehensive, informative measures like «plus - minus» (whether your team outscores the opponent while a particular player is in the game).

In the past, schools have relied on traditional auditing measures like spreadsheets, but these are increasingly proving inadequate and overly time consuming.

Consider having students play one of the games below, and then, to measure learning outcomes, use traditional assessment strategies like matching claims to evidence.

The OCED rankings on subjects or NAPLAN results (as examples) are held up as report cards on how we are doing in education, but the skills that young people need are not as easy to measure in traditional assesses like these examples.

Research tells us that social and emotional skills trump the more traditional cognitive measures — like IQ, standardized test scores, and GPAs — in predicting major life outcomes when the individuals are in their early adult years.

Conversely, traditional education output measures like student course completion, grades, and diplomas have a substantial degree of subjectivity across schools and districts and can potentially provide a misleading account of a student's college and career readiness.

What has happened in Gadsden shows how the push to rank schools based on measures like graduation rates — codified by the No Child Left Behind Act and still very much a fact of life in American public education — has transformed the country's approach to secondary education, as scores of districts have outsourced core instruction to computers and downgraded the role of the traditional teacher.

Some of these things can be measured in traditional assessments, like for problem - solving, give kids a problem — not an academic problem — one where they're forced to address an issue where there's a goal and an obstacle in the way (which is the operational definition of a problem) and see how they perform.

Since there is NOT capacity or expertise (or maybe even desire) in the charter / private market to teach ALL children, there will remain the targeted, embattled traditional schools, operating on an uneven playing field to compete for the «best» students and «best» educators and operating under draconian measures like this bill, while serving heavier and heavier concentrations of children who are the hardest to teach.

Through coaching provided by TSCCI partners Eskolta and reDesign, Bronx Haven's principal at the time, Lucinda Mendez, and a team of teachers launched a multiyear effort to shift the school's focus from traditional outcome measures — like standardized test scores — toward the learning process itself.

And some school boards — including those overseeing the Los Angeles and San Diego unified school districts — are passing measures like a «school climate bill of rights,» which, among other things, mandates that schools employ restorative justice as an alternative to traditional discipline when students get into fights or cause other trouble.

These are designed to measure higher - order skills like creativity, students» well - being and technological literacy as well as traditional academics.

These games are designed to test things like systems thinking or the ability to take feedback — measures that traditional tests don't get at.

The Ford wagon, however, is much more minivan - like than the Ram; it has three - row seating, full - length side windows, flat - folding seats, a fully trimmed cargo area (which reduces cargo - floor width to less than the traditional four foot measure), and a lifting tailgate (though split swing - out back doors are available).

Most traditional ebook readers have a six - inch e-ink screen, that is measured diagonally although there are both smaller — like the Kobo mini at five inches — and larger options, such as the seven - inch Kindle Fire.

Traditional credit bureaus like Experian, Equifax and TransUnion generally only track loan and credit card activity which measures a borrower's debt.

In a less traditional sense, efficiency measures — like better gas mileage on new cars — have also caused weaker global demand.

If the American Gem Society Laboratory were to measure the Brian Gavin Signature Cushion Cut Diamond from edge - to - edge, like a traditional square cut diamond with pointed corners, the outside diameter measurements would result in an inaccurate representation of the surface area of the diamond.

Market crashes like the one in 2008 — 09 are more severe and more frequent than traditional measures of volatility would predict.

Like a traditional homeowners insurance policy, condo insurance can provide you with a measure of protection against liability expenses.

Traditional conservation,» originating from the practice of gamekeeping, conserving species to be hunted for sport, «likes to think of lethal measures, such as hunting, trapping and poisoning,» Linn pointed out, «as an unproblematic tool for achieving management goals.»

Traditional conservation likes to think of lethal measures, such as hunting, trapping and poisoning, as an unproblematic tool for achieving management goals.

Yet by traditional measures, Vainglory does not look like a breakout hit.

Like leaders in Britain, France and a few other places, they want to move beyond the traditional measures of success — economic growth — to promote policies that produce more than just material well - being.

Therefore the development of policy mechanisms like REDD will involve thorny issues like traditional land rights as well as broader questions on how compensation will be structured and what measures will effectively conserve forests without driving more people into poverty.

Many companies have already undertaken traditional measures to save cash, like laying off workers and reducing salaries.

Similarly, «traditional» methods for measure social media effectiveness — looking at comments, likes and other engagement — may not be appropriate measures if your audience is comprise of in - house counsel; engagement is more likely to take place offline.

Lawyers, not unlike other service professionals, like it when advertising results are directly tied to investment; a measure that's trickier in traditional advertising.

The cash value goes to an indexed account measured with an outside index like the S&P 500, instead of a fixed account with traditional fixed interest rates.

Like a traditional homeowners insurance policy, condo insurance can provide you with a measure of protection against liability expenses.

HTC's camera setup has 1.55 - micron pixels (like the Nexus 6P), letting each tiny dot take in more light than traditional smartphone cameras, which tend to measure around the 1.1 - micron mark.

It measures 5.1 by 2.5 by 0.4 inches (HWD) and weighs 4.9 ounces, so it's considerably smaller and slimmer than even narrow phones like the Samsung Galaxy S8 (5.9 by 2.7 by 0.3 inches, 5.5 ounces), although it has a more traditional 16:9 screen aspect ratio.

In the context of native title, this requires that governance structures must be consistent with the values and needs of traditional owners but also include contemporary mechanisms like constitutions, separation of powers and other accountability measures to ensure the organisation is effective.