Sentences with phrase «valuable measure»

The new system centers on six state indicators, increases the state's focus on equity, and includes valuable measures of both academics and a school's learning environment.

Just as blood pressure and cholesterol are valuable measures of your physical well - being, we've come up with seven numbers you need to track the state of your financial health.

These types of quantitative data points collected during a classroom visit will provide measurable evidence of success and will serve as valuable measuring sticks for gauging progress.

Beta becomes a less valuable measure of volatility if calculation methodology does not match investor needs, if correlation to the benchmark index is low or if tail events are incorrectly included or excluded from calculation.

Just as blood pressure and cholesterol are valuable measures of your physical well - being, we've come up with the critical numbers you need to track the state of your financial health.

But they also worried they'd be giving up a valuable measure of control.

Ocean temperatures are the most common metric to define the intensity of El Niño, but ocean heights also provide a valuable measure.

Further investigation into these linkages could uncover some valuable measures that could inform future policy in these areas.»

Data from college admissions tests can provide a valuable measure of student achievement, but the non-representativeness of test - takers is an important concern.

On Friday, state Education Commissioner Chris Cerf said the testing would provide a valuable measure of college and career readiness that isn't measured accurately by the state's High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).

The Economist writes that Amartya Sen, professor of economics and philosophy at Harvard, has another valuable measure for us to consider: capabilities.

High school graduation rates are a valuable measure but not the only measure of success.

Howevever, the anecdotal evidence (as you've put it), is a valuable measure when it comes to the overall happiness one may feel in the day to day ownership of any car.

The veterinarians at Chippens Hill Veterinary Hospital consider vaccination a valuable measure in disease prevention.

«Investments proposed this weekend by the ALP in community - based preventive health are a valuable measure, guided by strategy and underpinned by evidence.»

These are valuable measures, but not supported by this study results.