Sentences with phrase «values assessment so»

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So my overall assessment is that Grainger is priced 9 % under fair value at the current time.

(So that when you read a news story, for instance, you might also get a composite assessment value that was assigned directly from other readers without them ever having to express such assessment via speaking, writing, etc..)

To continue a bit with the end of that last idea: so if a group of people are on the scene of some event covered by the news, then obviously there would be great value in knowing some directly transferred assessment values from their brains, rather than what today we get as a summary from a few reporters plus maybe a few witnesses that still have to express what they saw.

(So that when you read a news story, for instance, you might also get a composite assessment value that was assigned directly from other readers without them ever having to express such assessment via speaking, writing, etc. if a group of people are on the scene of some event covered by the news, then obviously there would be great value in knowing some directly transferred assessment values from their brains, rather than what today we get as a summary from a few reporters plus maybe a few witnesses that still have to express what they saw.)

He said at a news conference in Mineola that he had directed Assessor James Davis to provide relief so property assessments reflect reductions in value from Sandy while protecting homeowners from large swings in their assessed values.

It seems to me we should use the higher values for climate sensitivity, including the slower feedbacks, for a complete assessment of risks upto the seventh generation, so to speak.

These assessments were relative to global temperature in year 1990, so add 0.6 °C to these values to obtain the warming relative to 1880 — 1920, which is the base period we use in this paper for preindustrial time.

Even so, at twice the caloric value, a pat of butter would still come in at under 30 percent of calories based on a visual assessment of the volume of food on the plate.

What is questionable, however, is the suggestion that value - added assessment is novel, unexamined, and so fraught with uncertainties and limitations that it should not be used in personnel decisions.

We compared a principal's assessment of how effective a teacher is at raising student reading or math achievement, one of the specific items principals were asked about, with that teacher's actual ability to do so as measured by their value added, the difference in student achievement that we can attribute to the teacher.

We find a positive correlation between a principal's assessment of how effective a teacher is at raising student achievement and that teacher's success in doing so as measured by the value - added approach: 0.32 for reading and 0.36 for math.

Of far greater value to educators, however, are «formative» assessments that provide feedback on which skills, concepts, and key knowledge bits have or haven't yet been acquired by which kids, so that something can be done about it while there's time.

So let the psychometricians continue to improve techniques for value - added assessment.

So are schools where teachers have 120 or more students to get to know (with this 120 shuffled at the end of each semester); where serious learning is broken up into snippets of 50 - minute «subject matter periods» arranged in no intellectually coherent order; where assessment keeps knowledge tightly packaged in separate intellectual domains; where short - term memory work is rated as deserving the highest value at the expense of original, long - term analytic work; and where the intellectual engine of the curriculum comes at most students and teachers as a list of subjects and skills, usually far too long for the careful savoring and devoted practice that leads to deep understanding and worthy habits.

... and I'd argue that those matter more than some of the other assessments we place so much value on because those are the ones that determine if kids keep trying or if they give up.

So there is good reason to fear that principals in public schools, if given discretion to reward teachers as they please, will base their decisions on personal relationships rather than on the results of value - added assessments.

It was time to apply best assessment practices with teachers, so that they could personally learn to value and deeply understand the purpose and process.

«We want an assessment that students and families value, that isn't so long and cumbersome, that it doesn't take away from learning.

· We must aggressively encourage the creation of a competitive critical mass of privately and publicly sponsored alternative preparation and certification programs as well as other non-traditional routes to the profession so as to «let many flowers bloom» and create an atmosphere of competitive certification, with value - added assessment of the graduates tied to student achievement.

* We should demand the transformation of educator preparation programs into customer - driven institutions by developing assessments of them that are grounded in output - and performance - based criteria, so that Texas becomes the model for value - added evaluation of such programs.

Although I tend to fall into the latter camp, I do not believe that these two approaches are necessarily mutually exclusive, but that is beside the major point, which is that we must establish as an objective the transformation of educator preparation programs into customer - driven institutions with assessments grounded in output - and performance - based criteria, so that Texas becomes the model for value - added evaluation of such programs.

For example, high scores on classroom observations rubrics and content knowledge assessments should be correlated with high value - added scores, so the overall evaluation system provides a valid and reliable tool for measuring effective teaching.

We should adopt educator preparation program accreditation assessments grounded in output and performance - based criteria, so that Texas becomes the model for value - added evaluation of such programs.

He added that students who pass state accountability assessments are not guaranteed to be successful in the complex world of employment where the ability to collaborate, solve problems, and persist in the face of challenges are so valued by employers.

The Murano is so outstanding, and priced so aggressively, at about $ 44,000 very well equipped, that it makes it very difficult to one - up the vehicle on a value assessment.

But, my city assessment has also dropped about 10 - 12 % in the last couple of years, so I can see why they don't use new appraised value to determine a new LTV.

Assessors may conclude that market and appraisal values don't accurately represent the home, so they use an assessment rate to calculate the assessed value.

So my overall assessment is that Grainger is priced 9 % under fair value at the current time.

While investors of the same stripe often coalesce around the same opportunity, there are so many different perspectives that one type (say, the liquidation value investor) could easily sell to another (say, the earning power investor), and both could be right in their assessment of the intrinsic value of the stock, and have made money in the process.

Of course, they may well suffer negative cash burn, so you need to to incorporate this into your assessment of value.

In comparison, doggy daycare at Your Pet Space is supervised by staff well versed in dog body language, (many have graduated or are attending the Animal Companion Program at NMSU), trained in canine First Aid and CPR, and in addition the other dogs playing with your dogs are evaluated on a point value off leash play assessment, so that we know they are very unlikely to be dangerous to your dog.

The tool becomes most effective with the most accurate, personalized information, so it pays to first do a quick assessment of your expenses to get the best value on which to base your decision.

I know there will be those who disagree with that assessment, but in my current situation I value time over miles, so this was an acceptable trade off for me.

Most reporters aren't qualified to make individual scientific assessments, so they have to take some of what scientists, or their detractors, say at face value.

Renowned economics professor Robert Pindyck of Massachusetts Institute of Technology has recently canvassed the value of so - called «integrated assessment models», which attempt to calculate the optimal social price for emitting a tonne of carbon given its ultimate impact on the climate and the economy.

These assessments were relative to global temperature in year 1990, so add 0.6 °C to these values to obtain the warming relative to 1880 — 1920, which is the base period we use in this paper for preindustrial time.

Such solecisms throughout the IPCC's assessment reports (including the insertion, after the scientists had completed their final draft, of a table in which four decimal points had been right - shifted so as to multiply tenfold the observed contribution of ice - sheets and glaciers to sea - level rise), combined with a heavy reliance upon computer models unskilled even in short - term projection, with initial values of key variables unmeasurable and unknown, with advancement of multiple, untestable, non-Popper-falsifiable theories, with a quantitative assignment of unduly high statistical confidence levels to non-quantitative statements that are ineluctably subject to very large uncertainties, and, above all, with the now - prolonged failure of TS to rise as predicted (Figures 1, 2), raise questions about the reliability and hence policy - relevance of the IPCC's central projections.

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Even so, the divergence between the two rulings is more apparent than real: both held that PFD agreements can be subject to antitrust scrutiny; both considered the size of the value transferred as a relevant factor for the assessment of the settlement agreements; both rejected the «scope of the patent» test as being problematic; and both stressed that the patent validity presumption is not equated to a presumption of patent infringement.

Most injury lawyers will provide a free consultation so it is worth your effort to walk into a lawyer's office and get a general idea of the value of your case and their assessment of whether or not an offer from ICBC is reasonable.

These valuations can lag behind actual market value, so you may decide to have a professional assessment done on your property rather than depend on the tax evaluation.

Employers value experience of geographic information systems (GIS) and environmental impact assessments (EIA) so try to gain this during your degree.

James Darley: So we ask you for your preference but we also may well come back and challenge you if we think based on your application form and what we've seen at the assessment centre, if actually we think you could add more value in a different area but you're very welcome to say to us no, I know I want secondary or I know I want primary.

And, we value the critical importance of ongoing assessment, so we track and discuss the progress and changes over time with each client.

I can formulate better assessments of property values so they can go to meetings with prices that are not based on opinion, but on actual numbers.

«The market demands accurate property value assessments, so NAR is excited to provide Realtors ® with enhanced tools, education and expertise to determine the most accurate value for a home and give their clients a leg up when buying or selling,» said NAR President Tom Salomone, broker - owner of Real Estate II Inc. in Coral Springs, Florida.

2018 is an «off» year so unless the county has changed your assessment (new occupancy, significant improvements, new ownership, etc) you usually can't appeal the assessment value in this year.

Besides looking in other markets, which I am doing, look at ways to add value so that you cash flow (20 % down, great deals, sub-meter units, petition tax assessments renovate, rent increase) and then make sure you have equity in your property when you sell to get paid on the backside of your deal.

The difficulty here is that assessments are based on a number of criteria that may not be related to property values, so they may not necessarily reflect your home's true value.

This is done so that there is an objective assessment of the monetary value of any given...