Sentences with phrase «with meaningful standards»

Even assuming that sustainable seafood certification is credible and responsible with meaningful standards, problems remain («Supermarkets boost sustainable seafood offerings,» July 18).

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The base 13 - inch MacBook Pro without a Touch Bar comes standard with 8 GB of RAM, but you can give it a meaningful performance boost by opting for the 16 GB RAM option.

Since their return from injury i have tried to give Welbeck and Wilshire the benefit of the doubt when others have slagged them off for some pretty average displays.Regrettably I am now of the opinion that they will never reach the standards required to make a meaningful contribution towards the revival of Arsenal and along with 3/4 others in the current squad they should be moved on.Their performances against Stoke was the last straw as far as I am concerned.It will be interesting to see if Gareth Southgate shares my views and does not include them in his World Cup squad.

Better and more effective oversight of the Compass contracts would be a start, together with meaningful penalties for providers who fail to meet standards.

«The Application fails in a meaningful way to address the significant water resource impacts that could occur from this Project and has failed to provide sufficient information to demonstrate compliance with New York State water quality standards,» wrote John Ferguson, the «Constitution's failure to adequately address these concerns limited the Department's ability to assess the impacts and conclude that the Project will comply water quality standards.»

THE LURE OF POLITICALLY CORRECT DIETS For some high - minded teenagers, anti-saturated fat dogma may dovetail rather conveniently with pro-vegetarian arguments, 12 particularly because the search for «meaningful moral standards, values and belief systems» is a critical developmental task during adolescence.13 (It should be noted that moralistic claims in favor of vegetarianism often prevent earnest vegetarian teens from coming face to face with underlying farming realities — including the fact that sustainable farming requires enriching soil with animal products such as bone meal and manure.12) Recognizing the fact that adolescent boys also can be preoccupied with physical concerns about weight or athletic prowess, it is perhaps not terribly surprising that a sizeable proportion of teenage boys appear to be persuaded by advice that vegetarianism is a «healthy» lifestyle.

Complete with Edexcel standard mark schemes to make assessment eaiser and space for students to self and peer assess to build meaningful targets for improvment.

As important as better assessments are, they must work in tandem with high - quality curriculum; meaningful, job - embedded professional development; and all the other pieces that will support educators preparing to teach to these new standards.

Yes, Margaret Spellings allowed for a «growth model pilot» when she was secretary of education — but schools still had to get all students to proficiency within three years, an unrealistic standard in states with a meaningful (and rigorous) definition of proficiency.

Small schools can also help boost graduation rates among these underserved students by providing them with a new version of the three Rs - rigorous academic coursework, meaningful relationships with instructors who can help them meet high standards, and relevant learning opportunities through internships, community partnerships, and real - world tasks.

Supporters of the Common Core, ourselves included, peer out across this vast nation and see a hodge - podge of standards, tests, textbooks, curricular guides, lesson plans — little of it of high quality or particularly «innovative» (with much of the «innovative» stuff being faddish and silly), and none of it aligned with much else in any meaningful sense.

The second is that the Common Core movement muddles through, meaning that we end up, eventually, with a nearly national set of standards for what students need to know and do at each grade, high quality assessments aligned to those standards, cut scores for proficiency on those assessments that are challenging and equal across the nation, and a set of meaningful carrots and sticks for holding educators accountable for preparing all their students for success.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously that schools must give students with disabilities the chance to make meaningful progress, rejecting a lower standard for what students are entitled to that had been set by a lower court.

We have to help students to find their passion, and with this realization comes the argument that our schools must focus not just on the Common Core State Standards but on the student standards of interest, hobby, and meaningful learning.

The bill replaces AYP standards with a requirement for states to annually measure all students and individual subgroups by: (1) academic achievement as measured by state assessments; (2) for high schools, graduation rates; (3) for schools that are not high schools, a measure of student growth or another valid and reliable statewide indicator; (4) if applicable, progress in achieving English proficiency by English learners; and (5) at least one additional valid and reliable statewide indicator that allows for meaningful differentiation in school performance.

Diversity and choice must be paired with common standards, and the content of these must be rich and meaningful.

Existing research shows textbooks differ in their effects on student achievement in meaningful ways, with well - designed studies finding effects in the.1 to.2 standard deviation range.

When I ask graduate education students to define inclusion, they give the standard description, the meaningful involvement and participation of children with disabilities in general education classrooms and school environments.

«We know that her high standards and growth mindset can inspire other educators to make urgent, meaningful strides towards our end goal — providing every student with the kind of awesome education that prepares her to succeed in college and in life.

We sat down with Brittany Burns to talk about how she meets standards while still covering topics that are ethically meaningful and why LDC's tools are so effective for a Facing History classroom:

Arts integrated tasks support meaningful interaction with academic standards.

Together they created a vision to reach high standards of excellence in conjunction with a meaningful professional development for teachers.

The continued use of a high - quality statewide assessment that is aligned to the standards, provides teachers and parents with meaningful information, and has a proficiency score that indicates college and career readiness.

The 56 % meeting or exceeding standard for CA's grade 11 E / LA result was an outlier with blinking red lights that defies meaningful interpretation other than a grossly discrepant cut score (to the low side) or some other test development flaw (such as an inadequate item bank for a computer - adaptive test) or an error in the test administration or scoring process, or some weird effect due to the increased number of grade 11 students with scores since EAP moved from voluntary to mandatory in 2015 [which usually would involve a decrease in scores, a reasonable interpretation for the decrease in Math EAP scores this year, rather than an increase in scores].

With all the discussion about deeper learning, college - and career - ready standards, and the latest research on assessments, assignments, and instruction, it turns out that what many principals prescribe to chart a new course for meaningful literacy instruction is engaging readers and fostering a love of reading from an early age.

With the intense pressure on 5th grade teachers to prepare students to meet and even exceed standards, it's easy to forget that my most important goal is to create an environment in which every student is involved in meaningful learning.

Does grading replace the true goal of any writer — meaningful communication with another person — with the artificial goal of trying to live up to a standard, as Wilson asserts?

In a drive to set meaningful national standards - and stop states from fiddling with pass rates - the Obama Administration has awarded $ 330 million to states and corporations working to develop national tests.

Held to a higher standard of accountability than traditional public schools, but with the benefit of added autonomy that puts local school leaders and teachers in charge, Tennessee's public charter schools are empowered to create a challenging and focused learning environment for students, while giving parents even more direct and meaningful opportunities to participate in their children's education.

In any event, 2015 for Smarter Balanced will really be the last year for test development, with the data used for standards - setting 3rd Q 2015, and unlike the 2014 data it will be possible to generate meaningful interpretable scores but those scores will likely not be available for local district use until 4th Q 2015.

To enable all students to achieve high academic standards and quality of life, the Special Education department works collaboratively with districts, agencies, and parents to ensure students receive quality, meaningful, and needed services.

These enhancements, like those in the new CAEP standards, should go beyond independent accreditation into state law and policy that includes transparent data linkages of students with their teachers and the preparation program from which they graduated, and with meaningful «teeth» for accountability.

In short, the NCLB Act materially but imperfectly galvanized a focus on meaningful accountability measures associated with high standards expectations, setting the stage for what is, by any estimation, a pivotal moment of transition and transformation in education policy and practice.

With this in mind, have we spent the past 20 years fretting over raising standards, creating related assessments, and designing accountability systems to improve student performance, but neglecting to help students understand why any of this should be meaningful to them?

Standard I: Curriculum, Planning, and Assessment: The teacher promotes the learning and growth of all students by providing high - quality and coherent instruction, designing and administering authentic and meaningful student assessments, analyzing student performance and growth data, using this data to improve instruction, providing students with constructive feedback on an ongoing basis, and continuously refining learning objectives.

Through a variety of project - based and experiential learning opportunities, ranging from interdisciplinary classes to work - and field - based learning experiences, students work with teachers and mentors to co-design personally meaningful work that incorporates curriculum standards while infusing global competencies.

With a standard 6 - speed manual gearbox, the BMW M2 is targeted at drivers who seek meaningful involvement in their driving.

Reading and listening together has been shown to increase the motivation to read, and it can have meaningful impact on reading retention — Immersion Reading on the new Kindle Fire family sets a new standard for deep reading by engaging the eye and the ear simultaneously with beautifully narrated audiobooks,» said Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Founder and CEO.

Las Vegas, NV — January 6, 2014 — Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today unveiled the Samsung Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO line of tablets, setting a new standard of mobile excellence, equipped with innovative and meaningful technology.

Beta readings for gold, international, and other funds that move independently of the S&P 500 are not meaningful, so it's wise to check the standard deviation along with beta when you're examining volatility.

«With the need for meaningful change and transparency more relevant than ever, I look forward to bringing together a broad coalition of industry leaders, animal welfare organizations, companies, associations and individuals to collaborate on developing animal care standards that will benefit pets, consumers and the industry.»

Our mission is to provide a positive and meaningful experience to all clients with the highest standard of service, integrity and quality.

Our mission is to provide a positive and meaningful experience to all clients with the highest standards of service, integrity and quality.

I believe that I speak for the vast majority of millennials when I say that our generation has the same aspirations as previous ones: to gain meaningful employment, to buy a home, to get married and have children and be able to provide our children with a decent standard of living.

With any luck, we'll see meaningful steps towards an industry - wide cloud computing and data security standard as well.»

Bluntly stated, yet with great respect; the law has spent more than forty years looking for the true jurisdictional question, twenty years trying to assess the relative expertise of tribunals, ten years trying to convince everyone of a meaningful distinction between two deferential standards of review and now another possible lifetime wandering the administrative galaxy looking for questions of law of central importance to the legal system.

In my view, the best path forward, from a cyber policy perspective, is to require regulatory notification of meaningful breach events combined with the developing of a standard of care that is capable of evolving with changing technological means.

Law firms with 300 or more practicing lawyers in the United States are eligible for Gold Standard Certification if they successfully demonstrate that women represent a meaningful percentage of their equity partners, of their highest leadership positions, of their governance and compensation committees, and of their most highly compensated partners.

The court held that an appeal from a trial judge's interpretation of a standard form contract, that has precedential value and does not require engagement with any meaningful factual matrix, is a question of law that should be reviewed for correctness.

While the idea is great on paper, commercial adoption hasn't yet struck a meaningful groove with the mainstream This is despite multi-generations of support for the Qi and Power Matters Alliance (PMA) standards from Samsung and LG, and the occasional dabble from other Android OEMs.