The Washington Post reported that Englin's bill would hold publishers accountable and require them to prove review of textbooks by subject-area specialists. ❋ Victoria Fine (2011)
Translation: (Add to signing bonuses, subject-area supplements and performance pay), more technology, virtual learning, school turnarounds and public charter schools comprise the Manifesto. ❋ Valerie Strauss (2010)
They vaguely state that district leaders must be able to provide financial incentives (Aha, signing bonuses, subject-area supplements and performance pay) and effectiveness should be mainly measured by "how well students are doing academically" (Aha, test scores tied to teacher's pay). ❋ Valerie Strauss (2010)
To be hired, according to the school's Web site, you need to be able to prove you have "expert subject-area knowledge," present a "portfolio of achievement of past students" and score above 90 percent on the verbal section of a graduate-school entrance test. ❋ Leonie Haimson (2011)
Signing bonuses, subject-area supplements and performance pay will transform the system. ❋ Valerie Strauss (2010)
Middle and high school content teachers, both pre-service and in-service, should be prepared to integrate literacy instruction into their routine subject-area instruction. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Currently, many students cannot learn well from a content curriculum because they have difficulty reading assigned text and fulfilling subject-area writing assignments. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The No Child Left Behind law, for example, requires teachers in core academic subjects to be "highly qualified", as evidenced by a bachelor's degree, full state licensure and certification, and demonstrated subject-area competence. ❋ Unknown (2009)
They also take multiple entrance exams, including ACTs, SATS and subject-area SATs. ❋ Unknown (2009)
We developed a way (using simulations and computer-delivered examinations) to assess the subject-area knowledge and teaching knowledge of people who want to enter the classroom -- without making these individuals pull their hair out over ridiculous and unnecessary requirements. ❋ Unknown (2008)
OneLook.com is a metadictionary, searching through more than 1,000 subject-area, technical and general interest reference books. ❋ Unknown (2005)
Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College overhauled its full-time MBA curriculum, combining classes on functional areas such as accounting and marketing to break down subject-area silos and give students a more holistic view of the modern corporation. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Report Services product, will enable companies to set up large subject-area datamarts extracted from their data warehouses or operational systems, and allow users to find information and answers on their own. ❋ Unknown (2011)
"If you did a similar study and administered subject-area GRE tests to students in their freshman and senior years, I expect that we would see a lot better results," he told the ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2011)
Each ACT subject-area test has a benchmark that sets minimum scores needed to give students a 50 percent chance of earning a `B' or higher and a 75 percent chance of earning a `C' or higher in a typical first-year college course. ❋ Unknown (2011)
With a global network of over 4,000 linguists and subject-area specialists, TransPerfect is the largest translation company to be fully ISO 9001: 2008 and EN ❋ Unknown (2010)
