Close attention to detail and quality of work, balanced by ability to manage heavy workload.
It said research also suggests grouping by ability had a bad effect on children in the lowest groups.
But the Labour party appeared reluctant to back the professor's call to abolish selection by ability.
Another idea that has been discussed is the wider use of "banding" - to get a cross-section of children by ability.
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One of Remploy's former workers, Joe Gannon who is deaf, has returned to the factory and is now employed by Ability Tec.
Zigta, for example, was recognised as a local leader, a rank that is conferred by ability rather than heredity in the Irob culture.
He has proposed to extend health care to every American by way of a national health insurance marketplace, with premiums calculated by ability to pay.
The latest picture is given by this year's annual report of the chief inspector of schools which says "almost all" secondary schools set or band pupils by ability.
David Chaytor, a leading Labour rebel, said there were "a dozen ways in which schools have selection by ability in a covert way, and that has to be tackled".
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However, as India and China continue to emerge, the abundance of engineering talent will mean that great companies will be defined not by their ability to develop a faster widget, but by their ability to innovate.
The company is an earnings machine, helped by the ability to rake in huge margins by getting consumers to pay top dollar for the Apple brand.
Both firms are helped by their ability to finance their acquisition of mortgages by issuing debt that financial markets believe to be backed by the federal government.
An entrepreneur's staying power is often determined by an ability to create the kind of hoopla that gets noticed by customers, suppliers, even Wall Street.
Instead, profit is driven by our ability to manage operations as cost-effectively as possible and by investing in maintaining our infrastructure.
But here we can find the ability to bridge divides of race and region and religion -- by the ability to see yourself in other people.
Davison, who is currently expanding Highlight's two-man operation with half a dozen new hires, said he believes users will be won over by the ability to validate peoples' identities via Facebook or other existing social media platforms, and by the limited space in which the data is broadcast.
As well as his uncanny ability to guide teams to trophy after trophy, Mourinho's very public profile has also been accompanied by an ability to attract headlines -- sometimes unwanted -- where his media conference theatrics have journalists drooling over his every utterance.
Target only those areas where personal passion is matched by the ability to execute.
Siminoff was drawn to Efficient by its ability to cut the growing complexity of ad-keyword auctions.
China's exports will also be helped by an ability to raise trade credit and working capital.
They noted that Chavez's political strength was largely fueled by his ability to personally connect with voters.
The committee of MPs said there was no difference between selecting by aptitude or by academic ability.
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This is completely contrary to the popular belief that leaving the workforce is accompanied by decreasing ability to innovate.
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One is long-term success we know is going to be determined by our ability to work with local populations.
The Commons education select committee had said there was no difference between that approach and selection by academic ability.
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The question of which vehicles they choose to handle is determined by the ability of automakers to deliver attractive products.
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The expensive sales and marketing process for commercial software is replaced by the ability to download and try the software out.
His success will ultimately be measured by his ability to draw other liberal constituencies, such as organised labour, under his umbrella.
Powered by two nuclear generators, the carrier's range is only limited by the ability to keep it and the crew supplied.
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