On the UN Development Programme's human-development index, a general measure of wellbeing, Turkey comes below Russia, Albania and Romania.
Response to gaze is reckoned to be a good measure of the development of theory of mind in human children.
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Under the leadership of an outstanding Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, we launched a Race to the Top, through which states compete for funding by committing to reform and raising standards, by rewarding good teaching, by supporting the development of better assessments to measure results, and by emphasizing math and science to help prepare children for college and careers.
General Assembly will come together to determine how it will tackle poverty and set benchmarks to measure progress in economic development.
This document is part of a global assessment project to measure progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.
The issue of the relevance of these different indicators used to measure and identify economic and social development is therefore raised.
Development Driller II, the rig drilling a second relief well as a redundancy measure, is completing preparations for its blowout preventer to be used on the Macondo well, while the Development Driller III -- the rig drilling the relief well expected to intercept the main well -- is standing by until that's done.
Poland, one of the EU's less-affluent members, has been outspoken in its opposition to the measure, which it said could hamper development.
Indeed, the United Nations has developed a measure of quality of life called the Human Development Index ( UN HDI).
According to the exec, Coda is committed to continuing development and distribution of its products, and that the measure was an effort to better position the firm for the future.
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The need to measure student achievement against standards has led to the development of highly sophisticated new "value-added" testing techniques.
Contributing in no small measure to the high tax rate is the huge economic development program.
As a self-contained city state, this measure helped reduce reliance on water imported from Malaysia and is deemed an important development for national resource independence.
The research community must be involved in the development of these goals, targets and indicators, recognizing interconnected issues and building on existing measure of well-being.
Fox River Mills Inc. of Osage, Iowa, has six research and development employees who slide prototype socks onto a knee-high mannequin leg with pressure sensors installed that measure whether the fit is too tight.
Fortunately, in a development that Keeping Pace reports on but is not highlighted in the eSchool News article, Idaho did pass a measure that allows students to earn credit by demonstrating subject mastery instead of only being allowed to earn credit through seat time.
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