Another important component to Shah's methodology comes from his firm's strict evaluation standards.

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The report concluded the overall picture regarding diversity training was one of inconsistency, an absence of agreed national standards and proper evaluation.

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Add to this landscape powerful education reform initiatives such as overhauled teacher evaluation systems, new Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and an increased focus on social and emotional learning.

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Importantly, many of the problems cited in the GAO study arise from the inappropriate evaluation of Block 10 aircraft against Block 30 standards they are not expected to be meeting at this point.

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These would eventually include requiring all states to adopt higher standards for student proficiency and teacher-evaluation systems that included student achievement.

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Realizing this potential will require partnerships between industry and government to develop a framework and best practices for cyber-physical-systems platform technologies that include integrated architectures, standards and protocols, advanced analytics, evaluation testbeds, and reference implementations to ensure such systems perform reliably, correctly, safely and securely.

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As well as our re-evaluation of long dead heroes like Shackleton and Scott by modern standards, a different category of person is now feted.

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The United States Government will introduce common standards and expectations for assessing security sector assistance requirements, in addition to investing in monitoring and evaluation of security sector assistance programs.

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