BCG also gave a score based on how countries had improved well-being between 2006 and 2013 and at the top of that list were Rwanda and Ethiopia.
"People's ultimate endpoints are often based on how rapidly they improve," he said.
Teachers would be measured on a 100-point scale, with 20 percent points based on how much students improve on the standardized state exams.
Teachers would eventually be measured on a 100-point scale, with 25 points based on how much students improve on the standardized state exams and 15 percent based on locally selected measures.
But most of the grade — 55percentt — is based on how much students improve over time, as measured by English and math test scores, credits earned and gains on Regents exams.
In the Results section, we evaluate ISOpure and other regularization strategies based on how much they improve prognostic models applied to the tumor profiles and how well they reproduce pathological evaluations of the tumors.
"Based on how the family has improved their standard of living -- they have a stable environment, they're in school, everything else is O.K. -- it was determined their services were no longer needed," said Cheryl Cruise, the social worker from the Children's Aid Society's homemaker service department who works with Mr. Dillard.
Pressed by insurance companies, some drug makers are beginning to adjust what they charge for their drugs, based on how well the medicines improve patients' health.
The most striking innovation is an evaluation system that judges teacher-preparation programs based on how much their graduates improve student performances in important areas, including reading, math and science.
Startup Health takes two to ten percent equity in its companies, determining its stake based on how much it can improve their key metrics over the course of the three-year program, like revenue, team size, partnerships, key customer relationships, product success and fundraising.
