Sentence examples for benchmarks laid out from inspiring English sources

The benchmarks laid out in the Geneva agreement seek to capitalize on the momentum by imposing quick deadlines, including a requirement that Syria submit a complete list of its chemical weapons, and storage and production facilities within a week.

That's no surprise: The announcement punctuates a process that has been a sham, falling far short of the benchmarks laid out by a bipartisan group of experts (including one of us, Ms. Schneider) last fall for effective, credible congressional investigations.

If you can't make layups, then you've got to work on layups". Chad Colby, a spokesman for the federal Department of Education, said the department neither endorsed nor criticized schools that concentrated instructional time on math and reading as they sought to meet the test benchmarks laid out in the federal law's accountability system, known as adequate yearly progress.

Chad Colby, a spokesman for the federal Department of Education, said the department neither endorsed nor criticized schools that concentrated instructional time on math and reading as they sought to meet the test benchmarks laid out in the federal law's accountability system, known as adequate yearly progress.

If they are doing their jobs, authorizers hold schools accountable for student achievement benchmarks laid out in their charters, which are essentially performance contracts.

Indeed, the Iraqi government has only met three of the 18 benchmarks laid out last year [via Think Progress].

And just yesterday, Anandtech ran a piece that accused Huawei of "cheating" on benchmarks and laid out an ugly case where the test phones with the Kirin 970 went into a special benchmark mode only when running benchmarks that a user would not ever achieve, and without warning to the reviewers.

The centerpiece of the compromise is implementation of the same benchmarks that Bush laid out in January to measure the Iraqi government's progress on stabilizing the country.

More worrisome is the political scene; the Baghdad government has achieved 6.5 of the 11 "Iraq index" benchmarks we have laid out, which include steps like establishing provincial election laws and enacting amnesty laws.

Under those benchmarks, which Bush laid out in a speech to the nation Jan . 10 the Iraqi government would have to take responsibility for security in all of Iraq's provinces by November, and adopt and implement oil-revenue-sharing legislation.

By putting his money into a deal with the Kurds, despite Baghdad's disapproval, he's essentially betting that the Iraqi government — which hasn't met a single one of the major benchmarks Mr. Bush laid out in January — won't get its act together.