There can also be wide discrepancies among similar benchmarks, which may reflect the artificial nature of the process.
Energy efficiency benchmarks, which many American and European cities have in place, are also an effective tool.
At today's briefing, analysts pressed the company to provide specific performance benchmarks, which were not included in the press materials.
If these installments meet certain ratings benchmarks, which none of the parties would disclose, then 90 more episodes of the series will be produced.
A growing body of evidence suggests that Chinese students do well academically partly because their parents set very high benchmarks, which the children then absorb.
What this seems to mean in practice is the imposition of performance benchmarks which will result in programs being cancelled if they don't deliver value for money; and a concentration of the aid spend in the Asia Pacific region.
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As you can see in the example, we set benchmarks, which means that every time recipients get an e-mail, they can see whether we have achieved our goals.
The Obama administration hopes that states will quickly adopt the new standards in place of the hodgepodge of current state benchmarks, which vary so significantly that it is impossible to compare test scores from different states.
