Called "Race to the Top" (RTT), it offered about $4.4 billion to states.States were rewarded for submitting the best and most credible plans for using data and student testing to evaluate teachers; for creating compensation systems based on teacher efficacy; for turning around failing schools; and for encouraging alternatives to traditional public schools.
In order to establish which of these competing distributions provided the most credible model for the data, best-fit parameters for each distribution, including the minimum boundary for which the model applies (xmin), were derived using maximum likelihood estimation56.
Perhaps the most credible explanation for his endurance is that getting rid of him for his attitude toward women would open the wriggliest can of worms.
Randomized trials, which for health system interventions are considered by many the most credible designs for evidence building [ 50], normally do not include data collection on context and process.
They might also be the most credible example for municipalities elsewhere.
A local prosecution would produce the most credible results for many Prince George's residents.
Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones (Emilia Clarke) The most credible contender for the Iron Throne is the diminutive yet fiercely powerful Daenerys Targaryen.
"My personal opinion is that the most credible way for one of our shareholders to exit is to IPO," says Palmer.
The most credible explanation for her decision to close such a fabulously successful programme was that she intends to transfer her energies to her own forthcoming cable channel.
The Commission's interim report stressed it had reduced more than 50 proposals to "the most credible options for new runway capacity, which will be further developed and appraised before the final report".
David Axelrod, the President's former chief strategist, told me, "When Obama was running for the Senate, we polled a bunch of leaders in the black community to see who would be the most credible testimonials for radio ads.
