(In Florida's first go-round with the new evaluations, for example, some teachers had to be rated based on students in their school, but not in their classrooms, because there was not enough data for their own students).
But other New York City teachers— a spokesperson for the city education department was unable to say exactly how many were rated based on only one year of data.
In the past, most teachers were rated based on infrequent, "drive-by" principal observations that resulted in satisfactory ratings for up to 99percentt of teachers.
Children older than 9 are regularly rated, based on test scores.
Greenhouse gases were rated based on their power to warm the atmosphere.
In cycling, climbs are rated based on the steepness and length, with Category 4 being the easiest and Category 1 the most difficult.
Disclosures that some I.R.S. collectors were rated based on how much money they collected resulted in a Congressional ban on such rating techniques.
In both the laboratory and on the assembly line, different kinds of floors and floor covering were rated based on the subjects' reports of discomfort, joint pain and fatigue.
One of the plaintiffs, a first-grade teacher, was rated on the basis of test scores of students in a different school in her district, and another, who teaches vocational classes to aspiring health care workers, was rated based on test scores of students in grades and subjects she had never taught.
Games typically are rated based on visual content.
These traits are compared to other books and rated based on similarities.
