There are systems to measure these things, and rugby is really good at it".
The president's budget requests for next year include $387 million to help states develop systems to measure student performance.
While these devices measure distance automatically, single-lens reflex cameras may incorporate electronic image-analysis systems to measure sharpness.
Government accounting standards, in contrast, allow public pension systems to measure their assets based on average values looking back over a period of years.
The Cabinet Office's Efficiency and Reform Group ERGG), set up to lead efforts to cut government spending by £6bn in 2010-11, setupd set up management information systems to measure progress accurately and objectively, the public accounts committee has said.
Mr. Frist also indicated that the blueprint should include the development of new "health care infrastructure" -- information and management systems to measure outcomes and exchange information between doctors and patients.
Effective systems to measure and evaluate human rights goals need to be agreed, both to allow individuals and communities to hold their states to account for their progress, but also to assist states to monitor and improve their own performances.
Last year, an expedition by the society and the Boston Museum of Science used satellite systems to measure Everest, the highest peak in the world, at 29,035 feet.
But researchers are improving systems to measure "value added" from beginning to end of the year, and, with three years of data, it's usually possible to tell which teachers are failing.
