Quotes About Evaluation

Our problems are not with the data, itself, but arise from our interpretation of the data.

On assessment: measure what you value instead of valuing only what you can measure.

Experience and the constant analysis of the most varied positions builds up a store of knowledge in a player's mind enabling him often at a glance to assess this or that position.

Aiming to check a new test's difficulty, ask your assistants to solve the test prior to the actual exam. If the results are not satisfactory, reevaluate all ambiguous questions and correct them.

Evaluate the people in your life; then promote, demote, or terminate. You're the CEO of your life!

The way I measure my life is 'Am I better than I was last year?'

Measure yourself by your best moments, not by your worst. We are too prone to judge ourselves by our moments of despondency and depression.

A circle looks at a square and sees a badly made circle.

Both groups [of pundits] were critics, and that is the heart of the problem. If you are a pundit, you seem so smart when you are telling the President what he did wrong… This [is] mostly BS.

A work of art is worth what someone will pay for it.

If you are responsible for a problem and make recommendations on possible solutions, you might be asked whether you went and looked at the situation yourself in person.

statistically insignificant relationship between student evaluations and learning

the more objectively learning is measured, the less likely it is to be related to the evaluations.

Another review also concluded that "teacher ratings and learning are not closely related

empirical research conducted over decades suggests that student evaluations are more than unhelpful;

SAS Institute, where the cofounder and CEO Jim Goodnight evaluates managers by their ability to attract and retain talent, and where people can lose their jobs if their units experience excessive voluntary turnover.

Look at your life and see where you're letting yourself down.

Alles hat immer nur den Wert, den wir ihm beimessen.

compared to the majority of the planet, my life was a total cream puff. But compared to what I knew I was capable of, I was, shall we say, unimpressed.

I read a lot of scripts that I just don't find very funny.

Seeking unity does not mean we abandon critical thinking.

And of course you believed their wise counsel," said Elizabeth lightly, "because people who have never met me are always the best judge of my character.

You call them friends, Hannah," Mom lashes out, confronting me from the doorway with hands on hips. "But your connection to them is situational. Years from now you'll look back and marvel at what you could have seen in most of these people.

Your statistical track record for decision-making is somewhat concerning.