Rigorous Evaluation Quotes

You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.

It's an unbelievably tough process. And there ain't no bums in the Hall. I mean, they're putting in great players every year. The selection committee they have, I believe, is the right selection of people.

I had to go through a grilling process to meet Mr. Aditya Chopra. It took a lot of time and auditioning.

NSF is the only federal agency with a proven track record of selecting education projects through a rigorous, careful and competitive process that draws on a wide variety of experts from outside government.

Simple systems are not feasible because they require infinite testing.

I always grade myself hard.

You have to be great to get Doyle's seal of approval.

Diebenkorn was a very good critic, a very tough critic, tough on himself, tough on others. He expected the finest.

Admission to the National Academy is highly competitive and selective.

It is harder to get into Deloitte than into the University of Pennsylvania.

You have all this education theory, and people try to make larger statements than maybe what their data would back up, because they've done these small experiments that are tied to a very particular case with a very particular implementation... theory definitely matters, but I think dogma matters less.