Sentences with phrase «effectiveness data from»

The long awaited Teacher Effectiveness Data from the 2014 - 2015 School Year arrived last week with remarkably little fanfare.

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Its report about Facebook covering the period from 2015 to 2017 — a time during which Cambridge Analytica may have tapped Facebook data to create «psychographic» profiles of voters — found that Facebook's privacy controls «were operating with sufficient effectiveness,» according to copies of its reviews obtained through open - records requests by the Electronic Privacy Information Center, or EPIC, a watchdog group.

The pro forma consolidated balance sheet data gives effect to (i) the automatic conversion of all of our outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock other than Series FP preferred stock into shares of Class B common stock and the conversion of Series FP preferred stock into shares of Class C common stock in connection with our initial public offering, (ii) stock - based compensation expense of approximately $ 1.1 billion associated with outstanding RSUs subject to a performance condition for which the service - based vesting condition was satisfied as of December 31, 2016 and which we will recognize on the effectiveness of our registration statement in connection with this offering, as further described in Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus, (iii) the increase in accrued expenses and other current liabilities and an equivalent decrease in additional paid - in capital of $ 187.2 million in connection with the withholding tax obligations, based on $ 16.33 per share, which is the fair value of our common stock as of December 31, 2016, as we intend to issue shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock on a net basis to satisfy the associated withholding tax obligations, (iv) the net issuance of 7.6 million shares of Class A common stock and 5.5 million shares of Class B common stock that will vest and be issued from the settlement of such RSUs, (v) the issuance of the CEO award, as described below, and (vi) the filing and effectiveness of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation which will be in effect on the completion of this offering.

The two reviews investigating moderators of effectiveness both suffer from statistical limitations such as use of small data sets and underestimation of heterogeneity.

The 2014 Fundraising Effectiveness Project report evaluated data from 3,576 nonprofits, which showed that the median donor retention rate was 43 % in 2013.

Data from the latest disclosure filings show the effectiveness of the program during this election cycle.

To guide the spending of that money, the National Institute of Medicine made a priority list of situations for which data about outcomes are badly needed — for instance, comparing the effectiveness of various medical and behavioral interventions to prevent the elderly from falling (the complications of which are a leading cause of death), comparing assorted drugs and surgeries alone or in combination in the treatment of specific cancers, comparing the effectiveness of different implants and devices for treating hearing loss, and so forth.

Based on published data, all three procedures reduced pain from trigeminal neuralgia, with some differences in effectiveness.

In a series of six recently published papers, Wiedermann and von Eye illustrated the effectiveness of their approach by applying observational data from studies performed by other scientists.

The research team, led by the University of Bristol, conducted a study that reviewed patient data from 44 studies to compare the effectiveness of the two types of surgery currently used to treat infections — one - stage and two - stage revisions.

The group's models could also help interpret data from future clinical trials that evaluate the effectiveness of booster shots in schoolchildren, «as well as predict the potential impact of new vaccination strategies,» he said.

To help our patients suffering from this disorder, we need to gather reliable data to evaluate the effectiveness and safety profile of new treatment options,» said lead study author Liang Zheng from the department of gastroenterology, the Second Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine.

Melanie Blokesch and Andrea Rinaldo at EPFL have now correlated data from a recent cholera outbreak in Haiti with the effectiveness of oral rehydration therapy.

For years health officials have thrown money at ways to prevent young children from dying, with little global data on effectiveness.

«The data from these two Phase III trials conducted in Europe and in the U.S. support the effectiveness of this novel photo - protective drug, offering the patients in Europe — where the drug has been approved by the European Medicines Agency — the opportunity to perform their daily functions without the pain induced by sun exposure,» said Robert J. Desnick, PhD, MD, Principal Investigator of the U.S. Trials and Dean for Genetic and Genomic Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine.

The review included data from 17 studies on various aspects of problem gambling published between 2002 and 2015 — ranging from evaluating treatment effectiveness, to GA / / culture characteristics and differences in gender experiences.

Data from brain scans may also prove useful for assessing a treatment's effectiveness, says Pelphrey, who has worked with Piven's team in the past.

To understand the cost savings that might result from a change in Medicaid sterilization policy, the researchers used existing data on the costs of Medicaid - funded sterilizations and Medicaid - covered births to construct a one - year cost effectiveness model from the health care payer's perspective.

To test the ratings» effectiveness, Laczniak and colleagues from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Kansas State University and Utah State University collected data through an online survey of families with children 8 to 12 years old.

Adam R. Glassman, M.S., of the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, Fla., and colleagues examined the incremental cost - effectiveness ratios (ICERs) of aflibercept, bevacizumab, and ranibizumab for the treatment of DME with an analysis of efficacy, safety, and resource utilization data at 1 - year follow - up from the Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research (DRCR) Network Comparative Effectieffectiveness ratios (ICERs) of aflibercept, bevacizumab, and ranibizumab for the treatment of DME with an analysis of efficacy, safety, and resource utilization data at 1 - year follow - up from the Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research (DRCR) Network Comparative EffectivenessEffectiveness Trial.

What's next: SSIP may also be used to extend geochemical data from a few boreholes that provide valuable information about remediation effectiveness over large areas.

Using data from the AHRQ report, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER, 2011) conducted a cost - effectiveness modeling study, assuming that transcranial electrical stimulation and electroconvulsive therapy have equivalent efficacy.

«Insights derived from these data will be critical to improving the effectiveness of current cancer immunotherapy treatments and developing new immune - based treatment strategies,» said Justin Guinney, Ph.D., principal investigator, director of computational oncology and bioinformatics at Sage Bionetworks.

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On the basis of these consistent and robust data from animal models, a recent report in European dieters found a significant association between the timing of lunch and weight - loss effectiveness, with earlier lunch times linked to greater success (45).

They used two measurements to gauge a drug's effectiveness and tolerability: the percentage of patients who showed at least a 50 % improvement in their symptoms as measured by one of two scales, or who scored «much improved or very much improved» after eight weeks of treatment (or from 6 to 12 weeks if eight - week data wasn't available) and the percentage of patients who dropped out of the study before eight weeks for any reason.

Irate that columnist George Will had questioned the benefits of early childhood education in a throwaway line in paragraph 15 of an op - ed, Heckman wrote, «Those benefits, quoted by President Obama this year, come from my evidence - based analysis of more than 30 years of data from the Perry Preschool program... It is as good a trial for effectiveness as those we currently rely on to evaluate prescription and over-the-counter drugs.»

Processing and reporting data from UBC - CQI classrooms to evaluate the effectiveness of the approach and factors related to variations in its effectiveness.

There's a tendency among education reformers and economists who study data on teacher effectiveness to say, «See, teacher effectiveness varies dramatically from one teacher to another, even in the same school.

First, we calculate a value - added measure of effectiveness that combines data from all available years and both subjects (averaging math and reading).

In the final year of the project, we will use data from the experiments to scale - up the most cost - effective version of the READS program.The project has three phases: Phase 1 Validation, which includes testing READS in several districts including DPS and an effort to increase the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the program; Phase 2 Validation, which involves expansion into more districts and many more schools and testing the cumulative impact of READS across summers; and Phase 3 Scale - Up, which involves expansion into 20 more districts.

In addition, the Texas data do not match students to individual teachers, meaning that we must draw inferences about teacher effectiveness from average information across an entire grade.

Without a rich repository of data to draw from (such as those maintained by research consortia in cities such as Chicago and New York), DC will not be in a strong position to assess the relative effectiveness of different community, school, and classroom policies and practices.

We must use the direct and available information on teacher effectiveness that comes from objective achievement data and subjective evaluations for both administrators and teachers to guide rewards and management decisions.

It's also led to a proliferation of tests in «non-tested subjects» — everything from P.E. to social studies and beyond — for the sole purpose of collecting data to judge teachers» effectiveness.

They measured teachers» effectiveness using data from 2009 - 10 and then randomly assigned rosters to 1,591 teachers during the 2010 - 11 school year.

The deal, reached last week after months of intense negotiation, would allow data from the tests and other sources to be used as one measure of teachers» effectiveness for the first time.

Thanks to data from the Professional Growth Effectiveness System and the TELL Survey, districts will have more information than ever before on how many effective teachers they have and where they are working, said Christine Boatwright, administration education program consultant in the office of Next Generation Learners.

We analyzed scores on the inventory descriptively and used them to predict time - use data collected via in - person observations, a survey - based measure of job stress, and measures of perceived job effectiveness obtained from assistant principals and teachers in the school.

Along with a background presentation from Rob Ramsdell of Tripod Education Partners, presenters included Jana Burk, Executive Director of Teacher / Leadership Effectiveness Initiatives for Tulsa Public Schools; Dr. Kirk Kelly, Director of Accountability and Testing for Hamilton County Department of Education in Tennessee; Michael Dunlea, a teacher at Ocean Acres Elementary School in New Jersey; and Jennifer Carinci, Director of Research, Innovation, and Data Strategy for the Council for the Accreditation of Education Preparation (CAEP).

Promising Practices are also techniques that have a positive impact on students, but that also have some research data (from very rigorous to less rigorous study designs) to support their claims of effectiveness.

Two studies that drew from the same data sources as part of a single program evaluation indicated that teacher leader preparation programs can increase teacher leader effectiveness in providing leadership to teams of teachers.

There are many pitfalls to making causal attributions of teacher effectiveness on the basis of the kinds of data available from typical school districts.

If unanticipated, these challenges can compromise the overall integrity of research data and detract from training effectiveness.

Data collected from the interviews, surveys, videotapes, and online transcripts were analyzed to explore the effectiveness of the three technology tools for eliciting and encouraging beginning teacher reflection leading to improvement of teaching practice.

Their findings described VAM as an imprecise and unstable measure of teacher effectiveness, particularly if the student assessment data are not of high quality or do not cover a sufficient number of years from which to predict student achievement with any degree of accuracy.

Finally, aside from identification of students who might benefit from additional support, screening data are also important in evaluating the effectiveness of instructional practices in the classroom.

In addition, student data gathered through common assessments — anything from formative textbook section quizzes through to grade level benchmark exams — can feed data - starved initiatives such as PLCs and teacher effectiveness programs.

If you said «yes» to Question # 4 above, you must submit documents attached to this application from your last two school years that provide evidence of your effectiveness as a teacher in your current school district (performance evaluations and student academic growth data).

Programs that require bureaucratic data entry, like Common Core and Educator Effectiveness, take away from precious lesson - planning time, he said.