Sentences with phrase «family system test»

The Family System Test, developed by Thomas M. Gehring in 1993, was based on Minuchin's structural - systemic theory.

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[The] report served the time - tested purpose: Whenever the system is in crisis (or shows signs of becoming transformed); whenever blacks get restless (or show strength); whenever whites in significant numbers show signs of coming together with blacks to confront their mutual problems (or enemies), the trick is to shift the focus from the real struggle for political and economic empowerment to black «crime,» degeneracy, pathology, and — in Moynihan's innovative twist — the «deterioration» of the black family.

To ensure that all Straus Family Creamery milk and dairy products remained 100 % organic, Albert implemented a non-GMO testing and verification system of all animal feed purchased by the certified organic family farms that supplyFamily Creamery milk and dairy products remained 100 % organic, Albert implemented a non-GMO testing and verification system of all animal feed purchased by the certified organic family farms that supplyfamily farms that supply milk.

To ensure that all Straus Family Creamery milk and dairy products remained 100 % organic, Albert implemented a non-GMO testing and verification system of all animal feed purchased by the certified organic family farmers who supplyFamily Creamery milk and dairy products remained 100 % organic, Albert implemented a non-GMO testing and verification system of all animal feed purchased by the certified organic family farmers who supplyfamily farmers who supply milk.

The integrated family of test equipment operator / maintainer is primarily responsible for maintaining the base shop test facility, performing electronic maintenance on shop replaceable units, system supported line replaceable units and test program sets.

What a shame... and standardized testing, what a revolting way to judge the merit of a school system (more specifically ~ an individual educator) I was horrified to find out from a family friend who was a Special Education teacher a few years ago (who is now my sons 7th grade, general Ed., Language Arts teacher), that the BOE pays for the special Ed teachers to go to a 3 day long In Service, instructing them how to get their Spec.

From the stylish stroller design with functional, high performance wheels and suspension system to the safety certification by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Baby Jogger double strollers offer an array of models to suit the needs of lots of families.

«The test of the system is: is it going to provide proper protection to ordinary families who, through no fault of their own, get caught up in these media maelstroms and get completely mistreated?»

Most controversially of all, if the government believes that working families should keep more of their earnings (to spend more effectively than government can) then why means - test child benefit - the only remaining recognition in the tax system of the cost of raising a family - in order to preserve free bus rides and winter fuel payments to well - off over 60s?

Texas health official David Lakey, commissioner of the state's health department, also offered his condolences to the family and said, in a statement, that the past week was an «enormous test of our health system.»

Test - based systems are politically doomed because middle - and upper - middle - class families tend to prevail in education politics.

Other countries may be able to impose meaningful systems of test - based accountability, but the decentralized nature of American education and politics gives far more power to organized groups of upper - middle - class families and educators than to the technocratic elite.

Specifically to: 1) collaborate with Crittenton Women's Union (CWU) to create video resources that demonstrate its family skill - building model as a means of building adult capabilities to improve child outcomes; 2) create an initial set of materials for practitioners and leaders of family service - provision systems to be used with caregivers to improve serve - and - return interaction as well as self - regulation and executive function skills; and 3) test these materials as part of a qualitative needs assessment of practitioners who wish to build the capabilities of adults who care for children birth - to - five, with an emphasis on birth - to - three.

The Hemera Foundation created an Innovation Fund to support the Center on the Developing Child as it pursues its goal of catalyzing the design, implementation, testing and potential scaling of new or improved intervention strategies for families, communities and community systems.

The overall goal of this extension of our existing work in partnership with TFF and Achievement First Bridgeport Academy (AFBA) is to continue and expand our work in Bridgeport focusing in several keys areas: (1) building knowledge about (a) children's emerging skills and areas of challenge in the social - emotional domain and why these skills are critical to school success, and (b) the ways in which adult stress and skills in the social - emotional domain can impede or foster children's social - emotional skill development; (2) identifying, deploying, and evaluating strategies to build adult and child skills in social - emotional learning with an emphasis on the Tauck Family Foundation's (TFF) five essential SEL skills; and (3) developing and testing a performance management system for SEL that (a) guides the identification of strategies, (b) provides a mechanism for ongoing progress monitoring, feedback, and changes to practice, and (c) serves as an anchor point for ongoing coaching and support in using SEL strategies.

In a world where schooling is increasingly being standardised, and where government testing puts ever more pressure on our youngest learners, Road School is the story of how one family stepped out of the system, and set off on the educational adventure of a lifetime.

These tests have high stakes not only for those tested but also for students, families, and school systems.

All states need to develop accountability systems that deal thoughtfully and usefully with test results, that deploy educational resources so as to aid teaching and learning, and that involve families in educational policy and in schools.

In Michigan, for instance, the new chief state school officer recently replaced the test - focused accountability system with a new grading system that relies on a broader set of measures of school quality, including family involvement, the quality of professional development, attendance, and dropout rates, among others.

That program began by using test scores to evaluate students, schools and educators (and, for a time, custodians and every other adult in a school building), and included a groundbreaking performance pay system paid for by philanthropists, the spread of charter schools and vouchers, and a chronic churn in teachers and principals that Rhee saw as healthy (even though research shows children, especially from low - income families, need stability).

What reformers should do is develop the tools that can allow families to make school overhauls successful; this includes building comprehensive school data systems that can be used in measuring success, and continuing to advance teacher quality reforms (including comprehensive teacher and principal evaluations based mostly on value - added analysis of student test score growth data, a subject of this week's Dropout Nation Podcast) that can allow school operators of all types to select high - quality talents.

The government should introduce a means tested voucher system, as part of the pupil premium, through which lower income families could purchase additional educational support for pupils, such as extra-curricular tuition.

From the time they enroll, we can provide newcomer students and their families with information — in their home language — about the grade - based promotion system, high school graduation requirements, standardized testing, college applications, high school exit exams, and the process of class programming.

Teachers and Rutherford County administrators have also seen some low - performing children sent away from the charter and back to the traditional public school system just before end - of - grade tests, an important measure of how schools stack up against each other, said Dr. John Mark Bennett, the chair of the county school board and a local family physician.

Walnut Valley, with 20 percent low - income families and about 10 percent English learners, had among the state's highest Academic Performance Index scores — a system for rating schools based on test scores — before the index was suspended three years ago, with an average of more than 900.

A key strategy to improving educational outcomes and closing achievement gaps for children from low - income families is improving state finance systems to ensure equitable funding and increased access to resources, according to a new study from Educational Testing Service (ETS).

Re: the US News article on top about ESSA: Chairwoman Foxx is right about the role of the federal government in America's K - 12 education system; and families can continue to pressure educrats like Mr Botel by opting out, wherever and whenever possible, from their local state schools until the federal government gives up on the continuing mistake of its annual testing requirement in two subjects only, which has produced no significant improvement in American education for 15 years now, but has cost us in lost opportunities, including time and energy that might have been devoted to non-tested subjects, including those in the broader curricula represented by the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, which requires assessment — including but not limited to external final exams — in six subjects distributed over at least five fields, an assessment approach that has been imitated by the world's leading educational jurisdictions, but is being discouraged by the ignorant Luddites in the the U.S. ED.

There's really no way to create a tutor - proof test so while you've got entry by selective test, it is going to benefit the better - off families - and that is why Michael Wilshaw is right to say that it is not a system for the future of this country if what we want is all children to do well and the gaps to narrow.»

But teachers who took part in the focus groups also had concerns that a new system would rely too heavily on standardized test results, that evaluations from time - crunched principals could be «phony,» and that a new system would not account for students slipping in school because of factors outside a school's control, such as a divorce or death in the family.

During the build - out, Families Empowered acted as a project manager and liaison between the developer and school partners, facilitated various rounds of internal and external systems testing, and identified areas for improvement.

As Thomas explains, Connecticut's broken system has created one of the largest achievement gaps in the nation: «The majority of students from low - income families test far below where they should on reading and math exams.

For example, the network recently created a new teacher evaluation system that incorporates multiple measures of teacher effectiveness, including classroom observations; survey responses from colleagues, students, and families; and growth in student test scores.

But the recession dealt a heavy blow to our schools and working families, No Child Left Behind took the focus off equity and put it on testing, and privatizers swooped in to capitalize on a system struggling from swift, unbridled change with little support, financial or otherwise.

A group of business and civic leaders is urging the Los Angeles school district and teachers union to quickly develop a new evaluation system that incorporates student test score data and gives families more access to information about instructors.

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Meanwhile, Volvo is testing its own systems at a slower, more deliberate pace, and even scaled back its Drive Me program in which 100 Level 4 XC90s were to be distributed to families in its hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden, this year.

And with the built - in family entertainment system that was installed in our test vehicle (a $ 995 option), the kids can watch their favorite movies on those long trips.

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Similarly, while the new system is income tested, those income thresholds are also not indexed, meaning that over time more families will see their benefits decline and fewer will receive any benefit at all

The Liberal rationale, as outlined in Budget 2016 is that «Canada's existing child benefit system is complicated, consisting of a tax - free, income - tested Canada Child Tax Benefit with two components (the base benefit and the National Child Benefit supplement) and a taxable Universal Child Care Benefit received by all families, regardless of income.»

The Liberals explained their decision to scrap CCTB and UCCB and replace it with the Canada Child Benefit by stating that: «Canada's existing child benefit system is complicated, consisting of a tax - free, income - tested Canada Child Tax Benefit with two components (the base benefit and the National Child Benefit supplement) and a taxable Universal Child Care Benefit received by all families, regardless of income.

8th September, 2016 — Get ready for the ultimate test of rhythm in Rhythm Paradise Megamix, releasing exclusively for Nintendo 3DS family systems on 21st October.

The project is a joint venture with Berkeley - based Haath Mein Sehat (Health In Hand) Mumbai, who will be on site in Mumbai this summer to conduct testing, user acceptance interviews, follow up visits with families receiving the Lifestraw systems.

Answer: If toxicology tests show marijuana is found in the child's system, family members could face child endangerment charges.

Constraining the range of potential outcomes, more firmly fixing presumptions and limiting the factors applicable to legal tests will assist parties in settling their disputes by promoting rational positions, and will ultimately reduce the costs incurred by both the justice system and the parties in resolving family law disputes.