Sentences with phrase «identifying effective reforms»

Identifying effective reforms using rigorous evaluative techniques is a crucial task, especially since improving the education system is likely to have a greater economic impact than any of the medical breakthroughs of the past decade.

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Virginia Tech faculty members James Hawdon and Samarth Swarup helped develop a computational model to assist policymakers in identifying more - effective criminal justice reform measures.

In this view, school districts should support standards - based reform by identifying effective methods of instruction and ensuring that all schools are delivering the material covered by the standards using the techniques approved by the district.

The RAND study's authors want to convince people that they have identified the most effective interventions and that outcomes are improving as a result of past reforms.

Moreover, if researchers can identify, in particular, why some teachers are more effective with under - served populations, school reform efforts might greatly benefit.

The study analyzes student outcomes associated with specific aspects of curriculum and instruction and identified policy conditions - especially regarding standards - based reform - under which effective classroom practices were likely to flourish.

In using ARRA funds, states and school divisions must advance core reforms identified in the legislation, including: implementation of college - and career - ready standards and assessments for all students; establishment of preschool to postsecondary and career longitudinal data systems; improvement in teacher quality — especially for students most at risk of academic failure; and improvement of low - performing schools through effective interventions.

Identified as an effective school reform program by the Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice of the American Institutes for Research, Washingteffective school reform program by the Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice of the American Institutes for Research, WashingtEffective Collaboration and Practice of the American Institutes for Research, Washington, D. C.

A new report from EdSource, titled Preparing World Class Teachers: Essential Reforms of Teacher Preparation and Credentialing in California, identifies seven key challenges that the state must address to ensure an effective teaching force — and the most promising strategies to address them at a local and statewide level.

Big Picture Learning is a leader in school reform and is consistently identified by a sweeping range of education leaders as one of the most effective models in the country.

The natural extension of this is the ability to identify the most effective reforms so that they can be highlighted and applied elsewhere, though this function is naturally the most challenging to put into practice.