Sentences with phrase «policy evaluation project»

The International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (ITC Project) was established in 2002 to assess the effectiveness of national policy provisions in the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.5, 6 ITC Project studies have been undertaken in more than 20 countries, following up nationally representative cohorts of smokers, asking questions about smoking attitudes, behaviour and exposure to different tobacco control policies and activities.

The TATS project is one of many studies within the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (ITC Project) to follow nationally representative cohorts of smokers, to measure psychosocial and behavioural impacts of tobacco control policies.17 However, it is the first to sample only a high - prevalence subpopulation within a country.18

As the TATS project is part of the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (ITC Project), interview questions were closely based on those in other ITC Project studies, especially the Australian ITC surveys.10 We asked questions about whether smoking was allowed inside the home, and whether people smoked inside even if it was not allowed.

ITC Project = International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project.

Design, setting and participants: The TATS project was initiated in Australia in 2010 as part of the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project, and surveyed a representative sample of 2522 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults to assess the impact of tobacco control policies.

It is one of the studies within the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project, enabling national and international comparisons.

Washington, DC — New research from the Texas Policy Evaluation Project (TxPEP) demonstrates that health centers in Texas are already struggling to meet increased demand for safe, legal abortion following a wave of closures after the passage of abortion restrictions in 2013.

From 2011 - 2014, there were 35 % fewer claims for long - acting, reversible contraceptives, according to a recently published paper by the Texas Policy Evaluation Project in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Texas Policy Evaluation Project, Texas Women's Experiences Attempting Self - Induced Abortion in the Face of Dwindling Options, Austin: Texas Policy Evaluation Project, 2015.

Texas Policy Evaluation Project, Knowledge, Opinion and Experience Related to Abortion Self - Induction in Texas, Austin: Texas Policy Evaluation Project, 2015.

It is modelled on the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Project Policy Evaluation Project with adaptation to suit the context of smoking cessation and tobacco control for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia.

The Texas Policy Evaluation Project (TxPEP) released a study on the state of women's reproductive health in Texas, and found that due to lack of access to clinics and poverty, 22 % of women surveyed had self - induced or attempted to self - induce abortions.

New research from the Texas Policy Evaluation Project (TxPEP) exploring the impact of House Bill 2 (HB 2)-- the restrictive Texas abortion law that was struck down by the Supreme Court — found that increases in travel distance to the nearest abortion clinic caused by clinic closures were closely associated with decreases in the official number of abortions.

Not exact matches

Prior to joining the Department of Labor, Ms. Sasser worked on a series of economic and legal reform projects at the IRIS Center at the University of Maryland and also worked at the World Bank designing and conducting policy and country level evaluations in the Operations Evaluation Department.

As well as leading on and participating in a range of research and evaluation projects, the team also contributes to the development of effective policy and practice through the interpretation, synthesis and dissemination of research findings, and acts as a knowledge broker between policy and practice stakeholders, researchers and the academic sector (in the UK and Europe) to strengthen links and collaboration.

Independent evaluation of projects before private - sector involvement was recommended by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli in a 2013 report, which also calls for the creation of an oversight entity for public - partnership agreements and other changes to the state's P3 policies.

The following list does not include $ 66.3 million the foundation has spent on policy, research, and evaluation projects related to the reform of secondary education.

The Best Foot Forward project, run by the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, is currently studying the impact of having teachers videotape their own lessons and upload them for their own development and for evaluation.

Many private foundations in the United States have no explicit policy on the evaluation of projects that they sponsor.

Cambridge, MA (October 5, 2015)-- On October 5, researchers at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University will release findings from the Best Foot Forward project, an initiative testing whether video technology can help address the challenges faced by teachers and school leaders in implementing classroom observations that are part of teacher evaluation systems.

The project culminated in a set of guidelines and resources for schools and districts to inform foreign transcript evaluation policies and processes.

Leading up to the Senate Education Committee vote on April 28, the following groups turned in support for Click to add MIRS Bill Hound SB 0103 — the Michigan Association of School Administrators, Grand Rapids Public Schools, West Michigan Talent Triangle, the Michigan Association of School Boards, the National Heritage Academies, the South Central Education Policy Consortium, Michigan Association of Public School Academies, Great Lakes Education Project, Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency, then - Dearborn Schools Superintendent Brian WHISTON and around 40 southeast Michigan school superintendents and Zimco and K - 12 Evaluation Solutions.

Brenda J. Turnball, M. Bruce Haslam et al., Evaluation of the School Administration Manager Project, Policy Studies Associates, Inc., 2009, 21.

Prior to joining the foundation, she worked as an independent consultant to a number of education funders and ngos on projects including strategic planning and advising, monitoring and evaluation, grant - making support and due diligence, advocacy and policy change work, and grantee network facilitation and support.

Cushing provided project direction and expertise for supporting the implementation of federal and state educator evaluation policies.

Since 2001, Crowe has worked on projects related to teacher quality policy for the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO), and with the public higher education systems of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin; for the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) on teacher preparation projects, and on research on the cost of teacher turnover; as an adviser to the Hunter Foundation of Scotland and to the Scottish National Executive on teacher quality; has been a member of the Advisory Council for the Texas Center for Research, Evaluation and Advancement of Teacher Education (CREATE); and was a member of the national advisory panel for the Ohio Teacher Quality Partnership.

The higher percentage of dismissals in L.A. Unified «is almost certainly going to be a positive thing for kids... particularly when you have additional layoffs looming,» said Dan Weisberg, vice president of policy for the New Teacher Project, a nonprofit group that advocates for overhauling teacher evaluations.

I am talking about the pilot project for teacher evaluation, not the licensure policy.

Crowe also provides consulting services on teacher quality, K - 16 policy issues, and evaluation for several other organizations and projects.

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Karega is a former Charter Schools Director with the Indianapolis Mayor's Office; founded and served as Director of the Indianapolis affiliate of Stand for Children, a national educational advocacy nonprofit; and was on the leadership team of Indiana University's Equity Project, housed at the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy.

The Moriah Group support clients with policy research and data analysis, strategic planning, cross-system partnership building, program evaluation and documentation, and other important projects benefitting children and youth.

The Office of the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs oversees the TIFIA Program and the TIFIA Joint Program Office (JPO) on behalf of the Secretary, including the evaluation of individual projects, and provides overall policy direction and program decisions for the TIFIA Program.

In addition to the evaluation criteria set forth above with respect to both RRIF and TIFIA projects, both statutes sets forth certain additional evaluation criteria with respect to DOT policy goals.

The CFO also oversees the TIFIA program and the TIFIA JPO on behalf of the Secretary, including the evaluation of individual projects, and provides overall policy direction and program decisions for the TIFIA program.

In June of 2007, two of the authors, Paul Baer and Tom Athanasiou, moved the project forward by way of a study for the Heinrich Böll Foundation with the snappy title of A Brief, Adequacy and Equity - Based Evaluation of Some Prominent Climate Policy Frameworks and Proposals, which briefly compares six approaches to a post-Kyoto climate regime, all of which claim to be fair.

He serves as a senior research associate with the China Energy Group, working on projects related to energy efficiency program evaluation, microgrids, and policy analysis.

RUAF organises staff training courses on this topics around the world, including modules on the analysis of urban food systems, multi-stakeholder policy design and action planning, gender mainstreaming, participatory project planning, and monitoring and evaluation.

The EA fails to acknowledge similar existing or planned projects throughout the Great Lakes that could increase the cumulative impacts on birds and bats — an evaluation required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

Buntaine leads a range of international projects that deal with the allocation practices of aid donors, the participation of citizens in environmental policy - making, the relationship between public and private financing of environmental technologies, the processes that lead to effective government reform, and the evaluation of environmental projects, among other interests.

This briefing note illustrates the role and logic of Cost - Benefit Analysis (CBA) in the evaluation of climate change adaptation policies and projects in the agriculture sectors and describes the main analytical steps for conducting it, providing practical examples.

Hereby, impact analysis is essential for policy making focused on sustainable energy systems, once it provides ex ante evaluations for the diverse effects of new projects, being especially important in relation to large infra - structure investments as power plants.

Provided legal project management and legal services, including Connecticut Environmental Policy Act (CEPA) evaluations, a master agreement with the state and municipality, a strategic zoning revision, site remediation, and the negotiation of «clean standard» and Environmental Land Use Restrictions, wetland and water resource permitting, and local permits and approvals.

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