Sentences with phrase «program evaluation findings»

A Summary of External Program Evaluation Findings for the eMINTS (enhancing Missouri's Instructional Networked Teaching Strategies) Program from 1999 — 2009 (PDF).

The study's authors speculate on four potential explanations for the large negative effects that their program evaluation found: misalignment of private school curriculum to the Louisiana State Standards; differences between serving scholarship students with achievement gaps and traditional private school students; success of other education developments, especially in New Orleans; and the overall quality of private schools willing to participate in the program.

Program evaluation found desirable social emotional outcomes for Robeson Elementary students including perseverance and growth mindset.

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The formal evaluation by HHS found that diabetes prevention programs «reduce health care costs and help prevent diabetes,» said Burwell.

A summary of the extensive Mathematica evaluation of U.S. abstinence and related programs can be found at www.mathematica-mpr.com/welfare/abstinence.asp.

In the 1960s, experts designed special education and training programs intended to enhance the skills of the poor, but evaluations found that they had only limited impact.

He may be, but will governments, large foundations and individuals really give bundles of money to urban pastors who find it difficult and cumbersome to write effective grant proposals or conduct program evaluations?

The Friends study also found staffers doing nothing while children were waiting around, eager for something to do; park district attendance records that often appeared «inflated and fictional ``; a total lack of evaluation of programs or job descriptions to keep up with changing trends in recreation, and a severe shortage of programming for girls and women.

Studies of the Nurse Family Partnership model followed children to 6 years and found significant program effects on language and cognitive functioning as well as fewer behaviour problems in a randomized controlled trial study.24 In addition, more recent evaluations of Healthy Families America have shown small, but favourable effects on young children's development.25, 26

An evaluation of Hawaii's Healthy Start program found no differences between experimental and control groups in maternal life course (attainment of educational and life goals), substance abuse, partner violence, depressive symptoms, the home as a learning environment, parent - child interaction, parental stress, and child developmental and health measures.25 However, program participation was associated with a reduction in the number of child abuse cases.

A 1990's evaluation of the Parents as Teachers (PAT) program also failed to find differences between groups on measures of parenting knowledge and behaviour or child health and development.17 Small positive differences were found for teen mothers and Latina mothers on some of these measures.

In other words, even when home visitation programs succeed in their goal of changing parent behaviour, these changes do not appear to produce significantly better child outcomes.21, 22 One recent exception, however, was a study of the Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) model with low - income Latino families showing changes in home parenting and better third - grade math achievement.23 Earlier evaluations of HIPPY found mixed results regarding program effectiProgram for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) model with low - income Latino families showing changes in home parenting and better third - grade math achievement.23 Earlier evaluations of HIPPY found mixed results regarding program effectiprogram effectiveness.

The majority of the funding is used by states to implement program models that have demonstrated their effectiveness based on rigorous evaluation findings.

The latter can be found in more successful teaching programs — like the one at Waldorf School of Baltimore — that are based on inquiry - based learning, and on students» self - evaluation of their understanding of mathematical formulas and theories.

The evaluation revealed that the nutrition integrity project had a positive impact beyond the schools that participated in the pilot; once the benefits of combi ovens were explained and publicized, other schools wanted to follow suit, either through the program or by finding other creative ways to finance their purchases.

Findings from the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, a rigorous Congressionally - mandated study, indicate that the program had modest but positive impacts on EHS children at age three in cognitive, language, and social - emotional development, compared to a control group.xxiii In addition, their parents scored higher than control group parents on such aspects of the home environment as parenting behavior and knowledge of infant - toddler development.

Facilities continue their quality improvement program, evaluating their findings against Baby - Friendly USA Guidelines and Evaluation Criteria.

The National Treatment Improvement Evaluation Study (NTIES), a Congressionally - mandated five - year study, found that whereas many clients served by federally - funded programs cut their drug use in half up to a year after treatment, many eventually relapsed.

With the recent emphasis on translational and outcomes research, it should not be difficult to find a training program in fields related to CER, says Milton Weinstein, director of Harvard University's Program on the Economic Evaluation of Medical Technology and co-author of the book Decision Making in Health and Medicine: Integrating Evidence and program in fields related to CER, says Milton Weinstein, director of Harvard University's Program on the Economic Evaluation of Medical Technology and co-author of the book Decision Making in Health and Medicine: Integrating Evidence and Program on the Economic Evaluation of Medical Technology and co-author of the book Decision Making in Health and Medicine: Integrating Evidence and Values.

An evaluation of the program, the Vajpayee Arogyashree Scheme (VAS), funded by the World Bank Group and led by Neeraj Sood, professor and director of research at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics found that:

Evaluation findings help inform NIMBioS program content and format as well as overall operations.

Leaders of SMD - funded E / PO programs and Science Education and Public Outreach Forums work together to make individual program metrics, evaluation findings, and outcomes available to the public and NASA in order to communicate the unique capabilities and successes of SMD E / PO and to provide insight into federally funded E / PO efforts.

Follow - up evaluation of the program found that most students who were tested recalled their carrier status and used this information to inform their later reproductive choices, contributing to a reduction of more than 90 % in the incidence of these two diseases.

Christine Frey (left) found help for her diagnosis of early psychosis with Kristin Cadenhead, MD, director of the Cognitive Assessment and Risk Evaluation Program.

Dr. Bullock is also the Founding Director and Principal Consultant of the International Science & Education Alliance, an organization devoted to exceptional research, program evaluation, assessment design, strategic planning and capacity building to support equity, programmatic diversity and scientific integrity, and promote effective leadership, decision - making and social change.

Because the picture boasts production values considerably above those usually found in AA features and, more importantly, because of the use of the new photographic technique, the film is sure to be accorded more important programming than the company's average product, an evaluation already established by initial bookings.

Decades of evaluations on Head Start have found nothing like the benefits of the tiny Perry program.

This evaluation confirmed the positive outcomes found in previous studies, especially for students considered at high risk of dropping out when they entered the programs.

This report, developed by Catherine Awsumb Nelson, synthesizes the findings of a four - year evaluation of the A + Schools Program pilot in 25 North Carolina Schools.

Some of the study's findings on the effects of the program are the largest found to date in evaluations of large - scale public prekindergarten programs.

For example, an independent evaluation of a pull - out reading program in the UK found it raised students» reading levels over the course of a term, but similar students who just stayed in class actually raised their reading levels more.

At first glance our findings seem inconsistent with evaluations of Chicago's program ending social promotion, to our knowledge the only similarly designed retention policy to be evaluated using comparable methods.

And it demonstrates the well - known generalization in the evaluation of social programs: the more meticulous and professional the research, the fewer clear and sharp effects are to be found.

: Evaluation Findings from Programs in 14 States (PDF).

Finally, earlier evaluations of these programs found neutral to positive effects on test scores.

From the earliest evaluations of Head Start, it was clear that the program did not last long enough, and the most recent research confirms the same finding.

Among the more salient conclusions are: 1) that what children bring to school is vastly more important than what happens thereafter, as the Coleman Report found; 2) in examining all of the variables that impinge on student academic performance (teacher effectiveness, socio - economic advantage, appropriate evaluation criteria, etc.), none is demonstrably more significant than time spent learning «one - on - one»; and 3) that only an individualized computer program can address all these issues effectively and simultaneously.

Two recent experimental evaluations of the Louisiana Scholarship Program found negative effects of the program on student test scores but one study was limited to just a single year of outcome data and the second one (which I am leading) has only analyzed two years of outcome data Program found negative effects of the program on student test scores but one study was limited to just a single year of outcome data and the second one (which I am leading) has only analyzed two years of outcome data program on student test scores but one study was limited to just a single year of outcome data and the second one (which I am leading) has only analyzed two years of outcome data so far.

Your article on the Milwaukee school - choice evaluation («New Studies on Private Choice Contradict Each Other,» Sept. 4, 1996) accurately reports that our study of the Milwaukee choice program found that choice students outperformed a comparable control group of Milwaukee Public Schools students on standardized tests by a considerable amount after three and four years of experience in the choice schools.

With these concepts in mind, the Center employs the following three - stage process: • Knowledge Synthesis — a critical analysis of cutting - edge science and program evaluation research to identify core concepts and evidence - based findings that are broadly accepted by the scientific community.

To this end, the Center has developed a three - stage knowledge transfer process: (1) Knowledge Synthesis — a critical analysis of cutting - edge science and program evaluation research to identify core concepts and evidence - based findings that are broadly accepted by the scientific community; (2) Knowledge Translation — the identification of gaps in understanding between scientists and the public, and the development of effective language to communicate accurate scientific information in a way that can inform sound public discourse; and (3) Knowledge Communication — the production and dissemination of a wide variety of publications and educational media via print, the Web, and in - person presentations.

Early evaluations of the program by Paul Tuss of Sacramento County Office of Education's Center for Student Assessment and Program Accountability found that students who received a home visit were considerably more likely to be successful in their exit exam intervention and academic - support classes and pass the English portion of the exiprogram by Paul Tuss of Sacramento County Office of Education's Center for Student Assessment and Program Accountability found that students who received a home visit were considerably more likely to be successful in their exit exam intervention and academic - support classes and pass the English portion of the exiProgram Accountability found that students who received a home visit were considerably more likely to be successful in their exit exam intervention and academic - support classes and pass the English portion of the exit exam.

That was the finding of an independent evaluation by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the administration's investments in educator evaluation and compensation through the TIF program.

Multiple evaluations, by organizations ranging from the Manhattan Institute to the Urban League, have found the choice programs to have had a positive impact on Florida public schools.

There are beaucoup reasons why the new D.C. study ought not be taken too seriously — kids often do worse during their first year in a new school and an earlier IES evaluation of the DC program found significant long - term gains (notably high school graduation) for voucher users.

For the RAISE program, the evaluation found teachers who participated in professional development programs were significantly more likely than nonparticipating teachers to use practices that foster student independence, and to provide opportunities for students to practice different reading strategies, peer - to - peer learning, and collaboration.

The evaluation found students who had participated in both the pilot program and its schoolwide rollout the next year performed significantly better on a state writing test than students who had less exposure to the program, but other measures were mixed.

But when Paul von Hippel and Laura Bellows took a close look at the evaluations of teacher education programs in six states, they found that the differences between the programs in their graduates» impact on student learning were negligible.

In our study we draw upon the findings from 24 evaluations of various types of school choice programs to show that the achievement effects from those programs are only weakly and inconsistently predictive of their subsequent attainment effects.

In fact, when we conducted our Texas evaluation, we found seven programs that were «significantly different» from average.