Sentences with phrase «quality outcomes policy»

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This area covers the impact of policies affecting Canadians» health and long - term care choices and outcomes, for example regarding access to and quality of care, funding arrangements and incentives, pharmaceuticals policies, intergenerational equity considerations, and the impact of these choices on the public purse.

In «Government Intervention in Venture Capital in Canada: Toward Greater Transparency and Accountability,» author Richard Rémillard argues that improving the quality of venture capital policy will provide a win - win outcome for the wider public, government and the venture capital industry itself.

Furthermore at a time when both major parties have adopted very similar education policies, the quality of public debate would be diminished if no one in the House of Commons were able to bring forward evidence that may lead to better educational outcomes for the nation's children,» Mr Brady argued.

«With increasing penalization for readmissions rates, hospitals need complete information to effectively target areas for quality improvement,» said study coauthor Andrew Gonzalez, MD, JD, MPH, a research fellow in vascular surgery at the Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Currently, when transportation and urban planners evaluate alternative infrastructure investments and policies, they may need to account for health effects from local air quality, a consideration that warrants further planning to avoid negative outcomes, according to the researchers.

With ongoing studies in cancer care quality, outcomes prediction, clinical epidemiology, and medical decision making, we have a comprehensive portfolio of practice - and policy - relevant translational population sciences research in urologic cancers, building on the exceptional strengths of UNC Lineberger.

Then you have a public health policy, lost a few lives versus the chronic poor outcome, lost the quality of life, and health care expenditures, productivity, et cetera.

He called the Committee's attention to three important developments in the past decade: the emerging consensus that evidenced - based medicine should direct policy; the emerging consensus that evidence - based medicine should focus on health outcomes; and the Data Quality Act, which requires that data, used as the basis for recommendations, should be replicable, and should meet certain quality staQuality Act, which requires that data, used as the basis for recommendations, should be replicable, and should meet certain quality staquality standards.

Even if we ignore the fact that most portfolio managers, regulators, and other policy makers rely on the level of test scores (rather than gains) to gauge quality, math and reading achievement results are not particularly reliable indicators of whether teachers, schools, and programs are improving later - life outcomes for students.

Every discussion of education policy, program design, implementation and evaluation on instruction, teacher policies and education, or school governance focuses on improving educational outcomes for young people and ensuring that all learners have access to a high - quality education relevant to the 21st century.

Delivered in partnership with the DfE, ESFA, OFSTED, STA, ICO, CCS and major sector associations such as FASNA, ASCL, NAHT, ISBL and NGA, this is the leading education policy event to support school business management, teaching quality and pupil outcomes.

The 16th edition of Quality Counts continues the report's tradition of tracking key education indicators and grading the states on their policy efforts and outcomes.

The research showing the important variation in teacher quality within schools and its connection not only to test scores but also to other important outcomes ought to strengthen arguments for teacher - oriented policy interventions.

If we want to nurture high standards, if we want teachers to take responsibility for the quality of instruction and for student outcomes, we need public policies and school organizations that demand that teacher unions behave differently.

However, not long ago, a study by the Brookings Institution's Russ Whitehurst demonstrated that curriculum has an even greater effect on student outcomes than most popular policy levers, including charter schools, teacher quality, preschool programs, and even standards themselves.

Quality Counts 2010 is the 14th edition of Education Week's annual report card on American public education as viewed through the lens of the states» education policies and outcomes.

Try to think of an education policy that 1) has been shown, in dozens of studies across multiple decades, to positively affect student outcomes; 2) has the overwhelming support of parents and voters; 3) reinforces many other policies and facilitates quality research; and 4) has been used widely at the district, state, and national levels for decades or more.

Clearly, both the student population and the quality of instruction affect student outcomes, and policies should take both factors into consideration.

The report recommends how states considering such policies can ensure that high - quality courses reach as many students as possible and how to stage the implementation of Course Access in smart ways over time to achieve desirable outcomes for all students.

In a new Public Impact policy brief, A Better Blend: A Vision for Boosting Student Outcomes with Digital Learning, which we co-authored with Joe Ableidinger and Jiye Grace Han, we explain how schools can use blended learning to drive improvements in the quality of digital instruction, transform teaching into a highly paid, opportunity - rich career that extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and teaching peers, and improve student learning at large scale.

The 14th edition of Education Week's Quality Counts continues the report's tradition of tracking key education indicators and grading the states on their policy efforts and outcomes.

Quality Counts 2009 is the 13th edition of Education Week's series of annual report cards tracking state education policies and outcomes.

Ultimately, the outcome of this convening includes actionable policy guidance for Hampden County, Massachusetts, and the nation — guidance to inform improvements to the quality of early learning environments as well as to inform expansion efforts.

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Recent policy debate has centered on defining measures of teacher quality, including student outcomes, and structuring incentives for teachers based on performance.

While the K — 12 policy world now mostly equates quality with academic outcomes, the pre-K world remains fixated on inputs like spending levels, staffing ratios, and college degrees.

One study in Washington State, for instance, showed that programs that offered coaching had significantly lower teacher turnover, as well as higher quality ratings.Kimberly Boller et al., Seeds to Success Modified Field Test: Findings from the Outcomes and Implementation Studies (Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, 2010).

This policy report, co-released by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) and the Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes (CEELO), discusses trends in enrollment, funding, and quality standards, as well as English Language Learner and Special Education students, in state - funded pre-K between 2001 - 2002 and 2011 - 2012.

One school board will be selected for its excellence in establishing and executing policies, practices and strategies that promote and enhance equitable conditions, increased access to quality instruction and improving academic outcomes and career readiness for African American students.

ACER has undertaken an evaluation of ICT in education in Papua province to inform national, provincial and local policies and curricular strategies aimed at improving the learning outcomes achieved by basic and secondary education students and adult learners in Papua; and to improve the quality of the teaching and learning using ICT across the curriculum.

«ESSA will directly impact our students» outcomes and this policy gives us the opportunity to think critically about what it means to truly have a high - quality education, where we look beyond test scores to data on student growth, wellness, attendance, engagement and access to enrichment activities,» said Clare Foley, a fifth - grade teacher at Richard R. Green Central Park School in Minneapolis.

The other interim charges considered by the committee at the hearing included examining current school board governance policies and practices and making recommendations that could improve the focus, attitudes and outcomes of Texas school boards, districts and students; studying existing board training requirements and making suggestions to educate school board trustees on policies that could achieve better student outcomes, particularly within the framework set for low - performing schools in House Bill 1842; and monitoring initiatives to build a high - quality pre-kindergarten grant program (HB 4).

The second report, Encouraging Social and Emotional Learning in the Context of New Accountability prepared by Learning Policy Institute discusses the opportunity schools have to measure new kinds of quality and success outcomes through the accountability mandate in ESSA.

Most analysts in the education policy conversation agree that teacher quality is the most important in - school variable shaping students» educational outcomes.

The Promise of High - Quality Career and Technical Education: Improving Outcomes for Students, Firms, and the Economy The College Board, Georgetown Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy, and The Business Roundtable This paper describes the benefits of high - quality Career and Technical Education (CTE), elements that are essential for such benefits to occur and suggests federal and state policies that would support the expansion of high - qualiQuality Career and Technical Education: Improving Outcomes for Students, Firms, and the Economy The College Board, Georgetown Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy, and The Business Roundtable This paper describes the benefits of high - quality Career and Technical Education (CTE), elements that are essential for such benefits to occur and suggests federal and state policies that would support the expansion of high - qualiquality Career and Technical Education (CTE), elements that are essential for such benefits to occur and suggests federal and state policies that would support the expansion of high - qualityquality CTE.

The policy brief, A Blueprint for Better Information: Recommendations for a Federal Postsecondary Student - Level Data Network, outlines how a secure student - level data network managed by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and informed by data already held by federal agencies can yield more timely, high - quality and complete information about outcomes for today's postsecondary students.

He has developed, implemented and supported key legislation, policies and programs related to various issues such as educational opportunity and academic outcome improvements; mentoring, leadership and literacy support for targeted Milwaukee youth; poverty; neighborhood revitalization; job creation, opportunity, quality and security for Milwaukee residents; and the development, success and achievement of young men of color in Milwaukee.

Under the leadership of California Commission on Teacher Credentialing Chair Linda Darling - Hammond, the state has forged a new path around program quality and assessment, revising its policies and practices to focus on outcomes instead of inputs.

High - quality options for African American students should have transparent accountability structures, sound disciplinary policies and outcomes, and encourage diversity.

To truly embrace and advance a personalized learning approach, our policies need to break down the walls between formal and informal learning, help kids get access to lots of knowledge and advance in a chosen pathway, ensure the learning leads to quality outcomes, and find ways to assess and determine the value of that learning.

Sharpening the Focus: Helping Fine - Tune Policies and Practices to Promote Effective Teaching and Learning in the Early Years explores what supports and systems are needed to drive teaching quality that will result in improved outcomes for children and the «powerful and few» core policies are needed to improve teaching quality and result in significant outcomes for cPolicies and Practices to Promote Effective Teaching and Learning in the Early Years explores what supports and systems are needed to drive teaching quality that will result in improved outcomes for children and the «powerful and few» core policies are needed to improve teaching quality and result in significant outcomes for cpolicies are needed to improve teaching quality and result in significant outcomes for children.

This policy brief discusses the persistent, positive effects of a high - quality preschool Head Start program on middle - school academic outcomes and progress in Tulsa, Oklahoma's Community Action Project.

This forum highlighted policy priority issues informed by best practices at the local level related to the value of intermediary organizations, quality and accountability, and school and community partnerships as these three areas are critical for influencing expanded learning and driving school change and youth outcomes.

In PreK - 3rd: Teacher Quality Matters, the third in the Foundation's series of Policy to Action Briefs, series editor Rima Shore describes 1) Why effective teaching matters for student outcomes; 2) How schools can organize to sustain effective teaching in every classroom; and 3) What high - quality instruction looks like in PreK - 3rd clasQuality Matters, the third in the Foundation's series of Policy to Action Briefs, series editor Rima Shore describes 1) Why effective teaching matters for student outcomes; 2) How schools can organize to sustain effective teaching in every classroom; and 3) What high - quality instruction looks like in PreK - 3rd clasquality instruction looks like in PreK - 3rd classrooms.

While many factors — including student demographics, parental involvement, teacher quality, and government policy — influence educational outcomes, research generally finds that students perform better when taught by more experienced teachers and that increased teacher turnover can harm student performance.8 High levels of turnover can also disrupt schools.

According to the district's draft of the policy, «equity is attained when there is sufficient evidence that each student has a high - quality education experience, and outcomes are not predicted by race, gender, socioeconomic status, [individualized education program] status, or learning English as a second language.»

This resource provides critical questions to guide policy development around each of these areas, along with facts, guiding principles and core outcomes metrics for a quality college credit in high school program.

The authors argue that examining these artifacts can help schools gain a fresh perspective on their policies, practices, and culture; better align human resources with student outcome goals; identify conditions that support or constrain teaching quality; and generally foster more equitable infrastructures for teaching and learning.

I'm a firm believer that quality first teaching is the driving force and cohesive element that holds together any school's curriculum model, behaviour policy and data outcomes.

If you have been the victim of discrimination, harassment, or other workplace rights violations, the quality of your legal representation will have a direct impact on the outcome of your case, including not only compensation but also the correction of the offending actions / policies.