The Early Warning
Reporting System Improvement Act, co-sponsored by Sen. Edward Markey, D - Mass., and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D - Conn., would require vehicle and equipment manufacturers to submit any reports that first alert them to a fatal accident involving their vehicle or equipment.
Not exact matches
Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity
improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP)
system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly
reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports&r
reports on Form 10 - Q (the «
Reports&r
Reports»).
In the latest
report regarding the issue, Musk revealed through Twitter that the company is looking to add
improvements to the radar
system of Tesla Motors vehicles in a bid to improve the Autopilot feature.
The HSR Advisory Committee further reaffirmed the reliability of the HSR, stating that the monitoring of consumer awareness, attitudes and interaction with the
system points to
improvements in how people understand and use it: A majority of 74 % agree that the HSR helps in identifying healthier options within the same food category and 65 %
reported that their confidence in the
system is high or somewhat high.
«Implementation of these reforms, along with ongoing evaluation of export processes and identification of further opportunities for
improvement may assist the Department of Agriculture to develop a more efficient and cost effective
system for ensuring welfare of exported livestock,» the
report said.
Monitoring, evaluation,
reporting and
improvement are critical components of natural resource management programs, particularly in highly variable natural
systems where the outcomes from actions can be uncertain.
Publication of the final
report took place in June 2017, the findings of the review are already being used to inform the continuous
improvement of both British Cycling's WCP and the high performance
system as a whole.
Even though the CDC's 2013 Breastfeeding
Report Card shows marked
improvement in on - site hospital support
systems, women are continuing to not breastfeeding for a full year.
Implementation of the Ten Steps addresses all six Aims of
Improvement first laid out in the Institute of Medicine's groundbreaking 2001
report, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health
System for the 21st Century.
The
report contains an extensive section supporting the governor's argument — contrary to widely accepted doctrine — that it is actually the city's responsibility, not the state's, to fund capital
improvements to the subway and bus
system.
The revenue from the tolls and for - hire vehicle surcharges would go to the MTA for the subways, and «for transit
improvements in the outer boroughs or suburban counties, including bus
systems,» said the
report, which laid out a three - phase plan.
The second, a
report from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) outlines that overall in the UK the «absence of a clear strategy has meant that investments and
improvement to our transport
system have been slower to develop, are more expensive and deliver less».
«However, the latest Annual
Report also confirms that without a clear focus on the need to support the capacity of the
system to sustain these
improvements, standards of education are being put at risk.
«The
report recognises the challenges facing the criminal justice
system in addressing the problems caused by drug - misusers, the difficulty in treating a chronic relapsing condition and acknowledges
improvements made in recent years, including significant increases in resources for drug treatment leading to increased numbers being treated.»
The increase and
improvement of such facilities consisting of the following projects: (i) Waste Water Treatment Plant disinfection
system at the estimated maximum cost of $ 1,200,000; (ii) baseline Waste Water Treatment Plant projects at the estimated maximum cost of $ 1,300,000; and (iii) inflow / infiltration pilot project and reduction program
improvements at the estimated maximum cost of $ 1,000,000; all as more fully described in the
report and estimate of cost prepared by the County Engineers (Erie County Department of Environment and Planning) which has been filed with the County Legislature and which has been approved by the Board of Managers of said District on June 21, 2016 (the «Report&ra
report and estimate of cost prepared by the County Engineers (Erie County Department of Environment and Planning) which has been filed with the County Legislature and which has been approved by the Board of Managers of said District on June 21, 2016 (the «
Report&ra
Report»).
According to the research team, the failure of these types of outcomes monitoring
systems to produce measurable
improvements in outcomes may be related to difficulties in identifying mechanisms that translate
reports into changes in how surgical care is provided.
The study found no association between hospital - based participation in the NSQIP and
improvements in postoperative outcomes over time, suggesting that a surgical outcomes
reporting system does not provide a clear mechanism for quality
improvement.
Systems that capture, analyze, and
report surgical outcomes are an increasingly important part of the quality
improvement movement in health care in the United States.
Within the U.S., the most widely used surgical outcomes
reporting system is the National Surgical Quality
Improvement Program (NSQIP), which is coordinated through the American College of Surgeons.
The authors
report that subsequently the agreement, which introduced bans on the sale of phosphate detergents,
improvements in waste water collection and treatment
systems, and reductions in industry discharges, did indeed help to improve water quality.
Interestingly, even players who
reported keeping their heads stock still showed
improvements when the virtual reality
system was incorporating the smallest wobbles of their heads into the scene they were seeing.
We
report on recent
improvements in pointing stability by using an active mass damper
system installed on the telescope.
Here are some of the benefits Liver Balance Plus users
report: 93 % reduced stress 92 % higher energy 89 % mood elevation 89 % feeling calmer and more relaxed 85 % reduced or no headaches 83 % less muscle or joint pain 82 % eye or vision
improvement 80 % relief from skin irritation 76 % enhanced mental clarity 74 % less congested (sinus and chest) 50 %
improvement with skin conditions such as age spots, improved repair of liver dysfunction, relief from constipation, improved gall bladder function, faster healing, stronger immune
system, and overall improved state of health.
A web - based school and district
improvement system that is backed by research and provides quality data, electronic
reporting, and documentation for Tech news and expert opinion from The Telegraph's technology team.
Yet states have a long way to go before they have the kinds of data
systems that will help drive student
improvement, according to the latest progress
report from the 3 - year - old Data Quality Campaign, which works to improve state
systems.
The
report recommends
improvement in both the content and delivery of programmes by universities through stronger partnerships with education
systems and schools, and the government has accepted most of the recommendations in the
report, instructing the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) to act immediately.
• Race to the Top's awards for Instructional
Improvement Systems (IIS), totaling around $ 500 million, required state education departments to create statewide systems for delivering content and assessments and collecting and reporting performanc
Systems (IIS), totaling around $ 500 million, required state education departments to create statewide
systems for delivering content and assessments and collecting and reporting performanc
systems for delivering content and assessments and collecting and
reporting performance data.
The
report also calls for universities to play a key role through partnerships with federal officials to create a
system that monitors the
improvement of the programs.
Commenting on the
report, David Laws, chairman of EPI, said: «For too long the debate about «academisation», the possible roles for local authorities in school
improvement, and the impact of structural reform on our school
system has been dominated by political ideologies, half - truths and hunches, rather than by evidence and careful analysis.
«The changing exclusion rates make it difficult to draw accurate judgments about school
improvement and student progress in many schools, as well as across the
system as a whole,» the
report states.
As part of its work to advance
system - level
improvement, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching produced Learning to Improve: How America's Schools Can Get Better at Getting Better, a 2015
report that...
Office of
System and School
Improvement (OSSI) School Safety Center State
Report Card Data and
Reports Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Offices and Programs Bulletins Districts / Schools: Maps & Websites Directory Jobs at OSPI Contracts Public records Rule - making Laws & Regulations
Following similar action in the House of Representatives, the United States Senate voted today to pass a resolution under the Congressional Review Act to repeal the final regulations issued by the previous administration regarding implementation of school accountability and
improvement systems, data
reporting, and consolidated state plans required by the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA.
The
report, scheduled for release this week by Mass Insight Education and Research Institute, a Boston - based research and advocacy group, envisions a broad - based and highly cooperative
system of rapid school
improvement.
The following timeline outlines key state and local actions and planning processes in these initial years of implementing new accountability,
reporting, and school
improvement systems, from the 2017 - 18 school year through 2020 - 21 and beyond.
The inspection
report, which claims the school needs to be placed in special measures, criticises Grindon Hall for ineffective
improvement systems, inadequate safeguarding, a curriculum which «does not adequately prepare pupils for life in modern Britain» and claims pupils «show a lack of respect and tolerance towards those who belong to different faiths, cultures or communities».
Developing a performance
reporting system that creates a culture of
improvement means schools will be empowered to show gains in both achievement and growth.
After only six months, 70 % of users
reported that they were satisfied with the solution — a significant
improvement from the previous
system's 50 % satisfaction rate.
Education Week highlighted the International Association for K - 12 Online Learning's (iNACOL) recent
report on six policy recommendations for states to take advantage of opportunities under ESSA to «redefine student success:» Rethink accountability for continuous
improvement; Redesign
systems of assessments to align with student - centered learning; Transform
systems...
A year later, with the creation of Alberta Learning, and following government restructuring to join the K - 12 school
system with Post Secondary Education, he was appointed to the position of ADM of System Improvement and Repo
system with Post Secondary Education, he was appointed to the position of ADM of
System Improvement and Repo
System Improvement and
Reporting.
The
report examines progress in the performance of students in high - poverty schools, the development of state standards and assessment
systems, accountability
systems and school
improvement efforts, the targeting of Title I funds, Title I services at the school level, support for family involvement, services for students in private schools, and services provided under the Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected and Delinquent programs.
Other
reports in this series explore the six districts» efforts in areas including the creation of clear standards for principal performance,
improvement of principal training programs, and establishment of data
systems to assist in hiring and management of principal talent.
From our biennial
report card on education, The State We're In, to examining the effect of School
Improvement Grants on individual schools, we have our fingers on the pulse of the education
system in Illinois.
This 2009
report, written by Dana Brinson and Lauren Morando Rhim for the Center on Innovation and
Improvement, provides five brief profiles of schools that dramatically improved student performance and successfully restructured under federal accountability
systems.
The Network for Transforming Educator Preparation (NTEP) is committed to supporting states in developing
systems to collect, analyze and
report on outcome data from educator preparation programs and helping states leverage their data
systems to drive continuous
improvement
When used in conjunction with principal observation and other measures of teacher performance, VAM increases the validity and reliability of the evaluation process and contributes to
improvement of educator evaluation
systems, according to the
report.
In the section about D.C., the
report goes so far as to credit charter schools with contributing to «dramatic
improvements» in the traditional public school
system, a statement that doesn't take into consideration how demographic changes have improved D.C. school results.
Chicago Public Schools, one of the largest school
systems in the country, is
reporting academic
improvement in spite of past troubles.
Lewis said a new online school
report card will reflect the changes in the accountability
system, be more visually engaging and present a more complete and transparent story of each school — its strengths and opportunities for
improvement.
The Marshall Principal Evaluation Rubrics — 107 districts Multidimensional Principal Performance Rubric (MPPR)-- 102 districts Stronge Leader Effectiveness Performance Evaluation Model — 87 districts Marzano's School Leadership Evaluation Model — 58 districts Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) Balanced Leadership: Principal Evaluation
System — 55 districts Of the 496 districts
reporting so far, virtually every one said it has put in place new «school
improvement panels» that will oversee teacher evaluation and professional development in each school.