Sentences with phrase «research brief describes»

This OPRE Research brief describes four types of Quality Improvement efforts.

This research brief describes the legal and operational structure of the Texas longitudinal data system related to recent changes in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA)-- which establishes the rights of parents to access their children's educational records and protects the confidentiality of student information — that more closely align law and practice.

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Our Migration Matters series led by Dr. Eva Busza, APF Canada's Vice-President Research and Programs, along with researchers Valentine Ostaszewski and Amar Nijhawan, will provide a brief demographic profile of each country, describe immigration policies, analyze challenges, and highlight successes.

It gives a brief survey of present scientific knowledge concerning the causes, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism; describes present research and that which is needed; and outlines the national alcoholism program.

The research, described at a news briefing during the 2017 AAAS Annual Meeting, suggests, in principle, that scientists may someday be able to erase fearful memories associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or disordered memories associated with drug use.

Using their star power and connections, the foursome have pushed their ideas on conspicuous occasions, a number of which they created themselves: a session at the National Academy of Sciences» annual meeting that Varmus described as «heated;» a briefing by Krischner, Tilghman, and Varmus at the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; a meeting at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute that «brought together some senior... influencers to talk about the problem;» a new paper about that meeting that will soon appear in PNAS; and a presentation by Kirschner at the Future of Research symposium organized by Boston - area postdocs in October.

This brief describes the key research findings and their implications for policy and future investigation.

As described in an earlier brief, some research provides evidence that value - added measures — at least those that compare teachers within the same school and adjust well for students» prior achievement — do not favor teachers who teach certain types of students.

This brief highlights key pieces of research that describe California's child care system, and reviews proposed policy changes to improve it.

This issue brief highlights some of the research on unstable work schedules, and describes the provisions of legislation in San Francisco that seeks to increase predictable scheduling among certain workers.

This brief from Early Warning Systems in Education at American Institutes for Research (AIR) describes how an early warning system can meet Every Student Succeeds Act, 2015 (ESSA) requirements for states to support the lowest performing high schools in the nation.

This Policy Brief describes the five components of PK - 3 based on analyses of data from longitudinal and nationally representative research.

Brief Description of the Scholar's Work: Describes her research interests in STEM and various technologies for student engagement.

This brief describes various approaches to measuring student growth and what research says about the extent to which student growth may be used as a measure of teacher performance.

This brief summarizes the evidence about the importance of principals, describes research - based practices in leadership development, and outlines promising, evidence - based investments from submitted and draft ESSA state plans.

After describing our findings, we discuss their implications for practitioners and suggest avenues for further research on the effects of brief readability.

On one hand, legal writing faculty describe using email as an add - on in the context of a longer memo or brief assignment — one that students have already researched or even written.

Efficiently performed essential work in support of the HUD Human Capital Accountability Program; partnered with the Accountability Officer in the assessment of the Department's human capital management systems and programs to ensure conformity with the structures described in the Human Capital Assessment and Accountability Framework (HCAAF); extensively conducted various types qualitative / quantitative analyses, prepared responses and reports based on findings and required actions; identified trends, researched Federal regulations and other related documents to ensure program compliance; managed human capital audits and served as the audit liaison, coordinated communication between the organization and OPM; organized briefings, reviewed and tracked deliverables.

Early Childhood / Child Welfare Service Partnerships: The Challenges and the Potential: Research Brief (PDF - 579 KB) James Bell Associates (2011) Describes the need for a collaborative effort among education, mental and medical health, and social services for young children in the child welfare service system.