Sentences with phrase «school evaluation research»

School evaluation research has found the biggest difference between typical schools and exemplary schools is how and when teachers plan.

Not exact matches

By 2040, say data scientists at three leading health research centers — Seattle's Institute for Heath Metrics and Evaluation, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the World Bank Group — that bill will more than double, to $ 18 trillion.

Evaluations and counselors and school meetings and behavior charts and researching sensory disorders and diet modifications and screen time limits and extra school work and, and, and... I sit and think constantly am I doing enough for him now so that this won't continue to be his life in 3 years.

The department provides corporate services, including general and financial administration, staff certification, research, planning and evaluation, human resources and school athletics.

Download one chapter at a time due to the very large file size Chapter One Waldorf Education and Education Reform Chapter Two The Waldorf Understanding of the Purpose of Education Chapter Three Research Objectives and Procedures Chapter Four How Waldorf Teachers Set Learning Goals Chapter Five Teaching and Making Assessments in a Waldorf Classroom Chapter Six Formal Assessments in Waldorf Education Chapter Seven Learning - centered Assessments: Waldorf Methods in Concept Chapter Eight The Preparation, Profession, and Practice of a Waldorf Class Teacher Chapter Nine Teacher Evaluation in Waldorf Elementary Schools Chapter Ten Waldorf Education and the Future of Assessment for Learning

Research Projects Art in Human Development Attention Related Disorders Research Project Exploring the Four Polarities in Child Development Evaluation of the Urban Waldorf School in Milwaukee Waldorf High School Research Project Learning Expectations and Assessment Project Waldorf Graduates Survey Colloquia and Conferences Towards Wholeness in Knowing; Pathways of Healthy Child Development Research on Waldorf Graduates, Phase 1 Research on Waldorf Graduates, Phase 2 Research on Waldorf Graduates, Phase 3 Research on Consequences of High Stakes Testing Study of Parent Volunteerism

17) Measured outcomes / Research evaluation (fathers, children, other participants, home - school links)

In September 2013, Context Research was contracted to lead, with oversight from the Provincial Health Services Authority, a three year evaluation of Healthy Schools BC.

The Effectiveness of Whole - School Anti-bullying Programs: A Synthesis of Evaluation Research.

The Widget Effect: Our National Failure to Acknowledge and Act on Differences in Teacher Effectiveness The New Teacher Project (TNTP), 2009 Extensive research of teacher evaluation systems in 12 schools districts highlights our pervasive and longstanding failure to recognize and respond to variations in the effectiveness of our teachers.

There was something for everyone on the menu: using Apple technology, developing research - based practices to teach students in the early grades, engaging students through digital instruction, understanding the new teacher evaluation system as set by state law, preventing high - risk student behaviors and how Community Learning Schools meet the needs of students and their families.

BOX 14, I -1-4; 30188578 / 734260 Slides Plus Audiotape - SAPA II, Orientation Filmstips, AAAS, «The Integrated Process», Filmstrip 4, 1974 SAPA II, Orientation Filmstrips, AAAS, «Measuring», Filmstrip 3, 1974 Plus Audiotape - SAPA II, Orientation Filmstrips, AAAS, «Teaching Strategies», Filmstrip 3, 1974 Plus Transcript of orientation tape - SAPA II, Orientation Filmstrips, AAAS, «The Basic Processes of Science», Filmstrip 2, 1974 «Laboratory Exercises for Use in a College Science Course for Non-Science Majors» - by James Wallace Cox, 1970 «A Process Approach to Learning, Supplementary Manual», based on SAPA developed by AAAS, by Ruth M. White, 1970 «Science Process Instrument, Experimental Edition», COSE, 1970 «Preservice Science Education of Elementary School Teachers - Guidelines, Standards and Recommendations for Research and Development» report, Feb. 1969 (4 Folders) «Preservice Science Education of Elementary School Teachers - Preliminary Report», Feb. 1969 «An Evaluation of Elementary Science Study as SAPA» by Robert B. Nicodemus, Sept. 1968 «SAPA - Purposes, Accomplishments, Expectations», COSE, AAAS (Brochure reported in Nov. 1968, 1970), 1967 (3 Folders) «The Psychological Bases of SAPA», COSE, 1965 «Guidelines and Standards for the Education of Secondary School Teachers of Sciecne and Mathematics» bookley, AAAS and the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification «Career Opportunites in the Sciences» brochure, compiled by the Office of Opportunites in Science Slides and documentation - «Animal Eyes» and «Meterological Instruments», Fernbank Science Center, «An Integral Part of the DeKalb County School System» Slides and documentation - «Building Terrariums» and «What is my Age?»

[BOX 8] Committee on Science in Secondary Schools - Education Council Study, 1963 Council Study / Committee on Natural Areas as Research Facilities, 1962 - 1977 AAAS Meetings, 1965 - 1977 Graduate Science Education and Standards, 1960 - 1963 Administrative of Science Work, 1960 - 1963 Ethics and Responsibilities of Scientists files I, 1966 - 1975 Ethics and Responsibilities of Scientists files II, 1965 - 1966 Production of PhDs in the Sciences, 1965 - 1966 Natural Areas as Research Facilities (book) Council Study / Committee on Research in Small Colleges, 1960 - 1964 Population Explosion and Birth Control, 1965 - 1968 AAAS Cooperation with Developing Countries, 1965 - 1967 International Scientific Communication, 1960 - 1962 Air Conservation Commission, 1962 - 1964 Race (proposed Commission on), 1962 - 1963 Committee on Environmental Alterations (Ad Hoc - DuBos), 1967 Committee on Environmental Alerations Files (See also: Herbicide Assessment Commission): I, 1968 - 1976 Committee on Environmental Alerations Files (See also: Herbicide Assessment Commission): II, 1968 - 1976 Herbicides Files: Vietnam (Council; Board; Defense Dept., Midwest Research Institute; Report, etc.) I, 1965 - 1969 Herbicides Files: (Council; Board; Defense Dept., Midwest Research Institute; Report, etc.) II, 1967 - 1968 Herbicide Assessment Commission (older), 1969 - 1970 Herbicide Assessment Commission (See also: Herbicides - Vietnam; See also: Committee on Environmental Alterations), 1970 - 1979 Committee on Cooperation Among Scientists, 1959 - 1957 Committee on Fallout, 1955 Cooperative Committee on the Teaching of Science and Mathematics Files: I, 1964 - 1970 Cooperative Committee on the Teaching of Science and Mathematics Files: II, 1951 - 1963 Evaluation of Scientific Merit, Committee on, 1950 - 1952 Membership Development Committee, 1954 - 1957 Metric Education, Ad Hoc Committee on, 1974 - 1975 Metric Committee, 1957 - 1958

Access to state - supported early childhood programs significantly reduces the likelihood that children will be placed in special education in the third grade, academically benefiting students and resulting in considerable cost savings to school districts, according to new research published today in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, a peer - reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Assoresearch published today in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, a peer - reviewed journal of the American Educational Research AssoResearch Association.

«Our findings demonstrate that people naturally assign different weights to the pluses and minuses of interventions to improve cardiovascular health,» said Erica Spatz, M.D., M.H.S., the study lead author and an assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine in the Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, CT. «I believe we need to tap into this framework when we are talking with patients about options to manage their blood pressure.

How Changing Reputations Alter Demand for Selective U.S. Colleges,» by Randall Reback, associate professor at Barnard College of Columbia University, and Molly Alter, a research analyst for the Research Alliance for New York City Schools at New York University, will be published online this month in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA), a peer - reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Assoresearch analyst for the Research Alliance for New York City Schools at New York University, will be published online this month in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA), a peer - reviewed journal of the American Educational Research AssoResearch Alliance for New York City Schools at New York University, will be published online this month in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA), a peer - reviewed journal of the American Educational Research AssoResearch Association.

In addition to Dr. Corley, co-authors of the study were Christopher D. Jensen, PhD, Amy R. Marks, MPH, Wei K. Zhao, MPH, Jeffrey K. Lee, MD, Jolanda de Boer, MB, Bruce H. Fireman, PhD, Theodore R. Levin, MD, and Charles P. Quesenberry, PhD, all of the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research; Joanne E. Schottinger, MD, Virginia P. Quinn, PhD, and Nirupa R. Ghai, PhD, all of Kaiser Permanente Southern California Research & Evaluation; Chyke A. Doubeni, MD, MPH, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; and Ann G. Zauber, Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center.

Oster is a graduate student in Higher Education, Research, Evaluation, and Assessment at the School of Education at the University of Michigan.

This PAIR (Partnerships for Arts Integration Research) report is an evaluation of a four year project with Chicago Public Schools involving three pairings of school populations (three arts - integrated schools paired with a world languages - focused school, a fine - arts focused school; and a math and science focused sSchools involving three pairings of school populations (three arts - integrated schools paired with a world languages - focused school, a fine - arts focused school; and a math and science focused sschools paired with a world languages - focused school, a fine - arts focused school; and a math and science focused school).

Los Angeles: National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing, Center for the Study of Evaluation Graduate School of Education and Information Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles.

Previous Voucher Research The IES evaluation of the DC OSP adds to a growing body of research on means - tested school voucher programs in urban districts across theResearch The IES evaluation of the DC OSP adds to a growing body of research on means - tested school voucher programs in urban districts across theresearch on means - tested school voucher programs in urban districts across the nation.

With the importance of education fresh in her mind, Vegas went on to pursue a master's in public policy at Duke and then a doctorate at the Ed School, where her dissertation was an economic and research - based evaluation of «how we could design policies to attract, retain, and motivate better teachers,» she says.

Her professional and research interests encompass the interaction of text complexity and background knowledge, the interaction of literacy learning, culture, and multilingualism, and school - wide literacy program implementation and evaluation, using qualitative and quantitative measures.

They tend to focus on small, individual research projects rather than supporting large - scale development and evaluations of alternative techniques and programs for helping all children to succeed in school.

• The Ed Tech Rapid Cycle Evaluation (RCE) Coach, created by Mathematica Policy Research, gives schools and districts a process to follow and a tool to evaluate educational technology.

Student surveys: Many teacher evaluation systems already incorporate the results of student surveys, which research suggests can also predict school and principal value - added.

This year the list is topped by four major research pieces: an analysis of how U.S. students from highly educated families perform compare with similarly advantaged students from other countries; a study investigating what students gain when they are taken on field trips to see high - quality theater performances; a study of teacher evaluation systems in four urban school districts that identifies strengths and weaknesses of different evaluation systems; and the results of Education Next's annual survey of public opinion on education.

Wolf points out that the evaluation findings also reinforce previous research that shows that parents who have been given the chance to select their child's school have reported much higher levels of satisfaction.

Drawing on an evaluation of the Montclair model and other research, the report concludes that school - choice plans based on magnet schools «appear most promising in meeting the educational goals of achieving racial balance, providing quality education, and offering diverse educational programs.»

National Research Council, «A Plan for Evaluating the District of Columbia's Public Schools: From Impressions to Evidence,» a report prepared by the Committee on the Evaluation of the D.C. Public Schools, co-chaired by Christopher Edley, UC Berkeley Law School dean, and Robert Hauser, executive director of the NRC's Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

In 2004, the Chicago Public Schools changed its policies to allow principals» evaluations of untenured teachers to influence layoff decisions (see «Principled Principals» research).

The Commission, chaired by Dr. Paul Hill of the University of Washington, carefully reviewed the research on the impact of school choice on student achievement and included in its report the following statement: «The most rigorous school choice evaluations that used random assignment... found that academic gains from vouchers were largely limited to the African - American students in their studies.»

«The final product is going to be [that] at any point in time from K — 12, we know what is the arc of success that a kid is having and whether the kid is on track,» says Chung Pham, senior strategic projects analyst in assessment, research, and evaluation in the Denver Public Schools through his fellowship at the Strategic Data Project.

Beginning our research in 2002, my coauthor, Susan Rozen (Director of Reading / Literacy at the Bedford Public Schools in Bedford, Massachusetts), and I proceeded in the direction suggested by Smagorinsky and Whiting and decided to assess the nature of our future teachers» schooling through an evaluation of the courses they were required to take.

According to David Silvernail, director of the Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation, it's no surprise that King Middle School remains an anomaly, even in Maine.

The research included an evaluation of four secondary schools that had chosen to give pupils one - to - one tablets in September 2011, two schools that had introduced tablets in autumn 2012, and three schools that were given tablets by Tablets for Schools for Year 7s between 2012 anschools that had chosen to give pupils one - to - one tablets in September 2011, two schools that had introduced tablets in autumn 2012, and three schools that were given tablets by Tablets for Schools for Year 7s between 2012 anschools that had introduced tablets in autumn 2012, and three schools that were given tablets by Tablets for Schools for Year 7s between 2012 anschools that were given tablets by Tablets for Schools for Year 7s between 2012 anSchools for Year 7s between 2012 and 2013.

Technology initiatives ~ new evaluation systems ~ even changes to the school calendar these are ideas that research suggests should improve student outcomes ~ but for some reason ~ in some contexts ~ they don't.

«Clearly, there is a great need for rigorous evaluation research, which should focus both on the impact of school discipline reforms and on their potential unintended consequences,» the authors note, emphasizing that reducing suspensions is a starting point in effective school discipline reform but that changing school culture can have «spillover» effects on teachers and peers which raise important questions for further study.

We are just finishing our research and evaluation for the programs from our 2013/14 school year and in two of our major initiatives, we are seeing statistically significant gains in Mathematics - it's in Math that these two schools have focused their blended methods on (often we pick a specific subject area to do a small scale pilot).

In an analysis of the program, political scientist William Howell wrote that RttT encouraged applicants to develop «common core state standards,» design a teacher evaluation plan based in part on the performance of their students, ensure «successful conditions for high - performing charter schools,» and numerous other reforms (see «Results of President Obama's Race to the Top,» research, Fall 2015).

As national conversations turn toward reframing the traditional school day and year, there remains much to be gleaned from 10 years of research and evaluation about what works to support student learning and success.

SCSF asked an independent research team to conduct an experimental evaluation of the impact of the intervention on student achievement and other outcomes, such as school climate and school quality, as reported by the students» parents or other guardians.

Also in this issue: A look back at what the Obama administration's signature education reform got wrong, with lessons learned to guide states and districts in refining their teacher evaluation systems, and a warning on the limits of federally - led school reform; a proposal for how to redesign education research under the Every Student Succeeds Act; and a debate on whether there is a federal constitutional right to education.

To survive, school - to - work programs need funding commitments for state and local partnerships, and they must be at the core of states» efforts to raise academic standards, according to the evaluation conducted by Mathematica Policy Research Inc. of Princeton, N.J.

Author Bio: Kevin Hesla is the director of research and evaluation at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.

Yet the (all too meager) research and evaluation that have been conducted in this realm — both in the United States and overseas — yield a mixed picture when it comes to the academic «value added» by gifted - and - talented programs and selective - admission schools.

«Teachers and students thrive in the kind of settings that we describe as research - rich, and research - rich schools and colleges are those that are likely to have the greatest capacity for self - evaluation and self - improvement.»

It will provide evaluation and assessment support to help schools strengthen student achievement and accountability, and work to develop a clearinghouse of research and information on small schools.

Through its research, MET hopes to discover the evaluation methods that can best aid teachers in discovering which among their skills are most effective in the classroom, and also to help school districts identify strong teaching.

Brian K. Matney, Ph.D., Program Evaluation Specialist, Department of Research, Virginia Beach City Public Schools