Sentences with phrase «validity issues with»

Validity issues with the Family Environment Scale: Psychometric resolution and research application with alcoholic families

Validity issues with the Family Environment Scale: psychometric resolution and research application with alcoholic families.

«I believe that's a validity issue with regards to making accurate comparisons not only across grade levels but across school districts in the state.

Not exact matches

The recognition of the validity of her ordination by Archbishop Kolini — and some hints of openness toward women's ordination from Akinola himself — coupled with her being called to All Souls in Wheaton suggests that women's ministry may be an issue in the future for Common Cause.

In fact, the authors do not discuss the reliability or validity of any study included in the review (Wax et al, 2010), or why any particular study was excluded and this is potentially the primary issue with the Wax study.

Except where prohibited, all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Terms of Participation, or the rights and obligations of the participant and Bandai Namco in connection with the Program, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of California, or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of California.

Thus, we have an evaluation with significant issues in internal and external validity that can not be used confidently as the basis for conclusions about the policy directions this country should take in child care.

In the Fall 2014 issue of Education Next, Richard Epstein, a University of Chicago law professor, questioned the departments» action for forcing «school districts to comply with a substantive rule of dubious legal validity and practical soundness.»

In the Fall 2014 issue of Education Next, Richard Epstein, a professor at the New York University School of Law, criticized the action of the two departments, averring that it «forces school districts to comply with a substantive rule of dubious legal validity and practical soundness.»

There are serious issues with the internal validity of these studies as well.

Questions about the variability in portfolio contents across students have been raised with respect to the influence on reliability, but the issue is pertinent with respect to validity as well.

Measurement researchers, as we might expect, are most interested in the assessment components of reform and are particularly concerned with validity issues and with the psychometric qualities of new assessments that are needed for accountability and policy purposes.

Accordingly, even though their data for this part of this study come from one district, their findings are similar to others evidenced in the «Widget Effect» report; hence, there are still likely educational measurement (and validity) issues on both ends (i.e., with using such observational rubrics as part of America's reformed teacher evaluation systems and using survey methods to put into check these systems, overall).

However, NSBA's comments expressed concern for the method by which ED seeks to obtain the identified data about student achievement, the data's usefulness, and the significant cost and validity issues associated with the proposal.

As with value - added, observations also suffer from validity and reliability issues.

This means that, even setting aside other issues with the measures, current standard value - added measures for teachers who concentrate their work in particular tracks in middle and high schools will suffer from validity concerns.

Donald Williams, CEA director of Policy, Research, and Reform and a member of the Mastery Examination Committee, highlighted a survey of Connecticut teachers, as well as a survey of teachers from other states, outlining serious concerns and issues with the validity, reliability, and fairness of the SBAC test and the harm it is doing to children.

In terms of VAMs, this presents evidence of issues with what is called «concurrent - related evidence of validity.»

Due to the many issues we've seen with the rollout this year, I question the validity of this test to evaluate our schools, our teachers, and our students.

The true challenge, should Chetty take it on, would be to put his model up against the other VAMs mentioned above, using the same NYC school - level dataset, and prove to the public that his model is so «cutting - edge» that it does not suffer from the serious issues with reliability, validity, bias, etc. with which all other modelers are contending.

There may be issues with the validity of the debt itself.

An opinion concerning the validity of a securities issue with respect to statutory authority, constitutionality, procedural conformity and usually the exemption of interest from federal income taxes if this relates to a municipal bond issue.

A document issued by a court certifying the validity of a will and authorising the executor to administer the estate in accordance with the provisions of the will.

Eligible travellers no longer need to apply or pay for a visa; instead, a multi-entry waiver will be issued free - of - charge at the port of entry, upon presentation of a valid passport with a minimum validity of six months and a confirmed onward or return ticket.

Per adult 2 children between 6 and up to including 11 on the first day of validity of the pass can travel for free (CHILD passes are issued with price «0»):

This date together with the last date of validity (for FLEXI passes always 1 month) is entered on the pass either by the Issuing Office, or by a DB station window, before the passenger takes the train for the first time.

Do ensure your passport has 6 months validity from your return date to prevent any issues with immigration.

Do ensure your passport has 6 months validity from your return date to prevent any issues with your airline.

His questioning the fruitfullness of EPA's progammatic development and the validity of the dollars allocated to specific tactics / programs to deal with the issues of cliamte change are economically validity of EPA's budget process.

The issue with this site is that a vast majority of the commenters refuse to consider the validity of the generally accepted theory.

The biggest issue I have with Ridley's views are that he plays into the myth that scientists are not willing to debate the validity of their findings.

Ever since we started doing research in the field of cyberjustice in general, and ODR in particular, the issues of the so - called digital divide has arisen so many times that we wonder if those who argue its validity have kept up with statistics.

Issues surrounding clarity, reliability and validity can all be addressed with a well - tuned intake process.

Determining whether an invention obvious, at what point in time, to whom, and with what level of effort, all raise complicated evidentiary and legal issues that often have to be analyzed as part of patentability and validity opinions or at trial.

At issue in the case was a challenge to the validity of the will of Bartley J. King, with some of his children and grandchildren raising questions of capacity and undue influence in the making of the will.

Will my Executor have issues enforcing this document or proving its validity with the various states I have investments in and especially when it comes to assigning the guardianship of my children?

Astonishingly, however, the same study shows that in times of crisis the number of visas with limited territorial validity issued for humanitarian reasons decreases dramatically.

«Having different forms always causes issues with people raising the validity as to whether the form is valid or whether someone completed it,» she says.

It can not be assumed that a statutory process designed for testing substantive correctness will provide an adequate venue for dealing with process issues that may go to the validity of the assessment.

The AG therefore concludes that the refusal of the Belgian authorities to issue the applicants with a visa of limited territorial validity infringes Article 4 of the Charter.

In this particular case, the AG finds that a refusal to issue a visa with limited territorial validity will expose the applicants to a substantial risk of having their rights as protected by Articles 1 (right to human dignity), 2 (right to life), 3 (right to the integrity of the person), 4 (prohibition of torture and inhuman and degrading treatment), and 24 (2)(the child's best interest) of the Charter.

On 18 June 2014 the Irish High Court referred two questions to the CJEU dealing with the issue of whether the DPC could examine the validity of the Safe Harbour.

Although the Supreme Court's Cuozzo decision did not disagree with the USPTO's procedures for instituting and conducting AIA trials, it also did not embrace the proceedings as interchangeable substitutes for federal court litigation of patent validity issues.

(a) lawful authority refers to lawful authority other than (i) a subpoena or warrant issued, or an order made, by a court, person or body with jurisdiction to compel the production of information, or (ii) rules of court relating to the production of records; and (b) the organization that discloses the personal information is not required to verify the validity of the lawful authority identified by the government institution or the part of a government institution.

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He often deals with insurance and reinsurance claims, particularly high value pharmaceutical and products - liability claims, including many arbitrations raising a full range of issues concerning the validity and application of insurance and reinsurance contracts, especially (but not only) the Bermuda Form.

Erbe in the first ever UK patent litigation to deal separately with the issues of infringement and validity coordinating with equivalent litigation in Germany, the US and before the EPO.

To the extent that Palmer suggests a generally applicable proposition that legislative purpose is irrelevant in constitutional adjudication, our prior cases — as indicated in the text — are to the contrary; and, very shortly after Palmer, all Members of the Court majority in that case joined the Court's opinion in Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U. S. 602 (1971), which dealt with the issue of public financing for private schools and which announced, as the Court had several times before, that the validity of public aid to church - related schools includes close inquiry into the purpose of the challenged statute.

As with Schengen visas, there will be a possibility to issue a a travel authorisation with limited territorial validity, «when that Member State considers it necessary on humanitarian grounds in accordance with national law, for reasons of national interest or because of international obligations» even if the travel authorisation has not yet finished or has been refused, annulled or revoked.

But precisely because these are the workaday issues of our society, it is critical that they not be ignored and left subject to a decision - making system so bereft of basic elements consistent with the rule of law that their validity is rendered questionable.