Sentences with phrase «about educational effectiveness»

Could it be that the National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers» union and one of the most politically powerful special interests in history, isn't really about educational effectiveness after all, and that the Democrat Congress is in the pockets of the NEA?

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However, questions have been raised about the effectiveness of learning outcomes in online charter schools, as well as how they compete for limited educational resources.

While previous research has demonstrated the effectiveness of medications in treating the core symptoms of ADHD, little has been known about the effects of treatment on health, behavioral and educational outcomes in the long run.

To judge by the quality of the educational evaluation work I know best — on school desegregation, Comer's School Development Program, and bilingual education — the average quasi-experiment in these fields inspires little confidence in its conclusions about effectiveness.

Against this backdrop of educational reform in the United States and China, and along with intensified global economic and educational competition, this is an opportune time to conduct an international comparative examination that sheds new light on and shares new perspectives about the complex issue of teacher effectiveness (Crossley & Waston, 2003).

I am often surprised by their superficial knowledge of MI and distorted ideas about its educational implications and effectiveness.

There is also content about the university's educational effectiveness regarding direct and indirect effectiveness indicators.

The Advocate Guest column: School choice data doesn't reflect classroom reality As school choice continues to gain support, we must broaden the conversation about effectiveness to include more than scores, and we must seek access to more data that can help us determine not just how students are performing in math and reading, but what effect expanding educational options has on them beyond graduation.

David Reynolds, professor of educational effectiveness at the University of Southampton and a Welsh government adviser, said: «Frankly what I think is the pity here is that David Evans is neglecting the money, the support, the clear statements about what Welsh children are able to achieve in English and mathematics.»

There's been chatter in the educational blogosphere lately about the effectiveness of classroom walkthroughs.

While no assessment system is without limitations, Tennessee's value - added assessment model stands head and shoulders above others with regard to its focus on the effectiveness of schools, its ability to remove the biasing effects of social and economic influences, and its usefulness in answering critical questions about student progress and educational quality.

In this respect, this model, which was initially developed to evaluate rigor in medical research in the 1970s, has been currently extended to support advice to educational practitioners about which psychosocial treatments should be used that have well - documented effectiveness with children diagnosed with ADHD and which would, hopefully, replace (or work in combination with) the dominant pharmacological treatments.