Sentences with phrase «accurate evidence of practice»

Teacher evaluation that focuses on accurate evidence of practice and supports improvement is central to teachers» development.

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Speaking from more than 40 years of experience in the field — and speaking for all learners who hope to succeed, the teachers who want them to succeed, and the local school leaders whose aspirations for success have been thwarted by assessment traditions — Stiggins maps out the adjustments in practice and culture necessary to generate both accurate accountability data and the specific evidence of individual mastery that will support sound instructional decision making and better learning in the classroom.

Providing this type of feedback to teachers requires a commitment from administrators to frequently visit classrooms and collect accurate and reliable evidence of teaching practice.

Conclusions Although findings are at best mixed with respect to the effectiveness of home - visiting programs in preventing child neglect, evidence is mounting that these programs can positively alter parenting practices and, to a lesser extent, children's cognitive development.121 Given the many measurement problems associated with accurately tracking substantiated cases of abuse and neglect, what is needed is not more evaluations of CPS reports attempting to show reductions in child abuse and neglect, but rather the development of new measures by which researchers can make sensitive and accurate assessments of child maltreatment.

In their 2002 statement [86], the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommended screening adults for depression in clinical practices that have systems in place to assure accurate diagnosis, effective treatment and follow - up (Class of recommendation: B, Level of evidence: I).