Sentences with phrase «against program standard»

Under these arrangements applications against Program Standard 1.2 will be required to provide a description of the strategy for meeting the TPA requirements, and evidence of any work undertaken to date.

An accreditation panel will always need to assess evidence against Program Standard 1.2 to ensure a provider has implemented and will continue to implement the TPA with fidelity, that is, in the way it was designed to be used.

Not exact matches

Also, President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programs that were to improve living standards for the poor were undermined by the escalating costs of the war against the poor in Southeast Asia.

Despite vandalism in one of the five multilocation field trials in August this year, data are being readied for submission to government regulators who will review Golden Rice against international standards for biosafety, according to Antonio Alfonso, coordinator of the biotechnology program of the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) and leader of the Golden Rice project at the DA - Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA - PhilRice).

Woldow speculated that, based on the progressive meal program Ronnei previously oversaw as school food director in St. Paul, Minnesota, her election might signal a softening of SNA's current stance against science - based school nutrition standards.

There's a not - so - silent war being waged against Michelle Obama in response to new nutrition standards for school lunch programs.

Critics say the new rules will roll back the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act championed by Former First Lady Michelle Obama, who worked to establish strict nutritional standards on the program as part of her campaign against obesity.

Congress, in its infinite wisdom, is again using the appropriations process to micromanage nutrition standards for school meals and the WIC program, against the advice of the Institute of Medicine and other health experts.

We have: • normalized the domestic yield curve • issued the country's maiden 15 - year bond in April 2017 • improved external balances, driven by higher export earnings and lower imports • improved gross international reserves to US$ 7.2 billion, equivalent to 4.1 months of imports cover • improved primarybalanceto0.3 percent surplus in September 2017 against a deficit of 1.6 percent in September 2016 • received positive sovereign rating reviews from international ratings Agencies: Fitch, B / stable; Standard & Poor, B - / positive • successfully completed the 4th IMF / ECF program review, and • achieved positive developments in the oil & gas sector — favorable ITLOS ruling, and Sankofa producing 1st oil three months ahead of schedule.

She voted against legislation to delay implementation of federal ozone standards, and she voted in support of a spending bill for energy and water programs.

(CNN)-- Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal said Thursday he's against Common Core, the academic standards that have many conservatives decrying the program as an overreach of the federal government.

Instead, a new class of HBO programming struggles to stand out against the new gold standard of television, FX.

Make routine quality - assurance assessments by observing after - school programs and rating them against your list of quality standards using a standardized tool.

In the future, a students» performance across a variety of programs and platforms will likely give us a much richer picture of how that student is performing against state standards, as compared to a once annual high stakes test.

The group says it was trying to illustrate why it doesn't want Congress to let the testing program's scores become the standard against which state tests are compared.

The Report Card scores 27 active non-special needs voucher, scholarship tax credit and education savings account programs against ideal standards for program quality.

Howard Smith, a professor of bicultural - bilingual studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio, explained: «One of the arguments levied against African - American children, especially in the poor areas where the dual - language programs are springing up, is that, «Well, these kids don't speak standard English anyway, and we need to work on their standard English.

Though the book is endorsed by Wendy Kopp, founder of Teach for America, the call for decreased teacher empathy appears to rail against the biggest tenets of teacher training by Teach for America and other reform minded teacher - education programs, which want teachers to see the stories behind the students and embrace their cultures, while finding ways to hold students to high standards (Teach for American, 2016).

Beyond that, the Bright Card comes with standard protections against fraudulent activity and purchase security with the Visa Checkout program.

Mortgage Bankers Association President John Courson said that the Obama program, by setting an industry standard, will help servicers, who are hired by investors to collect mortgage payments each month, defend themselves against complaints that they aren't acting in investors» interests by modifying loans.

My breed's standard is not something to compete against; rather, it is something to which I aspire in my breeding program.

In the Working Certificate and Hunt Test programs the dogs are competing against standard requirements, and providing that the dog completes the test successfully the dog can pass the test.

Further, voluntary commitment to the AAHA Standards and the Accreditation Program demonstrates that the practice has chosen to have itself measured by an outside organization against the most rigorous published standards in the industry.

Because participating with the AAHA Standards and the Accreditation Program is voluntary, practices that earn AAHA certification have enough confidence in the level of their care to welcome measurement from an outside organization against the most rigorous published standards in the industry.

New Hartford Animal Hospital's voluntary commitment to the AAHA Standards and the Accreditation Program demonstrates that our practice has chosen to be measured by an outside organization against the most rigorous published standards in the industry.

Failure to follow these standards «weighs against a finding of an effective compliance and ethics program.»

NCRA serves as an independent, third - party organization that reviews and approves court reporting programs, measuring them against established standards of educational excellence — the General Requirements and Minimum Standards (GRMS).

(b) Reductions in premiums shall be available if all named drivers who are 25 years of age or older: (1) Have committed no traffic offenses for the prior three years or since the date of licensure, whichever is shorter; (2) Have had no claims based on fault against an insurer for the prior three years; and (3) Complete one of the following types of driving courses: (A) A course in defensive driving of not less than six hours from a driver improvement clinic or commercial or noncommercial driving school approved by and under the jurisdiction of the Department of Driver Services; (B) An emergency vehicles operations course at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center; (C) A course in defensive driving of not less than six hours from a driver improvement program which is administered by a nonprofit organization such as the American Association of Retired People, the American Automobile Association, the National Safety Council, or a comparable organization and which meets the standards promulgated by the Department of Driver Services pursuant to subsection (f) of this Code section; or (D) A course in defensive driving of not less than six hours offered by an employer to its employees and their immediate families, which course has been approved by the Department of Driver Services.

Investigations and Law Enforcement — Selected Duties & Responsibilities Build and implement investigations programs and security solutions to enable effective organizational administration, threat detection / elimination, conflict / issue resolution, and other critical discovery functions Utilize various technical applications, including cameras, A / V equipment, transmitters, recorders, and bugs, to generate valuable information and isolate parties responsible for criminal and civil malfeasance Create issue and security reports to enable development of new policies and procedures aimed at preventing further wrongdoing and protect valuable resources team Integrate investigative principles into corporate strategic mission, ensuring management and program accountability, proactive prevention of discrimination, case efficiency, and legal analysis Perform security and crime analyses of firm infrastructure against related compliance requirements as well as on - going vulnerability assessments to continuously mitigate risk Develop investigatory standard documents to serve as guide and rules resources to promote fair and legal probes Supervise related departmental staff, including performance plan development and assessment, technical oversight, personnel recruitment and training, staff discipline, and other pertinent functions Work as a member of the corporate incident response team in the execution of all related tasks, including incident response plan development, damage minimization, resource restoration, and firm integrity protection Communicate all issues and user feedback to members of management, law enforcement professionals, and other interested parties, generating situational reports and follow - up recommendations based on investigatory results Maintain a strong working knowledge of all software, hardware, applications, techniques, trends and other critical tools which aid in effective investigation React quickly based upon limited and confidential information, drawing upon extensive police and military experience in tense, complicated situations Collaborate in the preparation of necessary legal documents, including search and arrest warrants Assist management with various other duties as assigned

A QRIS helps to improve early care and education programs by measuring current quality levels against research - based standards.

* Authors» note: Since 2003, NIEER has compared each program's policy against a checklist of 10 research - based quality standards.

Last year the NAR Board of Directors approved a program that let's you test yourself voluntarily against a standard of excellence in about a dozen areas that are crucial to your profession.