Sentences with phrase «assessment as a mechanism»

It is important, first, to distinguish between assessment for diagnostic purposes and assessment as a mechanism of accountability.

Not exact matches

«Therefore, risk assessors and toxicoepigenetics researchers need to have a forum to meet, discuss, and collaborate in order to bridge this gap and leverage the full potential of the epigenome as a mechanism - based endpoint that can inform risk assessment.»

The NAS finished reviewing the EPA assessment in April, sending back a long list of questions and advising the EPA not to finalize the document until it could show exactly how formaldehyde causes cancer, a biological mechanism known as the «mode of action.»

Ground - based radars using large antennas including the GBT could be used as a collisional hazard assessment tool and as a safety mechanism for spacecraft that encounter navigation or communication issues, in future robotic and human missions to the moon.

Outdoor education teaches risk assessment as a process in a safely monitored context, but one where real consequences are evident and feedback mechanisms are strong to facilitate effective learning.

The value in illuminating the craft knowledge of the goals of the humanities in relation to the methods and mechanisms by which those goals can be achieved is that then assessment becomes possible via assessment instruments developed organically out of humanists» practices — as opposed to being imposed on them by instruments ill - fitted to the humanities.

As a result, few entrepreneurial companies secured business through these mechanisms; rather, the largest entrenched companies such as Pearson, secured large contracts from multiple states and the assessment consortiAs a result, few entrepreneurial companies secured business through these mechanisms; rather, the largest entrenched companies such as Pearson, secured large contracts from multiple states and the assessment consortias Pearson, secured large contracts from multiple states and the assessment consortia.

Leaving other SBAC / Common Core controversies aside, if only certain districts or schools avail themselves on a discretionary basis of the formative and interim resources of SBAC such as student / teacher feedback mechanisms and mini-assessments (see description below from SBAC website), won't students who do not receive those benefits be at a disadvantage to those that do when it comes to the summative assessments, assuming benefit is derived from participation?

As middle grades educators struggling to find equity in assessment while honoring the strengths of our learners, we (authors) began crafting a translation guide for students in middle school that can help bridge achievement levels with reporting mechanisms.

1996 ePortfolio to teach instructional technology, for use as an electronic assessment and job - seeking tool, and as a mechanism for building professional skills that easily transfers from the campus setting to the world of work.

Technology integration does not happen when teachers «drop» a tool into their teaching just as students walk in the door or as a mandated assessment tool / mechanism.

* Assessments of current mechanisms for governing global environmental change show why existing international arrangements are not dealing quickly enough with current global challenges such as climate change and biodiversity loss.

It remains unclear how much each mechanism contributes to ETC intensification, as results from case studies are conflicting and a climatological assessment has not yet been done.

LEED is a voluntary, market driven, consensus - based tool that serves as a guideline and assessment mechanism.

Not only do these assessments look at potentially real environmental impacts such as degradation in water and air quality, they have become the favorite mechanism used by environmental activists to block anything, anywhere, anytime.

Further, the assessment of options, tools and mechanisms is enriched by information submitted by Parties and other observer organizations as part of the work of the AWG - LCA.

Because nature does not charge for the ecosystem services it provides, pricing these externalities is a matter of public policy, which can be addressed through a wide variety of financial as well as regulatory mechanisms, such as carbon taxes, land - value assessments, and / or various forms of ecological - use fees (Sanderson 2013).

The Court was quite explicit in paragraph 77 of its Brey judgment that a mechanism that automatically bars economically inactive Union citizens from receiving a particular social security benefit would not enable the competent authorities to carry out «an overall assessment of the specific burden which granting that benefit would place on the social assistance system as a whole by reference to the personal circumstances characterising the individual situation of the person concerned».

Respondents viewed legal representation for the child as the best mechanism to enable children to voice their views, followed by an assessment report.

Future studies with such designs and more detailed assessments of the correlates of poverty, such as nutrition, parental psychopathology, and genetic factors, are needed to further elucidate the mechanisms of risk.

The assessment would be done by you at home (assessing children with RAD themselves is ineffective as one of their coping mechanisms is lying and manipulation so results wouldn't be accurate).

(a) Document a minimum of twenty - four hours of academic preparation or board approved continuing education coursework in counselor supervision training including training six hours in each area as follows: (i) Assessment, evaluation and remediation which includes initial, formative and summative assessment of supervisee knowledge, skills and self - awareness; components of evaluation e.g. evaluation criteria and expectations, supervisory procedures, methods for monitoring (both direct and indirect observation) supervisee performance, formal and informal feedback mechanisms, and evaluation processes (both summative and formative), and processes and procedures for remediation of supervisee skills, knowledge, and personal effectiveness and self - awareness; (ii) Counselor development which includes models of supervision, learning models, stages of development and transitions in supervisee / supervisor development, knowledge and skills related to supervision intervention options, awareness of individual differences and learning styles of supervisor and supervisee, awareness and acknowledgement of cultural differences and multicultural competencies needed by supervisors, recognition of relational dynamics in the supervisory relationship, and awareness of the developmental process of the supervisory relationship itself; (iii) Management and administration which includes organizational processes and procedures for recordkeeping, reporting, monitoring of supervisee's cases, collaboration, research and evaluation; agency or institutional policies and procedures for handling emergencies, case assignment and case management, roles and responsibilities of supervisors and supervisees, and expectations of supervisory process within the institution or agency; institutional processes for managing multiple roles of supervisors, and summative and formative evaluation processes; and (iv) Professional responsibilities which includes ethical and legal issues in supervision includes dual relationships, competence, due process in evaluation, informed consent, types of supervisor liability, privileged communication, consultation, etc.; regulatory issues include Ohio laws governing the practice of counseling and counseling supervision, professional standards and credentialing processes in counseling, reimbursement eligibility and procedures, and related institutional or agency procedures.

Peer relationship difficulties and peer rejection are common in youngsters with attention - deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), mandating focus on assessment issues, underlying reasons for peer approval and disapproval, links with comorbid aggression, and the mediating role of sociocognitive mechanisms as well as emotion regulation strategies.

Second, in line with the results of other studies that unexpectedly found a negative association between triadic coordination and marital satisfaction in parents (Favez et al., 2011), it is likely that parents in a more positive family context — e.g., with a lower level of coparenting conflict — might be more able to develop reflexive thinking and thus be more critical in their assessment of child symptoms, whereas parents facing difficulties within the family might trigger defense mechanisms, such as denial, leading to a bias in the assessment of their child in a falsely positive way.