Sentences with phrase «assessment studies conducted»

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Leahy agrees: Personality assessments conducted as part of the Texas A&M University study found that people who are more risk averse and who have more self control were more apt to choose and be successful with the snowball method.

The alert noted that in a recent SEC Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations study of 75 financial firms, 5 percent of broker - dealers and 26 percent of advisors and investment funds did not conduct periodic risk assessments of critical systems to uncover vulnerabilities, potential business consequences and other cybersecurity threats.

You are unable to think strategically Robert Kabacoff, Vice President of Research at Management Research Group, a company specialized in creating business assessment tools, conducted a study in 2013 in which 97 % of a group of 10,000 senior executives said that strategic thinking is the most critical leadership skill for an organization's success.

Our empirical studies on the analysis and assessment of entrepreneurial attitudes were conducted on the basis of data published by the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development within the framework of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) study.

It was conducted in accordance with ISO 14040 / 44 standards and guidelines for life cycle assessment studies.

• The ECIDA will allocate $ 75,000 towards a $ 250,000 labor assessment study that's being conducted by the University at Buffalo Regional Institute.

Regarding this proposal, there was no study or needs assessment conducted by the County Executive or State Senator in connection with this project.

In addition, the county put out a Request for Proposals for «the professional services of a qualified and experienced consulting firm (s) to conduct a comprehensive broadband assessment in the County and develop a feasibility study... to provide a detailed analysis of existing broadband services and current gaps and provide actionable, feasible guidance for the planning and implementation of a comprehensive community broadband improvement initiative.»

The study, which is titled «Conduct of an Institutional Assessment for the development of a strategic plan for the electoral Commission of Ghana» was conducted between July and August 2015 and provides institutional assessment of the EC, looking at the commission in the execution of its mandate.

Mayor Kathy Sheehan says Albany is conducting a broadband study to «get a needs assessment.»

Bruce Collette, who studies ocean fish at the National Marine Fisheries Service Systematics Laboratory in Washington DC, and his colleagues conducted the first global assessment of the scrombids and billfish, groups of fish that include some of the species with the highest value as seafood, such as tuna and marlin, as well as staples such as mackerel.

Additional tests — cognitive assessments, measurement of blood markers and MRI brain scans — were conducted at the trial's outset, at 6 months and at the end of the study period.

An update search enlarged the pool of study data, but did not change the content of the conclusion of the benefit assessment of stem cell transplantation (SCT) for multiple myeloma conducted in 2012.

As part of this study, follow - up assessments were conducted six months, eighteen months and seven years after completion of the retreats.

Hare had no lab space, equipment or volunteers, so he called on colleagues at the BC Penitentiary and persuaded Correctional Services Canada to let him conduct risk assessment studies on the inmate population.

«Our study exemplifies the utility of looking beyond phylogenetic criteria alone when conducting risk assessment for emerging RNA viruses and the need to include functional, ecologic, and pathogenic analyses of animal reservoirs,» says Jan Felix Drexler, M.D., the study's corresponding author and a professor of medicine at the Institute of Virology at the University of Bonn Medical Centre in Germany.

In light of these facts, the ASPCA conducted the first ever nationwide assessment of emergency response capabilities for animals, the results of which were reported in Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management in an article entitled, «The National Capabilities for Animal Response in Emergencies (NCARE) Study: An Assessment of US States and Counties.»

To reach a more accurate assessment of both the incidence and economic burden of dengue in India, Shepard and his colleagues conducted a three - part national retrospective study.

Researchers in the study conducted bilingual assessments (English / Spanish) with 450 English - language learners in the southwest United States.

Field - scale experiments with HTC reactor should be conducted to confirm the assessments from this laboratory - scale study.»

«Emergency department pediatric readiness has improved greatly since a similar assessment was conducted in 2003,» said study author Marianne Gausche - Hill, MD, FACEP, FAAP, of the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor - UCLA Medical Center.

«The overall assessment is correct based on studies conducted in the U.K..

As executive secretary, he also conducted a careful scientific assessment of the rapidly evolving field of biochemistry to justify the creation of new study sections in two emerging areas, molecular and physical biochemistry.

The study, commissioned by CHEOPS - a perovskite research project co-funded by the European research and innovation programme Horizon 2020, is being conducted by SmartGreenScans, a CHEOPS member, specialising in Life - Cycle Assessments (LCA) of photovoltaic technologies, to assess the life - cycle environmental impact of the perovskite - on - silicon tandem cells being commercialised by Oxford PV.

James J. Kemple, the executive director of the Research Alliance for New York City Schools, who conducted a study comparing the city's school reform efforts to a «virtual» control group modeled from other urban districts in the state, including Buffalo, Yonkers, Syracuse, and Rochester, «found New York City students improved significantly faster than the control group on both the New York state assessments and the National Assessment of Educational Progress during the reform period, from 2002 to 2010.»

According to a study conducted by researchers from the assessment software company, No More Marking, 42 per cent of pupils in English made no improvement or regressed.

Resources provide opportunities to: - explore how adverts play on our fears and dreams - explore persuasive language in advertising - explore presentational features - analyse adverts across 3 mediums (TV, radio and web)- explore synergy - study advertising across a range of mediums - plan own advertising campaign - conduct risk assessments and planning document as would be the case in the industry - give a pitch for the campaign created - explore legal and ethical - investigate the ASA (advertising standards agency)- consider budgets - conduct primary and secondary research - gather qualitative and quantitative data A work book is also included for students to complete as they study the course.

In the research reported here, we study one approach to teacher evaluation: practice - based assessment that relies on multiple, highly structured classroom observations conducted by experienced peer teachers and administrators.

For example, one study conducted in the Chicago Public Schools shows that preschool attendance is important for several reasons: (1) It sets up patterns for long - term school attendance; (2) children who regularly attend preschool perform better on kindergarten entry assessments tests; and (3) regular attendance enhances social - emotional development.

Since its inception in 1980, CSTEEP has conducted research on testing, evaluation, and public policy, studies to improve school assessment practices, and international comparative research.

This study, conducted for the state of Massachusetts, examined the predictive validity of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) exam when compared to a specific state assessment — the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS)-- that it would be replacing.

examples of social studies performance - based assessment measures conducted at local and state levels

This study was conducted at a time when CAP was a high - stakes assessment and when it was not aligned with California curriculum guidelines for teaching writing.

There was an interest from several parties in conducting research studies that could correlate software measures with commonly used interim measures (like the NWEA MAP test or the DIEBLS reading assessment) and then ultimately with PARCC and Smarter Balance Tests, to suss out which products had the best correlation with these tests.

A 2009 study she conducted of third -, fourth - and fifth - graders in Michigan found that students reported being significantly more anxious when taking statewide assessments compared to other classroom tests.

I also should note that researchers in this study clearly conducted this study with similar a priori conclusions in mind (i.e., that the Common Core should be saved / promoted); hence, future peer review of this piece may be out of the question as the bias evident in the sets of findings would certainly be a «methodological issue,» again, likely preventing a peer - reviewed publication (see, for example, the a priori conclusion that «[this] study highlights an important advantage of having a common set of standards and assessments across multiple states,» in the abstract (p. 3).

The MIT study conducted a review of 100 + educational technology studies, and concluded that ASSISTments is one of the most promising programs in the US based on an outside evaluation that showed it double student's» yearly gains on a standardized mathematics assessment.

The study found that state history assessment data were too limited to be used to conduct analyses of TAH effects.

For example, Stanford University, in the first national study conducted on the academic performance of charter school students, found that only 17 percent of charter school students were outperforming their public school peers on math assessments.

Since the September announcement, Blackburn has decided to «conduct an extensive study of our local assessment beliefs and strategies,» he said in a memo sent to principals across the county Tuesday.

NRCCTE researchers at NOCTI conducted a descriptive survey study that investigated how secondary CTE educators use technical assessment data to improve program curricula and identify individual and group instructional needs.

ScholarCentric's researchers have also conducted three separate studies to evaluate whether students» resiliency scores, as measured by the Success Highways Resiliency Assessment, could 1) differentiate high from low academically achieving students using several factors; and / or 2) identify whether the assessment could be further refined to serve as an early warning indicator of potential high school failure.

This review is typically conducted by experts in the content fields being assessed and by measurement experts and may draw on pilot studies and other research evidence about student performance on the assessments.

• Ability to conduct needs assessment and evaluation studies as well as develop the evaluation tools.

In year 4, the project will conduct a pilot study of the program and assessment in 40 second - grade classrooms in Texas and Virginia.

Karin draws upon a decade of experience designing and conducting alignment studies for general education and alternate assessments to propose some new coding and analysis protocols for use with both large - scale assessment and locally - developed assessments.

Importantly, studies also show that strategies such as formative assessment (formal and informal assessments conducted by teachers during the learning process in order to modify teaching and learning activities to improve student attainment) and metacognitive (awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes) approaches — techniques typically employed in personalized learning classrooms — improve student learning.

The surveys conducted in this study were created by the International Society of Technology in Education and were designed specifically for college education - major students to assess technology proficiency by self - assessment.

Kickboard Coaches will study your current Tier I schoolwide behavior support systems by conducting staff and student interviews, observing existing school culture practices, analyzing results of a leadership self - assessment, and reviewing current culture data.

The extensive alignment studies — conducted in grades 5 and 8 by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and in high school by the Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO)-- evaluated Smarter Balanced end - of - year tests against the high - quality assessment criteria created by the Council for Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).