Sentences with phrase «based educational assessments»

Topics addressed included: utilizing evidence - based educational assessments; improving educational attainment and access to a traditional high school diploma; credit transfers; timely and appropriate re-enrollment and re-entry planning.

Not exact matches

Project objectives include: 1) analysis of assessment data to prioritize sustainable winegrowing criteria and practices; 2) development of educational materials and web - based resources; 3) planning and facilitation of 20 + targeted education events; and 4) measurement of and reporting project progress.

That's why the CFC's connection - based model is based on providing more comprehensive services for families, with independent professionals ranging from psychotherapy to parent education to neuropsychological assessments, from physical health and educational therapy to occupational therapy, and more.

I'm drawn to educational models like Expeditionary Learning, which emphasize long - term, project - based learning and use assessments in which students are much more involved - for example, student - led conferences where students themselves help to assess how they've done.

Approval for contact hours through the American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA) is based on an assessment of the educational merit of this program and does not constitute endorsement of the use of any specific modality in the care of clients.

Pearson Prentice Hall and our other respected imprints provide educational materials, technologies, assessments and related services across the secondary WAMAP is a web based mathematics assessment and course management platform.

In most educational programs, traditional time - based assessments provide a single quantitative grade, more often than not on some kind of «pass - fail» scale.

We think that this represents gross neglect, and we compliment those states and policymakers who are trying to collect longitudinal data and base educational policy on a more careful assessment of the trajectories of children's intellectual progress over their school careers.

The founder of Khan Academy, a free educational video library that features over two thousand titles and an interactive dashboard for formative assessment, discusses how his videos can help create a «flipped classroom» that allows blended learning — online lectures can happen at home and project - based learning can happen during school.

During the past year, Bonnie Mackintosh has been conducting classroom - level observations and child assessments in community - based preschool programs throughout Boston's Circle of Promise and East Boston neighborhoods as part of an initiative to improve access to high - quality early childhood care and educational programs.

Schools need both support and accountability to implement an educational model built around project - based learning and performance assessment.

Most educational standard setting, performance assessment, and judgments about appropriate levels of achievement today are based on history and custom with a little bit of «professional dreaming.»

Scores from these digitally based assessments were then calibrated, through careful research, to ensure a fair and consistent measure of educational progress, according to Andrew Ho, a psychometrician and member of the National Assessment Governing Board.

Why the School «Accountability Movement» Based on Standardized Tests Is Nothing More than «a Charade» (The Washington Post) Professor Daniel Koretz quoted as expert on educational assessment and testing policy.

Everybody knows that the present educational system - all over the world - is mostly built on disciplinary teaching - learning basis: disciplinary curriculum and assessment, disciplinary specialization of the teachers, disciplinary diplomas etc..

The commissioner may also place under preliminary registration review any school that has conditions that threaten the health, safety and / or educational welfare of students or has been the subject of persistent complaints to the department by parents or persons in parental relation to the student, and has been identified by the commissioner as a poor learning environment based upon a combination of factors affecting student learning, including but not limited to: high rates of student absenteeism, high levels of school violence, excessive rates of student suspensions, violation of applicable building health and safety standards, high rates of teacher and administrator turnover, excessive rates of referral of students to or participation in special education or excessive rates of participation of students with disabilities in the alternate assessment, excessive transfers of students to alternative high school and high school equivalency programs and excessive use of uncertified teachers or teachers in subject areas other than those for which they possess certification.

existing educational policies that can inform advocacy efforts for the inclusion of social studies performance - based assessment at the local, state and national level.

A summary and critique of existing strengths - based educational research using the CliftonStrengths assessment.

There she led a national study of educational effectiveness in urban community art centers * where artists serve disenfranchised youth and provide models of process based education, administration, and self - assessment.

(In this context, the authors hold out hope that assessment results based on Common Core standards will increase transparency of educational achievement across the country, a bet that looks less secure than it did a year ago.)

T - 561 emphasizes the theory, curricular and professional development, and assessment strategies underlying the development and application of new interactive educational tools, applications, media, and infrastructures, seen through the lens of design - based research.

States interested in using ESSA to increase reading ability while also creating more coherent educational systems could follow this idea to its logical conclusion: creating state - wide sequences — and sequence - based reading comprehension assessments — for grades 3 — 8.

The article presents an overview of student - led educational assessment in Virginia public schools through the use of competency - based projects.

This core educational philosophy is represented in NSCS evidence - based curricula and through student participation in a successful, spiraling curriculum, direct instruction, and the «teach to the top» philosophy that has helped NSCS students report some of the highest state - mandated, year - end assessment results in the state of Idaho.

We deliver actionable, meaningful research and development that advances the field of educational assessment and evaluation, promotes effective and equitable education policy, and improves evidence - based inferences.

It includes topics on learning sciences theory, instructional methodologies and pedagogy, educational makerspace implementation, research practices, assessment of maker - based learning, curriculum - building, and digital fabrication tools.

The answer is already clear, as research and experience has shown, standards - based approaches that have underpinned national exams and other assessment strategies, do not lead to sustained improvements in educational outcomes.

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.

According to James Palmarini, EdTA director of educational policy, the teams will receive web - based training in standards - based teaching and assessment strategies reflected in the 2014 National Core Theatre Standards.

We recommend the use of a coordinated, coherent, evidence based instructional system linked to educational outcomes needed for student success at next education / training level (integrated standards, curriculum, instructional materials, assessments etc.).

Study Island is a web - based program designed as a supplemental educational tool geared specifically to each individual state's standardized assessments.

Personalized learning — An educational approach which varies the learning objectives, instructional methods, content and assessment methods based on the needs of the student, with the involvement of the student in selecting content and educational objectives.

A statewide assessment system that would be «primarily performance - based» was called for in order to determine how well students were achieving these new educational targets.

Individualized learning — An educational approach wherein the teacher varies the learning objectives, instructional methods, content, and assessment methods based on the needs of individual students.

Complex technology projects, such as the development of a statewide educational network to ensure Michigan students have access to the bandwidth needed to support classroom initiatives; expanded use of online learning for students and educators and delivery of online assessments; broad - based technology purchasing strategies; and a host of other capacity - building efforts have been positively impacted by Luke Wittum's leadership and involvement.

The initiative includes two private sector partners: Jobs for the Future (JFF), a national nonprofit focused on broadening educational and economic opportunity; and the Stanford Center for Assessment, Language and Equity (SCALE), an affiliate of Stanford University that provides consulting services on the design and implementation of performance - based assessments.

roponents of assessment reform and advocates for performance - based assessments as important components of broader educational change readily acknowledge the shortcomings of testdriven reforms in the

ANDREW MILLER is an educational consultant specializing in formative assessment, project - based learning, and technology integration.

A school - based teacher preparation program in which a prospective teacher, for not less than one academic year, teaches alongside an effective teacher, as determined by the state or local educational agency, who is the teacher of record for the classroom, receives concurrent instruction during the year, through courses that may be taught by local educational agency personnel or by faculty of the teacher preparation program; and in the teaching of the content area in which the teacher will become certified or licensed; and acquires effective teaching skills, as demonstrated through completion of a residency program, or other measure determined by the state, which may include a teacher performance assessment.»

Under his leadership, substantive educator preparation, certification, and ethics reform efforts were initiated, including tiered certification, Preparation Program Effectiveness Measures (PPEM), performance - based educational leadership, enhanced ethics instruction and assessment, and the current work in job - embedded professional learning.

Title III — based upon information gathered during the comprehensive needs assessment process of Title I, funding is to supply student supports that are vital to educational improvement but absent from the community identified as in need, including library resources.

Folks like John Umbreit, who pioneered one of the first fully - online mastery - based programs in training folks to do function - based assessments (FBA), people like Brenda Scheuermann and Eugene Wang, who've worked to bring PBIS training into the Texas state juvenile justice system, educational technology wizards like Daniel Tillman, who hooked us up with David Gibson, whose company administers an online classroom simulation software, the list goes on.

2002 The Center for Advanced Studies in Measurement and Assessment (CASMA) begins interdisciplinary and international research - based initiatives, leading to advancements in the methods and practice of educational measurements and assessments.

The primary purpose of The Center for Advanced Studies in Measurement and Assessment (CASMA) is to pursue research - based initiatives that lead to advancements in the methodology and practice of educational measurement and assessment.

The Kindergarten Readiness Stakeholder Committee, convened by the Illinois State Board of Education, has issued recommendations for creating a statewide, research - based kindergarten assessment process to provide schools and educational leaders with age - appropriate information about children's developing knowledge and skills in A New Beginning: The Illinois Kindergarten Individual Development Survey

She works with schools and districts, as well as with state agencies and other educational organizations nationwide, to build systems to support high student performance through standards - based curriculum, instruction, and assessment design and implementation with a focus on the Common Core State Standards; leadership development and coaching for administrators, instructional coaches, and leadership teams; process facilitation and professional development workshops; data analysis and use; and program evaluation, collaborative data analysis, and curriculum audits.

The National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, Inc. (Center for Assessment), a Dover, NH - based not - for - profit, 501 (c)(3) corporation, was founded to address the changes underway in educational assessment and accountability, and future challenges that will emerge.

(b) The purposes of establishing charter schools are: (i) to stimulate the development of innovative programs within public education; (ii) to provide opportunities for innovative learning and assessments; (iii) to provide parents and students with greater options in selecting schools within and outside their school districts; (iv) to provide teachers with a vehicle for establishing schools with alternative, innovative methods of educational instruction and school structure and management; (v) to encourage performance - based educational programs; (vi) to hold teachers and school administrators accountable for students» educational outcomes; and (vii) to provide models for replication in other public schools.

Juan D'Brot joined the Center in February 2016 and has led and contributed to work on developing ESSA - aligned accountability systems, growth models, exploring graduation options for students based on local legislation, peer review submissions, and revising readiness assessments for educational organizations and numerous states and jurisdictions.

The Virginia Index of Performance (VIP) program awards points to schools and divisions based on the percentage of students achieving at the advanced level on Standards of Learning assessments and progress made toward educational goals advocated by Governor Kaine and adopted by the Board as part of its comprehensive plan for further strengthening public education in the Commonwealth.