Sentences with phrase «comparing alternative approaches»

His best known works include: reviews of the research on long - term effects; benefit - cost analyses of the Perry Preschool and Abecedarian programs; randomized trials comparing alternative approaches to educating children including length of day, monolingual versus dual - language immersion, the Tools of the Mind curriculum; and, the series of State Preschool Yearbooks providing annual state - by - state analyses of progress in public pre-K.

Disappointingly, the Abt Associates analysis does not provide an estimate of CO2 emission reductions determined by their approach so that we can directly compare alternative approaches provided in previous work.

Not exact matches

The rightness of King's position to approach our present serious social problems is clear compared to the relative and morally ambiguous nature of these alternatives.

Further, since those who suffer from vitamin A deficiency suffer from other forms of malnutrition, a reductionist approach to one aspect of malnutrition, and that too an ineffective approach compared to alternatives, is a nutrition myth.

In recent years, controlled studies have compared the Paleo diet with alternative approaches, and with respect to particular health issues, nutritionists are largely taking a «wait - and - see» attitude towards them.

think days, not weeks or months compared to alternative approaches.

To argue that she has been even moderately successful with her approach, we would have to ignore the legitimate concerns of local and national charter reformers who know the city well, and ignore the possibility that Detroit charters are taking advantage of loose oversight by cherry - picking students, and ignore the very low test score growth in Detroit compared with other cities on the urban NAEP, and ignore the policy alternatives that seem to work better (for example, closing low - performing charter schools), and ignore the very low scores to which Detroit charters are being compared, and ignore the negative effects of virtual schools, and ignore the negative effects of the only statewide voucher programs that provide the best comparisons with DeVos's national agenda.

They should use models advocated by studies that compare alternative value - added approaches, [28] and if they work with a vendor, use one that has given the potential for confounding careful consideration.

Climate scientists and statisticians need to work closely with planners to assess, for example, the relative costs and benefits of committing to a long - term investment immediately, compared with an alternative approach of adapting in stages, given the hope that less uncertain information will emerge in the future.

You can compare and contrast how different lawyers approach a Privacy Policy by reviewing an alternative version here.

We conclude that compared to the alternatives advanced by the comments, the approach proposed in the NPRM, as refined and modified below in response to the comments, most closely meets the intent of the statute.

A cost / time effective alternative to competency development compared with more traditional approaches.