Sentences with phrase «conduct quality reviews»

Over the years I have had an opportunity to conduct quality reviews of numerous charter schools here in Louisiana and throughout the country.

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In the Enbridge case, the E.P.A. was asked to evaluate the potential environmental effect of the pipeline expansion application, as well as the quality of a preliminary review of the project that the State Department had already conducted.

This research stream, which is primarily conducted within ARS's National Program on Quality and Utilization of Agricultural Products, is reviewed / renewed in five - year cycles, with the next cycle starting in 2015.

In planning for MIECHV, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., in partnership with key federal agencies under the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), launched Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) to conduct a transparent and extensive review of home visiting research and assess the quality and rigor of the evidence.

A systematic review of existing reviews of the effectiveness of parent training for conduct disorder that were judged to be of high quality using a recognised checklist [11] suggested that parenting programmes are an effective intervention for children with behaviour problems.

A third meta - analysis was published in 2007 by Ip et al. 31 The researchers combined socioeconomic status — adjusted ORs of only 3 studies that were determined by the systematic review conducted by Guise et al32 and published in 2005 to be of good or fair quality: the UK Childhood Cancer Study, 23 Shu et al, 20 and Dockerty et al. 19 Based on their analyses, they concluded that breastfeeding for more than 6 months was associated with a 20 % lower risk for ALL (OR, 0.8; 95 % CI, 0.71 - 0.91).

Development of the ResQu Index involved five distinct phases: 1) generating items and a weighted scoring system; 2) conducting expert content validation via a quantitative survey and a modified Delphi process; 3) testing inter-rater consistency; 4) assuring compatibility with established research quality checklists and 5) piloting the ResQu Index in a large systematic review to assess instrument usability and feasibility.

«It would be inconceivable and irresponsible for the Governor to permit propane fracking without first conducting a comprehensive State Environmental Quality Review as required by law.»

The Asset Quality Review of Banks conducted in 2015 shows significant vulnerability of banks to current economic conditions, and that if the affected banks were to provision fully for all bad loans, a significant number of them would collapse.

A number of local municipalities on both sides of the Hudson River have adopted similar resolutions, opposing the pipeline and calling on the state Department of Environmental Conservation to conduct a full review of the proposal under the State Environmental Quality Review Act and the National Environmental Protectioreview of the proposal under the State Environmental Quality Review Act and the National Environmental ProtectioReview Act and the National Environmental Protection Act.

Luke's Healthcare has been awarded a «Certificate of Excellence» by the New York State Department of Health's (NYSDOH) Hepatitis B Perinatal Prevention Program following a quality assurance / medical record review conducted at the hospital.

The Planning Board conducted a review of the project and on September 10 issued a «negative declaration» under State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) review, meaning that the Planning Board found that there would be no significant adverse environmental impacts from the project, and issued a «preliminary» site plan approval of the project subject to Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) review of «performance standards.&review of the project and on September 10 issued a «negative declaration» under State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) review, meaning that the Planning Board found that there would be no significant adverse environmental impacts from the project, and issued a «preliminary» site plan approval of the project subject to Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) review of «performance standards.&Review Act (SEQRA) review, meaning that the Planning Board found that there would be no significant adverse environmental impacts from the project, and issued a «preliminary» site plan approval of the project subject to Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) review of «performance standards.&review, meaning that the Planning Board found that there would be no significant adverse environmental impacts from the project, and issued a «preliminary» site plan approval of the project subject to Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) review of «performance standards.&review of «performance standards.»

Restricting access to data has the potential to impede scientific freedom and discourage the responsible conduct of science by, for example, obscuring data quality and the peer review process.

Kira orchestrates the selection and placement processes; directs fellow communication and services; conducts quality control on the monitoring and reporting processes; reviews and edits policies, guidelines, and standard operating procedures for program activities; and, implements programmatic enhancements.

The agency did not conduct any review of these products for safety, effectiveness or quality.»

Maloney's announcement about the bill, co-sponsored by an array of congressional representatives, said it would «release federal agencies from the restrictions placed on them in 1996 that have prohibited these agencies from conducting high - quality, peer - reviewed research into gun violence prevention.»

It conducts interdisciplinary, peer - reviewed studies related to air pollution and greenhouse gases in China, from root causes in the energy demands to power its economy, to the chemistry and transport of pollutants in the atmosphere, to their impacts on public health, to policies to protect air quality and limit climate change.

Another deserving effort in promoting scientific integrity in China is to foster a healthy research environment, which includes making explicit research ethics policies, issuing a practical code of conduct, establishing a credible and authoritative national organization to supervise local units, protecting whistle - blowers, building a rigorous and fair peer review system, revising the criteria for promotion and reward to emphasize research quality rather than quantity by a researcher, and achieving zero tolerance for unethical research behaviors.

A 2002 review of the research on SAMe and depression conducted by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality concluded that SAMe was more effective than placebo at relieving the symptoms of depression and no better or worse than tricyclics.

Lee and colleagues conducted an overview of 10 systematic reviews that evaluated the efficacy of aromatherapy (with and without massage) in reducing hypertension, depression, anxiety, pain relief, and symptoms of dementia.26 The authors determined that, though three of the reviews were of good methodological quality, many of the primary studies they evaluated were not.

In conducting these reviews, we realized that there's a broad spectrum of quality when it comes to adult dating sites.

Based on the literature reviews, observations in the schools and meetings with the departments at the Ministry of Education, the team presented several key policy considerations to the Ministry: (1) utilize a website, the National Play Day, and the Jamaican Teaching Council as platforms from which educators can develop and share best game - based learning practices; (2) promote a culture of collaboration through the Quality Education Circles (local discussion groups for educators), and by allocating time for teachers to develop and share game - based learning strategies; (3) provide resource support for schools in the form of workshops and training; and (4) create a monitoring and evaluation plan to be conducted at the school level.

Notably, the quality reviews were not conducted by bureaucrats in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, but by the state's network of «teacher leaders,» two from each school, chosen by the LDOE.

The authors conducted a review of research on audience response systems (ARS) and conclude that the evidence supports benefits of ARS, including improvements to the classroom environment (increases in attendance, attention levels, participation, and engagement), learning (interaction, discussion, contingent teaching, quality of learning, and learning performance), and assessment (feedback, formative, and normative).

for a school designated as improvement / focused, the school shall be required to participate in an on - site review that shall be conducted by a school quality review team, with district representation, appointed by the commissioner.

Holding Teacher Preparation Accountable: A Review of Claims and Evidence, conducted by Marilyn Cochran - Smith and colleagues at Boston College (MA), investigated two primary questions: What claims does each initiative make about how it contributes to the preparation of high - quality teachers?

State experts, local educators, postsecondary faculty and community members from the PARCC states conduct rigorous reviews of every item and passage being developed for the PARCC assessment system to ensure all test items are of the highest quality, aligned to the standards, and fair for all student populations.

In a review of California's «last in, first out» process conducted over four years ago, the state's own Legislative Analyst Office concluded that seniority - based layoffs lead «to lower quality of the overall teacher workforce» and recommended that «the state explore alternatives that could provide districts with the discretion to do what is in the best interest of their students.»

Now, their main tasks revolve around making teacher tenure decisions, conducting «Quality Reviews» of school's internal organizational structures, attending public hearings about schools in their districts, and putting out fires when they arise.

Applies standards to all educational courseware and conducts quality assurance reviews of learning solutions to validate instructional efficacy.

Ratings are provided for Study Quality, including ratings from our TRC members on the technical rigor of the study design; Study Results, which provides information about the findings of the studies; Program Information, or information about the intervention including the target behavior it addresses and implementation requirements; and Additional Research, which provides information about other studies and reviews that have been conducted on the intervention.

All curricula receive quality reviews against acclaimed alignment rubrics (IMET, EQuIP), conducted by leading experts.

They also talk about a «school quality review» conducted by «expert educators» to determine whether schools are actually providing high - quality education for all children, something similar to the school inspection process that Education Sector (now part of the American Institutes for Research) was touting as an alternative to AYP a few years ago.

The current report expanded the number of categories of quality and effectiveness reviewed to five, and created new processes and standards to conduct the review.

This rating indicates that while the CSRQ Center found some evidence of effectiveness, more rigorous research and evidence needs to be conducted on this model to fully support its effectiveness or quality on the category reviewed.

In collaboration with its program enhancement and quality assurance contractor, Edvance Research, Inc., TEA conducted a comprehensive review of program processes and procedures, as well as a needs assessment with grantee and center leaders.

The board conducted a rigorous review process and found Spokane's application to be of very high quality.»

The SRC passed a resolution authorizing Cambridge Education, for $ 100,000 this year, ``... to retain a consultant to conduct objective third party school quality reviews in a number of schools that have been identified as under - performing through the District's SGS process.

AdvancED is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that conducts rigorous, on - site school quality reviews of Pre-K through 12 schools and school systems to help educators and their communities ensure that all learners realize their full potential.

In addition, Insight frequently conducts quality school reviews for California charter schools.

There are only a handful conducting comprehensive reviews on production quality and if the narration is any good.

This includes reviewing the website, searching for and reading EssayLab customer reviews, conducting a search for EssayLab BBB to ensure that EssatLab is not a scam, ordering an academic paper and reviewing that for accuracy and quality, and searching for EssayLab.org coupon codes.

We have conducted this evaluation and review considering several factors — the company published information on its website, CustomEssayMeister customer reviews, writing samples on the site, when available, its pricing and discounts, and our assessment of customer support and the quality of writing of a research paper we ordered.

Our writers review the topic and conduct thorough research with the use of genuine sources which makes it easy for them to collect relevant and quality information.

Plaintiffs are environmental protection groups with a common goal to prevent defendant City of Los Angeles (the City) from implementing a program to trap, neuter and release feral cats to the outdoors without conducting an adequate environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code section 21000 et seq. (CEQA).

The national airline of Sri Lanka received clearance to board oneworld, the world's leading quality airline alliance, after successfully completing a thorough review of its readiness conducted by Cathay Pacific Airways, which is sponsoring its entry into the alliance, with the oneworld central team.

I had this conversation with a physicist friend of mine in the past few days — scientific institutions generally discourage faculty from participating in blogs, believing that discussions between scientists should be conducted in «peer reviewed, quality journals».

In fact, the IAC was commissioned by the IPCC to conduct a review and to make recommendations about how its processes and procedures could be strengthened in order to ensure the ongoing quality of its reports.

Riverkeeper retained Synapse to assess the potential impacts to energy reliability and electric power sector air emissions associated with the construction and operation of a closed - cycle cooling system as the «best technology available» (BTA) for the Indian Point nuclear power plant, in order to inform the analysis being conducted by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) under the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA).

Until now, no one had ever conducted a comprehensive review of the quality of the measurement environment of those stations.