Sentences with phrase «conduct rigorous»

Similarly, the government and children and youth sector did not typically conduct rigorous evaluations of their programmes or use research evidence to make policy decisions.

The ACT program national office and the ACT Regional Directors conduct a rigorous application process to select attendees for the initial training of ACT Facilitators.

This study will employ The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study - Birth Cohort (ECLS - B) database to conduct rigorous scientific analyses regarding influence of early care and education arrangements on young children's outcomes and the aspects of home environments that moderate the impact of these early education settings.

Included in the presentations are three different strategies that home visiting programs have used to conduct rigorous impact evaluations, including planning an RCT for purposes of impact evaluation, using administrative data, and piggybacking on an existing lottery.

The Tribal Evaluation Institute (TEI) works with tribal communities to plan and conduct rigorous local evaluations of federally funded home visiting programs.

This paper has no answer to these important questions but it does provide us with an exemplary model of how to conduct a rigorous, multicentre clinical trial that gives a clear and unambiguous guide to the limitations of current treatment technology.

To conduct rigorous science to develop best practices to improve the functioning of children, parents and families from an individual level to a population level.

Lindsey works alongside the SRC team to promote best practice in teaching and leadership, to build effective policies and system - level efforts, and to conduct rigorous evaluation of early childhood programs.

Delivering judgment, Lang J said «the Council did not conduct the rigorous analysis and consideration required in order to satisfy the «due regard» duty under s 49A of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, principally because it did not gather the information required to do so properly».

In order to be confident that a vehicle is safe, manufacturers should conduct rigorous safety testing under a wide range of conditions.

We then conduct rigorous research, prepare well - reasoned arguments, and write persuasive, compelling briefs to advance the client's position.

Design and conduct rigorous studies of perceptions and knowledge about arctic environmental issues among the general public, Arctic residents, and other stakeholders.

Industry leaders conduct a rigorous 5 - week intensive program in typeface design this summer at Cooper Union's New York City campus.

They were asked from the get - go — to use the language of art - school catalogs — to ask bold questions, conduct rigorous social and political investigations, and engage in playful creativity.

At GET.com, we conduct rigorous research into the terms and conditions behind each card benefit.

O'Haire also leads Purdue's Organization for Human - Animal Interaction Research (OHAIRE), [https://vet.purdue.edu/chab/ohaire/] which includes national and international collaborators, students, and community members working together to conduct rigorous scientific research on the unique and pervasive effects of interacting with animals.

We only hire writers based on their qualifications and also conduct a rigorous test to judge their assignment writing skills.

The QRT also drew on prior and current efforts to conduct rigorous research reviews, including standards set by the U.S. Department of Education's What Works Clearinghouse.

The QRT also draws on other efforts to conduct rigorous research reviews, including the What Works Clearinghouse.

An Instructional Designer will collaborate with your organization to conduct a rigorous analysis to determine the best approach to your VR project, which helps us ensure it produces a strong learning outcome.

The eighth annual event, hosted by the Northwestern University Institute for Policy Research and supported by the National Center for Education Statistics, aims to «increase the national capacity of researchers to develop and conduct rigorous evaluations of the impact of education interventions.

In partnership with school districts and other organizations, researchers have an opportunity to conduct rigorous studies to inform local system improvement and, potentially, other efforts to support principal development.

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.

The Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Policy and Evaluation is a full - time program that prepares you to conduct rigorous, high - impact and interdisciplinary research on education policy.

We conduct rigorous research and evaluation studies using quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods that inform education policy, promote equity, and improve student outcomes.

Additionally, LEAP will conduct rigorous research to aggregate and analyze data on teacher practice, student outcomes and product efficacy.

With the goal of positioning ourselves as a national resource on teacher effectiveness research, we have partnered with four school districts on the east coast to conduct rigorous research, develop tools, and share best practices and lessons learned in teacher evaluation and professional development.

Each government's wisdom is dependent on knowing as much as possible about the people, places and problems encountered in Historia, so students conduct rigorous, content - based research and use the lessons they learn along the way to solve problems, shape strategies and create their very own people's history.

Recently, a major university agreed to conduct a rigorous scientific study of my program.

Street Furniture's engineers conduct rigorous testing of all products in order to meet the highest Australian standards and its sustainable manufacturing processes, as well as the longevity and minimal maintenance requirements of the finished product, ensure minimal waste and responsible use of natural resources.

This vital assistance helps community - based teams build their own internal capacity to develop intervention strategies and materials, specify hypotheses to be tested, conduct rigorous evaluations, participate in a shared data library that serves all FOI projects, and be well - positioned for scalability if their intervention is found to be effective.

The New York City Department of Education randomly assigned eligible schools to treatment or control groups, which has enabled scholars to conduct rigorous evaluations.

«Carol Weiss launched a new way of thinking about how to conduct rigorous research and bring it to the attention of practitioners and policymakers,» said Dean Kathleen McCartney.

Scientists at the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds conduct rigorous research on the physiological effects of meditation on the brain, and the power of the brain to influence human health.

Researchers will have to conduct rigorous computational and genetic studies to identify such a compound.

The company initially sought the input of Dr. Lee Newman, director of the Center for Health, Work & Environment in 2016 to conduct a rigorous third - party evaluation of their workplace health programs.

As part of the new deal, the Department of the Interior will conduct rigorous scientific monitoring of wolf populations across the region and solicit an independent scientific review by an expert advisory board after three years to reassess the situation.

Rather than conduct a rigorous enquiry into how a military officer whose entire career had been in the army, could afford those purchases, the Minister of Defense in a statement published in Vanguard Newspapers on June 27, 2016 dismissed the issue as «the allegations was part (sic) of attempts by unpatriotic elements to distract the leadership of the armed forces from the successes of the war against terrorism...».

This team, made up of representatives of the Legislature, local government, education and private industry, will conduct a rigorous and comprehensive review of mandates imposed on school districts and other local taxing districts to identify mandates that are ineffective, unnecessary, outdated and duplicative in order to develop the best and most cost - effective ways to deliver mandated programs and services.

Through a collaborative process between the Family Association, Faculty Conference, Board of Trustees, staff, alumni, and other community members, the school formed a one - year Ad - Hoc Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity Committee to conduct a rigorous analysis over the course of the 2017 - 2018 academic year and draft a plan for future work.

The three questions can serve as horizons within which to conduct rigorous inquiry into any of the array of subject matters implied by the nature of congregations, disciplined by any relevant scholarly method, in such a way that attention is focused on the theological significance of what is studied:

The problem in that case is that companies don't do full - fledged investigative research — in other words, gather buyer insights and conduct rigorous analysis to understand what's going on in the marketplace.

The Institute proposes that a panel of independent academics and tax experts be established to conduct a rigorous review of all tax expenditures to phase - out those failing the tests of economic efficiency and cost effectiveness.

Mr. Rockowitz added that Li & Fung employees conduct rigorous on - site audits — unlike many competitors — to ensure that the company does business only with factories that adhere to safety regulations.

«Carriers work privately with the customers affected and conduct rigorous internal investigations to identify the cause and ensure protections, if any, are in place to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future.»

By outsourcing development wherever possible, conducting rigorous market testing and selling exclusively online, he's turned Paretologic, which specializes in online security, into a company with $ 88 million in annual revenues, and profit margins that regularly exceed 50 %.

«The NSW Food Authority and ACT Health have conducted rigorous scientific testing at the affected care centres... over the past two weeks,» she said.

Because most school districts do not keep detailed records regarding the cost and revenue associated with various components of the school food program, it is often difficult to gain a clear picture of how they use federal reimbursements (except where USDA has conducted rigorous studies).

In addition to cutting programs, the rightwing is conducting a rigorous campaign to change the defined benefit pension system to a defined contribution model.

For the analysis of the 33 trials, 26 of which Sato was lead author, Bolland's team conducted a rigorous review and found reported results that differed markedly from what could be expected statistically; further, the results were remarkably positive.