Sentences with phrase «conducted on a national basis»

That's the conclusion of the first large - scale study of writing portfolios conducted on a national basis.

The consumer volunteers are currently responding with a 15 to 20 percent completion rate which is considerably higher than typical surveys conducted on a national basis.

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To conduct their study, Dedrone and personnel from Joint Base Myer - Henderson Hall installed drone detection systems on the roof of the National Defense University at Fort McNair.

The General Social Survey supplement measuring of broad - based employee stock ownership, profit sharing, and stock options is conducted by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago on contract with the Employee Ownership Foundation.

The Best Employers in Canada study measures the level of employee engagement at participating organizations and is based on results from a national survey conducted by Aon Hewitt, in association with the Queen's Centre for Business Venturing at the Queen's University School of Business.

Prospective home buyers say it is getting more difficult to find the right home, according to a quarterly survey based on national polls conducted by Morning Consult.

Wilcox has not written a religious or political polemic here but rather a scrupulously even - handed report, basing his conclusions on his statistical analysis of three large - scale national surveys of U.S. adults» social attitudes conducted from the late 1980s through the»90s.

According to a national study conducted by Pure Desire Ministries, 68 percent of church - going men view pornography on a regular basis.

Results are based on telephone interviews conducted among a national random sample of 3,013 adults (age 18 and over) between September 1 and September 14, 2010.

The accompanying table reports on the religious vote, based on a large national survey of the adult population (conducted before and after the election at the University of Akron with a grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts).

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

These two companies conduct continuous research on a carefully calculated, statistically representative basis into audiences of most broadcast programs on a local, regional, and national level.

In tune with the national mission of transforming India as the skill capital of the world, Mysuru - based CSIR - Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) is gearing up to conduct a programme on microbial food safety, which commences on May 28, 2018.

Non-discrimination Statement: In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.

Linden Waldorf School does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, disability, national origin, or any other protected status in its admission policies or in the conduct of educational, recreational, athletic, or scholarship programs.

Based on a survey by the Office of National Statistics (UK) from 1999 [1], 5.3 % of all children and adolescents between the ages of 5 — 15 had clinically significant conduct problems, the commonest reason for referral for psychological and psychiatric treatment in childhood [2].

While as many as 680 were arrested in the first week of February throughout Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, San Antonio, and New York City areas by raids conducted by ICE agents, according to Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, the legislation seeks to codify language to prevent Westchester County from aiding the federal government in investigations made on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, and national origin.

In the Netherlands, elections for the House of Representatives (the lower house of the States - General, the national parliament) are conducted on an at - large basis by proportional representation from party lists.

Although the Harvard criteria were based on zero patients and no experiments were conducted either with humans or animals, they soon became the standard for declaring people dead in several states, and in 1981, the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) was sanctioned by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.

No one knows how many innocent people have been convicted based on junk forensic science, but the National Research Council report recommends substantial funding increases to enable labs to conduct experiments to improve the validity and reliability of the many forensic subfields.

Humanitarian workers are governed by an international code of conduct that requires that their services be provided independently of national agendas, on the basis of need alone.

As a national representative for AFT, he conducted the Rutgers campaign «with the goal of sparking something on a wider basis.»

The study was based on data from the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally - representative sample of older Americans that is conducted by the U-M Institute for Social Research on behalf of the National Institute of Aging.

Anil Potti, M.D., Duke University School of Medicine: Based on the reports of investigations conducted by Duke University School of Medicine (Duke) and additional analysis conducted by ORI in its oversight review, ORI found that Dr. Anil Potti, former Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke, engaged in research misconduct in research supported by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grant R01 HL072208 and National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH, grants R01 CA136530, R01 CA131049, K12 CA100639, R01 CA106520, and U54 CA112952.

The Canadian Museum of Nature (CMN) is seeking a dynamic, innovative and creative phycologist to conceive, design and conduct a program of independent and collaborative, field and collection - based systematic research on algae; to publish results of scientific research; to contribute to and provide advice on the development and use of the National Herbarium of Canada algae collection; and to work with other museum staff on the development and production of exhibits, outreach and educational programs.

Much of it is based on a study he helped conduct: «Effect of dietary protein quality on development of aflatoxin B [1]- induced hepatic preneoplastic lesions,» published in the August 1989 edition of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

1 Based on surveys conducted by the National Opinion and Research Center, the report was released earlier this year by the American Jewish Committee.

This threatens the state's ability to sustain the current economic boom and traps the workers themselves in jobs with little opportunity to advance, according to New Skills for a New Economy, a new study based on over two years of research conducted at the Harvard Graduate School of Education's National Center for Adult Literacy and Learning (NCSALL) and Northeastern University's Center for Labor Market Studies.

SchoolWorks is responsible for conducting the qualitative analysis of the finalist districts, and then a national panel determines the recipients based on that analysis.

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 lBased 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 lbased 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 lbased 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.

An increasing percentage of students say they can get illegal drugs at their schools, according to the 10th annual back - to - school survey conducted by the Columbia University - based National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse.

In collaboration with colleagues working on the School Rights Project (Lauren Edelman, Calvin Morrill, and Karolyn Tyson), we conducted a national telephone survey of 600 high school teachers and administrators and site - based surveys of 5,490 students and 368 educators on perceptions and experiences of the law in schools.

The findings, based on telephone interviews with parents and guardians, are part of the 1991 National Household Education Survey conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics.

In 2012 ACARA was funded by the Australian Government Department of Education to conduct research to inform decisions on the transition of the National Assessment Program — Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) from paper - based to computer (online) assessments.

On one hand, principals say they're worried about technology's potentially harmful effects: A full 95 percent believe their students are using screens too much at home, and 83 percent say they're at least «moderately concerned» about how students use social media outside of school, according to a new national survey of school - based leaders conducted by the Education Week Research Center.

Such conduct shall include, but is not limited to, threats, intimidation or abuse based on a person's actual or perceived race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender, or sex; provided that nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prohibit a denial of admission into, or exclusion from, a course of instruction based on a person's gender that would be permissible under Education Law sections 3201 - a or 2854 (2)(a) and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. section 1681, et seq.), or to prohibit, as discrimination based on disability, actions that would be permissible under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

The assertions follow along the lines of a report released earlier this year by the National Council on Teacher Quality based on a study it conducted for the United Way's City of Angels operation and a group of civil rights groups earlier this year.

That is just one of the findings of a national survey of school districts conducted between February and May 2011 by the Washington D.C. based Center on Education Policy (CEP), and released this... read more

The annual survey on crime, violence, and discipline in public schools — conducted in 2003 - 04 by the National Center for Education Statistics, an arm of the U.S. Department of Education — based its findings on questionnaires mailed to principals at 3,743 elementary, middle, and high schools across the United States.

She is also a research associate on the National Panel on the Development of Literacy in Language Minority Children and Youth, a panel funded by the Institute of Educational Sciences, U.S. Department of Education to conduct a comprehensive, evidence - based review of the research literature on the development of literacy among language minority children and youth.

One study, conducted by a sociologist at the University of Colorado at Boulder and based on a national sample of teenagers, found that high - school students who have jobs are one - and - a-half times more likely than nonworkers to have committed criminal offenses and to have used alcohol, and are twice as likely as nonworkers to have used marijuana.

The briefing was based on a study LPI recently conducted with the National Education Policy Center and highlighted community schools — that is, schools that partner with local agencies to provide integrated academic, health, and social services to the community — as a school improvement approach that meets the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requirement for «evidence - based» interventions.

Dean Benbow: Our National Center on Performance Incentives conducted a three - year scientific experiment in Nashville in which we paid teachers substantial bonuses based on student test scores.

In collaboration with both national and international colleagues, she has conducted numerous studies on the effects of cultural adaptations of the Strengthening Families program, as well as other evidence - based programs, which have significantly furthered our understanding of the importance of culturally grounded prevention.

Since joining CCRC / IEE in 1995, Hughes has led and conducted research on the transition from high school to college and careers, including projects addressing the national school - to - work initiative, employer involvement in high schools, work - based learning, career academies, secondary - postsecondary partnerships, and state policies that facilitate transitions and pathways.

Advanced credentialing systems are based in part on international benchmarking research conducted by NISL's parent organization, the National Center on Education and the Economy.

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NISL is building the advanced credentialing system based in part on international benchmarking research conducted by its parent organization, the National Center on Education and the Economy.

According to the 2015 National School Climate Survey, conducted by the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN)-- LGBTQ students in America's schools continue to face aggression and negative environments on a regular basis:

UWP has primary goals that follow the National Writing Project model, which is based on the beliefs that teachers are the key to education reform, teachers make the best teachers of other teachers and teachers benefit from studying and conducting research.