Sentences with phrase «conducting test programs»

The new facility has allowed McEntire Produce to conduct test programs with several innovative wash systems.

That is exactly what we would have expected if we'd conducted a test program in private.»

Not exact matches

Such tests must be conducted by the applicable State organic program's governing State official or the certifying agent at the official's or certifying agent's own expense.

A dedicated quality assurance team monitors its HACCP program and an in - house laboratory conducts contact surface plate testing within the facility.

My experience with the Newcastle football team in Oklahoma leads me to believe that, as long as impact sensors are strictly used for the limited purpose of providing real - time impact data to qualified sideline personnel, not to diagnose concussions, not as the sole determining factor in making remove - from - play decisions, and not to replace the necessity for observers on the sports sideline trained in recognizing the signs of concussion and in conducting a sideline screening for concussion using one or more sideline assessment tests for concussion (e.g. SCAT3, balance, King - Devick, Maddocks questions, SAC)(preferably by a certified athletic trainer and / or team physician), and long as data on the number, force, and direction of impacts is only made available for use by coaches and athletic trainers in a position to use such information to adjust an athlete's blocking or tackling tec hnique (and not for indiscriminate use by those, such as parents, who are not in a position to make intelligent use of the data), they represent a valuable addition to a program's concussion toolbox and as a tool to minimize repetitive head impacts.

The group developed the first set of national standards for birth centers, conducted a two - year pilot program to develop and test the optimum mechanism for evaluating the quality of birth centers, and consulted with the Commissioner on the JACHO (currently the Joint Commission) on the best structures for the CABC (www.birthcenteraccreditation.org/about-commission-accreditation-birth-centers, 2013).

The National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval program is an independent testing procedure conducted to judge a variety of products introduced and marketed to the parent / child consumer market.

Whereas Olds» work has focused on the challenges of becoming a parent (i.e. program limited to first - time parents), Webster - Stratton has targeted the late preschool period and the transition to formal schooling, when children's emotion regulation skills are becoming more stable and tested in the context of full - day school settings.6, 22 A central focus of Webster - Stratton's program is parent management training to promote child social competence and prevent the development of conduct problems.

The Nurture Science Program is conducting randomized clinical trials to test the effectiveness of Family Nurture Intervention in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

In June 2011, the EPA conducted a review of other aspects of California's injection well program and found enforcement, testing and oversight problems so significant that the agency demanded California improve its regulations and warned that the state's authority could be revoked.

Because the researchers conducted an observational study at a single site, their findings suggest but do not prove a cause - and - effect relationship between the Early Test program's methods and decreased incidence of HIV.

«For the first time, we've successfully recorded a spring fish migration simply by conducting DNA tests on water samples,» says Mark Stoeckle, senior research associate in the Program for the Human Environment.

In advance of a congressional hearing next week on the status of the commercial crew program, NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) has released new dates for when Boeing and SpaceX will conduct flight tests of their CST - 100 Starliner and Crew Dragon spacprogram, NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) has released new dates for when Boeing and SpaceX will conduct flight tests of their CST - 100 Starliner and Crew Dragon spacProgram (CCP) has released new dates for when Boeing and SpaceX will conduct flight tests of their CST - 100 Starliner and Crew Dragon spacecraft.

The program get teams out of their comfort zone of the lab to conduct discovery interviews across key stakeholders to understand needs and test hypotheses, develop and validate value propositions and business models, define «killer» questions and experiments, and create pitches to target funders.

CNL and Terrestrial Energy last year signed a memorandum of understanding to conduct testing and validation activities in support of Terrestrial's IMSR engineering program.

Secondly, we are conducting an extensive test program that spans the gamut from physics - based separate effects tests to full - out integral performance tests.

NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which will employ private contractors to transport astronauts to the International Space Station, has taken a step closer to crewed flights as the two prime contractors conduct the latest round of tests of their spacecraft parachute systems.

1 In a 10 - day study conducted at Ohio State University on 31 weight - trained test subjects randomly assigned to one of three groups, subjects consuming the same form of creatine found in Six Star ® CreatineX3 ™ with a training program increased their strength capacity on the bench press by 18.6 % compared to baseline (6,658 vs. 5,613 joules).

1 In a 10 - day study conducted at Ohio State University on 31 weight - trained test subjects randomly assigned to one of three groups, subjects consuming the same form of creatine found in Six Star reatineX3 ™ with a training program increased their strength capacity on the bench press by 18.6 % compared to baseline (6,658 vs. 5,613 joules).

Two types of mindfulness training (MT) programs were examined, and behavioral testing was conducted on participants before (Time 1) and after (Time 2) training.

For example, in one New Hampshire Hospital study, conducted with 113 psychiatric inpatients, researchers found that those who participated in a yoga program for depression displayed improvement in all five negative emotion factors tested by the Profile of Mood States (POMS).

Finally, Ford makes a very interesting comment about the lack of training provided to school psychologists — who conduct testing for gifted programs and are major gatekeepers in the identification process — regarding cultural responsiveness and gifted children's needs.

Up to eight states would be authorized to conduct demonstration programs testing whether state control of Head Start actually leads to better coordination of preschool programs, greater emphasis on school readiness, improvement in poor children's preschool test scores, and progress in closing the achievement gap between poor and advantaged students.

Among many influential projects conducted under the auspices of EdLabs, Fryer has developed and implemented programs to test the impact of incentives on student achievement, teacher pay - for - performance concepts, and an effort to apply charter - school practices to a district turnaround school in Houston.

The San Jose Mercury News conducted a statewide analysis of the test scores of studefnts who stayed in schools that kept their bilingual programs and those that shifted to intensive English immersion with rapid mainstreaming.

Yet robust evaluations of NMSI's program, conducted by the economist Kirabo Jackson, show how incentivizing outcomes can powerfully affect both short - and long - term student outcomes, particularly when coupled with teacher support (see «Cash for Test Scores,» features, Fall 2008).

They report test scores to the University of Arkansas's School Choice Demonstration Program, which is conducting a longitudinal evaluation of the MPCP.

Only one study, conducted by Jay Greene and Marcus Winters and focusing on the D.C. voucher program, found that voucher competition had no effect on the test scores of non-participants, while no empirical study of acceptable rigor has found that a U.S. private - school - choice program decreased the achievement of public school students.

While more studies need to be conducted, preliminary research has found that improvements to the voucher program combined with the test - based accountability policies provided schools in Chile with incentives to operate more efficiently.

The U. S. Department of Education maintains that the only way to determine whether a program is effective is to subject it to rigorous testing using randomized controlled trials that can be replicated and that are conducted over time.

Assessment activities at UNI are conducted by academic, administrative, and student affairs departments and units and may take the form of surveys, standardized tests, program evaluation forms, focus groups, student projects, student reflective activities, or any of a variety of other mechanisms.

In addition, before simply adding another required test for all students in all schools, a systematic inventory of current testing programs and tests should be conducted.

The law was passed in 2015 and in 2017 states drafted their plans, which included new accountability systems based on multiple measures that include factors other than test scores; conducting needs assessments for struggling schools and learning communities facing the greatest challenges in order to tailor support and intervention when needed; developing clear and concise plans for targeting federal funding in ways that meet the needs of students in the school; and implementing programs and monitoring their progress in collaboration with educators.

The program was first implemented in the 2014 - 2015 school year and the first round of testing for the Third - Grade Reading Summative Assessment was conducted in April of 2015.

Scholars at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the teaching fellows program and found positive results, including a) graduates teach in schools and classrooms with greater concentrations of higher performing and lower poverty students; b) graduates produce larger increases in student test scores in all high school exams and in 3rd - 8th grade mathematics exams; and c) teaching fellows remain in North Carolina public schools longer than other teachers.

Dr. Bry's systematic program of prevention research has included studies that: 1) search for precursors that differentiate adolescents who will develop conduct or substance use problems from those who will not and environmental factors that might reduce or buffer those precursors; 2) investigate whether these factors actually precede or reduce future problems; and 3) test the outcome efficacy and effectiveness of experimental methods to modify these factors.

In addition to conducting national pilot tests, developers oversee numerous reviews of the assessment instruments by internal NAEP measurement experts, by the National Assessment Governing Board, and by external groups that include representatives from each of the states and jurisdictions that participate in the NAEP program.

For example, a meta - analysis of school - based and afterschool SEL programs found that participation improved elementary and middle school students» test scores by an average of 11 to 17 percentile points, decreased conduct problems, and increased students» problem - solving skills.17 Similarly, a meta - analysis of school - based SEL programs for students in kindergarten through 12th grade found that participation improved students» academic performance by 11 percentile points, reduced their anxiety and stress, and increased their prosocial behavior.18 These programs were successful in all geographic locations, including urban, suburban, and rural school environments.19

HumRRO has conducted validity and reliability studies for the testing programs we serve.

The E. M. Kauffman funded Philliber Research Associates evaluation of the CDF Freedom Schools program in Kansas City conducted between 2005 - 2007 indicates children who attend CDF Freedom Schools programs score significantly higher on standardized reading achievement tests than children who attend other summer enrichment programs; African American middle schools boys made the greatest gains of all.

HB 2130 by Rep. Kevin Roberts / Sen. José Menéndez requires TEA to conduct a study of the impact of the state's testing program on students in special education programs.

Flip through our complete summary of the high - quality empirical research conducted on school choice programs to date, including evidence based on students» test scores (of those using programs and those who remain in public schools), long - term educational attainment, integration / segregation, fiscal effects and students» civic values.

NAESP is pleased to have played a role in creating the opportunities that are now afforded to schools under the new law, such as allowing accountability systems to include multiple measures, factoring in elements other than test scores; conducting needs assessments for struggling schools and learning communities facing the greatest challenges; developing clear and concise plans for targeting federal funding in ways that meet the needs of students in the school; and implementing local programs and monitoring their progress in collaboration with educators.

The Special Education Teacher will be responsible for the successful completion of the following tasks: + Manage and provide instructional guidance, virtual teaching and general strategies for a caseload of students; + Develop, write and help implement IEPs; + Evaluate tests and assessments, complete report cards and conduct parent conferences; + Communicate regularly with parents / learning coaches of students with special needs to insure that their IEP goals are being met, and that their needs are addressed in a timely and appropriate fashion; + Consult with teachers and coordinate the implementation of specially designed instruction as defined in the IEP regarding students with specific needs and potential learning issues; + Provide direct services to students including services delivered through web - conferencing software, as needed; + Schedule, organize and conduct IEP related meetings in a virtual environment, as needed; + Participate in the school's Student Support Team; help teachers and learning coaches develop and implement program modifications and strategies for all students; + Assist, as needed, with the organization and proper implementation of all paperwork, documentation and procedures for the IEP process; + Assist with locating service providers for students needing related services as mandated by their IEPs; + Assist with negotiating and executing contracts with service providers for students requiring such services; + Maintain accurate and up - to - date data in the school's Learning Management System and special education software; + Assist with administering state testing and coordinate the special adaptations that are required based on the IEP; and + Other duties as assigned.

At the end of the day, it is true researchers have not conducted a random assignment study assessing Indiana voucher students» test scores in the same way Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Washington, D.C.'s programs have been studied.

Charter school administrators must annually determine if the charter school will conduct state testing programs dependently (testing with the school's authorizing agency) or independently (testing separately from its authorizing agency).

Separately, Stanford University education professor Linda Darling - Hammond found that the Core exams under development are only marginally better than tests that have been used for years — and are less helpful than evaluations used in Singapore and by the International Baccalaureate program, for instance, that ask students to design, conduct, analyze and present their work in multiple ways.

Volvo remains the only automaker to claim responsibility for any of its vehicles involved in an accident while operated by its autonomous systems, but the Drive Me test program is being conducted with 100 Volvo XC90s on just 50 kilometers (31 miles) of limited - access highway in Gothenburg, Sweden, which, I am told, doesn't get much snow.

Federal safety regulations require that truck and bus companies that employ CDL drivers conduct random drug and alcohol testing programs.

The goal of the national CDL program is to reduce the number and severity of commercial motor vehicle crashes in the United States by requiring states to conduct knowledge and skills testing before issuing a CDL, maintain a complete and accurate driver history record for anyone who obtains a CDL, and impose appropriate disqualifications against any driver who violates certain offenses.