Sentences with phrase «current approaches to assessment»

Our instructors are highly experienced in research, practice, education, and agency leadership, and they offer the most current approaches to assessment, treatment, care management, and organizational leadership.

Continuing Education instructors offer research - based courses on the most current approaches to assessment, treatment, care management, and organizational leadership.

What changes in your district's current approach to assessment would support the development of higher - order skills and lead to higher student achievement?

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Her current focus is on improving outcomes for infants in the NICU through developmental assessment and interventions, and on developing an interdisciplinary approach to initiating and progressing breast and bottle feeding.

You will specialise in safety assessment of protein allergy, playing a role in evolving Unilever's approach to protein allergy risk assessment and through doing so deliver to the current and future needs of Unilever's Categories.

It enables graduates to create general approaches to promote, build, and maintain functional levels of health and vitality in daily life, present basic Ayurvedic lifestyle and wellness education to the public, and apply the principles of Ayurveda to enhance their current professional practice with a unique set of assessment and health promotion skills.

Meaningful progress depends on informed modesty about the likely returns on current efforts; greater specificity and more emphasis on context in the curricula and school - level approaches to teaching soft skills; and the development and use of practical assessments that are closely aligned with a specific framework for teaching and learning.

It reads: «Given concerns about both the design and administration of the new assessments, the lack of preparation for schools, the inadequate time to implement the new curriculum for the current cohort, and the variations in approaches between schools resulting from delayed and obscure guidance, it is hard to have confidence in the data produced by this round of assessments.»

If the school adopted that dubious approach under a results - based accountability regime, the student's current ability level would need to be assessed and the school would be required to demonstrate that the child was making adequate yearly progress as determined by an annual assessment using the same testing accommodations.

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

«Technology has the potential to unlock new approaches to assessment that will change what and how we teach,» said Jim Wynn, who noted that «the current curriculum shape and form that we see around the world with subjects taught in silos has to change.»

Taken together, we believe we have spelled out an approach to standardized testing grounded in the fact that assessments can gather critical information about our students» growth and our own teaching practice, while acknowledging that this potential will be lost if we ignore the need for improvements to our current system.

The RRSG proposes an approach to assessment of reading comprehension that differs from current approaches in that it is based on an appropriately rich and elaborate theory of reading comprehension.

Looking at achievement trends across these different assessments raises questions about the effectiveness of our current approach to school reform in the U.S.. By 2008 and certainly by 2012, we should have seen evidence of a positive impact on achievement from the test - driven reforms of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 (NCLB).

In her current role at ATI, Sarah manages projects related to the ongoing development of the Galileo application including the development of innovative technology and the design of easy - to - use, engaging user interfaces reflecting new approaches to assessment and instructional intervention.

The current slogan about the benefits of a «balanced» approach to reading instruction might also be applied to a «balanced» approach to reading assessment.

In many ways our current mathematics assessment approach is equivalent to a senior secondary English essay that gave 80 % of the grade for neat handwriting and correct spelling.

An approach to accountability that holds states responsible for the conditions to learn while holding communities responsible for equity and achievement: The current federal policy framework holds schools to unreasonable targets, using narrow assessment tools, with punishments that do little to improve school performance.

The CDR field, however, largely remains in its infancy today, which is why Michael and I took the opportunity of the USEA workshop to share an overview of the current research on CDR approaches as well as our assessment of the need for increased investment into the field to spur the growth of the field.

Standard forms of risk assessment and cost - benefit analyses used by current biotechnology regulatory approaches are inadequate to guarantee protection of the public and the environment.

This publication represents the culmination of a two - year process of working with stakeholders to identify: current gaps in knowledge and tools that preclude better decisions; strategies for addressing those gaps; a clearinghouse of linked health and environment knowledge and resources; linked health and environment guidance on assessment procedures; and pilot - testing of the approaches in the field.

«Mr. Anderson may wish to discuss: the current status of the National Energy Board's (NEB) review of the project; the Government's approach to reviewing the environmental assessment process and potential transition measures that could apply to TMX; the Government's commitment to renew its relationship with Indigenous people; and, potential developments in the company's plans related to the project.»

Construction Management Jumpstart: The Best First Step Toward a Career in Construction Management 2nd edition — From technological advances to project risk assessment, this book explores traditional approaches and current trends for civil project managers.