Sentences with phrase «data standards efforts»

SETDA profiled the emerging work of inBloom in our May 2013 report, Transforming Data to Information, along with over a dozen other interoperability and data standards efforts related to meeting the information needs of K - 12 educators, school leaders and policymakers who — while awash in data — too often still lack the ability to easily -LSB-...]

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Given conflicting data indicating that 90 % of districts are already meeting the standards successfully, many school food advocates have asked the obvious question: instead of weakening nutrition — a move that directly harms kids — why not put more effort into helping the small minority of districts that are struggling?

Toward High School Biology is designed to align closely with a new set of science education standards, called the Next Generation Science Standards, which were developed with help from 26 states and organizations like AAAS and the National Research Council, in an effort to teach students to read scientific texts, analyze data and construct coherent explanations of scientific phenomena.

«Every time the patient does one of the exercises, the system sends new data, so the doctor can immediately determine whether the patient's effort meets the standard set and make adjustments to the prescription if necessary,» adds Álvaro Martínez.

The 2015 NOAA study «used flawed data, was rushed to publication in an effort to support the president's climate change agenda, and ignored NOAA's own standards for scientific study,» Smith said in a statement.

He contends that «there is already enough information publicly available to allow someone to make a transmissible H5 HA - possessing virus,» highly trained researchers have conducted the work under stringent biosafety standards, the findings can help inform surveillance efforts, and the proposed mechanisms for restricting access to the data are «unwieldy.»

Large - scale sequencing efforts like the 1,000 Genomes Project and The Cancer Genome Atlas now consider BAM the standard format for data exchange.

«But these data are still very fragmented, so we really will need a national effort with standards for data collection and sharing.»

Provides comprehensive data for individual states in the following categories: summary of grades, student achievement, standards and accountability, efforts to improve teacher quality, school climate, resources: equity and spending.

Efforts led by the Ed - Fi Alliance, the Access for Learning Community, and the federal government's Common Education Data Standards program, all aim to promote common sets of data standaData Standards program, all aim to promote common sets of data standadata standards.

The governors and chief school officers groups pressed the foundation to expand its offer, and it has now agreed to help any state that meets eight criteria, including a commitment to the common standards effort and the ability to link student data to teachers.

Other reports in this series explore the six districts» efforts in areas including the creation of clear standards for principal performance, improvement of principal training programs, and establishment of data systems to assist in hiring and management of principal talent.

However, with so much time and effort undertaken at the state level in the implementation of accountability measures such as Student Learning Objective (SLOs), prescribed teaching standard frameworks or rubrics, and student achievement data, I can not imagine a scenario in which states would abandon their new methods for grading teachers.

Duncan has dispensed plenty of tips: Lift restrictions on the growth of charter schools; build data systems that show individual student progress under specific teachers and principals; seek out new ways to turn around perennially struggling schools; and sign on to efforts to develop common academic standards that are tough enough to withstand international scrutiny.

She has been instrumental in facilitating professional development initiatives focused on standards - based learning and teaching, improved understanding and utilization of assessment data, interventions and differentiation that meets the needs of all learners, and strengthened efforts to ensure K — 12 literacy.

From high standards to aligned assessments, data transparency to school accountability, advocates for reform are championing efforts in their states to ensure that kids get the great educations they deserve.

You can expect clear, practical education about the industry data standards and a casual, interactive discussion format with SDC staff and industry data experts that is sure to advance your product data management effort.

For a long time, a lack of standard practices and agreement on definitions (like what to classify as an «adoption return» versus an «owner surrender,» or what to categorize as «owner - intended euthanasia») has undermined efforts to compile data nationally.

Moving on, many of the following quotes are relevant to various iterations of CMIP, which is an ongoing effort to coordinate modeling activities by creating some standards (both in terms of input data and experimental setups).

The history of such efforts follows a mostly standard path — local chronologies are put together, different «standardisation'techniques are applied, more data is collected, wider collations are put together, and then regional reconstructions start to appear.

«The committee thanks Dr. Bates, a Department of Commerce Gold Medal winner for creating and implementing a standard to produce and preserve climate data, for exposing the previous administration's efforts to push their costly climate agenda at the expense of scientific integrity,» Smith said in a statement on the matter.

Regulators should also continue their efforts to cut wasted methane, and should go farther than they have in requiring better data and higher performance standards.

There appears to be a conscious effort to avoid conflicts of interest that besets all the standard temperature data keepers.

The Committee thanks Dr. Bates, a Department of Commerce Gold Medal winner for creating and implementing a standard to produce and preserve climate data, for exposing the previous administration's efforts to push their costly climate agenda at the expense of scientific integrity.»

Dr. Bates» revelations and NOAA's obstruction certainly lend credence to what I've expected all along — that the Karl study used flawed data, was rushed to publication in an effort to support the president's climate change agenda, and ignored NOAA's own standards for scientific study.

«We will be working with data providers and conservation organizations to ensure that the number of gold - standard data sets increases and the data are integrated with ongoing efforts around the world,» said Piero Visconti, KR Planetary Boundary Analyst at UNEP - WCMC.

Ultimately, the data does not back up the claims of these fossil fuel and utility front groups — and legislators should reject efforts to eliminate or freeze Ohio's clean energy and energy efficiency standards.

«The evaluation of the consumption data proves that the efforts made by the City of Heidelberg to design an entire city district to a high standard in terms of energy efficiency based on future - oriented specifications and corresponding quality assurance have been tremendously successful,» says Søren Peper of the Passive House Institute, who was in charge of the monitoring project.

There exists both a standard data request cover letter and a certificate of appreciation countersigned by the Chairs of GCOS, WCRP and the WMO Commission for Climatology to aid efforts to facilitate data exchange.

«Dr. Bates» revelations and NOAA's obstruction certainly lend credence to what I've expected all along — that the Karl study used flawed data, was rushed to publication in an effort to support the president's climate change agenda, and ignored NOAA's own standards for scientific study,» Smith said in a statement on The Daily Mail's story.

«The Committee thanks Dr. Bates, a Department of Commerce Gold Medal winner for creating and implementing a standard to produce and preserve climate data, for exposing the previous administration's efforts to push their costly climate agenda at the expense of scientific integrity,» Smith said.

The evolving standard from U.S. ethics rules and opinions seems to be that lawyers must make reasonable efforts to ensure any data they place in the cloud is reasonably secure.

This sort of encryption is done for you without any effort on your part, as it is just a standard feature of the infrastructure you are using to bank or update client data or similar activities.

However, on Oct. 6, 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union declared the Safe Harbor to be invalid, prompting frantic efforts to develop a replacement framework for transatlantic data transfers that would ensure that any transfer of personal information of EU citizens to U.S. companies would meet equivalent data protection standards to those standards that exist in the EU.

While at K&L, Beau also directed and coordinated data review and production efforts of project teams comprised of more than 100 attorneys and technical staff located across multiple offices; developed and implemented training programs for attorneys, paralegals, and technical support staff; and trained review attorneys in standard document review operating procedures, matter specific background information, and usage of proprietary software.

Some companies are using the EU's so - called «Standard Contractual Clauses» (also known as model clauses) in their legal language in an effort to safely continue data transfer out of the EU.

Scientists spend immense effort establishing objective data quality standards precisely because poor quality data can lead to unreliable and incorrect results.

The Cures Act stipulates that EHRs provide application programming interfaces (APIs), with the expectation that these APIs will enable access to clinical data «without special effort,» enabling programmers to use standard tools to create innovative apps for consumers and providers.

• Plan, develop and implement marketing efforts to increase awareness of all of the company's brands • Create and implement strategies to ensure that appropriate advantage of market opportunities is taken • Develop and implement brand standards and usage guidelines • Review metrics such as sales volume, market share and profit projections to track consumer and market insights • Work with sales teams to analyze sales data to determine new products and kill underperforming product lines • Analyze how the company's brand is positioned in the market and crystalize target markets • Translate brand strategies into effective plans and positioning directives • Measure the performance of marketing campaigns and report performances by analyzing ROIs and KPIs

Early Loss Mitigation Supervisor (9/2008 — 4/2010) • Managed unit of approximately 8 to 15 collectors while ensuring the achievement of unit objectives and related standards • Compiled and analyzed statistical data relative to unit productivity, monitoring live calls while providing feedback to staff • Provide advice and question resolution concerning collection activities, reviewing the status of severely delinquent accounts and handling all loss mitigation efforts • Advised staff of any changes in policy and procedures, allocated critical resources, and developed work schedules • Train current and new staff members as well as conduct performance reviews, making recommendations as needed regarding corrective actions and suggested dismissals • Assist departmental manager with training course scheduling for entire department • Create and distribute various reports to staff and peers on a regular and ad - hoc basis • Traveled to Chatsworth, CA as supervisor, developing observations and recommendations which led to facility improvements • Acted as representative to the Washington Mutual conversion to early loss mitigation in Albion, NY, sharing best practices from Chase

Professional Experience JP MORGAN CHASE Tempe, AZ Early Loss Mitigation Supervisor (September 2008 to present) • Manage a unit of approximately of 8 to 15 collectors ensuring their unit objectives and standards are met • Compile and analyze statistical data relative to unit productivity, monitor live calls and provide feedback to staff • Provide advice and answer questions concerning collection activities, review status of the most delinquent accounts and handle the Loss Mitigation efforts.

Such system work includes developing state - supported and coordinated efforts in the areas of professional development, cross-model standards, data collection and evaluation, continuous quality improvement, and processes to deliver high - quality technical assistance.

Council of Chief State School Officers - The Council of Chief State School Officers works with chief state school officers, state education agencies, and others to support states in integrating early childhood, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education standards, assessment, data, and professional development efforts.

CEDS is a national collaborative effort to develop voluntary, common data standards for a key set of education data elements to streamline the exchange and comparison of data across institutions and sectors, including early learning data standards.

CCSSO's Early Childhood Initiatives program works with chief state school officers, state education agencies and other partners to foster the healthy development, learning progress and school success of young children, birth to age 5, with a special focus on eliminating disparities in learning opportunities and outcomes for young at - risk children by supporting states in integrating early childhood, elementary, second and postsecondary education standards, assessment, data, and professional development efforts to form a more cohesive and powerful 21st century education system.

The Uniform Mortgage Data Program (UMDP) is a joint effort between the government sponsored enterprises (GSE), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to create uniform data standards and collection procesData Program (UMDP) is a joint effort between the government sponsored enterprises (GSE), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to create uniform data standards and collection procesdata standards and collection processes.

«Our goal is to really work on the challenges... to find a way, through the efforts of all these organizations, to provide consistent data efficiency, to try to break down data silos that are huge pain points in brokerage communities,» said Jeremy Crawford, CEO of the Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO), which has developed data standards used by hundreds of associations, brokerages, MLSs and vendors.

For example, the GSEs, at the direction of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, are currently engaged in an effort to develop a standardized dataset for the Closing Disclosure, which they call the «Uniform Closing Dataset (UCD),» and which will utilize the data standards of the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO).