Sentences with phrase «despite widespread evidence»

For now, the state will continue the problematic strategy of giving teachers «value added measurement» (VAM) scores based on their students» test results — despite widespread evidence that VAM scores are both unreliable and unfair.

«Despite the widespread evidence for interactions between sleep loss and metabolic dysfunction, little is known about the molecular basis of this interaction and how these processes integrate within the brain.»

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There's absolutely no evidence at all showing that there was widespread illegal voting in the 2016 election, despite Trump's insistence that were was.

This amid evidence that, despite widespread geopolitical uncertainties, luxury consumers are redirecting their spending toward new and more personalized high - end experiences like luxury travel, food and wine.

The activist also pointed to the WFP's issuance of a «strong statement of support» in the wake of the indictment of Sheldon Silver and its backing of Cuomo's re-election in 2014 — despite widespread membership opposition — as evidence of the party's shaky future.

And spokespeople for two organizations that are collating dossiers for Johnson's inbox — Universities UK, which represents British higher - education institutions, and the Institute of Physics — both told Nature on July 20 that despite concerns, they haven't yet seen evidence that Brexit is having a widespread impact.

But despite the rapid and widespread adoption of policies to require calorie counts at restaurants, most studies of calorie labels in fast - food restaurants in places that have already adopted labeling, including New York, have found little evidence that fast - food consumers are changing their behaviors in response to the labels.

The study, published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, addresses a longstanding paradox between predictions of widespread extinctions of cold - water species and a general lack of evidence for those extinctions despite decades of recent climate change.

«Despite large variation in health care prices, prevalence of high - deductible health plans and widespread interest in price transparency, we did not find evidence that offering price transparency to employees generated savings,» said Sunita Desai, a research fellow in health care policy at Harvard Medical School and lead author on the study.

Helmed by Oren Moverman, it explores the state of the LAPD circa the late»90s but, despite what its title suggests, the film isn't about the infamous Rampart scandal — an umbrella term for the widespread corruption that occurred inside the Division's anti-gang unit (offenses ranged from unprovoked shootings, planting of evidence, narcotics possession, bank robbery, and perjury)-- but instead it's set whilst the events were still current.

Despite widespread pessimism among educators about whether merit pay systems can effectively reward good teachers, most of the limited empirical evidence has been surprisingly positive.

Despite initial scepticism about what it would be possible to demonstrate using pre-existing school data, the analysis revealed widespread evidence that meaningful engagement in the Greenhouse Sports programmes was associated with a range of positive outcomes for students when compared to students who did not participate.

Despite widespread use of the program with upper elementary through high school students, there is limited empirical evidence to support its effectiveness.

Despite what the lack of action on this issue suggests, however, there is widespread public support for increasing the selectivity of teacher preparation programs: 60 percent of Americans believe that preparation programs should make their entrance requirements more rigorous.11 While there has been some recent evidence of a shift, the average SAT scores of college students pursuing education degrees have historically been lower than those of students entering other professions.12

As the report notes, despite widespread calls for connecting evidence of new teachers» effectiveness back to their preparation programs, «there has been no coordinated effort to provide these programs with valid, reliable, timely, and comparable data about the [educators] they prepare» (p. 2).

The basic nutrient requirements of our pets are well - established by decades of research, and despite the claims of BARF proponents there is no evidence that nutritional disease are widespread among pets fed balanced commercial diets.

Despite clear evidence that the practice has negative impacts, such as increased seismic activity and air and groundwater pollution, certain to worsen as fracking becomes more widespread, the benefits of a ready flow of natural gas outweigh these «speculative» risks.

«Despite Apple's disclosure that Jobs approved widespread backdating at Apple, there is no evidence he directed the backdating of his own grant or covered it up afterward, based on a review of regulatory filings and interviews with lawyers intimately familiar with the grant who asked not to be identified.»

[13] Despite widespread and often fearful speculation on this point, there is no evidence that there is a higher rate of complaints (or lawsuits) when lawyers offer limited - scope retainers.

In fact, despite widespread and growing discontent with the perpetually vexed expert witness system in the Ontario auto insurance system — OTLA has never shown up at any of the many media battles over systemic shoddy IMEs / IEs which morph into flawed expert opinion evidence (substandard «expert» opinion evidence is as common as dirt in the Ontario personal injury context).

Despite anecdotal evidence of jurors misbehaving when using the Internet and social media (for instance, the recent article on Slaw English Court Jails Juror Who Used Internet Search), a recent survey of members of the U.S. federal judiciary reveals that the problem appears less widespread than many assume.

There is a growing evidence base in support of the effectiveness of acupuncture for a range of musculoskeletal conditions11, 12; however, despite its widespread use by participants13 there has been limited evidence for acupuncture as an effective treatment option for depression.14 Patients with strong preferences for psychotherapy or counselling for depression are not likely to engage in antidepressant treatment, 15 yet the evidence for counselling as a treatment for depression is limited16 despite widespread utilisation in primary care in the UK, with around 90 % of general practices providing on - site counselling services.17 To address this evidence gap, a randomised controlled trial Acupuncture, Counselling or Usual Care for Depression (ACUDep) compared acupuncture or counselling to usual care as treatments for primary care patients with ongoing depression.18 The results showed that acupuncture and counselling were clinically effective in reducing depression in the short to medium term.

Despite widespread implementation, Cochrane reviews have found little evidence for the effectiveness of school - based drug prevention programmes on adolescent substance use, with such reviews focused on any or only universal intervention approaches.4 — 6 Of the multiple intervention approaches examined by such reviews, little or no evidence of effectiveness has been found for the most commonly implemented curricula or information - only interventions.