Sentences with phrase «develop systems of assessment»

In a report that was set for release this week, the commission lays out a 10 - year plan for states to develop systems of assessment that go beyond identifying student achievement for accountability purposes and toward improving classroom instruction and giving greater insight into how children learn.

Children's Secretary Ed Balls said an expert group would develop a system of assessment by teachers.

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Within a framework of sustainable development — including a cap - and - trade system and thorough environmental assessments — New Democrats would prioritize our own energy security and with it the creation of high - paying, value - added jobs, refining and upgrading our own natural resources right here in Canada — just as other resource - rich developed nations like Norway already have.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Standardized Assessment of Concussion or «SAC», Sport Concussion Assessment Tool Version 3 or «SCAT3», the Balance Error Scoring System or «BESS», King - Devick Test», Maddocks» questions) already shown by studies to be reliable in making the initial remove - from - play decision, or one of a number of new assessment screens being developed and tested.

Mr Prosper Ahalivor who spoke on behalf of the Head of the Local Government Service (LGS) said it was pertinent to disclose that in its bid to improve institutional and staff capacity, competition, performance and service delivery, the Service had developed and implementing an evaluation / assessment system known as the LGS Performance Management System system known as the LGS Performance Management System System (PMS).

Maine EPSCoR Assessment and Guidance On March 12th, RCP completed an assessment of the University of Maine's Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET)- a statewide effort to develop a transdisciplinary understanding of how social - environmental systems (SES) interact with sustainable ecological aquaculture (SEA) in Maine's coastal communities and ecosystems.

The researchers now want to continue developing a more advanced regional earth system model to improve the regional environmental impact assessment, and apply this not only to the Amazon region but also to other parts of the world.

His main work focuses on developing an artificial lymph node system for the assessment of responses to human vaccines.

Developing a diagnostic system to measure human functional age in comparison to chronological age, and assist in the assessment of anti-aging therapeutics.

As part of the plan, Ofqual's final two goals are to monitor and evaluate the validity of National Assessments and develop and manage its people, resources and systems.

The Arlington, Va. - based standards board, created in 1987, has received more than $ 100 million in federal funds to develop and run a system of assessments for recognizing accomplished teachers.

William Sanders, formerly of the University of Tennessee and now at the SAS Institute, has done pioneering work to develop a system of value - added assessment, using the results of annual tests administered to all elementary and middle - school students in Tennessee.

The bill would also create a mechanism to develop national standards in school subjects and a national system of assessments, and would...

Using a complex system of assessments developed over the two decades the university has been operating, WGU's method is competency - based, requiring that students prove they've mastered all the skills and knowledge offered in a given subject area.

Sandeen estimates that the university system has spent close to $ 1 million on developing each of its direct - assessment competency - based programs.

Perhaps SB's most revealing response along these lines is the following: «While the process that is being used to develop the Smarter Balanced assessment system would be familiar to anyone who has ever built a test, what is unique about Smarter Balanced is the bringing together of a large and diverse array of talent committed to making each element of the system» best in breed.

Concerned that high - stakes testing was narrowing student assessment down to a few scores, teachers and administrators in one Illinois district developed a system to assess a range of skills — including critical thinking and social - emotional skills — they wanted students to master by the time they left school.

In PARCC's words, «There are thousands of state leaders, local educators and postsecondary leaders, administrators and faculty who are engaged in developing the PARCC assessment system.»

Blooms Taxonomy (1956) was developed to classify the complexity of questions asked in assessments, ultimately becoming a system for classifying learning outcomes.

Despite their many differences, these three schools share a common commitment to developing a project - rich curriculum supported and influenced by a thoughtful system of assessment.

While nasen is broadly supportive of the review and its recommendations, we recognise the challenge in developing an inclusive approach to assessment through one system that works for all children and young people.

Hill and her team have developed assessments that capture teachers» mathematical knowledge for teaching and teachers» mathematical quality of instruction, assessments now widely available to researchers, instructional coaches, evaluators, and policy - makers via online training and administrative systems.

Beyond Standardized Testing: District Focuses on Assessing the Whole Child Concerned that high - stakes testing was narrowing student assessment down to a few scores, educators in one Illinois district developed a system to assess a wide range of skills — including thinking skills and social skills — they wanted students to master.

Sixty - one CSSS members across 38 states responded to our survey and reported that their work most frequently involves activities that attend to key components of their state's education systems, including: reviewing and developing state science standards, designing state science assessments, and designing or conducting teacher professional development.

While the process that is being used to develop the Smarter Balanced assessment system would be familiar to anyone who has ever built a test, what is unique about Smarter Balanced is the bringing together of a large and diverse array of talent committed to making each element of the system «best in breed.»

We believe that the work to upgrade teaching and learning and develop a 21st century assessment system aligned to our college and career ready standards is essential — to the aspirations of individual students and to the state which relies on the brainpower we produce.

The ARCH project, developed through a Teaching American History grant partnership between the Howard County Public School System (Maryland) and the Center for History Education at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), is a framework for assessment that measures the process of historical thinking, as well as the retention of prior knowledge.

Using a widely regarded conceptual approach called Evidence - Centered Design, and working in partnership with an array of private sector companies, work groups comprising assessment leadership from Smarter Balanced states have developed the various components necessary for a next - generation assessment system.

Twenty - five American school districts, including New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Detroit, possess the size — more than 100,000 students each — and the resources to build the kinds of organizations that might effectively support the schools, by recruiting and training high - caliber teachers, developing a demanding curriculum, and building an assessment system that accurately tracks student progress.

Those matter more than a little in contemporary American K — 12 education as she is (a) close to the Obama administration, (b) the intellectual and spiritual leader of one of the two major «consortia» of states that are going to develop new assessment systems to accompany the new «common core» standards, and (c) she is at the epicenter of much work on multiple fronts — with big bucks from major foundations — to transform how the country views assessment and how states engage in it.

Developing kindergarten readiness and other large - scale assessment systems: Necessary considerations in the assessment of youth children.

NCLB requires states to develop systems for assessing the achievement of all students against the state's standards, with only limited options for alternate assessments for students with significant disabilities.

Over the next three to five years, education leaders and policymakers should develop a robust, coherent, and aligned system of standards and assessments that measures student progress toward challenging state standards.

June 13, 2012 (Los Angeles)-- A day after a judge ruled the Los Angeles Unified School District must start incorporating student growth data into annual teacher evaluations, a group of Los Angeles classroom educators are proposing a unique framework for teacher evaluation that would include a mix of State and new, locally developed assessments as part of a multi-measured evaluation system.

CEC helped RPS revise its teacher evaluation process and learn to use student growth measures before implementing PAR; conduct and analyze a detailed system assessment before beginning strategic planning; and develop a data - based decision - making culture at the school level before the implementation of SMART Goals as a school improvement process.

We welcome the opportunity to partner with officials from DESE and BESE to explore possible assessment of the teaching and learning of social - emotional competency, but these areas of work are not yet developed enough to modify the accountability system to include them.

In response ACTFL has developed the Assessment of Performance and Proficiency of Languages (AAPPL ®), a complete assessment system to evaluate 21st century language student performance and progress.

The commission acknowledges that its paper does not grapple with several big hurdles in developing more - comprehensive assessment systems, among them the cost of developing complex test items and the widely disparate digital infrastructures of the schools that would use the tests.

What educational and social forces have prevented schools from developing the kind of balanced assessment system defined in this chapter?

She has developed and presented over 300 workshops on a variety of topics, including standards, mathematics teaching, assessment, instructional strategies, leadership, professional development planning and evaluation, and system improvement.

Schools and districts, in developing and refining the professional development system, shall also review and monitor school discipline data; school environment surveys; assessments of parental satisfaction; performance appraisal data of teachers, managers, and administrative personnel; and other performance indicators to identify school and student needs that can be met by improved professional performance.

Teaching Matters has spent the better part of two years developing a system of coaching and assessment that's all about determining just what skills are most essential for teacher leaders.

Key areas of support include (1) developing English Language Proficiency Standards, (2) facilitating the development of English Language Proficiency Assessments, (3) development of guidance on moving toward a common definition of ELs, (4) inclusion of ELs in state accountability systems, (5) compliance with federal law related to ELs, and (6) guidance on identifying ELs with disabilities.

In support of this effort, CRESST aims to develop innovations to advance scoring and test delivery to improve the efficiency of the ELPA21 assessment system.

I had to strengthen the curriculum, develop common assessments, offer professional development, engage the community, establish a new accountability system, negotiate contracts, and align budgets to the needs of the system.

In April 2010, he announced another set of Race to the Top challenges: consortia of states boasting at least 15 members could receive part of $ 362 million to craft the assessments based on the Common Core.11 Applying consortia had to submit evidence from each member state that it would adopt standards «substantially identical across all States in [the] consortium,» fully implement whatever assessments were produced by 2014 — 15, and expand their its collection systems.12 In late 2010, two consortia were granted $ 170 million and $ 160 million to develop assessments for use in their 45 member states (combined total at the time).

To enhance the quality of our programs, Walden developed an assessment system designed to ensure that all students graduating from the Riley College of Education and Leadership demonstrate the knowledge and skills to be successful.

The Center for Assessment has a long history of leadership in developing rich and innovative assessment systems to support instructional reforms for enhancing student learning.

Erika Landl (formerly Hall) strives to develop innovative, user - friendly frameworks and procedures that operationalize best practice related to the design, implementation and validation of assessments and accountability systems.