Sentences with phrase «education on a national scale»

We are honored to participate in this prestigious project that has the capacity to positively impact middle - grades education on a national scale.

Overrepresentation in Special Education On a national scale, students of color have historically been overrepresented in special education.19 Rebora, A. (2011, October 12).

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A campaign about education in the northeastern U.S. targeting a specific elected official may not hold my attention with content that calls out a particular politician by name (they're not MY rep, after all), but if the content also contains stats that I find relevant to education discussions where I live, then suddenly even a regional campaign can be relevant on a national scale.

Introducing NEON: The National Ecological Observatory Network was created to understand and forecast the impacts of climate change, land use change, and invasive species on continental - scale ecology by providing an observational infrastructure to support research, education, and environmental management in these areas.

Jess: During this election season, I had thought a lot about the absence of education from political dialogue in this country, at least on a national scale, and I found that really frustrating.

As vice president, Gray not only advises The Mind Trust's president and CEO on issues of strategy and operations and advances the policy work, he also leads the effort to help this Indianapolis - based and - focused organization build a national network of city - based organizations that will work together to support education entrepreneurs as they scale to new markets across the country.

The studies range from large - scale assessments (National Assessment of Educational Progress [NAEP] and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study [TIMSS]-RRB-, to evaluations of specific interventions (class - size reduction and vouchers), to commission reports (National Reading Panel, National Commission on Teaching and America's Future), to data analyses (Education Trust on teacher quality, Jay Greene on graduation rates).

To study the extent to which these kinds of scenarios might unfold on a larger scale, we use rich survey data from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS), which was conducted by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics.

The paper grew out of their work on a National Academy of Education steering committee, chaired by Singer, that studied the purposes, methods, and policy uses of so - called international large - scale assessments, or ILSAs — tests like the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) or the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS).

The Interagency Education Research Initiative — funded jointly by the National Science Foundation, OERI, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development — is sponsoring efforts that bring early research to scale with some emphasis on the use of technology.

The Walk - In for Public Education is organized by the local Educators Association, and on a larger scale by the National Education Association.

Then, in 1983 along came A Nation At Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform from President Ronald Reagan's National Commission on Excellence in Education to tip the scales.

According to NAEP results, released by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics, Alabama is one of four states to show significant gains in fourth - grade reading, and over the past eight years has shown a greater increase in scale than any other state, moving from 207 in 2003 to the national average of 220 on a 500 - point scale National Center for Education Statistics, Alabama is one of four states to show significant gains in fourth - grade reading, and over the past eight years has shown a greater increase in scale than any other state, moving from 207 in 2003 to the national average of 220 on a 500 - point scale national average of 220 on a 500 - point scale in 2011.

And just as the Facebook debacle raises public concerns about the use of personal data, a new international test of ten and 15 - year - olds is to be introduced by the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)-- a powerful influence on national education policies at a global scale.

In the fight over how to close the racial achievement gap in education, you rarely hear about the only policy that's ever worked on a national scale: desegregation.

On average, U.S. students scored lower than OECD average on the combined science and literacy scale (489 vs. 500) and mathematics scale (474 vs. 498)(U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, n.d.On average, U.S. students scored lower than OECD average on the combined science and literacy scale (489 vs. 500) and mathematics scale (474 vs. 498)(U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, n.d.on the combined science and literacy scale (489 vs. 500) and mathematics scale (474 vs. 498)(U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, n.d.).

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Testing, teachers and new players on the national scale are just a few stories we know Indiana's education playmakers will be following in 2016.

Related: Opinion There's one education reform proven to work on a national scale, so why aren't we trying it?

President of the National Center on Education and the Economy suggests that it's time to quit experimenting with large scale testing and charter schools and instead focus on raising entry standards for teacher education Education and the Economy suggests that it's time to quit experimenting with large scale testing and charter schools and instead focus on raising entry standards for teacher education education programs.

Nine Keys to Student Achievement and Cost - Effectiveness The first large - scale national study to identify and prioritize the factors that make some technology implementations perform dramatically better than others, demonstrate that schools employing a 1:1 student computer ratio and the key implementation factors outperform other schools, and reveal significant opportunities for improving education return on investment (ROI) by transforming teaching and learning.

While models with parental education and parental occupation were marginally better at predicting pupil achievement, the potential costs of switching to either of these approaches far outweighed any slight gains.Switching to either approach would require significant investment to collect data, and collecting data on parents» education levels or occupations on a national scale could be a challenge.

Those reforms point to the larger project Bobb has undertaken in the district — one that resembles Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's plan for education reform on a nationEducation Arne Duncan's plan for education reform on a nationeducation reform on a national scale.

The Dallas, Texas - based National Math and Science Initiative, also recognized in the Scale - Up category, focuses on STEM education.

On a national scale, being a teacher in North Carolina is arguably among the most challenging environments in public education.

«The Board Examination Consortium announced today by the National Center on Education and the Economy represents a bold, imaginative effort to design and implement a large - scale assessment system that will promote student achievement by building upon world - class standards of teaching, learning, and educational measurement.

He has not had a chance to relay his opinions on higher education or student loans on the national scale, but he will have his chance.

Some Inuit children were educated in mission schools in Labrador as early as the 1790s; however, formal European - style education for Inuit youth only began on a national scale in the 1950s with the construction of elementary and residential schools throughout major settlements in the Arctic, including Baffin Island.

In sum, high - quality comprehensive sexuality education needs to be recognized as essential for the healthy development of adolescents and their transition to adulthood, and needs to become institutionalized within national systems of education if it is to be delivered at scale on a sustained basis.

1993 Richard Steele, Audrey Steele Burn, and Barbara Steele Williams Audrey Steele Burnand, Barbara Steele Williams, and Richard Steele, the children of Harry and Grace Steele (another daughter, Virginia Steele Scott, died in 1975), spent their lifetimes supporting the arts in Orange County, CA, higher education throughout California, and family planning on a national scale.