Sentences with phrase «effectiveness of any given policy»
Early impact studies will virtually never provide the «final answer» as to the effectiveness of any given policy, and researchers should explicitly caution against the interpretation of their work as such.
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But the sense some central banks might be reviewing the effectiveness of their QE programs was given credence by the Bank of Japan's (BOJ's) policy shift in September to target yields rather than bond purchases.
«We have asked the Lancet to review the effectiveness of its conflicts of interest policy, given that two lead authors of its series on Maternal and Child Nutrition, published in June 2013, declared that they are members of Nestle's Creating Shared Value Advisory Committee.
This has also raised question about the effectiveness of the conflict of interest policy of the medical journal Lancet, given that two of the lead authors of its series on Maternal and Child Nutrition were members of Nestle's Creating Shared Value Advisory Committee.
It recommended three policy options to strengthen the agriculture sector: improving the quality and effectiveness of public expenditure, the environment for agriculture businesses to promote value addition and fixing challenges in the cocoa sector given the large size of the cocoa economy.
The team ranked the strength of the evidence of a given policy's effectiveness as limited (at least one study showed an effect, which wasn't contradicted by other studies), moderate (two or more studies showed the same effect, no contradictory studies) or supported (three or more studies with at least two independent datasets found an effect with no contradictory studies).
States and districts can establish a policy of «mutual consent» that gives principals the right to choose their own teachers... States and districts can eliminate seniority - based layoffs, which should consider effectiveness instead, and make it easier to transfer or remove ineffective teachers who can not improve.»
Jimmy Casas, a high school principal from Bettendorf, Iowa, who attended the summit, predicts that meeting the #FutureReady challenge will require an expansion in «student - led initiatives that give students a voice in curriculum offerings, school policies, design of classroom and other learning spaces, lesson / unit design, student - led conferences and feedback on teacher effectiveness in the classroom.»
More generally, while research can evaluate the effectiveness of policies that use value - added measures, research can never determine the optimal approach for a given district or school.
Dr. Laura Goe, Dr. Courtney Bell, and Ms. Olivia Little note in Approaches to Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness, «Given that teachers» roles involve much more than simply providing subject - matter instruction, it is appropriate to consider a broader and more comprehensive definition of effective teachers consisting of five points and formulated by evaluating discussions of teacher effectiveness in the research literature as well as in policy documents, standards and reports&rEffectiveness, «Given that teachers» roles involve much more than simply providing subject - matter instruction, it is appropriate to consider a broader and more comprehensive definition of effective teachers consisting of five points and formulated by evaluating discussions of teacher effectiveness in the research literature as well as in policy documents, standards and reports&reffectiveness in the research literature as well as in policy documents, standards and reports» (2008).
In the next presentation, Arthur McKee gave an overview of research being in the field of teacher preparation and effectiveness, and provided recommendations for future state and federal policy.
SGPs may not be designed to give causal estimates of teacher effectiveness, but they are understandably appealing to many policy makers and administrators because of the transparency of the resulting scores.
In this paper we report on work estimating the stability of value - added estimates of teacher effects, an important area of investigation given public interest in workforce policies that implicitly assume effectiveness is a stable attribute within teachers.
However, the effectiveness of a given carbon pricing policy will depend on the strength of the price signal, the breadth of the economy it covers, and how well any spending programs or other complementary features solve additional market failures that a price alone does not address.
Similar adaptations and coping strategies can, given supportive policies and institutions, form the basis for adaptation to climate change, although the effectiveness of such approaches will depend on the severity and speed of climate change impacts.
Having an experience as an HR person, the post of the HR Director would give me the opportunity to make recruitment plans and policies keeping in mind the target of the company's projects and ultimately focus on effectiveness and efficiency of the employees of the various department to work together for the final goal of the company.
Given the likely lower cost of targeted pediatric primary care interventions compared with home - based programs, 34 cost - effectiveness analyses will be needed to better understand implications for public health policy.