Sentences with phrase «effectiveness of school programs»

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The Campaign has had remarkable successes over the years, building the reach, quality, and effectiveness of programs across the board — School Breakfast, School Lunch, Summer Food, Afterschool Meals and Snacks, WIC, the Child and Adult Care Food Program, and SNAP / Food Stamps.

In this chapter, we focus on the effectiveness of home visiting programs in promoting developmental, cognitive, and school readiness outcomes in children.

In the US, the Obama administration has funded a range of initiatives that require the use of evidence - based strategies in areas such as teen pregnancy prevention, home visiting, education and workforce innovation.2, 3 In the field of home visiting, an increasing number of programs have been rigorously evaluated and have demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in outcome domains such as parenting, maternal and child health, child development and school readiness, reductions in child maltreatment, and family economic self - sufficiency.4, 5,6

The Effectiveness of Whole - School Anti-bullying Programs: A Synthesis of Evaluation Research.

Download the «School Lunch Initiative Evaluation,» a study that demonstrated the effectiveness of a program combining gardening, cooking, improvements in school food, and integrating learning about food and the environment into the academic curriSchool Lunch Initiative Evaluation,» a study that demonstrated the effectiveness of a program combining gardening, cooking, improvements in school food, and integrating learning about food and the environment into the academic currischool food, and integrating learning about food and the environment into the academic curriculum.

In 2000, long - time teacher Marlene Pearson was asked by the National Marriage Project to review the effectiveness of several marriage and relationship programs used in schools.

«We believe that early treatment and self - recognition of depression are essential for reducing suffering in young people, and our results validate the overall effectiveness of the program,» says Karen Swartz, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and founder of ADAP at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

In collaboration with Saint Paul Public Schools and other implementation sites, guiding principles of the effectiveness of program expansion are shared ownership, committed resources, and progress monitoring for improvement.

It turns out that the effectiveness of school - wide bonus programs may, in fact, depend on the number of teachers with tested students in a school (see Figure 1).

Muralidharan evaluated four different facets of the program including the impact of performance pay on learning, whether it led to any negative consequences on the teachers, the difference between group incentives and individual, and the relative effectiveness of teacher performance pay versus spending the same money on additional school inputs.

The early experience with the New York City School - Wide Performance Bonus Program suggests, however, that a heavy reliance on school - wide rewards may hamper the effectiveness of merit pay programs in schools with large teaching staffs that are not highly collaborSchool - Wide Performance Bonus Program suggests, however, that a heavy reliance on school - wide rewards may hamper the effectiveness of merit pay programs in schools with large teaching staffs that are not highly collaborschool - wide rewards may hamper the effectiveness of merit pay programs in schools with large teaching staffs that are not highly collaborative.

And many schools struggle to use data to pinpoint their specific needs and to monitor the effectiveness of the program.

Given our enthusiasm for NCTQ's efforts, we were curious to discover whether its ranking of teacher preparation programs was consistent with the estimates of preparation effectiveness of selected education schools in Florida that Matthew Chingos and I reported in a 2011 article published in the Economics of Education Review.

We also have research that we check into at the end of every school year with the National Dairy Council in terms of the effectiveness and impact of that specific program.

The reports concludes with: «The small body of research focused on the effectiveness of K12 virtual schooling programs supports findings of similar studies on online courses offered in higher education.

At the same time, participating faculty will conduct research aimed at measuring the effectiveness of the program, identifying the key underlying forces that are shaping educational leadership in urban school systems, and developing a set of powerful ideas to enable district leadership teams to create high performing systems.

For instance, the $ 9 million Longitudinal Evaluation of School Change and Performance was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the current Title I program.

Among the more salient conclusions are: 1) that what children bring to school is vastly more important than what happens thereafter, as the Coleman Report found; 2) in examining all of the variables that impinge on student academic performance (teacher effectiveness, socio - economic advantage, appropriate evaluation criteria, etc.), none is demonstrably more significant than time spent learning «one - on - one»; and 3) that only an individualized computer program can address all these issues effectively and simultaneously.

Even worse, there is currently no evidence regarding the effectiveness of the Schools Attuned program, and the inaccuracy of the theory makes it inevitable that some kids are going to be misdiagnosed and some interventions are going to be misapplied or faulty.

It is a systematic and scientific way to summarize what we know about the effectiveness of a program like private school choice.

In the final year of the project, we will use data from the experiments to scale - up the most cost - effective version of the READS program.The project has three phases: Phase 1 Validation, which includes testing READS in several districts including DPS and an effort to increase the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the program; Phase 2 Validation, which involves expansion into more districts and many more schools and testing the cumulative impact of READS across summers; and Phase 3 Scale - Up, which involves expansion into 20 more districts.

To judge by the quality of the educational evaluation work I know best — on school desegregation, Comer's School Development Program, and bilingual education — the average quasi-experiment in these fields inspires little confidence in its conclusions about effectivschool desegregation, Comer's School Development Program, and bilingual education — the average quasi-experiment in these fields inspires little confidence in its conclusions about effectivSchool Development Program, and bilingual education — the average quasi-experiment in these fields inspires little confidence in its conclusions about effectiveness.

If FTC participation has shifted to favor non-religious schools, we might expect the overall effectiveness of the program to decline.

Given the statute's scope, today's debate could include countless issues, such as possible changes to Title II rules on educator effectiveness, the expansion of the charter school grant program, the introduction of a private school choice initiative, reconsideration of competitive grant programs (RTTT, TIF, i3), and much more.

While the proponents of these NSF - sponsored math programs may be able to claim that the research shows no evidence that the programs are «ineffective,» the mathematics community, and parents who are protesting to the various school boards across the United States, can now claim that the research can not be used to support claims of superior effectiveness — or any effectiveness at all.

A 2005 NCREL report draft (which we received special permission to cite for this article) finds «new evidence supporting the apparent effectiveness of online programs and schools and generally demonstrating the potential of online learning as a promising instructional intervention that can, when implemented judiciously, and with attention to «evidence - based» practices, apparently improve student academic performance.»

An exploratory analysis found that reading effects were larger for schools that selected reading programs with good evidence of effectiveness than for those that did not.

«For the last five years we've had a professional learning program running in the school where all teachers undertake an inquiry into the effectiveness of their teaching.

To be recognized, schools and districts demonstrate that their professional development programs result in improved teacher effectiveness and student learning and are consistent with a set of principles for professional development that are based on the best available research and exemplary practice.

The early experience with the Program suggests, however, that a heavy reliance on school - wide rewards hampers the effectiveness of merit pay programs in schools with large teaching staffs that are not highly collaborative.

From higher standards and 21st - century assessments, to educator effectiveness and the turnaround of failing schools, Race to the Top's program elements were anchored firmly in the good work of states and districts.

The new federal grant to study the effectiveness of preschool programs in Boston Public Schools will provide evidence of what should be sustained and changed to ensure positive outcomes for young children,» Payzant said.

But if Strauss is inclined to introduce professors fulsomely, she might let her readers know that I am the Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government and Director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University, who has spent years researching school governance, school choice, school accountability, and teacher effectiveness rather than referring to me as «Harvard's Paul E. Petersen.»

Technology Training Programs That Work Find out what members of the Education World Tech Team say about the effectiveness of technology training programs at their Programs That Work Find out what members of the Education World Tech Team say about the effectiveness of technology training programs at their programs at their schools.

Because the effectiveness of a program as sophisticated and multidimensional as Singapore Math can not be thoroughly evaluated in just two years of testing, the story of its failure in Montgomery County says more about school politics and finances than about math programs.

I was no less enthusiastic than those standing on the podium as this was for me an opportunity to evaluate for the first time a school voucher initiative by means of a randomized field trial, the gold standard for evaluating the effectiveness of a program, the same design as the pill - placebo design used in medical research to ascertain whether pills are effective.

Effectiveness of school - based programs to reduce bullying: A systematic and meta - analytic review.

Their literature review looked at studies from around the world exploring evidence of the effectiveness of PBL — including the use of concept maps in Hungarian Kindergartens, a primary school PBL program for low SES students in the United States and a STEM - based project involving female high school students in Taiwan.

Professional Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education announces the 2017 offering of Mindfulness for Educators, a program designed to help educators build the inner resources to handle complex multi-faceted challenges, manage personal stress, and build resilience while enhancing professional effectiveness.

To enhance the educational effectiveness of video in the schools, educators are urged to promote active viewing and critical analysis of media texts, assign video as homework, use segments of no more than ten to 15 minutes, and use television programming as a bridge to public television, museums, community groups, cultural organizations, and professional and industry associations.

(i) Conduct a self - assessment that evaluates the program's progress towards meeting goals established under paragraph (a) of this section, using aggregated child assessment data where applicable, compliance with program performance standards throughout the program year, and the effectiveness of the professional development and family engagement systems in promoting school readiness, using classroom, professional development, and parent and family engagement data, as appropriate;

With respect to program guidance, the bill establishes principles of effectiveness as well as a Full - Service Community Schools Advisory Committee.

The effectiveness of voucher and charter school programs has long been debated, and pro and con camps both cite studies to back up their points of view.

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Separate studies on the SEM have demonstrated its effectiveness in schools with widely differing socioeconomic levels and patterns of program organization.

She also researches the effectiveness of school - wide literacy programs.

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

In the 2013 - 2015 state budget, money for districts will be tight again, creating a new round of challenges, which D'Andrea says will probably include merit pay, a teacher effectiveness program, the expansion of school choice, and maybe the creation of a statewide charter authorizer.

The truth is that proponents of common - sense curriculum reform — e.g., the notion that schools should choose textbooks and reading programs that can display some evidence of effectiveness — haven't had any levers by which to advance such reforms.

Moreover, the goals — and effectiveness — of inclusion must be determined by each child's individual education plan, or IEP, the outline of their educational program that schools are mandated to create.