A quiet revolution in comparative
effectiveness research just might save us from soaring medical costs
Not exact matches
Research just published by Dr. Andras Nagy and co-authors shows both safety and
effectiveness in their bioengineered compound when treating retinopathy in mice.
you have to
research anything you take because so many supplements are way out of date and whoever put them together simply wanted the cheapest product and
effectiveness just wasn't a concern.
Just as the mesh between new age scientific
research and traditional understanding of the human body proves its
effectiveness, so do the results!
The quality of teachers and instruction is another important focus of
research today, as reformers are realizing that a teacher's
effectiveness in helping kids learn is
just as important as his or her knowledge of the material.
Just last week, the annual conference of the Association for Education Finance and Policy featured new
research on topics such as the importance of charter organization type, the characteristics of charter schools associated with
effectiveness, charter student outcomes beyond standardized test scores.
The voucher debate, therefore, is a question not
just of values but also of
effectiveness, and
research should play a significant role.
Still, the question of how much impact any teacher can have in
just two to three years is valid, especially given the
research indicating that the largest growth in teacher
effectiveness occurs during the first three years of teaching.
Rather than
just urging struggling schools to fire teachers or bring in non-union charter school operators, Harkin suggested in October that a school could be turned around by adopting a magnet theme or approach in order to bring in a cross-section of students from all backgrounds together — an idea whose
effectiveness is backed up by ample
research.
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Research is only
just beginning to assess the extent to which different features of teacher training, such as student selection and clinical experience, influence teacher
effectiveness and career paths.
Just as digital legal
research methods have come to dominate paper - based methods in terms of speed and
effectiveness, AI - based tools represent the next step in the evolution of legal
research.
Just as we can't look at the engine of a Tesla and expect to apply what we learned fixing our 1973 Dodge Dart Swinger, we will eventually have to abandon any pretense of applying
research methodologies built around print as the basis upon which we evaluate the
effectiveness and quality of the next generation of legal
research tools.
To fill this gap, we will need studies of complex interventions that span several sectors — not
just the health sector — informed by neurobiological and genomic
research, and parallel evaluations of cost -
effectiveness.