This unexpected finding suggests that pressure, arising from targets and
an emphasis on data use, may backfire in the classroom unless it is balanced with support (in this case, through professional development), so that it works by building a strong collective leadership base in the district.
Not exact matches
New NYC Administration for Children's Services Commissioner David Hansell promised a thorough review of ACS operations, continued reforms at the administration, and a new
emphasis on using data to measure program effectiveness.
«
Using data mining to make sense of climate change: New methodology puts
emphasis on data to test climate models.»
Reviewers
use different criteria in considering new - investigator applications: for one thing more
emphasis is placed
on feasibility and less
on preliminary
data.
Current research in the Hida Observatory of Kyoto University has
emphasis on the followings; (a) Study of solar MHD processes with spectroscopic and spectro - polarimetric observations
using the 60 cm Domeless Solar Vacuum Tower Telescope (DST) combining with
data from space solar missions (such as Hinode).
This AACR Special Conference will cover the state of the art in understanding the disease of cancer from incident to early diagnosis, prevention, and treatment, with an
emphasis on approaches that
use big
data and new computational methods such as machine learning.
As a reputable dating service we at ELITESINGLES place a great
emphasis on the responsible
use and protection of your
data.
The General
Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) places a far greater emphasis on transparency with data subjects and indeed their guardians around how data is u
Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) places a far greater
emphasis on transparency with
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data is u
data is
used.
Stepanek: The current
emphasis on using data and evidence to inform educational practice and concentrating
on results for students is very congenial to lesson study.
At this Tasmanian school, the
emphasis is
on interpreting this
data and putting it to good
use.
Our sample of returning teachers reported that, after the school reforms, multiple aspects of the learning environment improved: teachers»
emphasis on academic and socio - emotional goals and the
use of
data to guide instruction.
When
used together, the Marzano models achieve a tightly coupled organizational structure with an
emphasis on measurable student achievement as supported by
data.
We ca n`t say a priori whether shifting the weight of
emphasis from informal to formal evidence for decision making will improve schools; it is an empirical question.226 The current
emphasis on using student performance
data to guide improvement efforts also calls for greater attention by those in schools to measurable patterns of student performance at the school level, or by student sub-groups, in addition to the conventional interest in individual student needs and progress.
The strongest relationship here is with
Emphasis on teamwork -LRB-.45), Focus
on quality -LRB-.39), District culture -LRB-.38),
Use of
data -LRB-.35), Jobembedded professional development for teachers -LRB-.35), Relations with schools and stakeholders -LRB-.35), Targeted improvement -LRB-.31), and Investment in instructional leadership -LRB-.23).
Emphasis is placed
on prevention of problem behavior, development of pro-social skills, and the
use of
data - based problem solving for addressing existing behavior concerns.
In some settings district leaders reported a shift: initially, an
emphasis on developing principals «expertise in
data use; next, an
emphasis on training selected teachers in each school as resident experts; and, more recently, an
emphasis on encouraging and supporting
data use by classroom teachers, working in teams.
While districts, schools, and individual teachers
use data and have been for some time now, there has been too much
emphasis placed only
on the performance of students
on state assessments.
It prepares district and school administrators and / or leadership teams to: • Make
data actionable and competency - based •
Use data to bring coherence across improvement initiatives & maximize their impact • Build a system - wide culture of data - literacy and student - focused teaching and learning • Create capacity to collect evidence needed to validate successful implementation and gauge impact on achievement Leaders will learn what it takes to initiate, support, and sustain the meaningful and productive use of data throughout an organization — with an emphasis on how to support teachers» use of da
Use data to bring coherence across improvement initiatives & maximize their impact • Build a system - wide culture of
data - literacy and student - focused teaching and learning • Create capacity to collect evidence needed to validate successful implementation and gauge impact
on achievement Leaders will learn what it takes to initiate, support, and sustain the meaningful and productive
use of data throughout an organization — with an emphasis on how to support teachers» use of da
use of
data throughout an organization — with an
emphasis on how to support teachers»
use of da
use of
data.
This detailed information about student academic growth should be
used instead of AGT scores or any other measurements based
on a single test, as teachers and administrators seek to
use data to inform best practices that will improve student achievement;» [
emphasis ours]
The elementary schools are piloting personalized station rotation models with an
emphasis on personalization and the middle school is incorporating personalization through flexible instructional groupings and
using data to customize content for students» needs.
In the statement Evers says he believes there is too much
emphasis on standardized tests and the new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act, gives states the option to
use local
data in place of state test results in the Educator Effectiveness System.
«In the last several years, with the continuing
emphasis on using data to drive instruction, I find myself increasingly skeptical about what we do to «benefit» students.
Three issues, in particular, have created potential assessment missteps: the heightened rigor of the new content standards, the
emphasis on using assessments for
data - driven decision making, and the practice of pacing instruction.
Jordan and Miller say that the
emphasis on chronic absenteeism in state ESSA plans may lead to improved attendance, but teachers and administrators may need support in making
use of the
data.
As we demonstrated in our 2015 analysis of the Common Core debate
on Twitter, the dispute about the standards was largely a proxy war over other politically - charged issues, including opposition to a federal role in education, which many believe should be the domain of state and local education policy; a fear that the Common Core could become a gateway for access to
data on children that might be
used for exploitive purposes rather than to inform educational improvement; a source for the proliferation of testing which has come to oppressively dominate education; a way for business interests to exploit public education for private gain; or a belief that an
emphasis on standards reform distracts from the deeper underlying causes of low educational performance, which include poverty and social inequity.
On this note, and «[i] n sum, recent research on value added tells us that, by using data from student perceptions, classroom observations, and test score growth, we can obtain credible evidence [albeit weakly related evidence, referring to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's MET studies] of the relative effectiveness of a set of teachers who teach similar kids [emphasis added] under similar conditions [emphasis added]... [Although] if a district administrator uses data like that collected in MET, we can anticipate that an attempt to classify teachers for personnel decisions will be characterized by intolerably high error rates [emphasis added
On this note, and «[i] n sum, recent research
on value added tells us that, by using data from student perceptions, classroom observations, and test score growth, we can obtain credible evidence [albeit weakly related evidence, referring to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's MET studies] of the relative effectiveness of a set of teachers who teach similar kids [emphasis added] under similar conditions [emphasis added]... [Although] if a district administrator uses data like that collected in MET, we can anticipate that an attempt to classify teachers for personnel decisions will be characterized by intolerably high error rates [emphasis added
on value added tells us that, by
using data from student perceptions, classroom observations, and test score growth, we can obtain credible evidence [albeit weakly related evidence, referring to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's MET studies] of the relative effectiveness of a set of teachers who teach similar kids [
emphasis added] under similar conditions [
emphasis added]... [Although] if a district administrator
uses data like that collected in MET, we can anticipate that an attempt to classify teachers for personnel decisions will be characterized by intolerably high error rates [
emphasis added].
Despite continued
emphasis on systemic approaches to school improvement, schools struggle to
use data and information in a manner consistent with systems thinking.
Leaders will learn what it takes to initiate, support, and sustain the meaningful and productive
use of
data throughout an organization — with an
emphasis on how to support teachers»
use of
data.
Just last year, in a letter to California Assembly Member Katcho Achadjian, Chair of the Committee
on Local Government, opposing AB - 2343, Longcore argued (
using L.A.A.S.
data through 2012) that «policies put in place after the Hayden Act [1999] have resulted in an increase in the percentage of cats taken in to shelters that are deemed to be feral, suggesting that the stray / feral cat problem has become worse» (
emphasis mine).
With an
emphasis on the recent massive exponential growth of digital
data, Salavon
uses pop cultural touchstones to guide us through various examples of the unbounded possibilities of this phenomenon.
My RS presentation
on climate models provides my thoughts
on what this would look like, with a greater
emphasis on the historical and paleo
data record and climate models
used to develop and assess likelihood of a much broader range of future climate scenarios.
Emphasis will be placed
on accessing
data sources and learning how to
use information from a wide variety of sources including earth observation, social media, national surveys and international policy reports.
Emphasis on using open - source tools and scripting languages to ingest and manage real - world
data, orchestrate complex analyses, and communicate spatial information.
This increase puts even more significant
emphasis on data centers being
used to handle difficult computational activities.
Maintain accurate
data on student progress, implement behavior management strategies
using the
emphasis and techniques outlined by lead teacher.
2014 Bachelor of Arts: Psychology University of North Texas - Denton, Texas... statistical analysis of
data using SPSS Coursework in psychology and sociology with specific
emphasis on psychiatric
Professional Duties & Responsibilities Highly trained geophysics student with an extensive background in petroleum geology Educated in economics with an
emphasis in business operations and management Contributed to a North American geology mapping project with a consortium of colleges Responsible for set up,
use, removal and maintenance of «Texan» seismometers Analyzed raw, unprocessed seismographs for cultural noise and teleseisms Utilized Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology technology Directed SPEC
data log correlation to acquisition travel logs and maps Managed information database ensuring accurate, organized, and accessible information Participated in coal and oil reservoir rock geological study throughout Utah Attended year - long lecture series focused
on topics related to the energy industry Studied Shell Energy's trading floor operations Observed nanotechnology development at Rice University
Emphasis should be place
on interpreting the statistical findings in the context of the running example (
data in the running example does not need to be new as it is primarily being
used as illustration).