Sentences with phrase «establishing policy outcomes»

States can provide that certainty by establishing policy outcomes that set «clear peak demand reduction goals for their utilities based on a rigorous assessment of statewide demand response potential.»

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But the same can be said for other policies designed to improve economic outcomes for the bulk of citizens — increasing the minimum wage, increased spending on infrastructure, establishing a guaranteed minimum base income, regulatory reforms, increased spending on R&D, cuts in corporate taxes, whatever your favorites may be.

Ms Loane said her mandate would include establishing a platform for Australia to develop a retirement outcomes policy, ensuring financial services had a «voice of influence» in the debate on tax and federation white papers, and building the right regulatory architecture so Australia could develop a significant presence in Asia.

The study's senior author, Associate Professor Natasha Nassar from the University of Sydney Menzies Centre for Health Policy said: «While the association between being born earlier — lower gestational age — and poorer developmental outcomes is well established, our results revealed that poor development is further exacerbated in the case of planned birth, where a considered decision made to deliver an infant determines gestational age.

Not in its executive summary, in its press release, or anywhere in the report does the committee call for the conduct of experiments that could establish causal relationships between policies and outcomes.

One school board will be selected for its excellence in establishing and executing policies, practices and strategies that promote and enhance equitable conditions, increased access to quality instruction and improving academic outcomes and career readiness for African American students.

These boards provide important administrative oversight relative to the educational policies and programs they institute; play a central role in establishing systems and processes to ensure the school system's fiscal, programmatic, and outcome accountability; and undertake broad human resource functions that include making crucial decisions regarding the district's top - level leadership and key staff.

Supporting Inclusive Schools for the Success of Each Child: A Guide for States on Principal Leadership offers state leaders eight key strategies to establish a vision for and integrate effective, inclusive principal leadership into policy and practice to improve outcomes for students with disabilities.

This policy document offers recommendations to the UNFCCC on how Carbon Capture Use and Storage, including carbon capture and storage for enhanced recovery of hydrocarbons, can positively contribute to net climate change mitigation outcomes as part of the policy portfolio established to support the post-2015 instrument.

This framework establishes a three tiered framework to measure the actual outcomes for Indigenous people as opposed to the operation of specific policy programs.

Reviews of policies and curricula pertaining to sexuality education have shown that while many countries have established curricula, little is known about their use in schools — the degree of implementation, the mode and quality of the instruction, the existence of program monitoring and evaluation tools, the adequacy and quality of teacher training, the level of support for or opposition to the subject, and the effectiveness of existing programs in achieving desired knowledge and behavioral outcomes among students.28 — 33 Small - scale reviews of school - based programs run by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have been conducted in Kenya, but there has not been a review of the government's sexuality education program in schools.34, 35

Reviews of policies and curricula pertaining to sexuality education have shown that while many countries have established curricula, little is known about their use in schools — the degree of implementation, the mode and quality of the instruction, the existence of program monitoring and evaluation tools, the adequacy and quality of teacher training, the level of support for or opposition to the subject, and the effectiveness of existing programs in achieving desired knowledge and behavioral outcomes among students.10, 24 — 27 This report provides a detailed snapshot of how the policies related to sexuality education in Ghana are translated into practice and what students, teachers and heads of schools think about them.

The report presents an approach that is consistent with and could contribute to the objectives of the federal Government's new arrangements and demonstrates how a synergy between the goals, concepts and processes of the new arrangements and native title policy could be established to achieve sustainable outcomes.

This concept is not too dissimilar to the only major recommendation from the original National Health and Hospitals Commission review report that sought to establish a National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Authority to provide oversight for policy development and resource implementation supporting the improvement of health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

BPNN consists of parents and organizations who are committed to improving policies for better outcomes for children and families with a focus on establishing parent leaders who are willing to share their challenges and successes across the country to impact change.

As child welfare agency administrators and policy - makers continually strive to improve services and outcomes for children and families, establishing child welfare policies and practices that promote and facilitate an individualized, strengths - based approach is essential.

The policy directs the state's agencies and home visiting stakeholders to establish quality standards for programs, to develop measures for outcomes programs are expected to achieve, and to create a coordinated system to ensure families in need have access to the most appropriate program.

Leadership is responsible for establishing the guiding vision, mission, principles, outcomes, and benchmarks for how the various systems work together, as well as for coordinating relevant governance structures and policies.