Sentences with phrase «evaluation methods from»

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Instead, it focuses on the definition of the field of biblical theology and on an evaluation of the methods of its major practitioners (and some minor ones), all at great distance from the primary sources themselves.

When the choice is not clear from your methods of evaluation you rely on instinct, or gut feeling, or simply what seems right.

The King - Devick (K - D) test measuring the speed of rapid number naming is an accurate and reliable method for identifying athletes who should be removed from a game or practice for further evaluation, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found.

The briefs below summarize the evaluation methods and results from the Year 1 (2013/14) and Year 2 (2014/15) HSBC evaluation report developed by Context Research.

Unit cost estimation involved a combination of bottom - up and top - down costing methods and followed guidance on costing healthcare services as part of an economic evaluation.15 17 Detailed unit costs, derived from the finance departments of participating trusts and information provided by senior midwives, were estimated for resource inputs into the following components of intrapartum and after birth care for all settings: homebirth delivery packs; NHS reimbursement for midwifery travel; some forms of pain relief; alternative modes of delivery; active management of the third stage of labour; suturing for episiotomy; suturing third and fourth degree perineal tears; manual removal of the placenta; blood transfusions; and care after a stillbirth or neonatal death.

«If the Education Secretary genuinely wishes England to do as well as countries such as Finland, to which he frequently refers in the White Paper, he should follow its example by replacing the inspection system with school self evaluation, refrain from the publication of results by school League Tables and the setting of narrow performance targets and allow teachers to choose their own method of teaching reading.

Because of a lack of standardised and harmonised preclinical studies, there is limited information we can so far obtain from literature on the relative predictive value of different animal models and alternative methods for vaccine evaluation.

Nutritionists who disqualify the PER method for classifying protein quality as one for only reflecting the amino acid requirements for the rat, often will reference human protein quality evaluation standards from the «PDCAAS» scale.

88, Ed.D.» 91, along with researchers from Abt Associates, Inc., and other institutions of higher learning, worked with Facing History's evaluation staff — including Terry Tollefson, Ed.D.»89 — to carry out the study using rigorous methods.

This booster is tied specifically into evaluation of methods and is tied into exam questions from the syllabus.

Every other component of the evaluation (methods, sampling, instruments, measures, analysis) flows from this basic design.

Any Ph.D. from a school of education who was exposed to the relevant literature on evaluation methods has encountered arguments against experiments that appeared cogent and comprehensive.

We are just finishing our research and evaluation for the programs from our 2013/14 school year and in two of our major initiatives, we are seeing statistically significant gains in Mathematics - it's in Math that these two schools have focused their blended methods on (often we pick a specific subject area to do a small scale pilot).

The eleven entailed: proven methods and strategies, comprehensive design, professional development, measurable goals, support from staff members, support for staff members, parent and community involvement, external assistance, evaluation, coordination of resources, and scientifically based research.

An important benefit of the two - step method is that the «winners» and «losers» from the evaluation will be broadly representative of the system as a whole.

Motivation to Learn (Mo2L) is a questionnaire - based usability evaluation method that integrates usability metrics from web usability and instructional design literature.

Accordingly, even though their data for this part of this study come from one district, their findings are similar to others evidenced in the «Widget Effect» report; hence, there are still likely educational measurement (and validity) issues on both ends (i.e., with using such observational rubrics as part of America's reformed teacher evaluation systems and using survey methods to put into check these systems, overall).

The contest has catalyzed action from coast to coast to expand charter schools, lay the groundwork for teacher performance pay, revise employee evaluation methods and even consider the first common academic standards.

Exploring Characteristics of Young Adult Men: Initial Findings From a Mixed Methods Evaluation of an All - Male, Character - Focused Trade School, Sara K. Johnson, Rachel M. Hershberg, Miriam R. Arbeit, Lisette M. DeSouza, Kristina Schmid Callina, Akira S. Gutierrez, Daniel J.A. Warren, Elise M. Harris, Rachel O. Rubin, Jacqueline V. Lerner, and Richard M. Lerner

In the same year, a policy report from the Brookings Institute, Evaluating Teachers: The Important Role of Value - Added suggested that VAM should not be measured against an abstract ideal, but rather should be compared to other teacher evaluation methods to determine its potential usefulness.

The biggest push for the use of such methods has come from the Obama administration, which insisted that states competing for grants under its $ 4.3 billion Race to the Top program find ways to link student performance to teacher evaluations.

Randi and the AFT have blocked all sorts of promising reforms, from teacher evaluation methods to charter schools to merit - based bonuses for effective teachers.

I'm not going to dictate teacher evaluations from DPI,» he says, noting that his preferred method of measuring success would be to track students after they graduate, to see what kinds of jobs they're getting.

In addition to the 11 participating states and the Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation, the Dynamic Learning Maps consortium includes faculty from several other departments and research centers within KU, including the Beach Center on Disability, Center for Research on Learning, Center for Research Methods and Data Analysis and Department of Special Education.

While state and national leaders in education have repeatedly noted the importance of teacher quality — while also misrepresenting that importance [emphasis added]-- increasing standards - based teaching, high - stakes testing and value - added methods of teacher evaluation, along with the dismantling unions, have de-professionalized teaching and discouraged young people from entering the field.

In passing the bill, Illinois becomes the latest in a slew of states including Florida and Wisconsin to overhaul the union rights and evaluation methods of public - school teachers in light of large budget gaps, looming layoffs and pressure from the Obama administration to focus on teacher accountability.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

This award recognises the implementation of eco-friendly systems and methods and the commitment to principles and practices of social, economic and environmental sustainability.The Real Marina Hotel & Spa, which from an early stage incorporated the concept of sustainable solutions, fulfilled completely all imposed evaluation criteria.

«Major improvements include updated and substantially more complete input data from the ICOADS Release 2.5, revised Empirical Orthogonal Teleconnections (EOTs) and EOT acceptance criterion, updated sea surface temperature (SST) quality control procedures, revised SST anomaly (SSTA) evaluation methods, revised low - frequency data filing in data sparse regions using nearby available observations, updated bias adjustments of ship SSTs using Hadley Nighttime Marine Air Temperature version 2 (HadNMAT2), and buoy SST bias adjustments not previously made in v3b.»

It is obtained by combining the individual standard uncertainties ui (and covariances as appropriate), whether arising from a Type A evaluation or a Type B evaluation, using the usual method for combining standard deviations.

Perform investigation and evaluation of new methods of ensuring data and applications remain protected from breaches

• Singlehandedly create approved school and subject policies from scratch, within the timeline provided • Successfully administer student evaluation method — a one of its kind system that analyzed each student academically and cognitively • Create syllabus for assigned courses and subject matters, in accordance to school regulations and policies • Teach assigned course materials according to approved course outlines • Coordinate efforts with program coordinators to develop and revise courses of study as required • Prepare class sessions and assignments to assist students in comprehending concepts and course content • Ascertain that a learning environment that is conducive to individual and group development and comprehension is effectively created

Bwom offers a free test and evaluation, from which it customizes simple, effective exercises for intimate health like Kegel exercises, the hypopressive method (M. Caufriez), perineal massage, activation of the abdominal girdle and other exercises.

I believe in using well researched methods of assessment, restricting their interpretation to the scope for which they were designed and in providing well constructed, detailed and informative conclusions and feedback designed to help guide the client with succinct and thoughtful recommendations generated from the evaluation.

Early Head Start20 and the Infant Health and Development Program21 had center - based components, and the Comprehensive Child Development Program included home visiting in addition to case management services.22 Finally, we review three smaller - scale home - visiting programs from abroad that have used rigorous evaluation methods and provide important insights into home visiting.

PEI also partnered with the Child and Family Research Partnership (CFRP) at The University of Texas at Austin to conduct a comprehensive evaluation using a mixed - methods approach that relied on administrative and survey data collected from fathers participating in the EFFECT Program, literature reviews, and interviews with key fatherhood stakeholders, program administrators and staff, and fathers.

Using a mixed - methods approach that relied on administrative and survey data collected from fathers participating in the EFFECT Program, literature reviews, and interviews with key fatherhood stakeholders, program administrators and staff, and fathers, the Child and Family Research Partnership (CFRP) organized its evaluation of PEI's efforts to support fathers into three tiers.

Family Voices: Piloting a New Qualitative Measure of Family Engagement for Head Start and Early Head Start Staff and Families (PDF - 2,468 KB) Aikens, Bandel, Akers, Lyskawa, & Jerald (2014) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation & Mathematica Policy Research Focuses on the development of qualitative instruments designed to better understand family engagement in Head Start and Early Head Start; draws on pilot data collected during the 2012 - 2013 program year; and provides information about the performance of the piloted interview protocols, revisions made to instruments based on their performance, and the best methods for gathering qualitative information about family engagement experiences from families and staff in future studies.

Substance Use, The Opioid Epidemic and the Child Welfare Sytem: Key Findings From a Mixed Methods Study Office of the Assistane Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (2018) Analyzes the connection between parental substance use and the increased caseloads for child welfare workers.

Substance Use, The Opioid Epidemic and the Child Welfare System: Key Findings From a Mixed Methods Study Office of the Assistane Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (2018) Analyzes the connection between parental substance use and the increased caseloads for child welfare workers.

Parent Training Program Holds Promise for a Child Welfare Population (PDF - 1,1475 KB) Marcynyszyn, Maher, & Corwin (2012) University of Minnesota, Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare CW360 °: A Comprehensive Look at a Prevalent Child Welfare Issue Shares results from a mixed - methods evaluation involving staff and 24 caregivers at two agencies in New York that used the Incredible Years (IY) and indicates that following the intervention, caregivers reported lower levels of stress, increased empathy toward their children, and more family and overall support.

Aside from mediation, there are other Alternative Dispute Resolution methods that may be considered, such as Collaborative Practice (also known as Collaborative Law), Case Evaluation, and Arbitration.

Suction blister wounds are an excellent model for studying the effects of early wound healing.50 Measurement of the rate of transepidermal water loss (TEWL) through human skin provides a noninvasive method to monitor changes in the stratum corneum barrier function of the skin, providing an excellent objective method for evaluation of wound healing.51 The 8 blister sites were assessed daily for 8 days following removal of the blister chambers50 and then again on day 12, along with daily control values from adjacent nonwounded skin; after subtracting the average control values from the average daily measurement, the 90 % standard for healing was based on reaching 90 % of the day 1 measures.

Methods: The IBM was compared with data from a structured marital interview based on the Self - Evaluation of Social Support Schedule (SESS).