Sentences with phrase «evaluation programs around»

On the other hand, there are multiple teacher evaluation programs around the country that do not tie teacher evaluations to unfair, inappropriate and misleading standardized test results.

As a member of EPAC for the past two years, my responsibilities have included reading research studies on teacher evaluation programs around the country, learning about evaluation tools and ways to manage data, and collaborating with educators from pilot districts.

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The Friends study also found staffers doing nothing while children were waiting around, eager for something to do; park district attendance records that often appeared «inflated and fictional ``; a total lack of evaluation of programs or job descriptions to keep up with changing trends in recreation, and a severe shortage of programming for girls and women.

Plans are now taking shape for an elaborate testing program of the new H1N1 vaccines in the United States, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health and carried out at the Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Units, a network of clinical centers around the country.

M. Danish Shakeel, Kaitlin Anderson, and I just released a meta - analysis of 19 «gold standard» experimental evaluations of the test - score effects of private school choice programs around the world.

My colleagues and I just released a meta - analysis of 19 «gold standard» experimental evaluations of the test - score effects of private school choice programs around the world.

Accountability systems have worked well with other reforms — such as effective choice policies, the expansion of early - childhood - education and other school - readiness programs, and efforts to improve the teaching force through evaluation and tenure reform — to improve education for children around the country.

Everything else will be left on the cutting room floor — specific requirements about interventions in failing schools; mandates around teacher evaluations or «highly qualified teachers»; competitive grant programs a la Race to the Top.

On October 25, the National Academy of Education (NAEd) released Evaluation of Teacher Preparation Programs: Purposes, Methods, and Policy Options, a report that aims to provide clearer information and direction around evaluation measures and systems in educator prEvaluation of Teacher Preparation Programs: Purposes, Methods, and Policy Options, a report that aims to provide clearer information and direction around evaluation measures and systems in educator prevaluation measures and systems in educator preparation.

«In Pittsburgh, we've based this program around the principle that those working most closely with teachers will have really important input that should be factored into their evaluation.»

The administration promised $ 1 billion in new spending on preschool; spurred states to adopt controversial K - 12 reforms such as performance - based teacher evaluations and the adoption of the Common Core State Standards through its Race to the Top grant program and waivers to the No Child Left Behind law; significantly expanded the federal School Improvement Grant program to turn around low - performing schools; targeted for - profit colleges and attempted to increase accountability in the higher education sector; and pushed a proposal by the president to make community college free.

This time around, she is proposing to expand a year - old pilot teacher evaluation program throughout the entire state; under the plan, teachers rated «basic» for two consecutive years would join those rated «unsatisfactory» on probation.

Although rigorous evaluation of the national SIG program is still underway, existing research offers key lessons about what methods are most effective when turning around low - performing schools.

Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) has created a new series of research updates summarizing key insights from 15 recent research and evaluation reports around program quality added to the HFRP database in December 2006.

For now, Toyota is building 35 models of the new Rav4 EV for a demonstration and evaluation program through 2011, with the company looking into a production version sometime around 2012.

As pilot programs at seven universities around the country wrap up their evaluations of the Kindle DX as a viable teaching tool and textbook alternative, we see pretty much the expected results.

Reddick is a nationally recognized expert in the areas of judicial selection and judicial performance evaluation and has conducted training programs for members of judicial nominating commissions around the country.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Suncoast Communities, Albany, KY 6/2011 to Present Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor • Assess clients to determine their disabilities or dependencies • Create and implement plans to rehabilitate clients according to their physical and mental conditions • Provide counseling to clients around choosing, obtaining and obtaining employment and academics • Coordinate educational support services for client looking to get back into academics • Facilitate job placement by assisting clients with application documents and getting them in touch with various organizations • Conduct outreach programs to maintain a solid data bank of interested placement organizations • Make referrals for therapeutic work programs after consulting with patients» physicians and psychologists • Monitor client progress through constant evaluations and re-evaluate clients that may be slipping • Counsel and assist clients through rehabilitation procedures and adjust programs as needed • Create and maintain records of clients in a safe and confidential manner

The Building Strong Families evaluation assessed the effects of eight programs offering a similar model of healthy relationship skills and support services to interested low - income unmarried parents around the time of the birth of a child.

Outcomes of participants in Cornell Cooperative Extension Parenting a Second Time Around program, treatment and control evaluation, New York City 2013 - 2014.

The next step is to extend use and evaluation of the manual to other heart failure programs around Australia and seek feedback to further develop the program.

Embody provides technical assistance to schools, community organizations, and agencies around the planning, implementation, and evaluation of effective sexuality education programs.

The Building Strong Families (BSF) evaluation assessed the impacts of eight programs offering a similar model of healthy marriage and relationship skills and support services to interested low - income unmarried parents around the time of the birth of a child.

She oversees the implementation, expansion, and evaluation activities around the AHVN's coordinated intake program.

Scholars at the Wellesley Centers for Women have conducted research studies and evaluations on issues related to child and adolescent development, including issues around race, ethnicity, immigrant status, and identity; the effects of early child care; the value of physical activity; preventing depression; examining unique family dynamics; and exploring sexuality and evaluating sex - education programming.

Other research projects include the Building Strong Families evaluation of programs targeted to low - income unwed couples beginning around the time of their child's birth, and the Community Healthy Marriage Initiative Evaluation, which is evaluating community saturation approaches for strengthening healthyevaluation of programs targeted to low - income unwed couples beginning around the time of their child's birth, and the Community Healthy Marriage Initiative Evaluation, which is evaluating community saturation approaches for strengthening healthyEvaluation, which is evaluating community saturation approaches for strengthening healthy marriage.

Across the program evaluations, the effect sizes for the majority of programs clustered around 0 -.15 of a standard deviation (s.d.).

YouthPower's Learning Network aims to work with the global community in the exploration, evaluation, and strengthening of youth - serving programs around the world.

Grants awarded to - date include: Education Development Center, Inc.: Identifying Cross-Cutting Non-Cognitive Skills for Positive Youth Development; JA Worldwide: Amplifying the Voice of Young People around the World; Komo Learning Centres: KLC Youth - Led Club Documentary Project; Restless Development: Inspire, Influence and Inform: a video series highlighting young people's role in Positive Youth Development programs; Mercy Corps: Girl Research and Learning Power (GRL Power); Waves for Change: Moving beyond data disaggregation: utilizing evaluation systems to promote gender equality in sports development for youth at scale.