Sentences with phrase «evaluation results early»

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Referrals to craniofacial centers for evaluation of deformational plagiocephaly and brachycephaly are increasing.8 This increase in deformations has been temporally linked to the Back to Sleep program advanced by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1992 that advises the avoidance of the prone sleeping position as a method of reducing the rates of sudden infant death syndrome.10,, 12,13 There is a delay in early gross motor milestones in children forced to sleep supine but these delays seem transient and have not been linked as yet to any longer term problems.14 Children who are encouraged to sleep on their backs and develop abnormal head shapes as a result are a different population than children who spontaneously restricted their movement in bed for one reason or another.

In other words, even when home visitation programs succeed in their goal of changing parent behaviour, these changes do not appear to produce significantly better child outcomes.21, 22 One recent exception, however, was a study of the Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) model with low - income Latino families showing changes in home parenting and better third - grade math achievement.23 Earlier evaluations of HIPPY found mixed results regarding program effectiveness.

These dates were ultimately extended, resulting in a continuation of individual evaluation for all certificate titles except for Early Childhood, Generalist in Middle Childhood Education, English Language Arts, and Literacy.

EPA officials said earlier this year that they plan to release results of their evaluation of the national standard this fall.

Access to state - supported early childhood programs significantly reduces the likelihood that children will be placed in special education in the third grade, academically benefiting students and resulting in considerable cost savings to school districts, according to new research published today in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, a peer - reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association.

The evaluation of the space experiment results has been ongoing since early 2010.

Along those lines, it is interesting to note that our evidence of differential effects by grade and subject is broadly similar to the results from evaluations of earlier state - level school - accountability policies.

Early last year, MDRC, a respected research firm that specializes in evaluations of social policies, released the results of a randomized trial at the City University of New York (CUNY).

A new evaluation of a national grant program to create smaller, more personalized high schools concludes that the initiative is yielding some promising early results.

Early results of an evaluation of an overhauled version of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education curriculum, or DARE, are giving its advocates new hope for the often - criticized program's future.

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When early evaluations of the program found that children's gains in IQ were small and faded out as they aged, the resulting uproar quelled President Richard Nixon's attempt to expand the program.

Researchers and district officials discussed the first evaluations of the California Office to Reform Education, Read more about Early Results in California's CORE Districts -LSB-...]

When leaders engage evaluators early and meaningfully, the evaluation results speak directly to the project activities and lead to changes that strengthen outcomes.

Starting evaluation efforts early doesn't guarantee positive results, but it does make evaluation more useful in the long run.

It was announced earlier this summer that 241 teachers were fired as a result of the DC Public School's new IMPACT evaluation system.

In September of 2013 we recommended to the Tennessee General Assembly that they impose a delay using student test results for Teacher Evaluations, at least until 2016 - 2017 at the earliest.

Early results of the controversial teacher evaluations will be discussed in Trenton today, when the Evaluation Pilot Advisory Committee's report is presented at the monthly state Board of Education meeting.

This report summarizes the outcomes of a discussion among a group of State and district officials, teachers and principals, and external experts in educator evaluations and strategic communications who gathered in the District of Columbia to examine early results from evaluation systems in two States.

However, the early results in states where new evaluation systems have been in place for more than a year are not much different from the old results, as nearly all teachers have scored in the top tiers.

Results of the CATCH evaluation were published in the May 15 edition of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, building on the earlier publication of the FETCH study.

(1) Early neutral evaluation programs facilitate settlement, and save litigants time, money and emotional stress as a result.

Reported rates of full settlement resulting from early neutral evaluation programs range from 31 % to almost 100 %, and rates of partial settlement range from 12 % to 51 %.

Consumer Reports says that it has not yet completed its «full evaluation,» but that early results from HomePod testing show that while it sounds «very good,» the Google Home Max and Sonos One slightly edge it out.

If results indicate areas of concern, recommend further evaluation to determine if the child is eligible for early intervention services

She currently leads BUILD's evaluation and documentation efforts conceptualizing, implementing and sharing results to inform BUILD's early childhood systems development work and the broader systems development field.

In another evaluation of an early - intervention approach, parents of 51 preschool - aged children suspected of having an ASD participated in the Hanen More Than Words program either immediately or after a delay.15 Investigators» operationalization of «suspected ASD» included identification of language delay and concerns about social behavior by a pediatrician and / or a speech and language therapist, which resulted in inclusion of children without ASDs within the intervention and control groups.

The evaluation of the early effects (short - run) of SSLP found mixed effects, with beneficial effects for some groups, but adverse effects for children from families with higher needs and experiencing greater disadvantage.3 Results from the second phase of the evaluation were more positive.

The positive results related to reading at 5.5 years are consistent with evaluations of Reach Out and Read, 36 — 38 a component activity of HS, and with the Early Head Start evaluation.31 In HS, similar findings were present at 2 to 4 months but not at 30 to 33 months, perhaps attenuated by the adoption of Reach Out and Read at some control sites during the intervention.

The size of the CfC impacts on most outcomes was small, but can be considered positive relative to what was observed in the early phase of the UK Sure Start evaluation.3 The current results are also comparable in size to those found in the later impact evaluation of the Sure Start programme, in which 3 - year - old children were exposed to mature SSLP throughout their entire lives.4 Reviews of the effectiveness of early childhood interventions have found that most studies reported effect sizes on parenting and child outcomes that were small to moderate.14 15 When comparing CfC and SSLP with other interventions, it is important to remember that the evaluations of these interventions measured effects on an entire population, rather than on programme participants, as is the case in the evaluation of many other interventions.

Evaluations of sustained treatment effects for other, more - intensive, early childhood interventions have yielded mixed results, with variation being attributed to unevenness in both program quality and evaluation rigor.10, 11 Less - intensive interventions, such as the Comprehensive Child Development Program, have reported no effect during or after the intervention.12 Intensive interventions with short - term effects seem to be more likely to demonstrate sustained benefits for children's cognitive and social development and parenting behaviors.11

Sustaining Comprehensive Early Childhood Systems Building: An ECCS Evaluation Results Brief (PDF - 494 KB) Altarum Institute (2011) Examines the successes of the Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative by conducting interviews with representatives from each of the 52 grantee organizations.

It is based on the hypothesis that inaccurate and unhelpful beliefs, ineffective coping behaviour, negative mood states, social problems, and pathophysiological processes all interact to perpetuate the illness.8 9 Treatment aims at helping patients to re-evaluate their understanding of the illness and to adopt more effective coping behaviours.7 8 9 An early uncontrolled evaluation of this type of treatment produced promising results in many patients but was unacceptable to some.10 Two subsequent controlled trials found cognitive behaviour therapy to offer no benefit over non-specific management.11 12 However, the form of cognitive behaviour therapy evaluated may have been inadequate.

The presentation, «Early Findings from the Federal Home Visiting Program Evaluation: Results from the MIHOPE Report to Congress,» included an overview of the characteristics of families enrolling in MIHOPE programs and summarized the characteristics of local programs in MIHOPE.

The results of this evaluation of the Early Start service showed that, despite clear benefits of the program for parenting - and child - related outcomes, as described in our earlier article, 1 there was no evidence to suggest that the program had a positive impact on a wide range of family - related outcomes, including maternal health, family functioning, family economic circumstances, and susceptibility to family stress.

The overall results of the Early Start evaluation suggested that, although the program had benefits in the areas of child health, child education, parenting, child abuse and neglect, and child behaviors, there was no evidence of parallel changes in parental or family functioning.

For research support relating to ECWES results including descriptive statistics, item analysis, or pre / post comparisons, contact Dr. Mike Abel, Director of Research and Evaluation, at the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership, [email protected], 847-947-5312.

Early evaluation results from Newark, NJ, show that Foundations of Learning improved teachers» classroom management and productivity, reduced children's conflict with peers, and engaged students in the learning tasks of preschool.

As a result of the evaluation findings, Early Years is taking this programme to scale across its network of 1200 members in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland with support from the government and the European Union.

HFA evaluation results from more than 20 states, including 12 randomized control trials, demonstrate positive outcomes in all six domains required by the federal Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program.

Dr. Clark has translated the results of her research and the evidence based evaluation and treatment protocols she has developed into community based interventions for underserved women, their infants and families including collaborating with community partners in Dane County to develop the Early Childhood Initiative (ECI), a comprehensive home visitation program for families with infants and young children affected by poverty.

The results of the developmental evaluation will be used to decide if your child needs early intervention services and / or a treatment plan.