Sentences with phrase «evidence use in education»

As the President of Knowledge Alliance — the leading association for education research organizations — Michele is relentlessly committed to evidence use in education policy and throughout the education industry.

Not exact matches

In fact, if one considered just three factors (maternal education, maternal prenatal alcohol or tobacco, and marital status) one could predict to a high degree postneonatal mortality: children born to unmarried women with lower education and evidence of prenatal drug use had a postneonatal mortality of about 30 per 1000 live births (similar to Ivory Coast); children born to women with none of these risk factors had a postneonatal mortality of about 2 per 1000 live births (similar to Norway); that is, children in this latter category almost never die despite evidence from PRAMS surveys that they are as likely to co-sleep with their parentIn fact, if one considered just three factors (maternal education, maternal prenatal alcohol or tobacco, and marital status) one could predict to a high degree postneonatal mortality: children born to unmarried women with lower education and evidence of prenatal drug use had a postneonatal mortality of about 30 per 1000 live births (similar to Ivory Coast); children born to women with none of these risk factors had a postneonatal mortality of about 2 per 1000 live births (similar to Norway); that is, children in this latter category almost never die despite evidence from PRAMS surveys that they are as likely to co-sleep with their parentin this latter category almost never die despite evidence from PRAMS surveys that they are as likely to co-sleep with their parents.

In the US, the Obama administration has funded a range of initiatives that require the use of evidence - based strategies in areas such as teen pregnancy prevention, home visiting, education and workforce innovation.2, 3 In the field of home visiting, an increasing number of programs have been rigorously evaluated and have demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in outcome domains such as parenting, maternal and child health, child development and school readiness, reductions in child maltreatment, and family economic self - sufficiency.4, 5In the US, the Obama administration has funded a range of initiatives that require the use of evidence - based strategies in areas such as teen pregnancy prevention, home visiting, education and workforce innovation.2, 3 In the field of home visiting, an increasing number of programs have been rigorously evaluated and have demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in outcome domains such as parenting, maternal and child health, child development and school readiness, reductions in child maltreatment, and family economic self - sufficiency.4, 5in areas such as teen pregnancy prevention, home visiting, education and workforce innovation.2, 3 In the field of home visiting, an increasing number of programs have been rigorously evaluated and have demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in outcome domains such as parenting, maternal and child health, child development and school readiness, reductions in child maltreatment, and family economic self - sufficiency.4, 5In the field of home visiting, an increasing number of programs have been rigorously evaluated and have demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in outcome domains such as parenting, maternal and child health, child development and school readiness, reductions in child maltreatment, and family economic self - sufficiency.4, 5in outcome domains such as parenting, maternal and child health, child development and school readiness, reductions in child maltreatment, and family economic self - sufficiency.4, 5in child maltreatment, and family economic self - sufficiency.4, 5,6

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

To cultivate that untapped talent, Singer said, educators have solid evidence of methods that work in STEM education — such as focusing on conceptual learning, problem - solving, and use of representations such as diagrams and evolution trees — but those methods are used in very few undergraduate classrooms where STEM teachers receive their training, Singer said.

Patients, enrolled in an NIH funded study, met the following criteria [17]: (1) current positive IgG Western blot using CDC surveillance criteria assessed using a single reference laboratory (University Hospital of Stony Brook); (2) treatment for Lyme disease with at least 3 weeks of intravenous ceftriaxone or cefotaxime that was completed at least 4 months before study entry; and (3) objective evidence of memory impairment as documented by the Wechsler Memory Scale - III compared to age -, sex - and education - adjusted population norms.

This topic supports the learning outcomes in the Association for Careers Education and Guidance (ACEG) framework for career and work - related learning at Key Stage 4 but can be used with a range of groups and provides good evidence of lesson planning.

As such, it provided timely evidence to education officials who were deciding which evaluation system to use in Massachusetts.

That was the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 2004 that mandated that all US schools had to use evidence - based practices, and they put after that period, there's been money put into rolling those out through a program that is US $ 700 million... being spent on set programs to try and help make that happen in schools.

«The track record of top - performing countries, early evidence of positive effects from faithful implementation of high - quality curricula here in the United States, and the persistent evidence that our classrooms are under - challenging our students at every level compel us to put materials that we use to teach at the core of serious education reform.»

The question is whether these results will be used to effect change or be held hostage to the ideological posturing that so often substitutes for evidence in the education world.

If you're wanting to use a STEM education program that hasn't been evaluated, Rosicka says it's important to consider how the impact on student learning will be measured and before you allocate any funding or staff time get in touch with the program provider and ask three questions: Is there existing evidence of the impact of this program on students» learning?

Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) are increasingly being used, in England and beyond, to feed into the growing interest of «Best Practice», «Building Evidence Into Education», «What Works» and «Knowledge Transfer».

«This book was designed to show what new evidence exists about integrated education and its relationship to equality of educational opportunity; what the political prospects are; what we know about new policy alternatives, including using socioeconomic status; and what the federal role could be in encouraging such options,» write Frankenberg and Debray.

A series of provisions in the new education law encourage the use of evidence to inform the kinds of decisions states are now empowered to make.

In survey results that the Friedman Foundation released today, evidence indicates that parents using education savings account are very satisfied with their new options.

Much progress has been made over the last nine years in the use of systematic evidence in education policy - making.

When national resources are used to minimise student residualisation, to ensure that every school has access to high quality teaching and school leadership, and to promote the use of effective, evidence - based practices in every school, it is more likely that every student will receive a high quality education regardless of the school they attend.

The Coalition for Evidence - Based Policy has proposed language that would simply allow the Department of Education to reserve up to one percent of funding of all ESEA programs (except Title I) to award grants for innovation and research, with grant amounts based on the tiered evidence model useEvidence - Based Policy has proposed language that would simply allow the Department of Education to reserve up to one percent of funding of all ESEA programs (except Title I) to award grants for innovation and research, with grant amounts based on the tiered evidence model useevidence model used in i3.

School leaders now have «compelling evidence» to make sure the # 4bn spent on teaching assistants each year is used in ways that improve results for pupils, the chief executive of the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has said today.

For the code to be used accurately, state education officials require that schools have evidence students either enrolled in an adult education class or passed the GED test, wrote spokeswoman Cheryl Etters in an email.

Funded by: U.S. Department of Education - IES Amount: $ 1,000,000 Dates: 7/1/14 — 12/31/18 Summary: The Massachusetts Institute for College and Career Readiness (MICCR) will promote working alliances between researchers and policymakers in the use and interpretation of data and evidence to guide decision - making and improve student outcomes through meetings with MA Gateway City school and government leaders, as well as collaboration between researchers and teachers in the target communities.

Not only is acceptance into university teacher education programs a highly competitive process, the autonomy, professional engagement of teachers is evidenced in their development of teaching materials, use of collaborative planning time, and the organization of professional spaces on school campuses (see Jen b.) Within this environment why would a teacher ever choose to take up the mantle of headmaster or school principal?

The measures of teacher quality that are used by most public school systems to screen candidates and determine compensation — certification, experience, and education level — have been well researched, but there is little definitive empirical evidence that these characteristics, defined in general terms, are associated with higher student achievement.

My career since 2001 has largely been about advancing evidence - based education, which is the endeavor of collecting and using the best possible evidence to support policy and practice in education.

Tom Perry, a research fellow from the University of Birmingham, and research manager at the Centre for the Use of Evidence in Education, has written a new academic paper on the Progress measures which finds that the measure favours grammar schools — but his findings offers a solution to fix the bias.

He explored the use of best - evidence synthesis for identifying what works in education, the need for all teachers to develop their use of formative assessment, and key components of effective professional development for teachers.

Using technology in isolation is unlikely to lead to student achievement, but special education teachers can provide effective technology - based interventions by combining evidence - based pedagogical practices with complementary technologies suited to learners» individual needs and goals (Kennedy & Deshler, 2010; Smith & Okolo, 2010).

The empirical evidence simply does not support the use of one - size - fits - all curriculum standards and high stakes testing as effective tools to improve the education and life outcomes of over 56 million public school students in the third most populous country on the planet.

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) intends to commission a review of the current evidence on approaches to written marking commonly used in English...

Unfortunately, even with the advent of new technologies and more tools to collect evidence of student thinking and understanding in mathematics in ways that aren't possible without a digital environment, many education institutions still use antiquated techniques of measurement.

Philippa Cordingley from the Centre for the Use of Research Evidence in Education (CUREE) was one of the lead researchers in this area and explains that «What's sauce for the goose, in this case the pupils, is sauce for the gander — the teachers», i.e. if we practiced in CPD what we preach in the classroom then the whole profession could benefit.

Paul Crisp, a Director of the Centre for the Use of Research end Evidence in Education (which carried out the research for a new research synthesis about effective CPD), drew the parallel between classroom teaching and effective CPD.

Using a grounded theory approach to the study of historical texts and an expert interview, this study investigates culturally embedded conceptions of giftedness as evidenced in one of the most important Iranian literary canons, «The Gulistan», to guide the development of education and programming for gifted and talented students in Iran.

Our work is aimed not only at developing new and more targeted tools and approaches for addressing the region's priority needs, but also building the capacity of state and local education agencies to use evidence in making decisions that move us toward a more efficient, effective, and equitable education system.

In this webinar moderated by Dr. Marty West of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, teams from Massachusetts, Tennessee, and Michigan presented their progress to date in establishing systemic use of research evidence, their ultimate goals, successful strategies, and the challenges and roadblocks they have faceIn this webinar moderated by Dr. Marty West of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, teams from Massachusetts, Tennessee, and Michigan presented their progress to date in establishing systemic use of research evidence, their ultimate goals, successful strategies, and the challenges and roadblocks they have facein establishing systemic use of research evidence, their ultimate goals, successful strategies, and the challenges and roadblocks they have faced.

· In our final post in the series, Laurie Lee of the Florida Center for Reading Research and Steve Fleischman of Education Northwest share tools for using evidence to support struggling schools under ESSIn our final post in the series, Laurie Lee of the Florida Center for Reading Research and Steve Fleischman of Education Northwest share tools for using evidence to support struggling schools under ESSin the series, Laurie Lee of the Florida Center for Reading Research and Steve Fleischman of Education Northwest share tools for using evidence to support struggling schools under ESSA.

To give you a taste of what is coming in Part 2, the arguments can be summarized as: 1) Education does not lend itself to a single «best» approach, so the Gates effort to use science to discover best practices is unable to yield much productive fruit; 2) As a result, the Gates folks have mostly been falsely invoking science to advance practices and policies they prefer for which they have no scientific support; 3) Attempting to impose particular practices on the nation's education system is generating more political resistance than even the Gates Foundation can overcome, despite their focus on political influence and their devotion of significant resources to that effort; 4) The scale of the political effort required by the Gates strategy of imposing «best» practices is forcing Gates to expand its staffing to levels where it is being paralyzed by its own administrative bloat; and 5) The false invocation of science as a political tool to advance policies and practices not actually supported by scientific evidence is producing intellectual corruption among the staff and researchers associated with Gates, which will undermine their long - term credibility and iEducation does not lend itself to a single «best» approach, so the Gates effort to use science to discover best practices is unable to yield much productive fruit; 2) As a result, the Gates folks have mostly been falsely invoking science to advance practices and policies they prefer for which they have no scientific support; 3) Attempting to impose particular practices on the nation's education system is generating more political resistance than even the Gates Foundation can overcome, despite their focus on political influence and their devotion of significant resources to that effort; 4) The scale of the political effort required by the Gates strategy of imposing «best» practices is forcing Gates to expand its staffing to levels where it is being paralyzed by its own administrative bloat; and 5) The false invocation of science as a political tool to advance policies and practices not actually supported by scientific evidence is producing intellectual corruption among the staff and researchers associated with Gates, which will undermine their long - term credibility and ieducation system is generating more political resistance than even the Gates Foundation can overcome, despite their focus on political influence and their devotion of significant resources to that effort; 4) The scale of the political effort required by the Gates strategy of imposing «best» practices is forcing Gates to expand its staffing to levels where it is being paralyzed by its own administrative bloat; and 5) The false invocation of science as a political tool to advance policies and practices not actually supported by scientific evidence is producing intellectual corruption among the staff and researchers associated with Gates, which will undermine their long - term credibility and influence.

Based upon the factual evidence documented at www.UtahnsAgainstCommonCore.com I ask the Governor, State Board of Education, and State Superintendent to immediately take the steps necessary to rescind Common Core adoption, SBAC membership, the Race to the Top application, the No Child Left Behind waiver, and all other requirements upon the state that are related to these, and return to the Utah Core standards in use prior to Common Core adoption.

Sir Kevan Collins, chief executive of the Education Endowment Foundation, supported the committee's call to «encourage schools to use evidence - based interventions to make sure the pupil premium is being spent in the most effective ways».

They told us that, on a more personal level, teachers use research for professional nourishment, to become more critical consumers of evidence, especially in the face of media rhetoric and political reporting of education issues.

ESSA indicates that states must use evidence - based strategies to support low - performing schools, but Education Secretary DeVos will evaluate whether the strategies described in each state plan conform to that requirement.19 During an exchange with Sen. Chris Murphy (D - CT) at a hearing to defend the fiscal year 2018 proposed presidential budget, DeVos refused to dismiss painting walls as a evidence - based strategy to improve school performance.20 And after a celebrated bipartisan effort to reauthorize ESSA — in addition to other federal education policies — the possibility of progress rests largely in the hands of the Education DeEducation Secretary DeVos will evaluate whether the strategies described in each state plan conform to that requirement.19 During an exchange with Sen. Chris Murphy (D - CT) at a hearing to defend the fiscal year 2018 proposed presidential budget, DeVos refused to dismiss painting walls as a evidence - based strategy to improve school performance.20 And after a celebrated bipartisan effort to reauthorize ESSA — in addition to other federal education policies — the possibility of progress rests largely in the hands of the Education Deeducation policies — the possibility of progress rests largely in the hands of the Education DeEducation Department.

To respond to the increasing emphasis on evidence - based practice in education and to support school personnel in identifying and implementing programs and practices that use scientifically based research, ASCD will highlight three types of research sessions.

Steve Fleischman writes in praise of the new federal education law for its expansion of the use of evidence to drive school improvement.

«Previously, evidence was not widely used in education.

Michele's experiences with American Federation of Teachers, Teach for America, and serving Senator Harkin in the Senate Education Committee have all informed her passion for the use of research and evidence in educatioEducation Committee have all informed her passion for the use of research and evidence in educationeducation policy.

Evaluation of the two studies was funded by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) charity, which says there is compelling evidence that should help shape the the way TAs are used in schools to ensure they improve pupils» results.

Innovations funded by IES such as the work of more than 75 REL research alliances, the «research collaborations» grant program, «knowledge utilization» centers, and the Partnering in Education Research fellowship program at Kane's center at Harvard are just a few of examples of how evidence use is being supported in eEducation Research fellowship program at Kane's center at Harvard are just a few of examples of how evidence use is being supported in educationeducation.

An article written by Dr. Robert Slavin, director of the Center for Research and Reform in Education and Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Education makes a strong case for using evidence - based nonprofit providers for school improvement in the lowest 5 % lowest performing schools.

This overwhelming evidence prompted Tennessee's State Board of Education, one of the first adopters of the so - called Value Added Model («VAM»), to now abandon the use of VAM in any decisions to license or fire teachers.