Sentences with phrase «external evaluators»

Rockman et al frequently serves as external evaluator for multi-year projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education which are designed to drive whole - school reform and measurable gains in student achievement.

We have developed a strong reputation for providing research and evaluation in the area of informal learning initiatives in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), particularly as external evaluators for projects funded by NSF, NIH, and NASA.

Turning parents from critics to collaborators, from spectators to effective team - players, and from external evaluators to partners, implies developing mutual empathetic understanding.

This a labor intensive and costly endeavor which has proven effective at increasing knowledge of ocean and climate literacy to students enrolled in schools serving economically disadvantaged communities according to assessments conducted by external evaluators over the last 5 years.

An unforeseen consequence of this policy was a tendency for local NWS offices to assign lower initial ratings, eliminating the expense and complexity of involving external evaluators.

According to the iQUEST Observation report for 2009 - 2010 school year, completed by the project external evaluator from ISTE, «iQUEST students and teachers both spend more time in class using technology than did students and teachers in other ICOT - observed classrooms in 2008 - 2010.»

«External evaluators gathered and analyzed outcome data using a variety of comparison groups and analysis techniques,» Stockard and Wood note.

Recommendations include involving key stakeholders early in the closure process, developing clear and objective criteria for selecting schools to be closed, enlisting external evaluators to make tough calls, and creating support structures to help displaced students secure quality alternatives.

Students must also defend their work orally before external evaluators.

The TalentED Project is working with external evaluators to track the portal's progress and success.

«That pass / fail rating [that external evaluators use in the first round of vetting] is not really equating to the quality that you are looking for,» said Townsend - Smith.

He acts also as external evaluator for a number of public institutions and private companies at the national and international level on issues of civil society, peacebuilding, and governance.

In Sweden, according to the study by Hinnerich and Vlachos, the scores issued by external evaluators were indeed harsher than those assigned by internal graders.

In an unforeseen consequence, local NWS offices had a tendency to assign lower initial ratings, eliminating the expense and complexity of involving external evaluators.

She supported the governor's proposal to have a portion of classroom observation performed by an external evaluator.

If you have an opportunity to respond to a letter that is unjustifiably critical, try (if you can) to succinctly point out, in the gentlest possible way, that the writer is not the best person to judge work in your field, and guide the committee toward more informed opinions (external evaluators and reviewers of papers or grant proposals).

The minority surge in STEM at H - LSAMP institutions is «something really unusual,» says David Drew, Platt Professor of Education and Management at California's Claremont Graduate University and an external evaluator for H - LSAMP.

The contributors present perspectives on undergraduate research programs from participants, administrators, and external evaluators.

Arrange for an in - house team or a team of external evaluators (from a local college or university, for example) to conduct student evaluations.

And after accounting for things like a school's location, along with basic student characteristics, it turned out that the external evaluators had downgraded the scores for students at voucher schools much more than for students at government ones.

SRI is an external evaluator that has been assessing ConnectEd and the implementation of Linked Learning across multiple districts for several years.

The application of standards of evidence was audited by an external evaluator.

As an external check on the KMD project's work to situate research on teachers» mathematics and science content knowledge, the external evaluator audited the KMD project team's narrative documentation of what is known from empirical research for all studies that examined the relationship between teacher leaders» practice and teachers» practice.

Data from our external evaluator, The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, shows pre - and post-test outcomes in each of three years of project implementation for all struggling learners across all schools on the Gates - McGinitie diagnostic.

A final evaluation report from an external evaluator showed a statistically significant improvement in third grade reading scores in the five communities, narrowing of the achievement gap.

Sixteen were conducted by the external evaluator from ISTE, one by the iQUEST principal investigator, and nine by the iQUEST project coordinator.

Prior to her work with LEED, she served in multiple capacities to support educational organizations in their efforts to achieve educational excellence including School Improvement Facilitator, School Coach, External Evaluator, Education Researcher and Director of School Redesign.

Education Northwest serves as CST's external evaluator.

As the external evaluator, REA assessed impacts on teachers and students through suveys and secondary data analyses.

We have also served as the external evaluator for numerous K - 12 school reform initiatives funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

As external evaluators for an NSF - funded AISL grant awarded to The Fred Rogers Company, Rockman et al tested early versions of Peg + Cat interactive media and science camp activities with pre-schoolers, their families, and their teachers.

As the external evaluator, REA will conduct both implementation and impact studies to assess how students in a2i project classrooms perform on annual standardized achievement tests compared to matched groups of students whose teachers are not participating.

Rockman et al is the external evaluator for «Our Place in Space,» a professional development program for formal and informal science educators designed and implemented by the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, with funding from NASA.

Rockman et al is the external evaluator for the U.S. Department of Education Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) Development award to WestEd for the Leading with Learning (LWL) project, (formerly known as the English Learner Professional Learning (ELPL) Project).

Rockman et al has served as the external evaluator for four professional development programs provided by Jackson State University for science teachers in elementary, middle and high school.

As the external evaluator for the project, Rockman et al conducted studies of both implementation and impact, including an interrupted time - series design to investigate gains on state tests in math and reading.

REA is the external evaluator for «Carbon Networks,» a federally - funded project which is a collaboration between the Exploratorium, the Pacific Science Center, and the Waikiki Aquarium.

Rockman et al frequently serves as an independent, external evaluator for grant - funded, multi-year projects supported by state and federal agencies, private industry, and foundations.

We have also served as the external evaluator for numerous K - 12 school reform initiatives funded by the US Department of Education.

As the external evaluator of the program, Rockman et al is conducting a five - year, mixed - methods study to track progress towards and attainment of SAGE program goals.

As independent researchers, we often serve as the external evaluator for grant - funded projects supported by state and federal agencies, private industry, and foundations.

The external evaluator observes classrooms, talks with school leaders, and uses a ten - page rubric to evaluate how well the school is organized to support student achievement.

Participation may mean that ASIC or an external evaluator could request your engagement in some form of evaluation activity.

University of Illinois Center for Prevention Research and Development (CPRD) serves as the external evaluator and benchmark analyst for the Illinois MIECHV (Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting) program.