Sentences with phrase «federal data collections»

His analyses are largely empirical, as he has extensive expertise analyzing U.S. Census Bureau and other federal data collections.

Amend federal data collections, such as the CRDC and other data collected by the National Center for Education Statistics, to collect and report data on the number of FTE «school psychologists.»

I do know that the federal government is interested in helping states better leverage information and in ensuring that federal data collections are efficient and effective.

When it comes to student privacy, an enormous concern of parents and families, Thornton reminds us that the Common Core is not a mechanism for federal data collection — the federal government does not have access to the student - level data held in state databases, and federal law prohibits the reporting of aggregate data that could identify individual students.

While the federal data collection efforts include some verification and data cleaning, the data is generally only as accurate as states» record - keeping and reporting allows.

According to the U.S. Office of Civil Rights federal data collection, between 5 million and 7.5 million students miss nearly a month of school every year.

Examples of preschool programs included in federal data collection include preschool programs operated or administered by an LEA; Head Start programs receiving funding from the LEA or for which the LEA is the grant recipient; preschool special education services, operated or funded by the LEA or mandated under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; preschool programs and services administered or funded by the LEA through the use of Title I or similar government grants; or home - based early childhood educational services funded and administered by an LEA.»

Not exact matches

Just 11 days after a federal judge in Washington said the NSA's phone - data collection program is «almost certainly» unconstitutional, a federal judge in New York said the program is legal.

After Congress gutted federal Internet privacy protection rules in the spring, some state legislators started to move to impose limits on data collection and tracking online on their own.

Yet in December, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) called for a «do - not - track» system, and several privacy bills affecting the collection and use of personal data were introduced in the House of Representatives this year.

Just last month a federal judge in New York rejected a challenge to the phone data collection program brought by the ACLU, saying that there was no evidence that the information had been misused

Beyond federal Section 204 requirements, the policy sets nutritional standards for foods outside the National School Lunch Program concerning fat, sodium, sugars, and serving size limits; prohibits certain foods of minimal nutritional value during the school day; requires minimum eating times of at least 15 minutes for breakfast and 20 minutes for lunch; requires there be at least 30 minutes for physical activity per day; and includes minimum data collection and reporting requirements.

The Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into Facebook to determine whether the social media platform violated a 2011 consent decree governing its privacy policies when it allowed the data collection.

For his comparisons between the first half of this year and last year, Auerbach said he had secured data from the county clerk (on mortgage taxes), the department of finance (on sales - tax collections through June), the commissioner of health, the federal department of commerce and the state department of labor.

And according to the state comptroller's office, another state agency acting on behalf of the now - defunct Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption requested $ 200,000 for a Buffalo - based «litigation support» firm for «data collection and analysis, to assist the federal government.»

The Big Data Research and Development Initiative pledges $ 200 million for NIH, the National Science Foundation, and other federal agencies to support data collection, analysis, and dispersData Research and Development Initiative pledges $ 200 million for NIH, the National Science Foundation, and other federal agencies to support data collection, analysis, and dispersdata collection, analysis, and dispersion.

And it recommended that state and federal governments help fund data collection by nonprofits such as the Ground Water Protection Council and an independent multi-state gas regulation peer - review board.

The federal investigation and threats followed recent news that the data collection firm Cambridge Analytica, which worked on the 2016 Trump presidential campaign, gained access to the personal data of more than 50 million Facebook users.

The National Broadband Plan released recently by the Federal Communications Commission outlines a number of recommendations that could directly affect K - 12 schools: revamping the federal E-rate program to offer more flexible use of the aid and streamline the application process; removing technological and policy barriers to online coursetaking; and improving the collection and transparency of educationaFederal Communications Commission outlines a number of recommendations that could directly affect K - 12 schools: revamping the federal E-rate program to offer more flexible use of the aid and streamline the application process; removing technological and policy barriers to online coursetaking; and improving the collection and transparency of educationafederal E-rate program to offer more flexible use of the aid and streamline the application process; removing technological and policy barriers to online coursetaking; and improving the collection and transparency of educational data.

They should demand an acknowledgment from Duncan (making it easier for him to deliver that essential mea culpa), insist on safeguards regarding data collection and federal involvement, and seek clarity as to how governance of the Common Core and the assessments are going to be ordered so as to respect state sovereignty and guard against E.U. - style bureaucratic creep.

Suggestions for improvements to the collection and dissemination of federal financial aid data.

According to the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, all institutions receiving Title IV funds must submit specific data about their educational programs, student population, enrollment, attrition, and completion rates, staff and faculty, financial information, tuition and fees, and allocation of all student financial aid (NCES, n.d.) IPEDS HistoryIn 1995, NCES established the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC) as a «voluntary organization that encompasses all sectors of the postsecondary education community including federal agencies, postsecondary institutions, associations, and other organizations interested in postsecondary education data collection» (NPEC, n.d., p. 4).

But while the appropriate federal role in the policies and practices of local schools is a matter of debate, ensuring transparency through data collection should not be.

While the appropriate federal role in the policies and practices of local schools is a matter of debate, ensuring transparency through data collection should not be.

The federal No Child Left Behind Act has touched off a boom in school data collection.

On an evaluation of the federal Race to the Top and School Improvement Grant initiatives, she was a content area expert advising on development of protocols, data collection instruments, and reports, examining how states and districts use grant funds to improve teacher quality.

In public forums that Scott requested, several critics stepped forward to denounce the Common Core, offering a variety of reasons that range from «federal intrusion» to «data collection.»

It lays out approaches to maximize the opportunities presented by recent changes at the state and federal level, including CALPADS new attendance data collection for 2016 - 17 school year, and new chronic absence reporting requirements in the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Other problematic requirements, from the perspective of the officials interviewed, related to civil rights data collection, (Education Week reported extensively on that data) the Federal Funding and Transparency Act, and federal time distribution reports (the report noted that «in order for state and local federal grant recipients to use federal funds to pay salaries for their employees, they must document the employees» time spent on federally funded activFederal Funding and Transparency Act, and federal time distribution reports (the report noted that «in order for state and local federal grant recipients to use federal funds to pay salaries for their employees, they must document the employees» time spent on federally funded activfederal time distribution reports (the report noted that «in order for state and local federal grant recipients to use federal funds to pay salaries for their employees, they must document the employees» time spent on federally funded activfederal grant recipients to use federal funds to pay salaries for their employees, they must document the employees» time spent on federally funded activfederal funds to pay salaries for their employees, they must document the employees» time spent on federally funded activities.)

The Assembly will vote on bills recommended by the committee to ban the collection of students» biometric data such as retinal scans and fingerprints, to protect private student information and to require DPI to post on its website data it collects about students and prohibits DPI from releasing that information to federal agencies.

Without federal requirements for objective annual data collection, our son's once - latent abilities would be subjugated to prejudicial subjectivity.

Editor's note: This is the last blog in our series exploring data on program entry and exit requirements from the 2014 federal collection mandated by Title II of the Higher Education Act.

Editor's note: This is the fourth of six blogs exploring data on program entry and exit requirements from the latest available (2014) federal collection mandated by Title II of the Higher Education Act.

The following article presents data from the latest available (2014) federal collection mandated by Title II of the Higher Education Act, which includes 1,497 providers of «traditional» programs based in institutions of higher education (IHEs), 472 providers of IHE - based alternative programs, and 201 providers of non-IHE-based alternative programs.

Editor's note: This is the second of six blog articles exploring data on program entry and exit requirements from the latest available (2014) federal collection mandated by Title II of the Higher Education Act.

Editor's note: This is the third of six blogs exploring data on program entry and exit requirements from the latest available (2014) federal collection mandated by Title II of the Higher Education Act.

Some of the current indicators will remain in place because Congress wrote into the law that certain data points have to be gathered; the federal government expects that a new computerized reporting system will help make collection of that data easier to manage.

Our collection, use, and disclosure of Student Data is governed by our agreements with the School, in the U.S. by the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and applicable state laws, and by other state, federal, and international laws as applicable.

But critics said the data collection and monitoring would allow federal officials to limit enrollment.

She also called for state legislation forbidding the collection of student data without parental permission and for the federal government to confine testing mandates to fourth and eighth grade only.

Implementation of the statewide data collection system for reporting student information, including Federal student count (§ 300.640 - 641).

The conflict began after Juneau, Montana's State Superintendent for Public Instruction, decided she'd had enough of federal policies and incentives that require extensive data collection and reporting, which she said had paralyzed her small office.

They say that the Common Core calls for federal collection of student data.

Federal policies and incentives required extensive data collection and reporting, and Juneau saw the results paint more and more Montana schools as failing.

That data is aggregated for the federal government, after stripping out students» personal information, and that data collection doesn't change whether states adopt Common Core or not.

Malkin, too, stresses the role of the federal government in the collection of private student data:

In a column at the Atlanta Journal - Constitution, American Principles Project senior fellow Jane Robbins notes the collection of social and emotional learning (SEL) data is promoted in the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA):

The National Center for Education Statistics is the primary federal agency responsible for the collection, analysis and the reporting of data related to education in the United States.

Properly constructed, a data collection and analysis system can go beyond simple disaggregation to provide information more fully responsive to local, state, and federal data needs.

She coordinated and implemented strategy on federal civil rights legislation, supervised responses to federal agency actions involving civil rights, and helped to develop proposals to strengthen federal civil rights regulations, guidance, and data collection.