Sentences with phrase «for federal assessment»

The first step is for the Agency to screen out projects which are not suitable for Federal assessment, but the new screening step relates to impact on Federal areas of jurisdiction, rather than decisions within Federal jurisdiction.

President Nixon's administration pushed for a federal assessment to track academic achievement and a federal body to study the link between federal funds and student learning.

The memo also calls for a federal assessment of «the appropriate number of high containment U.S. laboratories required» to handle select agents.

Not exact matches

The stakes are high for this assessment, not only because it will be a primary determinant of the timing of Federal Reserve policy tightening; the more one believes that current high long - term unemployment is cyclically (demand) driven rather than structurally (mismatch and demographic) driven, the more one believes workers can be brought back into employment through monetary (or other) stimulus.»

Last month, MacLauchlan wrote a letter to Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil and to federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna in which he called for a more comprehensive assessment.

The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) recently released its assessment of the federal government's Fall Economic Statement and offered a number of issues for consideration by parliamentarians.

HAZELTON — A federal environmental assessment report that concluded the proposed New Prosperity open - pit mine would have significant adverse effects for the Tsilhqot» in is a condemnation of the B.C. Liberals approach to Aboriginal rights and title, says Stikine MLA Doug...

The section calls for the undersecretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis, along with «appropriate Federal partners,» to «develop and disseminate a threat assessment regarding the actual and potential threat posed by individuals using virtual currency to carry out activities in furtherance of an act of terrorism.»

Not since Michael D. Brown got that «heckuva job» praise over the federal government's Hurricane Katrina response and then resigned over his poor performance for his Hurricane Katrina response has a presidential assessment of U.S. disaster aid swung quite...

«Our organization applauds the Federal Government for approving this project, which has undergone a comprehensive scientific and technical assessment and is subject to conditions that will ensure it is built to the highest safety and environmental standards.»

From 1990 to 2005, he was Director Fiscal Policy Division Department of Finance, responsible for overall preparation of the federal budget; preparation and assessment of medium - and long - term projections of federal revenues and expenses and implications for fiscal policy; analysis of fiscal conditions at both the federal and provincial levels; evaluation of various budget proposals; preparation of monthly Fiscal Monitor; with the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG), assessing and evaluating accounting standards proposed by the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) of the CICA and recommending changes in government accounting policies; with the OCG, responsible for implementation of accrual accounting for the federal budget and the government's financial statements.

And while there has been media attention directed toward Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and federal Treasurer Scott Morrison for their opposition to the Chinese sale, there has been support from the Greens for a more rigorous assessment of foreign investor sales of agriculture.

«Now that the damage assessments have been revised to show that the damage meets FEMA's threshold for assistance, there is no reason to hold back from providing the federal aid necessary to rebuild.»

They also pointed out how the education department has made recent adjustments to standardized testing, such as reducing the number of questions and testing time on state assessments for students in grades 3 through 8 this school year, and receiving a federal waiver to stop «double testing» in math for seventh and eighth graders through a combination of state and federal testing.

ALBANY — A new type of assessment system could be in the works for New York as the state Education Department plans to apply for a federal pilot program under the new Every Student Succeeds Act — a program lawmakers said was written with New York in mind.

At the same time, Cuomo said it was unclear for now if the state would be able to qualify for federal disaster money as a cost assessment of the damage was yet to be determined.

FEMA and the State Department of Environmental Conservation are doing a damage assessment in the region, and if the damage exceeds $ 27.5 million, it will qualify for federal aid.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued an environmental assessment on Monday for the Millennium pipeline, which allows the project to move forward.

A federal regulator has issued an environmental assessment for public comment.

Beneath the amounts for federal, state and local sales taxes on petroleum products, and for the underground storage tank fee, it added the heading «Other Assessments.»

A March 2008 Government Accountability Office report criticized the Bush White House (pdf) for injecting politics into the EPA's chemical risk assessment of perchlorate and other toxins.The report suggested that the White House Office of Management and Budget was stalling the completion of risk assessments by forcing scientists to respond to comments from other federal agencies, including the Department of Defense.

She identified development of national flood building and disaster resiliency standards as two examples that could «drive locals to make better decisions,» and noted the president just announced that all international development programs will have to undertake a climate risk assessment going forward to qualify for federal funds.

The critique comes the same week that a different NRC panel found problems with a risk assessment for a huge federal agricultural biodefense lab planned for Kansas.

In an early benefit assessment pursuant to the Act on the Reform of the Market for Medicinal Products (AMNOG), the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) has examined whether this new drug for MS offers an added benefit over the appropriate comparator therapy specified by the Federal Joint Committee (G - BA).

In Switzerland, Federal Council member Doris Leuthard announced today (English version) that the ongoing process for finding a site for three new nuclear power plants was on hold pending new safety assessments.

The Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule of 2015, for example, reiterated the aims of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, requiring municipalities that receive federal housing funds to conduct fair housing assessments.

CORD is pleased that the mandate for the new federal National Pharmacare Advisory Council includes assessment of international models and establishment of expert reference groups.

Evidence is mounting that federal employees and their agents may have directed or even pressured states to choose specific assessments, consultants, and the criteria for evaluating core reading programs as conditions for getting funding under the Reading First initiative, possibly in violation of federal law.

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.

But today, we have, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career, one of two consortia of states funded by the federal government to develop «next - generation» assessments aligned with the Common Core State Standards.

For example, some have noted the state's participation in the federal Reading First program, in which public schools received grant money to implement instructional and assessment tools.

When it comes to the study of implementing education reforms, analysts tend to focus on the formal channels of implementation and the standard tools of public administration — for example, intergovernmental hand - offs (federal to state to district to school), alignment of curriculum, assessment and other components of the reform, professional development, getting incentives right, and accountability mechanisms.

Certainly our policymakers are not willing to concede the point, not at the federal, state, or local levels, where arguments continue to rage over assessments, charter schools, vouchers, class - size reduction, and many other strategies for school reform.

The Arlington, Va. - based standards board, created in 1987, has received more than $ 100 million in federal funds to develop and run a system of assessments for recognizing accomplished teachers.

For every policy that a state department education or the federal government erects in connection with or reliant on summative assessment data, however, the longer it will take states to back off of «Measurement 2.0,» and realize the potential of formative assessment as a teaching, learning, and accountability tool.

[16] The federal government is paying for the creation of national assessments and encouraging states to use them to fulfill NCLB requirements for testing and accountability.

States and / or the federal government could identify best practices for online skill assessments that all students could take at key break points in their school careers (e.g., 6th grade or 9th grade).

That's a daunting challenge for any test maker, but it's further complicated by widespread fears of soaring failure rates and their political consequences, as well as by Arne Duncan's stipulation (in the federal grants that underwrite the assessment - development process) that the states belonging to each consortium must reach consensus on those passing scores (in government jargon, «common achievement standards»).

This message comes through even in the area where CCSSO is asking for new and important flexibility from federal rules (permitting states to allow districts to pilot new approaches to assessment).

Finally, under the heading of unintended consequences, I am very fearful that placing sole responsibility for standard setting with the federal government could result in the worst of all possible worlds: national standards and assessments that embrace the conventional wisdom and social agendas of the education «experts» who staff our schools of education, teachers unions, and national associations.

Federal funding for education is strapped to requirements for standards and assessments.

Albert Shanker commented that while revamping NAEP didn't top the education lobbies» agenda for the ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) reauthorization cycle then under way, strengthening the assessment system was «one of the most important things we can accomplish in this round» of federal education legislation.

• State and federal programs like CCSS, RTTT, and the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers and Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortia (groups of states who had adopted CCSS and agreed to work together on developing aligned, shared assessments) slowed down the market for content, assessments, and platforms in some ways.

In fact, the modern accountability movement, right through to the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, owes much to Shanker's relentless calls for higher standards, assessments, and consequences for poor performance.

The reports demonstrate that federal accountability rules have derailed state reforms and assessment strategies, that the requirements have no common meaning across state lines, and that the sanctions fall especially hard on minority and integrated schools, asking for much less progress from affluent suburban schools.

• Federal spending to develop and administer mandated assessments is adequate for now, but will need to increase over time.

By May 2009, two months prior to the announcement of the preliminary Race to the Top guidelines, 46 governors and chiefs had already signed a memorandum of agreement that encouraged the federal government to «provide key financial support» for the Common Core State Standards «through the Race to the Top Fund» and the development of common assessments.

Just as the market for schools is deeply shaped by the political and regulatory environment at the city, state, and federal levels, so too is the market for instructional materials, assessments, and data platforms.

The report examines how new state and federal strategies are transforming the assessment of school performance and reshaping the consequences for poor results.

Federal law requires states to provide «alternate assessments» for students with disabilities who can not take regular state tests, even with accommodations.