Sentences with phrase «for evidence of impact»

A new review conducted by RAND Corporation found that Playworks stands out among social and emotional learning (SEL) programs for evidence of impact.

The RAND Corporation review found that the Playworks Coach service is one of only seven elementary school SEL interventions to meet the highest criteria for evidence of impact under...

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By focusing on outcomes for Canadians and making evidence - based decisions that are anchored in meaningful data and indicators, the Government is moving to a culture of measurement and impact, and is putting in place the tools to deliver on priorities, align resources to programs and activities that deliver real value for Canadians, and provide meaningful information to Canadians and Parliament.

And if some of the tenets of the foodie cause, like being pro-organic or anti-GMO, are built on shaky evidence, others, like concern for animal welfare in large corporate farms or the impact of eating a diet heavy in processed foods, are not.

The primary factors that have impacted our rating are mixed some indicating strength, some showing weaknesses, with little evidence to justify the expectation of either a positive or negative performance for this stock relative to most other stocks.

Funding for mental health care initiatives is an issue specifically identified in our pre-budget letter to government and our 2017 Provincial Election Platform, given that there is strong evidence that effective programs can reduce both the economic and health impacts of these illnesses.

The primary factors that have impacted our rating are mixed — some indicating strength, some showing weaknesses, with little evidence to justify the expectation of either a positive or negative performance for this stock relative to most other stocks.

9 Consumer Social Media Trends That Could Impact Marketers — Social Media Examiner has put together a nice piece with recent evidence of social media happenings that you should know about and take into account when planning for future marketing efforts.

Glass Lewis, the leading independent provider of global governance services, appreciates the opportunity to respond to the Call for Evidence: Impact of the Best Practice Principles for Providers of Shareholder Voting Research and Analysis.

Barnett contends that the criticisms of a strong patent - rights system overlook recent empirical evidence and have overestimated the impact and scope of problems including «patent trolls» (firms that own patents but do not manufacture products), «royalty stacks» (the total demands of multiple intellectual property holders for remuneration leave too little revenue left for the manufacturer), and «patent thickets» (complex and conflicting legal claims that increase transaction costs for manufacturers).

I don't think it will have a lot of impact on the economy and I worry about the harm of larger deficits — evidence says that if it pays for itself it won't be while this Congress is around — but it does try to go more directly at the problem.

In November 2017, he achieved precedent - setting victories for investors, when the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that direct evidence of price impact is not always necessary to demonstrate market efficiency to invoke the presumption of reliance, and that defendants seeking to rebut the presumption of reliance must do so by a preponderance of the evidence rather than merely meeting a burden of production.

Still, when you couple this absence of increased credit with the lack of evidence that QE worked the way the Fed thought it would, you would be forgiven for wondering whether QE had any significant impact on output and employment at all.

Their interest piqued, Brinig and Garnett, fellows of Notre Dame's Institute for Educational Initiatives, decided to test that anecdotal evidence of Catholic schools» neighborhood impact empirically.

The initiative came out of a strategic directive adopted by the Association, which calls for «positively impacting the human condition,» and evidences a growing support for spiritual social action among the broader membership of Unity.

Science can test for the evidence of an event or multiple events having happened in the past, e.g. CMBR, impact craters, fingerprints, geologic strata, etc..

Experimental evidence on the impact of food advertising on children's knowledge about and preferences for healthful food.

See for example comments from the Australian Food and Grocery Council on the release of a Productivity Commission report on childhood obesity, Lack of evidence food taxes and ad bans impact obesity: report, 26 October 2010, viewed 26 November 2010, http://www.afgc.org.au/media-releases/384-lack-of - evidence - food - taxes - and - ad - bans - impact - obesity - report.

So if his predictability in this matter led to drive killing interceptions and incompletions on a regular basis, then there's a strong base of evidence for his negative impact on the W / L columns.

And there are a number of other unknowns For example: • We do not know what impact the changes would have in individual families.: • There is no firm evidence that the overall impact would be detrimental to children or mothers.; • We do not know whether current measures for protecting children and adults from harm are sufficiently effective in families where both parents already have For example: • We do not know what impact the changes would have in individual families.: • There is no firm evidence that the overall impact would be detrimental to children or mothers.; • We do not know whether current measures for protecting children and adults from harm are sufficiently effective in families where both parents already have for protecting children and adults from harm are sufficiently effective in families where both parents already have PR.

For more details — including evidence - based tips for reducing the impact of electronic media — see this Parenting Science reviFor more details — including evidence - based tips for reducing the impact of electronic media — see this Parenting Science revifor reducing the impact of electronic media — see this Parenting Science review.

The only real alternative to obtaining human milk from a peer is using infant formula, and the evidence for short - and long - term negative impacts on infants from exposure to infant formula is overwhelming.9 It is interesting that the same health authorities who condemn peer - to - peer milk sharing have not condemned the use of infant formula.

Furthermore, there has been no large - scale study of the impact of this intervention on breastfeeding initiation and duration, although a study based in Scotland has provided some evidence for an association between birth in a Baby Friendly facility and increased rates of breastfeeding at 1 week of age.16, 17

Existing evidence does not suggest that concerns about the impact of breastfeeding on an HIV - positive mother's health should be the basis for the infant feeding decision.

2011 — The final report of the Healthy Families New York RCT was published, furthering the evidence for HFA as a program that can make an impact on child maltreatment.

Moving the Bar for Maternal Depression: Systems Strategies that Work (HV - ImpACT Webinar) Transcript (PDF - 173 KB) This Home Visiting - ImpACT webinar explores a system of care for detecting and alleviating maternal depression symptoms by connecting mothers to evidence - based services.

However, there is not any evidence for the impact of the textile, water, and the detergents.

The small studies that chiropractors refer to as evidence have been criticised for having poor scientific design that may have impacted the results, for example there was room for unconscious biases and one study did not record the number of dropouts and reasons for dropping out.

The importance of touch for babies has been well researched and a strong body of evidence exists to support the impact touch (and / or lack of touch) has on a baby.

● Calls for a «hit count» to limit the number of head impacts in a week or a season make sense, but there's no evidence to say what that number should be.

Empirical evidence, for example, showsthat fox predation accounts for only a very small proportion of lamb losses, and has a negligible financial impact.

A 2012 paper by the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex studied the minimum wage and «found almost no evidence of significant adverse impacts on employment».

«It is simply unacceptable and irresponsible for a government to embark on changes which will have such a profound adverse impact on the financial future of teachers and their families without having evidence to demonstrate that a problem even exists.

Legal experts said the impact of the McDonnell decision would make it harder for the feds to convict Silver a second time, because revised jury instructions could exclude some of the most damning evidence from consideration.

The Report highlights the significant shift since 2010 in DFID's international development strategy to increasingly promote private sector involvement in the design and delivery of education services, despite the fact that DFID's own research evidence questions the impact of such interventions in relation to education quality and equity for learners.

Extraditing Mrs Alison - Madueke back to Nigeria is equally important for allowing easier access to witnesses, evidence, victims of corruption; creating a deep connection between Nigerians and the impact of the trial; and empowering victims of corruption.»

The warning is sounded as the professional engineering body submits evidence to the Transport Select Committee, which is investigating the impact of the Government's Strategic Framework for Road Safety [i].

The centre will address the need for longitudinal and trend analysis data for the sector, will make the evidence base for the sector more accessible, and will assess the impact of third sector policies.

Although representatives of the candidates denied the issue had a large impact, Mr. Brown said in an interview on Friday that Mr. Weprin's defeat was evidence that gay rights advocates were mistaken when they assured lawmakers who voted for same - sex marriage that they would not be hurt by their votes in future campaigns.

This pamphlet argues for a renewed liberal equality agenda, based on evidence of the divisive impact of inequality on society and recent findings of the central role that financial security and access to resource plays in life chances and child development.

The evidence in the BES suggests that the reason for the increased impact of differential turnout is not due to a change in the relative enthusiasm between Labour and Conservative supporters since 2010.

A new report has questioned the effectiveness of random drug testing in schools, calling for further evidence on their probable impact.

Commenting on the publication of the 26th Report of the School Teachers» Review Body for England and Wales, and the Government's acceptance of all its recommendations, Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT the largest teachers» union in the UK, said «We welcome the Report of the independent pay Review Body in studying the evidence on the impact of pay on teacher recruitment and retention.

In the wake of an EPA study that found no evidence fracking has had a «widespread, systematic impact on drinking water,» supporters of the controversial drilling practice are calling on the Cuomo administration to scrap its plans for a ban.

«Obsessively focusing on academies, invidiously name - checking the favoured few, substituting anecdote for evidence, misleading the public and misrepresenting the impact of his reforms.

Perry of NYCLU and a host of good government groups including Citizens Union, the New York Public Interest Research Group, and Common Cause New York say that the governor has given no evidence that these new disclosure rules for nonprofits will do anything to impact corruption.

During a two - hour evidence session, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and the Resolution Foundation set out the impact of the tax credit cuts, and the best way to mitigate the changes.

To see if these deaths were linked with the KT extinction, the researchers tested for iridium, the rare metal found throughout the world near the KT boundary, thought by most to be evidence of a cosmic impact.

Training more geologists to think in terms of impacts and look for layers of spherules should also make a huge difference; there may still be a lot of evidence lying around that simply has not been collected and analyzed.

And spokespeople for two organizations that are collating dossiers for Johnson's inbox — Universities UK, which represents British higher - education institutions, and the Institute of Physics — both told Nature on July 20 that despite concerns, they haven't yet seen evidence that Brexit is having a widespread impact.