The movement placed renewed attention on the misuse of journal - based metrics, such as the Journal Impact Factor (JIF), and focused on the task of
freeing research assessment from their influence.
Not exact matches
ALBANY, NY (12/09/2010)(readMedia)-- Governor David A. Paterson today announced the beginning of a New York State Energy
Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) program to provide homeowners with
free or reduced - priced energy
assessments and low - interest loans to finance energy - saving improvements.
Please feel
free to invite any of us to your conference, workshop, university or place of work to talk about
research assessment and what DORA can do to help facilitate change.
In order to create a culture around
research assessment that is
free from metrics including Journal Impact Factor, the university held a series of meetings to facilitate discussions with researchers on the best ways to create change.
Research efforts are aimed, for example, at ensuring bias -
free results, validity of technology - enhanced items, stability of measuring student growth across time, developing testing accommodations for students with special needs, software for computer - based testing, and technical support and scoring for local standards - based
assessments in Iowa and the nation.
New
Research Shows
Free Online Courses Didn't Grow As Expected NPR Ed, 4/11/15 «Andrew Ho, a lead author of the paper at Harvard, thinks the value of certificates will increase, «but ultimately be limited by the quality of
assessments and
assessment security, both areas where greater investment is necessary.»»
The Center co-sponsors the Smart & Good School initiative, which includes
free resources, a quarterly newsletter of best practices, and a
research report; offers
assessment instruments and other character education resources, such as books, articles, Spanish - language materials, classroom strategies, and parenting resources; and provides presentations and seminars for educators and parents.
Pick your reason to not partake: The total lack of
research behind this
assessment so there is no reliability or validity to it what so ever, they are using our kids to norm reference their
assessment, for
free, the subjectively set cut scores done by vote, not science, that have been set to intentionally fail 60 - 70 % of our students and their teachers which in turn allows for a whole other set of things to happen to schools and communities, the pending lawsuit against SBAC in Missouri where a judge issued a restraining order against the state from making payments, that we now also have to pay to them (where is that MOU?)
Includes information about dyslexia testing and
assessment, teaching dyslexic children, advice for parents of a dyslexic child, coping techniques for dyslexic adults,
free magazine articles,
research, and much more!
Also featured are
research reports, selected books on ELLs and
assessment, and a
free Parents» Guide to State Testing (in both English and Spanish).
The International Development
Research Center of Canada (IDRC) has engaged in an
assessment of the outcome of
free access to law initiatives in four African countries — Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
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