Sentences with phrase «good quality evaluation»

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«A big part of this whole sustainable evaluation / communication process is really looking at how we can elevate our employees and help them succeed while creating a better quality of life,» he says.

The center includes an ISO 17025 accredited quality control laboratory, a pilot plant for product and process development, as well as an expanded expert taste panel to support sensorial evaluation for cocoa liquor and powder products.

Choosing a good bottle of wine really boils down to observation and evaluation of its quality.

Also, yes, I would like to hear your thoughts on S and P. Obviously it is not perfect, but I have found it to be fairly reliable of future performance by giving a pretty good evaluation of quality.

Given the heterogeneity in the choice of outcome measures routinely collected and reported in randomised evaluations of models of maternity care, a core (minimum) data set, such as that by Devane 2007, and a validated measure of maternal quality of life and well being would be useful not only within multi-centre trials and for comparisons between trials, but might also be a significant step in facilitating useful meta - analyses of similar studies.

«As New York City finalizes its own evaluation agreement, we implore our leaders to be just as vigilant and ensure that it too will be held to the highest standards so as to give our students the best chance at a quality education.»

«Our findings clash with the American dream of expecting that the quality of life will continue getting better for future generations,» says lead author Gary Freed, M.D., M.P.H., a pediatrician at University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and a member of U-M's Child Health Evaluation and Research Center.

Last year, an evaluation of a decadelong $ 250 million program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to improve the skills of some 70,000 science and math teachers in 31 states concluded that such efforts could make a difference — if they were done well, with high - quality materials, supported by policies, and sustained over many years.

«This evaluation is intended to point out where forensic practice is well founded in science and where it is not and to produce a research agenda to serve as the basis for arriving at forensic methods that will inspire greater confidence in our criminal justice system,» says the report, the second of two AAAS reports on the state of forensic science, the first focusing on the quality of fire investigations in the United States.

Measurements and characterization of the shear layer and cavity seeing, as well as image quality evaluation as a function of wavelength have also been performed.

So we can serve all new patients to the highest quality, we encourage you to call us during our business hours for a complimentary 15 - minute pre-session evaluation so we can get to know you and best recommend the private consultation or program that best suits your needs and desires.

That said, as the purpose of NSS is to inform student choice and provide reassurance about the quality of UK higher education, it really shouldn't be long until any useful evaluation of distance learning considers LMS reliability and usability, the quality of course materials such as e-books, HD videos, case studies, and audio files, as well as the level of tutor support and supervision received.

Rather than today's system, which focuses on «input regulations» such as textbook mandates; seat time rules; cumbersome, outdated certification requirements; and professional development units, public officials should place greater emphasis on vastly improved data systems, better teacher evaluations, curricular quality, and meaningful accountability.

Based on the literature reviews, observations in the schools and meetings with the departments at the Ministry of Education, the team presented several key policy considerations to the Ministry: (1) utilize a website, the National Play Day, and the Jamaican Teaching Council as platforms from which educators can develop and share best game - based learning practices; (2) promote a culture of collaboration through the Quality Education Circles (local discussion groups for educators), and by allocating time for teachers to develop and share game - based learning strategies; (3) provide resource support for schools in the form of workshops and training; and (4) create a monitoring and evaluation plan to be conducted at the school level.

To judge by the quality of the educational evaluation work I know best — on school desegregation, Comer's School Development Program, and bilingual education — the average quasi-experiment in these fields inspires little confidence in its conclusions about effectiveness.

In an attempt to curtail criticism of college - based teacher - training programs and improve the quality of their graduates, the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education is calling for a national evaluation system for prospective educators, as well as the development of a database that links their alma maters to pre-K-12 student performance.

More focused instructional and teacher quality strategies — like implementing the Common Core standards or improving teaching through better evaluation systems — are more likely to result in big gains, it seems to me.

The OECD also stated that the focus of continuing reforms should be on «developing high - quality teaching profession, making leadership a key driver of education reform, ensuring equity in learning opportunities and student well - being, and moving towards a new assessment, evaluation and accountability that aligns with the new 21st - century curriculum».

In addition, our analysis does not compare value added with other measures of teacher quality, like evaluations based on classroom observation, which might be even better predictors of teachers» long - term impacts than VA scores.

The Commission will examine factors contributing to teacher recruitment and performance including: incentives to hire and retain high - quality teachers; improvements in the teacher evaluation system to ensure New York is implementing one of the strongest evaluation systems in the country; the use of teacher evaluations for decisions regarding promotion, hiring and termination as required in the teacher evaluation law; and teacher preparation, certification and education programs to ensure that teachers are properly trained to best educate our students.

«A Better Way to Evaluate Schools» (PDF Fact Sheet) outlines a 3 - part school evaluation system — school quality reviews, limited standardized testing, plus school - based and local evidence.

Pay Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011 School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.

Finally, the recent evaluation of the Tennessee Voluntary Pre-K Program gets an A on internal validity because it was a well - implemented and analyzed RCT, and an A on external validity because it is an evaluation of a current statewide pre-k program that has most of the attributes that are listed by pre-k advocates as the critical features of high quality programs.

More focused instructional and teacher quality strategies — like implementing the Common Core standards or improving teaching through better evaluation systems — are more likely to result in big gains.

Accrediting schools in California, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, Palau, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, Marshall Islands and other Australasian locations, the ASC WASC encourages and supports institutional development and improvement through self - evaluation as well as mid-cycle, follow - up and special reports, and periodic peer evaluation of institutional quality.

If we see impact evaluation as a high quality learning tool for professionals as well as young people, we can bring about a step change in its application: fewer «happy» sheets and more evidence of real difference.

Evaluations should be diagnostic in nature, drawing on data about program quality to inform inquiries into the sources of success and improvement, as well as areas of concern.

OF COURSE bad teachers cheat on an evaluation system that allows them to cheat; the solution to this is a better evaluation system, one that really measures quality.

The evaluations will help parents figure out the best place for their children, reward quality in schools and make it easier to close schools that don't perform.

The policy paper, «Principals Matter — Principal Evaluations from a Teacher Perspective,» lays out six changes to the current principal evaluation system that would better link the ratings of school leaders to the quality of support they provide teachers.

Feedback for Better Teaching: Nine Principles for Using Measures of Effective Teaching: Brief from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation uses findings from Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project to set principles for designing high - quality evaluation systems http://k12education.gatesfoundation.org/resource/feedback-for-better-teaching-nine-principles-for-using-measures-of-effective-teaching/

The database includes teacher reviews and official quality ratings, and we'd encourage schools to make rating their courses a key part of their course evaluation so that other schools can more effectively find the very best training provision and steer clear of the worst.

The controversial National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ)-- created by the conservative Thomas B. Fordham Institute and funded (in part) by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as «part of a coalition for «a better orchestrated agenda» for accountability, choice, and using test scores to drive the evaluation of teachers» (see here; see also other instances of controversy here and here)-- recently issued yet another report about state's teacher evaluation systems titled: «Running in Place: How New Teacher Evaluations Fail to Live Up to Promises.»

Our aspiration reaches far beyond better than before, so we will use this evaluation and others to push forward so that every child in New Orleans attends a great school that puts them on a path to a high - quality life outcome.

By addressing this issue as well as clarifying the state's authorizer evaluation process, the legislature sends a clear message that quality authorizing is essential to creating great public charter schools.

One of the key conditions of the waiver, however, is that states as well as local educational agencies covered by the agreement develop and implement new evaluation systems for school leaders that take into account student achievement growth and the quality of principals» leadership practices.

Louisiana Charter Law includes a mandate that charter school authorizers follow the National Association of Charter School Authorizers» (NACSA's) «Principles & Standards for Quality Charter School Authorizing» to ensure they are following best practices both in the evaluation of charter school applications, as well as in oversight of existing schools.

Brancato's teacher evaluation score is partially based on how well her students do on these tests from year to year, and so she gives a lot of practice assessments — something she doesn't mind, because she thinks both the IB curriculum and the assessments attached to it are high quality.

Kate Walsh, president of the National Council on Teacher Quality, a research and advocacy group in Washington, D.C., has called value - added the best teacher - evaluation method so far.

The evaluation rubric currently in place, known as the Principal Performance Review, assigns principals a rating based on their school's score on the city progress report, the results of their school's most recent «Quality Review,» how well they met the «goals and objectives» they set out, and their compliance with city policies.

I believe I am legitimately skeptical in accepting as valid a technically inspired evaluation of the highly subjective human qualities that comprise inspired teaching which would be better applied to quality control of machines.

Involving them — as the professionals they are — in the design will help create buy in, as well as a quality evaluation system that emphasizes professional growth and support.

For those of you who are not familiar with Linda Darling - Hammond, or her extensive career as one of the best, brightest, and most influential scholars in the academy of education, she is the nation's leading expert on issues related to teacher quality, teacher recruitment and retention, teacher preparation, and, related, teacher evaluation (e.g., using value - added measures).

When coupled with bad policies and practicesthat govern professions — be they use - of - force laws and dismissal processes in law enforcement, or near - lifetime employment rules and subjective teacher quality evaluation regimes in education — as well as the legacies of the state - sanctioned bigotries that are America's Original Sins, the damages to both professions, peoples, and communities are devastating.

Based on financial data collected through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's initiative to build comprehensive educator evaluation systems, Harvard professor Tom Kane estimates that done well, a high quality teacher evaluation system is likely to consume two percent of a school district's budget.

Rockman et al has developed a strong reputation over its 25 year history for providing high - quality research and evaluation services to programs focused on social studies and history education, as well as arts education and arts integration.

And it should create the structures that make good evaluation possible: time and training for evaluators, the support of master or mentor teachers to provide needed expertise and assistance, and high - quality, accessible learning opportunities supporting effectiveness for all teachers at every stage of their careers.

By linking our evaluations to professional development, every employee now has access to quality professional learning experiences aligned with their specific needs, as well as our district's targeted goals and effectiveness standards.

Specifically, this study underscores the importance of key components for ensuring quality tutoring for the America Reads Challenge: (a) the use of research - based instructional elements to produce significant progress in reading achievement; (b) the need for a well - structured lesson plan in which the content and delivery of instruction are carefully planned; (c) the need for intensive, ongoing training and supervision of tutoring under the guidance of a knowledgeable reading specialist; (d) the need for frequent and regular tutoring sessions; and (e) the need for careful evaluation, assessment, monitoring and reinforcement of progress.

The information here will be valuable as states consider monitoring for program quality and continuous improvement as well as conducting a program evaluation for effectiveness.