Sentences with phrase «identify education factors»

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(Our survey results confirm these priorities: knowledge and learning, income improvement potential and prestige were identified by respondents as the three most critical factors in an MBA education.)

«Even though extant research has identified numerous predictors of people's happiness and well being, most of these factors represent relatively stable aspects of an individual's life, such as the cultural environment in which one is raised or resides and demographics such as age, education, social class, marital status, and religion,» write the researchers.

Through surveys and other analysis, they identified a long list of factors that were interacting like a chemical equation, which is the unsexy secret about how education systems usually work.

David Cameron will identify discipline, «freedom for schools» and «high expectations» as the key factors that make for a good education system as he opens one of the first «free» schools today.

The research also finds that black students are 54 percent less likely than white students to be identified as eligible for gifted - education services after adjusting for the students» previous scores on standardized tests, demographic factors, and school and teacher characteristics.

Going forward, researchers said, they need to identify the reasons why group sessions yielded better outcomes, whether it is the additional time for education, the built - in social support, or other factors.

Other researchers have identified another factor that could contribute to a correlation between bilingualism and a decreased risk of dementia — the higher education level that is present in some people who speak more than one language.

The researchers also took into account age, education, jobs, and gender to ensure that any difference identified could not be attributed to those factors.

The study also identifies differences in parental engagement as a key factor in the education gap between rich and poor.

In «In the Wake of the Storm,» which is now available at www.EducationNext.org and will appear in the Spring 2010 issue of Education Next, Harvard researcher Michael Henderson tells the story behind the passage of voucher legislation in Louisiana and identifies the election of Bobby Jindal, a popular governor committed to school choice, as the most critical factor.

It will conduct intensive site visits in order to identify state and local factors affecting charter implementation and student achievement, and initiate the difficult task of collecting information on the possible consequences of charter schools for American education.

The Commission will examine factors that impact spending in education, including: school funding and distribution of State Aid; efficiency and utilization of education spending at the district level; the percentage of per - pupil funding that goes to the classroom as compared to administrative overhead and benefits; approaches to improving special education programs and outcomes while also reducing costs; identifying ways to reduce transportation costs; identifying strategies to create significant savings and long - term efficiencies; and analysis of district - by - district returns on educational investment and educational productivity to identify districts that have higher student outcomes per dollar spent, and those that do not.

CORE says it will expand measures of a school's success to include factors reflecting social and emotional learning — rates of suspension, absenteeism and as yet undefined gauges of non-cognitive skills — as well as school climate and culture, as measured by student and parent surveys, rates of identifying special education students and the progress of English learners.

The commissioner may also place under preliminary registration review any school that has conditions that threaten the health, safety and / or educational welfare of students or has been the subject of persistent complaints to the department by parents or persons in parental relation to the student, and has been identified by the commissioner as a poor learning environment based upon a combination of factors affecting student learning, including but not limited to: high rates of student absenteeism, high levels of school violence, excessive rates of student suspensions, violation of applicable building health and safety standards, high rates of teacher and administrator turnover, excessive rates of referral of students to or participation in special education or excessive rates of participation of students with disabilities in the alternate assessment, excessive transfers of students to alternative high school and high school equivalency programs and excessive use of uncertified teachers or teachers in subject areas other than those for which they possess certification.

When the children were compared after accounting for those confounding factors, the probability for being identified for special education was always lower for minority students.

Teacher quality is the most important in - school factor related to students» academic success, and low - income students benefit most when taught by skilled teachers.9 Just as in other sectors, strategic recruitment in the education sector is critical to identify candidates who are likely to succeed.

Zimmer identified three factors pushing the district toward the financial abyss: the federal government's reneging on promises of more money for special education students, creating a $ 200 million shortfall for the district; the state's «extremely low» per - pupil funding level and the district's steady decline in enrollment.

Designed to identify the level of funding needed to deliver an adequate education to every student in a state and sensitive to each child's needs, the Evidenced Based Model ensures that the distribution of education funding is equitable, and accounts for the cost of overcoming «at risk» factors.

Not all the Alabama data points can be readily identified, but the National Education Data Model recommends 400 data points on each child including health, family income, political persuasion, and philosophical factors.

Coleman et al. (1993) in their report of five schools which had successfully blended gifted education programs into middle schools identified factors critical to program effectiveness:

Identify the Motivational Factors to Affect the Higher Education Students to Learn Using Technology

Nine Keys to Student Achievement and Cost - Effectiveness The first large - scale national study to identify and prioritize the factors that make some technology implementations perform dramatically better than others, demonstrate that schools employing a 1:1 student computer ratio and the key implementation factors outperform other schools, and reveal significant opportunities for improving education return on investment (ROI) by transforming teaching and learning.

The study by the National School Boards Association's (NSBA) Center for Public Education (CPE) looks at the credentials and high school experiences of non-college going graduates to identify the factors that lead to success after school in both work and life.

Our hope is that these resources can help states and communities build on their successes; identify further opportunities and priorities for improving the prospects of their students; spur collaboration and coordination beyond the schoolhouse doors; and promote a shift from narrowly defined student achievement and traditional education reform to broader efforts that recognize the crucial out - of - school factors that influence learning and truly prepare students for success in college, career, and citizenship.

Data analysis and review of student level data conducted by the intervention team [Texas Education Code (TEC) § 39.106 (a) and 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) § 97.1071] is designed to identify factors contributing to low performance and ineffectiveness of program areas.

Project RED has identified the nine key implementation factors (KIFs) that are linked most strongly to the education success measures.

Special education teachers seldom have the necessary training in substance abuse to conduct prevention activities or to identify risk factors or signs of abuse.

A 2011 survey of veterinary professionals revealed that declining pet healthcare visits are recognized as a problem and identified communication issues and the education of the value of preventive healthcare to pet owners as factors that impact the downturn.

(Sec. 265) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a research program to: (1) identify the factors affecting consumer actions to conserve energy and make improvements in energy efficiency; and (2) make grants to institutions of higher education to study the effects of consumer behavior on total energy use, the potential energy savings from changes in consumption habits, the ability to reduce GHG emissions through changes in energy consumption habits, increasing public awareness of federal climate adaptation and mitigation programs, and the potential for alterations in consumer behavior to further American energy independence.

The Coalition for Nursing Home Reform has identified factors critical to a nursing home's ability to ensure proper nutrition of residents, including: staffing levels at meal times; management and supervision of staff by licensed nurses; involvement of professionals, including doctors, dietitians, and dentists; and staff education.

Two key goals include (1) evaluating student and law school performance to identify key success factors and scalable opportunities for law school assessment, as (2) identifying key components of «experiential education» and creating universal definitions that can be used and understood by law schools, the profession, and prospective students.

But when Consumer Reports analyzed more than 2.7 billion premiums — the bulk of the U.S. auto insurance market — we also identified some factors that you might not even be aware of, including credit history and education, that have nothing to do with your driving.

Provide structured sessions to target client crisis behavior, consulted with team to ensure DBT treatment criteria, and skillfully used behavior chain analysis to identify the contributing factors to client behavior Domestic Violence: Provide therapy to survivors of past and present domestic violence, male and female, and provide psycho education concerning power, control and the abuse cycle.

This report identifies the factors that affect recruitment and retention in the Early Childhood Education and Care sector and possible strategies to avoid staff shortages in the ECE field.

A number of factors have been associated with poor school attendance, including low socioeconomic status and low levels of parental education.1 3 In Australia, Indigenous young people have been identified to have significantly worse attendance and school retention when compared with non-Indigenous children, and it has been suggested that this is a key driver of the gap in academic outcomes between non-Indigenous and Indigenous young people.6 — 8 In addition Moore and McArthur9 identified that maternal and family risks, such as family instability, mental illness and drug and alcohol issues, are associated with reduced child participation in school.

Four factors that can increase school connectedness are identified: adult support, belonging to a positive peer group, commitment to education, and school environment.

Lead development of a National Strategy on the Social Determinants of Aboriginal Health that identify key evidence based policies and programs to address factors such as education, income inequality, alcohol and other drugs, employment and public housing

Indeed, many of the readers of this report enjoy protective factors — such as a college education — that offset some of the risk factors identified above.

The Strengthening Families approach and In - Home Family Education believe that all families can use support and enhancement of the six protective factors, instead of services being targeted only at those families identified as «at - risk.»

Covariates included identified risk factors for AD: maternal asthma, low maternal education, being a boy [59], breastfeeding status and birth weight [60]-RRB-.