Sentences with phrase «if local assessments»

Worse, it makes it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to measure student growth if local assessments are not aligned from one year to next, or to each other.

Not exact matches

Third and finally, the traditional story misses the real function of private banks, which is to solve an information problem in the purest Hayekian senses. That is, banks are or should be specialists in risk assessment and risk taking. They should know their client, understand the local market and have their pulse on the broad economy. Arguably, if properly structured, they can and should do this better than other entities such as governments. In other words, the proper role of banks should be underwriting — lend money, hold the debt, and bear the risk. Which is a long - winded way of getting to the main point of this post.

If you agree, you can send a message to our local elected officials telling them you will no longer tolerate their decision to act as willing co-conspirators with the DEP as that agency continues to engage in its long - held practice of profligate spending, this time in our community, as it proposes to spend $ 1.8 million on a parcel of land carried on our assessment roll at $ 165,500.

This advice did not concur with the local protocol for ante-natal services, which says that women who present with pain need immediate assessment and referral to A&E if necessary.

But many of those filers will miss out if their local municipalities have not yet issued property tax assessments for next year.

If more parents choose to opt out their children from local assessments next spring, it is unclear if there will be a back - up method to evaluate teacherIf more parents choose to opt out their children from local assessments next spring, it is unclear if there will be a back - up method to evaluate teacherif there will be a back - up method to evaluate teachers.

«We believe it would be enormously helpful if the Department of Homeland Security could lead a risk / security assessment of the necessity of the Park Row closure with local law enforcement agencies to help us determine how this street can be safely reopened,» the letter said.

«If you only consider local birds in an environmental assessment, you're not really evaluating the effect that facility may have on the entire population,» Katzner said.

Plans to save the sea abounded; «assessment fatigued» locals joked that if each visiting scientist had brought a bucket of water, the sea would be filled.

If local government officials give a different account of the event, for example, an incident assessment team will be assembled and sent into the field.

Key Measures Special educational needs key measures include a single assessment process (0 - 25) which is more streamlined, better involves children, young people and families and is completed quickly; An Education Health and Care Plan (replacing the statement) which brings services together and is focused on improving outcomes; An offer of a personal budget for families with an Education, Health and Care Plan; A requirement for local authorities and health services to jointly plan and commission services that children, young people and their families need; A requirement on local authorities to publish a local offer indicating the support available to those with special educational needs and disabilities and their families, and; The introduction of mediation opportunities for disputes and a trial giving children the right to appeal if they are unhappy with their support.

That was 2012 and it's now two years later, but even if you give the state a pass on timing, the substance of that passage flies in the face of Washington's current stance — that the inclusion of statewide assessments is entirely left to local decisions.

A student won't perform well on a reading assessment if the content in the passage — American television shows or local history, for example — is something she's unfamiliar with.

It is fair to ask if national standards and assessments might start us down the road to a national K — 12 system of public education, effectively turning on its head a system defined today by state and local policymakers and resources.

Clearly articulate to teachers, students, and parents how state assessments and local assessments (if necessary) results will be used.

The law is meant to ensure states are free to make decisions about accountability, school improvement, standards, and assessments without federal interference... If the secretary chooses to ignore the law, then Congress and state and local leaders can use the tools they have to hold the secretary accountable, [a GOP aide] said.

Clearly articulate to principals, teachers, students, and parents how state assessments and local assessments (if necessary) results will be used.

Perhaps the oddest recommendation is that if a teacher or principal is brought up on 3020a dismissal charges, based on an ineffective rating on Common Core assessments, the teacher or principal can blame the local Board of Education for not «providing adequate professional development.»

So, when U.S. citizens read that «only one - third» or «less than half» of the students in their local schools are proficient in mathematics, science, or reading (or other subjects), they can rest assured that the same judgments could be applied to national education systems throughout the world if students in those nations participated in NAEP or Common Core - related assessments.

If a board of education prevails at the hearing before the State Department of Education, the local or regional board may seek to recover the amount of assessment for tuition through available civil remedies.

The Local Wellness Committee will update or modify this LWP based on the results of HOPE COMMUNITY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL's annual self - assessment, the USDA triennial administrative review, and on other variables, including if / when HOPE COMMUNITY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL's health priorities change; the community's health needs change; the wellness goals are met; new health science arises, new technology emerges; and new federal or state guidance / standards are issued.

The report recommended that: policy makers ensure curriculum and assessments are aligned at state, district and local levels; districts survey teachers on test prep activities and keep those that are highly rated, while dropping those that aren't; districts expand access to technology so students can develop skills before taking tests and teachers can support them; and districts only use interim tests aimed at predicting performance on end - of - the - year tests, if teachers believe they are high - quality.

You can still achieve a measure of technical quality with a mix of local and common performance assessments, even if it is of a different nature than historical practice.

If some districts or classrooms administer only the summative assessments while others avail themselves of all the resources in the SBAC toolkit, won't some students have a testing advantage based solely upon local policy decisions, the CORE group excluded?

Even if a school or district doesn't ultimately take part in one of the seven ESSA state - level pilots, investing in a strong local system of teaching and assessment aligned to principles of student - centered learning is a good idea.

You can ask your local authority to carry out an assessment if you think your child needs an EHC plan.

The process of eliminating required assessments can be a long one, requiring local and state approval, but it is worth it if the result is fewer tests.

But if a local district's administrators, school board, and union can not negotiate a join agreement for the local assessment, they will be required to adopt the state default plan.

Our experience using state standards to help districts develop local curricula and assessments suggests that a certain level of detail is necessary if district practices are to achieve the goals intended by the state.

That's apple - pie rhetoric, of course, but it's hard to see how the sort of assessments they envision, tweaked to meet local designs, would provide useful data for inter-district comparisons — or even if they'd necessarily be superior.

Taylor, who manages a program at a local elementary school, says, «We are in the middle of a three - year agreement with the school... We will do an assessment to see if math learning and other subject areas are impacted positively through the program.»

And if students» improvement in local assessments doesn't show up on the state tests, then something is wrong.

Local needs assessments and planning activities, if structured appropriately, can play a major role in raising the profile of early learning when decisions are made about allocating federal funds in the district.

I also used some of the money to get him in for «holistic whole body» stuff with a local specialty veterinary clinic (number four if you're still counting): physical assessment, hydrotherapy and acupuncture to help him fight whatever was inside him.

On a lark, when Mick was three, she took him to a local trainer for herding assessment to see if he had any natural instincts.

Yeah definitely... that's one of the biggest things as working as a dog trainer here and I work at a local animal hospital and I do a lot of evaluations on dogs and a lot of times they come in and they have this label on them like they're not good with dogs, they're not good with kids, they're destructive or something, and we evaluate them and then we... if they good, if they pass the evaluation behavior assessment that we do, they get into doggy day care and then you know once they're in day care like you can almost immediately see those issues like disappear because they're... they've just got so much energy.

Great question Linda Robbins... unfortunately, there's a lot of death... the local shelters will do their assessments on the dogs they see «fit», and if they fail these aggression tests, they will be euthanized... Most of these mill dogs have been out of a tiny cage, never felt grass therefore, they can not walk and the humane society sees that as grounds to be «put down»....

In addition, the Judge held that even if (contrary to his findings on the main ground of judicial review) the SSHD could lawfully detain AA on the basis of a reasonable belief that he was an adult, AA's detention was in any event unlawful from the date on which the SSHD received the local authority's age assessment confirming the Claimant to be a child.

Local authorities will need to complete their assessments prior to court, whereas at the moment they go to court at an earlier stage, she says, which may mean cases take longer to reach court, even if they make faster progress once there.

If such were actually beneficial to People, as a whole, there would be much safer environments and less crime within the country; however, a quick perusal and examination of crime statistics, a fair assessment of jail and prison population reports, compared with, your local and national news media outlets will show the truth of governments» boast in its «protect and serve» status as a mere fallacy.

The local authority must also carry out a «child's carer's assessment» if the carer is likely to need support when the child turns 18.

If the local authority decides after your care needs assessment that you aren't eligible for help from them, they must still give you free information and advice - for example, about where to buy equipment.

Contact your local council to arrange a care needs assessment to see if you qualify for any free specialist equipment and home adaptations.

If you haven't yet had a care needs assessment, you may want to read our overview of the process of getting help from the local authority first.

You, your child (if aged over 16) or anyone else involved with the child can ask the local authority to carry out an EHC assessment.

If the assessment identified that you / your child has needs, and the problem is that the social worker can not identify appropriate local services then you could could ask them to see if relevant services are available in neighbouring local authorities, and to consider funding travel costs that entail you having to go out of areIf the assessment identified that you / your child has needs, and the problem is that the social worker can not identify appropriate local services then you could could ask them to see if relevant services are available in neighbouring local authorities, and to consider funding travel costs that entail you having to go out of areif relevant services are available in neighbouring local authorities, and to consider funding travel costs that entail you having to go out of area.

If the assessment shows that therapeutic services would be beneficial, your local authority could make an application to the fund.

If a local DV shelter staff is not part of the intensive training, training should include a visit to the local shelter to discuss the processes for contact, referral, assessment, and support of transition to the shelter.

Visit your local doctor for an assessment of your mental health and for referrals to specialists, if needed.

If you are the parent or carer of a child or young person being assessed to see if they have SEND, then the local authority must consult you and the young person and have regard to you and the child's views, wishes and feelings, your aspirations, and the outcomes you wish to seek and the support you need to achieve them throughout the process of assessment and preparing the plaIf you are the parent or carer of a child or young person being assessed to see if they have SEND, then the local authority must consult you and the young person and have regard to you and the child's views, wishes and feelings, your aspirations, and the outcomes you wish to seek and the support you need to achieve them throughout the process of assessment and preparing the plaif they have SEND, then the local authority must consult you and the young person and have regard to you and the child's views, wishes and feelings, your aspirations, and the outcomes you wish to seek and the support you need to achieve them throughout the process of assessment and preparing the plan.