Sentences with phrase «important use of these assessments»

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This paper will attempt an assessment of Leclerc's radical position, using as a foil the thought of the baroque scholastic, Francis Suarez.5 The latter was picked to fulfill such a function both because he represents the most complete summation of the older Aristotelian theory of substance Leclerc attempts to appropriate and reinterpret, and because he was the most important scholastic figure for the age that Leclerc sees as both the turning point in the history of the philosophy of nature, and as the golden age of such a philosophy, namely, the modern age (PN 194 - 95).

According to Whitehead, language reflects what a culture or society considers important, whether or not the living members of that society have consciously acknowledged or accepted the evaluative assessment which is embedded in its language.3 The conceptual patterns we bring to experience and the language used to express experience select out those aspects of experience which conform to those concepts and words.

A forensic assessment of the filmed recordings by father and son team (Hypothetical Premier League) of every match played in the Premiership and the critical decisions made by referees shows that Arsenal would have finished top of the League (2 points more than they got) and Leicester should have been 2nd (9 points less than they got)-- if the use of video evidence had been used to review important decisions.

Commenting on the statement by the Secretary of State for Education setting out proposals to reform the system of primary assessment, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «It is important to recognise, and as the NASUWT has stated consistently, that many of the concerns expressed about statutory primary assessment are the direct result of their use in the current high stakes school accountability regime.

Two important advances since the last IPCC assessment have increased confidence in the use of models for both attribution and projection of climate changes.

Dave Goulson, Professor of Biology at the University of Sussex said: «Our research has important implications for global regulatory assessments which generally use honeybees as a model for all bees.

«RAIs are important because they are widely used in the United States in an attempt to reduce biased assessments of recidivism risk and are increasingly being mandated at the local, state and federal level,» says Sarah Desmarais, an associate professor of psychology at NC State and lead author of a paper on the research.

Scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have used UAH's Rocket - city Ozone (O3) Quality Evaluation in the Troposphere (RO3QET) Lidar to measure ozone that was chemically produced by summertime lightning over the United States, research that could be important to air quality prediction and assessment once it is developed further.

We employed 20 individual GCMs from the CMIP5 project for the Montana Climate Assessment ensemble, chosen because they provide daily outputs and a range of important climate variables.9 For this first Montana Climate Assessment, we are only using climate variables of temperature and precipitation (later assessment may evaluate other important variables such as wind and relative humidity).

While healthcare professionals regularly apply the art and science of manual muscle testing, biofeedback and other hands - on assessment and therapeutic activities, there are tens of thousands of other individuals who learn to use these important techniques everyday.

Because it is a common cause of injury, pain, and disability, the use of muscle testing can be as important as blood and urine evaluations, X-rays, physical examinations, and other assessments.

A couple of important notes: I do use formative assessment in two ways.

The educational assessment tests states use today have two fundamental flaws: They encourage the sort of mind - numbing drill - and - kill teaching educators (and students) despise, and, just as important, they don't tell us much about the quality of student learning.

This research, commissioned by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Education to inform the state's decision this past fall as to which test to use going forward, provides important evidence for any state considering whether and how to upgrade their assessment systems.

Educational researchers are working with game manufacturers to create a new brand of «serious games» that have the potential to capture and stream the kind of important assessment data that educators can use comprehensively, from tracking individual student achievement to determining national educational trends.

Self - assessment requires you to focus on the important bits; that which relates to outcomes and progress and the data you choose to use which helps to measure the quality of teaching learning and assessment.

As an employer, schools should treat risk assessment and risk management as important tools to enable children to undertake activities safely but «health and safety» should not be used as an excuse to cancel activities that can be conducted perfectly safely with a bit of pre planning.

Just try to decipher this recent press release about a new study proving «rubric - based assessment can be taken to scale and can produce valid findings with credible and actionable information about student learning that can be used to improve curricular and assignment designs and to increase effectiveness of programs and classes in advancing the most important learning outcomes of college.»

In our definition, we look at three important concepts that we know help students achieve at high levels through the use of these assessments: they are formative (and thus occur during the learning process), they are team - designed, and they assess essential learning targets.

Of course standardized tests can be used as part of a comprehensive assessment system but they should not make up the majority of the system, nor should their results be used as the deciding factor to make important decisions about students and educators, as is being done in NOf course standardized tests can be used as part of a comprehensive assessment system but they should not make up the majority of the system, nor should their results be used as the deciding factor to make important decisions about students and educators, as is being done in Nof a comprehensive assessment system but they should not make up the majority of the system, nor should their results be used as the deciding factor to make important decisions about students and educators, as is being done in Nof the system, nor should their results be used as the deciding factor to make important decisions about students and educators, as is being done in NJ.

Continually work with your students to ensure they understand how to use the rubrics and the important of self - assessment.

Overall, the learning gains of students who used Achieve3000 were statistically significant and substantively important for all areas assessed: the GMRT - 4 Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, and Total Reading tests, as well as the LevelSet Lexile reading assessment.

Standards are providing important links among various educational reform activities, including preparation of curriculum frameworks, production and use of instructional materials, professional development activities, and development of assessments.

It is important to bear in mind that the effective use of performance assessment does not require a commitment to any of these bigger initiatives or new curriculum standards.

The student assessment scores reported by performance level for schools and school districts for each grade and subject will also be important components of state accountability and public reporting systems, and numerous other state - specific policies that use student performance results.

UbD is based on a backward design approach and is used by thousands of educators to create curriculum units and assessments that focus on developing students» understanding of essential ideas and helping students attain important skills.

Testing shouldn't be done for the sake of testing; instead, results from assessments should be used to make important educational decisions, such as identifying students with difficulties, allocating resources, determining what students have learned, and informing instruction.

Teachers who use formative assessment as part of their everyday classroom toolbox... quickly identify important evidence of student learning and separate it from distracting information, readily perceive meaningful patterns among their students» responses to questions and tasks, implement a broad range of formative assessment strategies automatically and flexibly as part...

Using the ACID test can empower your team to design high quality and appropriate assessments that lead to the actions that will increase student learning of what's most important.

During this time, it is important that we learn more about formal assessment data that can help to diagnose our children's strengths and struggles as well as less formal evidence, such as teachers» observations of our children and examples of their work, which can be used as evidence to help identify ways of supporting our children's learning.

While using these types of online tools can greatly improve your ability to collect and monitor student data, it is always important to remember that the assessment must match the rigor of the standards or a specific learning goal.

The Understanding by Design Guide to Creating High - Quality Units offers instructional modules on the basic concepts and elements of Understanding by Design ® (UbD ™), the «backward design» approach used by thousands of educators to create curriculum units and assessments that focus on developing students» understanding of important ideas.

The report also helped better distinguish the difference between data literacy and assessment literacy — that is, while both speak to the use of data to drive student learning, it's important to realize that the data available to teachers goes beyond that garnered from assessment alone, to include attendance data, peer observations, and formative assessment (which as we know gets lumped into the assessment space, but is much more than that).

While this assignment did not use maps as part of the formal assessment, the initial exposure to GIS that Flickr offered was important in other components of the course, where teacher candidates were tasked with digital mapping / geospatial initiatives.

The Payoff A couple of important notes: I do use formative assessment in two ways.

Distinguishing between our view of style and the view examined in the study is important because: 1) we're concerned that the reported lack of evidence for matching is being misinterpreted as a criticism of style - based instruction in general; 2) the authors» conclusion about the use of style assessments in schools depends on a «matching» view of style that not everyone shares.

Understanding the differences between these three types of assessments is important in determining how best to use the data and insight each one provides.

Given the rise in testing, especially in light of a heightened focus on using multiple measures, it's increasingly important to address two essential components of reliable assessments: quality and balance.

Assessment decisions will have a big impact on principals, who know the difference between leading a school constrained by punitively used tests that fail to measure many of the most important learning goals, and a school that uses thoughtful assessments to measure what matters and inform instruction.

Assessments can reflect a wide variety of learning targets using a range of methods serving many important users and uses at a variety of levels from the classroom to the boardroom.

Yet teacher candidates often have few opportunities during their teacher preparation coursework to hone the important skills of responding to student writing and using assessment to inform instruction based on actual student writing from a variety of classroom contexts.

Danielle, you have highlighted many of the most important reasons that educators should consider using digital portfolios for authentic student assessment.

Because the direct route model to screening has been extensively employed in RTI implementation, the use of diagnostic assessments within the context of RTI has not been discussed in great detail, but should be considered as an important part of the RTI process.

When curriculum and assessments are selected and instructional lessons are planned and implemented, it is important for leaders, teachers and students to understand different types of assessments that might be used.

If schools are to maximize student learning, several different contributors must use dependable assessment results to inform a wide variety of important educational decisions.

As with Black and William, the purpose of diversity is not negatively discriminatory tracking and the denial of opportunity, but using classroom assessment integrated with high quality curriculum and instruction to ensure that all students reach high levels of important learning.

Because it is evident that teachers are being asked to become more proficient in designing, administering, and interpreting a variety of educational assessment tools in their classrooms, it is important to provide them with the knowledge and training they need to use assessments prudently and effectively in their classrooms.

This foundational module, Understanding the Technical Concepts Used in Student Assessment, describes in simplified language some important qualities of technically sound assessments and assessment strategies.

To use formative assessment effectively, it is important to establish a safe classroom environment where all students» ideas, regardless of whether they are right or wrong, are encouraged, respected, and valued.

Although many aspects of the validity of performance assessments besides their relationship to external criteria are important to consider (see Baker, O'Neil, & Linn, 1993; Frederiksen & Collins, 1989; Linn, Baker & Dunbar, 1991), a design that demonstrates evidence for the validity of curriculum - embedded performance assessment and the trustworthiness of teacher judgments is a key ingredient in demonstrating to practitioners and policy makers the accuracy and practicality of their use.