Sentences with phrase «improve key outcomes»

The impact study will investigate whether adding these new approaches to an existing program improves key outcomes of interest, including employment, father - child relationship quality, and program participation.

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The River Murray system is a key focus of efforts to improve environmental outcomes through the collaborative management of environmental water at federal, state and local levels.

The key outcome of a PDS is producer adoption of the demonstrated management practices resulting in improved business performance.

Primary care trusts will play a key role in commissioning services that contribute to improving public health, encourage partnership working and user involvement, and emphasise normality.33 Further research is needed on the factors that maximise normal births and healthy outcomes for mothers and babies, in the short and longer term.

A decade after Congress passed the No Child Left Behind law, educators are as divided as ever on the law's key goal: how to improve educational outcomes for poor children.

In an effort to improve maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) outcomes and advance HBS activities worldwide, we are happy to share key MNCH resources and information developed by our partners and other global health organizations.

Since then, research, professional guidelines, state — wide health care directives, hospital systems, health care quality improvement initiatives, and federal and state - level maternity care legislation have identified many aspects of the MFCI and the Ten Steps of the Mother - Friendly Childbirth Initiative as key factors to improving maternal - infant health outcomes.

Learn more about the issues important to DONA International as we work together to improve health outcomes for families, sustainability for the doula profession, and other key issues.

Ensuring that pregnant women have access to at least four antenatal visits and improving access to emergency services when needed have been identified as key areas of focus in the fight to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes in the targeted countries.

He acknowledged the health of the poorest people has not improved at the same pace as that of the richest and named access to GP services as a key factor in determining health outcomes.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has pushed the evaluations as a key strategy for improving student outcomes, which are mediocre despite that New York spends more money per pupil than any other state.

These outcomes emphasize the key role of biosensor interfacial design in improving the efficiency of immunosensor for analyte detection in complex matrices.

Treating brain hemorrhage (symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage, sICH) after clot - busting thrombolysis for stroke was not associated with a reduced likelihood of in - hospital death or expansion of the hematoma but shortening time to diagnosis and treatment may be key to improving outcomes, according to an article published online by JAMA Neurology.

Shortening the time to diagnosis and treatment may be a key variable in improving outcomes of patients with sICH,» the study concludes.

«Once additional key clinical and genetic factors are identified, infants who are determined to have a low risk of requiring medication can be sent home without prolonged monitoring, and those who are predicted to have a difficult clinical course can be started on more aggressive treatment earlier, which will lead to shorter hospitalizations and improved outcomes.»

Despite its difficulty, improving diagnosis is key, he notes, because «the earlier you can diagnose with autism» the better their final outcome.

Nevertheless, the results identify key factors to consider during the transition from long - term residential treatment to the community, and the findings from this study will inform future intervention development that aims to significantly improve mid-range and long - term outcomes among people with SUDs leaving residential treatment.

«Early referral to transplant evaluation and access to information about living donor kidney transplantation is key to a successful timely transplant and to improved long - term outcomes,» says Mark Stegall, M.D., a professor of surgery at Mayo Clinic and senior author of the manuscript.

Key points include that surgeons are adapting their surgical strategies to more aggressively treat aortic dissections with improved outcomes.

So too have key clinical outcomes, such as improved lung function and nutritional status, write Stevens and Marshall.

Developing tailored interventions for cognitive deficits and behavioral difficulties key to improving outcomes after brain injury

«Practices like the Career Success program, that strengthen cognition and health self - management skills, may be the key to improving vocational outcomes among people with mental illness who are striving to work.»

He said: «Our work has three key objectives: to remove hunger as a barrier for learning; improve wellbeing outcomes for children and families, both physically and mentally; and lastly to highlight the global issue of food waste.

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 suppoKey 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 suppokey 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.

In particular, motivation and engagement have been identified as key factors important for improving writing outcomes.

Given that money per se will not necessarily improve student outcomes (for example, using the funds to pay for lavish faculty retreats or to shore up employee pension funds will likely not have a large positive effect on student outcomes), understanding how the increased funding was spent is key to understanding why we find large spending effects where others do not.

-- that reform critics have been right all along, that the key to improving educational outcomes is to fix poverty first.

Extensive research in neurobiology and the developmental sciences indicates that adult caregivers hold the key to improving child outcomes, especially in the early years when the foundations of self - regulation and executive function skills are strengthened through responsive, «serve and return» interactions between children and their parents (as well as with other adults).

Professor Viviane Robinson's seminal review identified five key leadership activities that are most likely to improve outcomes in schools; leading teacher learning and development was, by some way, the highest impact leadership focus.

The report concluded that the current rate of teacher retention was «unacceptable» and it was essential the views of teachers were heard by decision makers, policy makers and key stakeholders to help improve this outcome.

HGSE believes that building the leadership pipeline is a key driver for improving outcomes in American education.

The key to improving outcomes is to ensure that teachers continue to develop the skills to drive their students» collaboration, problem - solving and higher - order thinking.

The key is to balance these factors so that games are both fun and educational, while providing the information educators need to assess and improve student outcomes.

Evidence suggests that children's academic and social - emotional outcomes improve when adults collaborate across home and school environments to provide consistent, reliable, high - quality learning experiences, particularly during key developmental transitions.

As he explains, the impact of the college - going diagnostic led to the state preparing a college readiness plan, and the data becoming a key point of reference regarding where the district has been, presently are, and are headed in terms of improving student outcomes.

This fact sheet summarizes key elements of high - quality and effective preparation and professional development programs designed to enable principals to improve student and school outcomes.

Improving educational outcomes for all Indianapolis students demands a key ingredient: talented people.

IF the IDOE collaborates with key stakeholders, including LEAs, institutions of higher education, and educator associations, to refine existing human capital management systems that leverage evaluation and support systems to recruit, prepare, develop, support, advance, reward, and retain great teachers and leaders, THEN increased educator capacity and effectiveness will ensure equitable access to excellent educators and lead to improved student outcomes.50

District leaders, knowing that effective teaching and administration is key to student achievement, invest year - round in the alignment of human, programmatic and fiscal resources to support improved classroom experiences and student outcomes... even while school is out.

As such, it is critical that we continuously work to improve efficiency, implement evidence - based practices, and provide greater accountability on key performance indicators that support successful academic and post-school outcomes for students with disabilities.

Webinar Recording: Improving Education Quality in Juvenile Justice Facilities This webinar highlighted key focus areas of a new brief by the Council of State Government's Justice Center and AYPF entitled Leveraging the Every Student Succeeds Act to Improve Outcomes for Youth in Juvenile Justice Facilities.

Statewide afterschool networks provide a structure for bringing together key decision makers interested in improving outcomes for children and

Key Findings: «Within one year of its inception, the CAHSEE Home Visit Pilot Project has been associated with positive attitudinal shifts among students and parents toward school and the future, as well as with positive behavioral changes associated with improved academic outcomes.»

This webinar will highlight key focus areas of a new brief by the Council of State Government's Justice Center and AYPF entitledLeveraging the Every Student Succeeds Act to Improve Outcomes for Youth in Juvenile Justice Facilities.

A second key to using student data to improve learning outcomes is to be sure that teams review «system» level information about student performance.

Key leadership responsibilities include communicating a vision of high standards, creating an engaging and safe environment, encouraging leadership by others, focusing on improving instruction using data, and improving outcomes through collaboration.

Spotlight topics take a closer look at key education issues, using research and case studies to help cities address the fundamental challenges to improving student outcomes.

A key strategy to improving educational outcomes and closing achievement gaps for children from low - income families is improving state finance systems to ensure equitable funding and increased access to resources, according to a new study from Educational Testing Service (ETS).

The report has three sections: 1) Setting the Context, which discusses the need for effective systems of evaluation and support for school leaders; 2) Sharing Key Lessons Learned, which highlights how states and districts can work together to agree upon and communicate expectations for school leaders and implement standards - based systems of leadership support and evaluation, thereby increasing teacher effectiveness and improving student outcomes in all schools across the nation; and 3) Improving Standards Based Leadership Evaluation, which examines leader evaluation as a policy foundation for identifying, and supporting effective eimproving student outcomes in all schools across the nation; and 3) Improving Standards Based Leadership Evaluation, which examines leader evaluation as a policy foundation for identifying, and supporting effective eImproving Standards Based Leadership Evaluation, which examines leader evaluation as a policy foundation for identifying, and supporting effective educators.

As one of the keys to a sound assessment system, timely feedback is one of the pieces that demonstrably improves student outcomes.