Sentences with phrase «major education measures»

President Reagan has signed two major education measures into law and has until Oct. 31 to sign a third.

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Such curricular measures can also be seen as major efforts to stem the tide of technological and professional pressures on higher education.

As of 12:30 a.m., major spending measures such as the education, family and labor assistance budget bill was yet to be introduced as well as the legislative and judiciary and aid to localities bills.

And the Republican Party, Sussman said, has stood «against women's rights, prudent measures to control guns [and] major innovations in public education.»

BOX 14, I -1-4; 30188578 / 734260 Slides Plus Audiotape - SAPA II, Orientation Filmstips, AAAS, «The Integrated Process», Filmstrip 4, 1974 SAPA II, Orientation Filmstrips, AAAS, «Measuring», Filmstrip 3, 1974 Plus Audiotape - SAPA II, Orientation Filmstrips, AAAS, «Teaching Strategies», Filmstrip 3, 1974 Plus Transcript of orientation tape - SAPA II, Orientation Filmstrips, AAAS, «The Basic Processes of Science», Filmstrip 2, 1974 «Laboratory Exercises for Use in a College Science Course for Non-Science Majors» - by James Wallace Cox, 1970 «A Process Approach to Learning, Supplementary Manual», based on SAPA developed by AAAS, by Ruth M. White, 1970 «Science Process Instrument, Experimental Edition», COSE, 1970 «Preservice Science Education of Elementary School Teachers - Guidelines, Standards and Recommendations for Research and Development» report, Feb. 1969 (4 Folders) «Preservice Science Education of Elementary School Teachers - Preliminary Report», Feb. 1969 «An Evaluation of Elementary Science Study as SAPA» by Robert B. Nicodemus, Sept. 1968 «SAPA - Purposes, Accomplishments, Expectations», COSE, AAAS (Brochure reported in Nov. 1968, 1970), 1967 (3 Folders) «The Psychological Bases of SAPA», COSE, 1965 «Guidelines and Standards for the Education of Secondary School Teachers of Sciecne and Mathematics» bookley, AAAS and the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification «Career Opportunites in the Sciences» brochure, compiled by the Office of Opportunites in Science Slides and documentation - «Animal Eyes» and «Meterological Instruments», Fernbank Science Center, «An Integral Part of the DeKalb County School System» Slides and documentation - «Building Terrariums» and «What is my Age?»

To get a picture of changes to the pool of potential teachers, we merge institutional selectivity measures from the College Board with the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) data on yearly changes over time in the college majors of graduates.

Similar trends for education and noneducation majors are evident for other measures of college selectivity, such as the percentage of incoming freshmen ranking near the top of their high - school class.

North Carolina education officials last week ordered a major audit of the state's testing and accountability program to determine the soundness of the system after problems emerged over interim scoring measures for the state's end - of - grade math exam.

I construct two measures of school quality — student perceptions of teacher practices and parent satisfaction — using data from the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE), a major survey supported by the Department for Education.

And Latinos are our least - advantaged major immigrant group; of course we would expect East Asians and South Asians to do better on various measures, as they do markedly on education, and they do.

The education bills were the last major measures approved by the Democrat - led House and Senate on the final day of the 60 - day regular session.

A series of unsavory revelations about the U.S. Department of Education's efforts to sway the public in favor of its major school improvement measure could stain the law's reputation and cast doubt on future information from the agency, say many observers, including supporters of the law.

I also control for differences in the average level of education attained by the parents of other students in the school, the average length of time that its students have lived in their community, and the political diversity within the school population (as measured by differences in self - reported major - party affiliation).

As measured by standardized test scores (mainly the SAT and the ACT), students choosing to major in education tend to be drawn from the lower end of the ability distribution.

And that's why the National Disability Rights Network, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, and Association of University Centers on Disabilities linked arms with the nation's major civil rights groups to demand that the new version of NCLB, the Every Student Succeeds Act, include annual standardized assessments to measure student progress and that state compliance be overseen by the strong arm of the U.S. Department of Education.

In No Small Change: Targeting Money Toward Student Performance, researchers analyze more than 100 variables before they grade states from A to F on four major categories: the rigor and clarity of the state's standards in core subjects; its efforts to improve teacher quality; its school climate as measured by absenteeism, school safety, parental involvement, character education, and other variables; and the extent to which it provides resources equitably.

The ruling stays the use of the New Mexico value - added system and should be a wake - up call to Gov. Susana Martinez and state Education Secretary Hanna Skandera who promoted this system, despite warnings from major educational research organizations and others about using value - added measures for high - stakes decisions.

Committee lawmakers also signed off on a major charter reform bill, House Bill 779, that, among its provisions, gives charter operators the power to expand enrollment by up to 30 percent without requiring the approval of the state's charter office and the State Board of Education, an idea hotly criticized as reducing quality control measures in the state's booming charter sector.

Among the long list of accomplishments that includes participation in nearly every major education policy decision since the mid-1980s - O'Connell said he is most proud of his role in getting voters to approve a ballot measure that reduced the threshold for passing school bonds to 55 percent.

In Nicky Morgan's first major announcement since the election, the education secretary has declared she would accelerate plans to «revolutionise» state schools, with tough new measures to sack underperforming headteachers.

Major contributor towards the development of the Diabetes Education Program Quality Diabetes Measures Kit.

Outcome measures included DSM — IV symptom criteria for major depression and anxiety disorders, suicidal ideation and attempted suicide, achieving university degree or other tertiary education qualification, welfare dependence and unemployment, and income at ages 21 — 25 years.

At the time, North Carolina proposed 18 major projects in the areas of successful state systems, high - quality programs, Early Learning and Development (ELD) outcomes, early childhood education workforce, and measuring outcomes.