The fact that so little information must be provided regarding the nature of the proposed future acts, means that native title parties may not be sufficiently aware of what is proposed even to make
a meaningful assessment of how it will affect their native title.
Strengths of this study include the use of a large population - based sample linked with longitudinal administrative health data, the use of a prospective design, the consideration of a variety of potential confounders including coinciding health behaviours, socio - demographic factors and self - esteem, the use of health care provider diagnoses for internalizing disorders which provides an objective and clinically
meaningful assessment of internalizing disorders, and lastly, the fact that we monitored the outcome of interest for a period of 8 years, which is longer than in the few other studies.
Cumulative effects assessments are narrowly scoped, preventing
meaningful assessment of the greatest threat to the continued exercise of Aboriginal and Treaty rights;
Indigenous participation is key to
meaningful assessment of impacts and a consideration of Indigenous knowledge;
A meaningful assessment of associated societal impacts needs to be based on the full range of its possible future evolution.
So really, working group one, two and three are inseparable in producing our objective and
a meaningful assessment of our knowledge of climate change problems.
Evaluating such scenarios may be worthwhile, but the fact that worst case scenarios in the study produce largely negative results is not in and of
itself a meaningful assessment of grid vulnerability.
U.S. Department of Education initiatives - including Race to the Top and the No Child Left Behind Act - have helped drive the work of ELPA21 to guide states toward more
meaningful assessment of English language proficiency.
Because teacher licensing tests, which are currently focused largely on basic skills and subject - matter knowledge, have not provided
a meaningful assessment of capacity to teach before entry, teaching has lacked this key element of a profession.
In addition, a recent survey of principals conducted by the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) found that of the 1,100 principals from 14 Common Core states who responded, more than 80 percent agree that the Common Core has the potential to improve conceptual understanding, increase student skill mastery and create more
meaningful assessments of students.
More than 80 percent agreed that the Common Core have potential to improve conceptual understanding, increase student skill mastery, and create more
meaningful assessments of students.
Not exact matches
The real answer is that we have to balance between the conceived child's right to be permitted by the mother to exist and our
assessment from the outside
of the likelihood
of that child being permitted by the mother to have a
meaningful or productive life.
With the publication
of Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation
of the American Elite and the Way to A
Meaningful Life, William Deresiewicz's sober
assessment of contemporary higher education was both praised and lampooned by commentators across the spectrum.
The beneficiaries stated that with the new intervention
of «Opon Imo» in education sector, public school students have been given a
meaningful recognition and equal
assessment with their counterparts in private schools.
And we have done many validation studies where we compared our diet
assessments to biochemical measures, say
of, tansfat in the fat tissue
of a person or the level
of beta - carotene in the blood, and we found pretty good correlations — not perfect but they are pretty good — and that means that we are able to pick up
meaningful differences in people, among people that we can tell someone who is eating a large amount
of transfat from a person eating low amount
of transfat.
Critics
of U.S. schools» heavy emphasis on testing charge that the high - stakes
assessments inflict anxiety on students and teachers, turning classrooms into test - preparation factories instead
of laboratories
of genuine,
meaningful learning.
We are randomizing physicians and their patients within each
of the above models to receive clinically
meaningful information derived from WGS plus a family history
assessment versus current standard
of care plus a family history
assessment without the use
of WGS.
Consultations always start with an overall health
assessment and an achievable plan with dedicated support and monitoring for the duration
of your program to ensure we get results in a safe and
meaningful way.
Her practice is known for its «big picture» approach, which starts with a thorough whole - person
assessment and uses cutting edge research to help individuals create effective,
meaningful change even with the most complex
of cases.
This is just about the most horrid job to do - talking about oneself and hoping to create some sort
of meaningful yet honest
assessment about the one person you can hardly be objective about.
It is an approach to teaching which includes intentional identification
of naturally aligned standards, taught authentically alongside
meaningful assessments which take both content areas to a whole new level.
A reflective, performance - based, independent
assessment of a teacher's practice could make the recertification process
meaningful again, Catherine Anderson writes.
In founding New Leaders for New Schools — a nonprofit organization that recruits and develops outstanding new principals for urban schools — our team discovered a vacuum
of research on
meaningful assessment for schools and principals.
But the Qudwa Forum also expected teachers to be passionate and compassionate; to encourage students» engagement and responsibility; to respond effectively to students
of different needs, backgrounds and languages; to provide continual
assessments of students and
meaningful feedback; to promote collaborative learning, tolerance and social cohesion; and to ensure that students feel valued and included.
Meaningful progress depends on informed modesty about the likely returns on current efforts; greater specificity and more emphasis on context in the curricula and school - level approaches to teaching soft skills; and the development and use
of practical
assessments that are closely aligned with a specific framework for teaching and learning.
It is hence
meaningful to gather as much behavioral evidence during an interview to arrive at an objective
assessment of the candidate's ability to perform the job.
I am deeply interested in
assessment integration within PBL that is both rigorous in helping teachers and students to explicitly address learning goals and authentic in supporting the production
of meaningful artifacts.
To practice value - added
assessment, we must be able to compare the achievement gains
of different students in a
meaningful way.
Engaging courses increase attention, focus, and retention, and are more successful than those that provide no means to engage learners;
assessments are an extension
of this engagement and serve the purpose
of engaging learners to make learning more
meaningful and effective.
Either Common Core will be «tight» in trying to compel teachers and schools through a system
of aligned
assessments and
meaningful consequences to change their practice.
I developed this resource in response to the problem
of meaningful self / peer
assessment within art and photography.
The second responsibility
of the licensure process is thus to ensure, through valid and
meaningful assessment processes, that the teacher can do what the job requires.
Understanding that when students are focused on achieving a grade, the impact
of feedback is also diluted, teachers are advised to design
meaningful formative
assessment tasks that give students the freedom to challenge their assumptions.
When you provide students with opportunities to apply learning — especially through authentic, personally
meaningful activities — and then provide formative
assessments and feedback throughout a unit, facts move from rote memory to become part
of the memory bank.
This is clearly an important dimension
of any performance management system, and one would not expect either a principal - based or a test - based
assessment system to have a substantial impact on student outcomes unless it were accompanied by
meaningful consequences.
The emphasis on
meaningful tasks, self - reflection, and self -
assessment are natural outgrowths
of portfolios.
In their report, «Successful School Restructuring,» the researchers at Wisconsin's Center on Organization and Restructuring
of Schools found that even innovative school improvements, such as portfolio
assessment and shared decision making, are less effective without accompanying
meaningful student assignments based on deep inquiry.
My vision
of meaningful assessment begins simply enough, not with images but with sounds — snippets
of talk.
This is a great resource to engage students with
meaningful peer
assessment, linked to the hugely popular FIFA player cards I'm sure you have heard
of.
The second is that the Common Core movement muddles through, meaning that we end up, eventually, with a nearly national set
of standards for what students need to know and do at each grade, high quality
assessments aligned to those standards, cut scores for proficiency on those
assessments that are challenging and equal across the nation, and a set
of meaningful carrots and sticks for holding educators accountable for preparing all their students for success.
One might take the challenges faced by the consortia - designed
assessments as evidence
of the impossibility
of creating
meaningful standards for which educators and students can be held accountable.
This manifested in new systems — from School Grades to new College - and - Career Ready
assessments, to
meaningful teacher evaluation — things that we can say changed the landscape by telling the truth and putting students and families at the center
of all decision - making.
In this fifth
of a five - part series, educators Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins discuss how to implement backward design to create
meaningful assessments.
But in our attempt to address some
of these elements, we will have made our classroom
assessments so much more
meaningful.
Walker Learning recognises that sustained motivation for learning comes from within, that
meaningful assessment is the constant reflection
of where one was, where they have grown, what have they attained and where they are heading.
The resource contains approximately nine hours
of learning which will be available 24 hours a day, with modules covering: high quality practice and what this means for SEND; identifying needs and the role
of assessment; the process for arriving at
meaningful outcomes; participation and engagement, both
of children and young people, and
of their parents and families.
«Educators understand that introducing new standards, appropriate curriculum and
meaningful assessments are ongoing aspects
of a robust educational system.
In 2013, CCSSO and the Council
of the Great City Schools (CGCS) jointly released Commitments on High - Quality
Assessments which is a set
of principles to guide state and district leaders in making sure every
assessment administered is high - quality, coherent, and
meaningful to students, parents, and teachers.
The bill replaces AYP standards with a requirement for states to annually measure all students and individual subgroups by: (1) academic achievement as measured by state
assessments; (2) for high schools, graduation rates; (3) for schools that are not high schools, a measure
of student growth or another valid and reliable statewide indicator; (4) if applicable, progress in achieving English proficiency by English learners; and (5) at least one additional valid and reliable statewide indicator that allows for
meaningful differentiation in school performance.
The curriculum includes common core standards, child development and learning, building family and community relations, cultural diversity,
assessment to support young children and families, strong content knowledge to build developmentally appropriate and
meaningful curriculum and experiences, and professionalism and ethics
of educators.