Sentences with phrase «measured an outcome directly»

In short, look at the details of how the study was done, how many completed the study, and if the testing really measured an outcome directly caused by the intervention.

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Australian Government intervention to directly affect retail price outcomes is largely confined to the impact of the carbon price as well as other renewable energy and energy efficiency measures.

We used both the continuous measures that directly indicate physiological functioning and categorical measures based on clinical cut points that indicate the corresponding disease outcomes including inflammation, hypertension, abdominal obesity, and obesity.

In this report we propose two measures of teaching outcomes and two indicators of research prominence in order to directly assess the relationship between teaching and research excellence.

* VAMs are generally based on standardized test scores and do not directly measure potential teacher contributions toward other student outcomes.

Outcomes - based education seeks to redefine the way student achievement is measured by making grades directly reflective of mastery of specific learning oOutcomes - based education seeks to redefine the way student achievement is measured by making grades directly reflective of mastery of specific learning outcomesoutcomes.

The current law falls short not only of recognizing principals, but also defining how systems should identify effective leaders based on student achievement and other multiple measures of outcomes and practice that principals directly influence.

Educational outcomes are shaped by many factors, but research shows that teacher quality is the most important in - school factor influencing student achievement.59 Of course, other out - of - school factors, which are often caused by poverty, can also influence student outcomes.60 Because teacher quality has been shown to have a measurable impact on standardized test scores, some academics have started trying to directly measure the impact of Act 10 on student outcomes by examining how students fared on standardized tests after its passage.

In its statement, the ASA says VAMs «generally... not directly measure potential teacher contributions toward other student outcomes» (emphasis added).

Current proposals for geoengineering, measures to directly influence parts of system Earth, like the global climate system, seem overestimated — with respect to their proclaimed beneficial outcomes.

In the study, researchers ranked counties on two overall measures: health outcomes, which included information on mortality, self - reported health and low birth weight babies; and about 25 other factors that can impact health but don't directly measure it.

Unlike previous federal efforts that focused on outcomes, the newer standards are focused more squarely on performance, measured in terms directly related to the experiences of children in foster care.

In addition, only longitudinal measures of mother absence directly influence school outcomes.

Global functioning was measured using the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Children and Adolescents (HoNOSCA), 33 a semi-structured interview, which was completed by the blinded research assessor on the basis of accounts taken directly from the informant and parents or carers.

Several programs exist linking incentive payments to reporting of selected quality measures, but reimbursement has yet to be directly linked with outcomes.