Sentences with phrase «more effective assessment»

We decided that a rubric with clearly defined proficiencies and behaviors would be a more effective assessment tool.

Mayes and de Freitas (2004) state that the use of technology can be used to achieve better learning outcomes, more effective assessments or a more cost effective way of bringing learning environments to students; and that reforming practice requires transformation of the understanding of the principles.

As the next step in the plan, the Enhanced Assessment Instruments grant program, also called the Enhanced Assessment Grants (EAG) program, offers financial support for states to develop and use more effective assessments.

Behavioral health professionals use BHI - MV, ASI - MV and CHAT to conduct more effective assessments, treatment, and outcomes studies.

Not exact matches

A randomised control trial conducted in BC [30] found home visits in early labour to be more effective than telephone triage in reducing the number of women attending the hospital for assessment before they are in labour and those attending before 3 cm cervical dilation, although the home visits had no impact on CS rates or birth outcomes.

In a submission to the House of Lords Constitution Committee's inquiry into the passage of legislation through Parliament, the CIOT proposes: · The Finance Bill Public Bill Committee takes oral evidence from tax experts and others; · More effective liaison between select committees and the Finance Bill committee; · Increasing the resources available to Parliament for scrutinising tax matters; · Using technology to make it easier for those outside Parliament to comment on Bills, e.g. an online facility to input comments by clause numbers, so MPs can see who says what against each clause; · Asking the Office of Tax Simplification to publish simplification assessments of new tax proposals.

«In the case of Help to Buy, it did not carry out any assessment of alternative, potentially more effective options before going ahead with the scheme — a violation of Treasury guidelines,» said the committee's chair Margaret Hodge.

«The NASUWT has always stressed that progress measures are, in general, a more effective and equitable indicator of the contribution schools make to the achievement of pupils than those focused on assessment.

«A better understanding of the pathways activated by telomere fragments and their contribution to fetal membrane senescence may contribute to the design of more effective labor assessment, perhaps including preterm birth risk and direct medical interventions for labor induction or prevention.»

Our study of the faster increases in apparent temperature has produced important findings for this kind of climate change impact assessment, providing a strong scientific support for more stringent and effective climate change mitigation efforts to combat global warming.»

Impacts: Advances for diagnosis and treatment assessment for all brain disorders, development of more effective neural prosthetic devices.

«National drought policies with effective early warning systems would be crucial in promoting vulnerability assessment and risk mitigation measures, particularly in light of the devastating droughts witnessed in Africa this year that have left more than 20 million people on the verge of starvation,» she added.

Ma - Pi 2 was more effective then CTR in reducing fasting and postprandial blood glucose, glycated Hb (HbA1c), serum cholesterol, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA - IR), BMI and waist and hip circumferences compared with the CTR diet.

When combined with personal and family cancer history, genTrue results offer a clinically actionable risk assessment, providing a solid foundation for more effective care plans.

There is a self assessment worksheet (that proves far more effective than success criteria) and also detailed teaching notes.

And likewise, for the test - taker, the specific focus on language skill will lead to a more natural display of language ability, leading to an effective and proper assessment.

While eLearning has greatly helped in making training more effective and more efficient, its testing and assessment have some huge gaping holes.

«Glossing» is a technique that streamlines the revision process for teachers and students, allowing for more effective conference time and focused assessment opportunities, more meaningful reflective writing and revision time, and less time wrangling with paper load.

This report recommends further research to investigate the question of whether the certification process itself makes teachers more effective — as they become familiar with the standards and complete the assessment — or if high - quality teachers are attracted to the certification process, as well as to determine whether NBPTS certification is having broader effects on the educational system beyond individual classrooms.

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.

Effective teachers recognize the importance of engaging their students in learning; this is why it is necessary to implement relevant technologies for assessments to make learning applicable to modern students, who are becoming more digital and competence - based to meet the demand for future jobs.

He believes that high quality curriculum and instruction supported by assessment and timely intervention when students fall behind is a much more effective approach.

«The whole controversy about the Common Core and the assessments risks becoming an enormous distraction from the much more difficult work, the central education reform work of devising effective strategies for educating children to higher levels,» says Reville.

The result reveals that the Web - based portfolio assessment system was more effective or useful in terms of self - evaluated learning effects for low - motivation students.

A leading researcher in education, he is a speaker, trainer, and author of more than 30 books and 150 articles on topics such as instruction, assessment, writing and implementing standards, cognition, effective leadership, and school intervention.

The results suggest that using a model to generate criteria for an assignment and using a rubric for self - assessment can help elementary school students produce more - effective writing.

No Child Left Behind is important in the efforts to continue this progress, and urban districts must continue effective practices that have brought about promising results: high standards, strong and stable leadership, better teaching, more instructional time, regular assessments, stronger accountability, extra resources, and efficient operations.

Microlearning has been found to be most effective at no more than 5 minutes using less than 500 words with interaction and assessment built into that time frame.

Effective reform of precollegiate mathematics demands the development of more sophisticated and wider - ranging forms of student assessment than the simple «end of chapter» multiple - choice tests now commonly in use, according to a document released last week by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

To learn more about the effective use of choice, both in assessments and throughout daily teaching and learning, check out Learning to Choose, Choosing to Learn.

An effective state assessment system thus focuses resources and policy on ensuring that local assessment becomes more sophisticated, rigorous, and self - correcting.

Researchers have also discovered that the spacing of assessments and feedback produces more effective learning.

Educators and employers will have access to new technology, automation, and cloud - based designs that will be more cost - effective and certainly improve content, delivery and assessment.

AppleTree Early Learning Public Charter School, a pre-K — only charter school that serves more than 800 students on eight campuses, has used its flexibility — as well as a federal Investing in Innovation grant — to develop an integrated model that combines evidence - based curriculum, early childhood assessments, and aligned professional development to help teachers deliver effective instruction focused on improving children's language and social - emotional skills.

«Because of our great working relationship, we're now excited to announce this partnership which will help us to offer an even more specialised service for our customers, and a product that will help teachers to make their assessments more functional and effective.»

And, as the cofounder of Wireless Generation, a leading educational software company now serving more than 3 million children with groundbreaking assessment and instruction products, he knows a little something about effective leadership, as well.

Penned by AQA's head of curriculum Alison Wood and director of research and innovation Dr Anton Beguin, the publication calls for «a more effective balance between assessment and school accountability» and comments on how teacher assessment should be «professionalised, expert and should contribute substantially to students» results».

More Effective Assessment Use — better alignment between assessment uses and education goals, practices, improvement strategies, and education transformation.

At the same time, policymakers should boost federal research and development (R&D) investments to provide state leaders with more and better information about international best practices, and should help states develop streamlined assessment strategies that facilitate cost - effective international comparisons of student performance.

Examine current assessment issues and explore ways to make assessment in the classroom more effective.

Effective assessment systems provide balanced measures of a student's capacity in the foundational functions (recall, recognize, comprehend, apply in context, and follow routines) and the more complex functions (analyze, synthesize, compare, critique, investigate, prove, explain, and create), which more appropriately assesses a student's progress toward achieving college and career readiness.

Through its mission to make the methods, materials, and assessments of learning flexible and engaging, CAST Professional Learning provides practitioners with instructional design and teaching strategies to make curriculum more effective.

Matching teachers of similar disciplines makes assessment and staff development more meaningful and more effective.

In California, we find that SIG schools were able to improve student performance and families» assessment of the schools and they did this, at least in part, both by improving the composition of the educator workforce through differentially retaining more effective teachers and by improving the professional supports for teachers in the school.

The MAC's overall goal is to provide a common framework and understanding to assist K - 12 educators, students, parents, and policymakers in becoming more knowledgeable about assessment purposes and effective uses.

All instructional staff members receive professional development and extensive assessment to continuously make their teaching stronger and more effective.

In this white paper, we review the educational research literature about how students learn through feedback and how educational assessment technology can be an effective tool for teachers to improve feedback and consequently... Read More

In addition, the main thrust of the report's criticism, that the state's ESSA plan is not sufficiently similar to what it would have been had No Child Left Behind remained in effect, assumes the test - based accountability strategy that these reviewers have made their careers pursuing had been effective, which it has not; and therefore, when coupled with the false claim that California has high - quality academic standards and assessments, which... Read More

Dr. Dylan Wiliam explains the meanings and consequences of educational assessments — and what you can do right now to make assessments more effective.

Suggested individual or team activity: After reading more about the differences between effective communication in formative and summative assessment contexts and reflecting on the information you find there and in this chapter, convene a meeting of colleagues and ask them to discuss those differences.