Sentences with phrase «more rigorous efforts»

Meanwhile, «there should be more rigorous efforts to cut emissions in Asia,» Ueno says.

While details of the plan to reduce food waste have not yet been outlined, it could include more rigorous efforts to route expiring or slightly damaged foods to food banks, shelters and other organizations that distribute donations to the homeless and less fortunate.

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Though there is no tax advantage to the status, the designation codified and made even more rigorous and transparent the company's efforts to be environmentally friendly.

After John Kelly came in as chief of staff last summer, Porter ended up serving as a crucial ally in Kelly's effort to install a more rigorous process.

It happens because after the Sales team sells the product to the 10 % of prospects who «get it» with little sales effort, they encounter the other 90 % that require a more rigorous sales effort.

Researchers are conducting hundreds of experiments in an effort to bring more rigorous science to U.S. schools.

Hundreds of experiments like Fisher's are part of an effort to bring more rigorous science to U.S. classrooms.

The final section of the document calls for further discussion and action, specifically in the development of international collaborative efforts geared toward the creation of more rigorous guidelines for the translation of Chinese medicine texts.

«We now have to look very cautiously at the model of late Neanderthal survival in southern Iberia and focus our efforts on more rigorous dating programs.»

Absent persuasive evidence on the impact of efforts to raise the bar, some people have speculated that the rise of test - based accountability associated with NCLB and the ongoing push to establish more - rigorous teacher evaluation systems have made teaching less attractive and thereby contributed to further decline in the quality of the teaching corps.

But, in my view, these «do - no - harm» findings support continued experimentation with technology - based innovation in K - 12 education, ideally with those efforts subjected to even more rigorous and timely evaluation.

The improvement effort began more than 20 years ago when state legislators passed a major reform law that put rigorous academic goals and well - designed assessments front and center.

For now at least, Louisiana remains a laboratory from which other states can learn as they evaluate their own efforts to make more rigorous standards stick.

«Kemple's work examining high school reform efforts and assessing performance trends in New York City led to the design of rigorous impact evaluations, the results of which help city leaders better serve students and families by more meaningfully assessing school and student performance, effectively allocating resources, and identifying both positive trends and areas for improvement in schools.»

Despite reports of rigorous minority recruitment efforts, however, more than 90 percent of U.S. teachers are white.

The plan sets a target of 66 % of working - age New Mexicans earning a college degree or post-secondary credential by the year 2030 — a rigorous goal given the current attainment rate of 45 %.1 The plan also sets a vision for New Mexico to be the fastest growing state in the nation when it comes to student outcomes, with a goal to increase the percentage of students who demonstrate readiness to more than 60 % on the state English language arts (ELA) and math assessments.2 These efforts are significant considering New Mexico's historically lower student academic proficiency rates compared to other states and to national averages3, and demonstrate how leaders are driving a sense of urgency to improve.

A federal judge is questioning whether a new exam for aspiring teachers in New York is discriminatory against minorities, a case that could derail the state's efforts to create a more rigorous set of tests for entry into the profession.

The program of reading research that the RRSG proposes fits into the overall context of research on reading in the United States and is part of a larger RAND effort to suggest ways that education R&D can be made more rigorous, cumulative, and usable.

The shift to a computerized assessment from paper and pencil was difficult enough, but the shift to new standards and a more rigorous assessment made this year's effort an unusually difficult task.»

Local efforts to create a more rigorous high school curriculum were stimulated by internal analysis and by resources acquired from a National Science Foundation project that involved two universities.

Curriculum is often at the center of school and district efforts to transition to the new, more rigorous Common Core State Standards.

For years, efforts to improve K - 12 schools have focused on developing more rigorous academic standards, testing students, holding teachers and administrators accountable for students» test results, and creating new charter schools.

Burris is most widely lauded for her ardent efforts to eliminate tracking at the high school — offering paths of more rigorous study and increased opportunity for each and every student.

Recent efforts by states to make their educator accountability systems more rigorous represent a «seismic shift rarely seen in education,» according to the National...

When the state standards and accountability movement began in the 1990's, it was conceived as a way to make learning more rigorous in K - 12 curricula in an effort to close the college and job readiness gap.

Charter school laws exist in 45 states, but more than half of these states place caps on the number of charter schools that may be authorized.19 Charter school policies have wide variance, but states could enable innovative high school designs and accelerate redesign efforts by maintaining and enforcing rigorous standards for authorizing and renewing charters, while also raising caps on charters as needed.

Some districts are more rigorous in their charter applications and other districts like Denver are very open, so the growth in Denver, especially in looking at the turnaround and transformation are strongly suggested that they turn into charter schools rather than in other districts that we looked at in Pueblo and in Center and in Sheridan where they're really putting all their efforts into making the traditional school successful rather than turning it into another model..

Therefore, if a particular school improvement effort targets low proficiency students, consider choosing a more rigorous target consistent with a higher growth effect size.

In a remarkably short period of time, 45 states and the District of Columbia have come together around a more rigorous set of college and career - focused common state standards, reflecting a «ground up» effort to establish important baseline expectations associated with the knowledge and skills that are demanded in today's (and tomorrow's) workforce.

In an evaluation of efforts to introduce more rigorous algebra lessons to Los Angeles high school students, teachers reported that pressure to keep up with the pacing guide frustrated their attempts to immerse students in challenging tasks (David & Greene, 2007).

• Collaboration to create a school and classroom culture rooted in respect, responsibility and excellence, so that students not only develop moral character, (caring, respect, trustworthiness, for example) but the performance character they will need to successfully grapple with more rigorous standards, (diligence, effort, responsibility, for example)

There have been efforts, for example, to develop more rigorous math and

We are a coalition of animal lovers and industry leaders championing responsible pet ownership, and we are lending our support to efforts to enact tougher breeder standards with more rigorous enforcement.

And if you are involved in an accident with an 18 - wheeler, then additional, more rigorous steps should be taken to protect yourself from the efforts by insurance companies and trucking companies.