Sentences with phrase «multiple measures result»

What's important is that multiple measures result in meaningful, useful decisions.

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In addition, results from a recently developed biomarker assay that was designed to measure levels of SMN protein in the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF), showed time - and dose - dependent increases in SMN protein levels in SMA children treated with ISIS - SMNRx from both single - and multiple - dose studies.

With this combination of natural food protocols, Cellect and the antibody treatment I have seen a dramatic reduction in my cancer marker (a blood test result which measures a protein like cell which is an indicator of multiple myeloma activity).

Because each individual contributes multiple time intervals, we used robust variance to account for within - individual repeated measures, and results are averaged across all 4 - y time intervals.

◦ Closing of achievement gaps using multiple measures but shall include, at a minimum, results from the statewide assessment.

With states now appropriately crafting accountability frameworks that focus not just on test scores but on multiple measures, we also will hear less heated rhetoric about the consequences of poor results.

Businesses have earning reports and stock prices as measures of success; schools seeking multiple purposes — see above — are expected to show immediate, midterm, and long - term results, many of whichare hardly reducible to numbers.

We must have calibrated results; we must use sophisticated statistical methods to interpret the data; we need to use multiple measures of performance; and we need to implement the analysis in ways that are appropriate to the quality of the information.

High school reform should include making sure that we are measuring the relevant skills; allowing states the flexibility to design systems that produce results; using multiple measures to assess achievement; allowing the use of growth models; including commonsense flexibility for students with special needs; involving educators in planning; and effectively addressing dropout rates.

Unlike the former Academic Performance Index (API), which was based solely on testing results, this new accountability system uses multiple measures to determine performance and progress and emphasizes equity by focusing on student group performance.

The program's teacher performance assessments are based on multiple measures of performance, not just students» test results.

Anna Egalite, Jonathan Mills, and I have a new study in the journal Improving Schools in which we administer multiple measures of «non-cognitive» skills to the same sample of students to see if we get consistent results.

I explained why the predictable result of value - added evaluations, even when balanced by «multiple measures,» would be driving talent out of the most challenging schools.

This study draws together results from multiple data sources to identify how the new accountability systems developed in response to NCLB have influenced student achievement, school - district finances, and measures of school and teacher practices.

Category 4: Data driven progress; results from multiple measures of academic and socio - emotional progress to inform Personalized Learning Plans (PLP's) and instructional design.

The law requires districts to adopt «multiple objective academic measures,» which could include statewide standardized test results, student portfolios and other placement tests predictive of math readiness, interim assessments and grades.

Here is the description of Opt Out Orlando taken from their site: «Opt Out Orlando advocates for multiple measures of authentic assessments, such as a portfolio, non-high stakes standardized tests (Iowa Test of Basic Standards (ITBS) or the Stanford Achievement Test (SAT10)-RRB-, which are used to inform teachers» instruction of their students and which do not result in punitive consequences for students, teachers and schools.

To support such claims, PARCC assessments are designed to measure and report results in multiple categories called master claims and sub-claims.

Similarly, Bryk and Perez (2012) show through simulations the extent to which multiple measures of teachers will result in consistent classification by category.

The institute is also an opportunity for educators to explore ways to use multiple measures to ensure that their assessments lead to a system of data collection and analysis that result in higher levels of student achievement.

Anacortes now has a busy team of 12 teachers, principals, administrators, and association representatives working to finish the evaluation pilot, adding multiple measures such as achievement results, peer assistance and review, and student surveys to the observation work.

While educators and policymakers agree that multiple measures over multiple years are the best way to gauge student, school, and district performance, the first - year SBAC results provide an important baseline for assessing implementation of the Common Core State Standards and the Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAPs).

Multiple, appropriate measures of student performance quantify Results, with sufficient detail to help the team look at the impact of changes in student performance over time by level, subject and subpopulations.

«Connecticut's Board of Regents for Higher Education reportedly already has placed SBAC results on its list of multiple measures that colleges and universities can use to evaluate student readiness and placement.

«Going program by program and — often at great expense — conducting large - scale evaluations involving multiple measures of teaching and learning has not, to date, resulted in an accretion of credible, usable knowledge within the professional development and practitioner community,» the researchers assert in a new Educational Researcher article.

Knowing the nature of the measures and the combination method in any particular application of multiple measures helps us understand the results and the value of decisions or consequences based on those results.

What the country needs are thoughtfully developed teacher evaluation systems that include multiple measures of performance, such as student surveys, classroom observations by experienced colleagues and student test results.

The results suggest that using multiple measures of value - added to specialize teachers by subject could produce small average increases in student achievement, and larger increases for some students.

If I weren't lazy I would measure each color multiple times and average out the results.

It allows you to manage your content across multiple social channels, listen to conversations and measure results.

Sendible: A platform for engaging with customers, measuring results and monitoring your reputation across multiple social media channels at once.

«This analysis combines the results of all these experiments to study the combined effects of multiple stressors on whole communities, including species interactions and different measures of responses to climate change.»

The result is Smartfin, a surfboard fin that houses sensors for measuring multiple ocean parameters like salinity, pH, temperature, location, and wave characteristics while surfers ride the waves.

We made sure the tests were perfectly synchronized across devices, measuring the same actions at the same time, with multiple tests across each device to validate our results.

This report, which presents 12 - month impact results from a demonstration designed to strengthen marriages among low - income married couples with children, shows that the program produced a consistent pattern of small, positive effects on multiple aspects of couples» relationships, including measures of relationship quality, psychological and physical abuse, and adult individual psychological distress.

The current results suggest that protective parenting measured during late childhood and early adolescence may also exert an influence on genomic functioning and health in young adults, and contributes to promising work on multiple fronts suggesting that various epigenetic mechanisms may be related to, and help account for, long - term effects of protective parenting on health.

Results indicate, based on multiple parent - report, direct observation, and clinician - report measures of the children and their caregivers, both groups improved on all measures from pretest to posttest and from pretest to follow - up.

Results: After controlling for multiple individual difference measures, dispositional mindfulness was associated with greater widespread prefrontal cortical activation, and reduced bilateral amygdala activity during affect labeling, compared with the gender labeling control task.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study examined existing data collected from individual Families and Schools Together (FAST) program [now called FAST ® - Elementary School Level] evaluation results across multiple sites.

Results of a multiple mediation analysis revealed that music listening was significantly related to all four linking variables, but not directly related to well - being as measured by the Mental Health Continuum.

Results Mixed effects regression analyses showed that modular treatment produced significantly steeper trajectories of improvement than usual care and standard treatment on multiple Brief Problem Checklist and Top Problems Assessment measures.

Structural equation modeling (SEM) allows for the simultaneous examination of the relationships between latent constructs defined by multiple measures as well as directly observed variables (e.g., gender, HbA1C) while reducing the effect of measurement error on results.

Moreover, measuring indicators at multiple times offers insight into required program dosage, or the number of visits necessary to yield a desired result.