Sentences with phrase «multiple schools based»

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They are some of the most elemental bits of knowledge that any middle school student should know off the top of their head much less guess the answer on a multiple choice basis!

In the end, it all comes back to education: In the ideal world, a parent's decision about whether to allow a child to start playing or continue playing collision sports before high school under current rules of play (which are evolving in the direction of safety, fortunately, as seen, for instance, in USA Hockey's ban on body checking at the Pee Wee hockey level and below, and limits on full - contact practices instituted at every level of football, from Pop Warner, to high school, college, and the NFL), will be a conscious one; a decision in which the risks of participating in a particular sport - provided it is based on the most up - to - date information about those risks and a consideration of other risk factors that might come into play for their child, such as pre-existing learning disabilities (e.g. ADHD), chronic health conditions (e.g., a history of history of multiple concussions or seizures, history of migraines), or a reckless and overly aggressive style of play - are balanced against the benefits to the child of participating.

This luxurious and high quality model comes with HEAPS of fantastic features... * Suitable from birth to school age * Pneumatic - assist, easy - lift height adjustment * A unique shape that cocoons your baby in comfort * A sleek and modern design to complement your home * Made with food contact grade plastic, chrome and stainless steel * Multiple - position reclining seat * Enclosed castor wheels in base so the high chair will «lift and glide'UK

As local school districts await word from Albany on state aid, some are developing multiple budget proposals based on best, worst and most likely scenarios.

Charter school leader Deborah Kenny's op - ed in today's The New York Times argues against the move by many states toward teacher evaluations based on multiple measures, including both student progress on achievement tests and the reviews of principals.

The new evaluation system will provide clear standards and significant guidance to local school districts for implementation of teacher evaluations based on multiple measures of performance including student achievement and rigorous classroom observations.

The school board is asking the state to «reexamine» the APPR plan and create a system «based on multiple forms of assessment» as opposed to «extensive standardized testing,» according to the resolution.

«Typically, wooden particles are used as the base and multiple substances are used to stick these particles together,» explains lead author Ehsan Toreini, a PhD student in Cyber Security in Newcastle University's School of Computing Science.

As a race - based educational achievement gap in American schools persists, a corresponding assortment of race - based health disparities follow proportionately, according to multiple studies cited by Anderson.

«Eating foods with balanced energy and protein and multiple micronutrients would probably have a larger effect for many malnourished children,» said Evan Mayo - Wilson, the lead author based at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland.

This new session, linked to the Summer school of adult respiratory medicine, provides a unique opportunity to test your applied knowledge in adult respiratory medicine against 30 high - quality, case - based multiple - choice questions, selected from the question pool of the ERS HERMES European examination in adult respiratory medicine.

With a curriculum based upon Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, this K - 12 Indianapolis school emphasizes exploration and deep understanding over rote memorization.

Practical rewards A user - friendly budget management system enables consistent data processing across multiple users within the school and access to permission - based information.

While organizations can, like EdSurge, provide a «concierge» service to help schools and districts find digital tools, many educators won't have access to such supports, nor will they have the time to pour over multiple websites to find research - based tools.

Some competency - based schools are even doing away with age - based grade levels entirely, treating learning as a continuum, and holding multiple graduation ceremonies each year to award diplomas when students are ready.

At this K - 5 magnet school based on Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, staff members use all kinds of ways to reach students and tap their interests and skills — including knitting.

Scores are based on multiple classroom observations, measures of student learning, and commitment to the school community.

With little fanfare, the New York City Department of Education (DOE) last month released a draft of its new «School Quality Snapshot» — Chancellor Carmen Fariña's bid to evaluate each of Gotham's more than 1,800 schools based on «multiple measures.»

Finally — and many would say most importantly — Her Majesty's inspectors (based in a free - standing agency) constantly visit schools, appraising their performance on multiple indicators (not just test scores), giving them detailed feedback on what they need to do differently, and making all of that public.

In accordance with that questionable vision, the Singapore school system is essentially is one giant ode to tracking, with students placed in one of multiple available tracks based on intelligence testing that takes place from ages 10 to 12.

Impero Insight enables cloud - based reporting across multiple servers, allowing larger schools and Multi-Academy Trusts to take advantage of a highly usable top level view of data with the ability to drill down to a school, class or student level.

Therefore, when policymakers seek to reward schools for improvements in test scores, they should do so based on multiple years rather than a single year of data.

As a top national priority, professional experience is currently being reconceptualised by all partners to include internships, observations, school - based tutorials, joint clinical practices, mentor training, and supervised practicum or community placements — all elements that the recent TEMAG Report says should be designed to provide graduates with multiple opportunities to «learn to teach» through field - based quality mentoring and partnerships.

School 21 infuses the arts into a project - based learning model, emphasizing personalized learning and redrafting multiple revisions in the process of iteration.

College / Career Indicator Reports and Data The College / Career Indicator uses multiple measures to provide a performance level based on the number of students who are likely prepared for success after high school.

Rethinking Pathways to High School Graduation in New York State: Forging New Ways for Students to Show Their Achievement of Standards In December 2013, the Coalition for Multiple Pathways to a Diploma released this report, prepared by Advocates for Children of New York, examining the difficulties that high stakes standardized exit exams pose for many students and addressing the need for more flexible exam requirements and assessment - based pathways to a diploma.

take into account data on student growth as a significant factor as well as other factors, such as multiple observation - based assessments of performance and ongoing collections of professional practice reflective of student achievement and increased high school graduation rates; and

Schools under this policy would be allocated points based on multiple levels of performance.

Base any accountability system designed to measure school and / or state performance on multiple measures of student growth and learning.

Elaine Weiss is the National Coordinator for the Broader Bolder Approach to Education, where she works with four co-chairs, a high - level Advisory Board, and multiple coalition partners to promote a comprehensive, evidence - based set of policies to allow all children to thrive in school and life.

This survey is based on charter school waitlist data compiled from multiple data sources, including several state departments of education and state charter school's associations.»

These involve recent LEA boundary changes that have not yet been incorporated into the Census database for LEAs (which usually takes two to three years), charter schools that are treated as separate LEAs under the laws of some states but are not in the Census LEA database (because they are not based on exclusive geographical boundaries), and some special purpose LEAs that provide particular educational services (such as vocational and technical education or education for certain students with disabilities) to multiple «regular» LEAs in certain states.

The foundation is also working much more aggressively to change public policy concerning key elements of the portfolio approach: transparency in school finance, multiple independent school providers, and performance - based accountability.

A new study of Massachusetts middle schools contends schools that don't track students of the same grade into multiple course levels based on their achievement have fewer students scoring at the advanced level on state standardized tests in mathematics.

Nassau BOCES developed formulas using multiple regression based on historical NYSED student data and demographics to predict student outcomes for all high school students in the data warehouse who took a course that ended in 2013 NYS Regent that had baseline scores.

Performance - based compensation systems must consider gains in student academic achievement as well as classroom evaluations conducted multiple times during each school year among other factors and provide educators with incentives to take on additional responsibilities and leadership roles.

A: According to Brad Carl, associate director and researcher at the Value - Added Research Center at UW - Madison, Utah and New Hampshire in recent years were allowed to provide multiple tests on a trial basis for a small number of school districts.

Insight in action As part of collaborative reform efforts to improve K - 6 science education across multiple urban school districts, a teacher leader was selected from each participating elementary school based on his / her knowledge of science.

How might this multiple input inform a plan that takes into account the current state of family engagement in our respective schools; that builds upon current capacity and success; that facilitates a strengths - based perspective on diverse families; and that imagines respectful and trusting partnerships across multiple contexts of children's lives?

The school district has created two career pathways: professional teacher and master teacher and developed multiple performance - based incentives.

The FOCUS program uses proven strategies and methods for learning, teaching, and school management based on scientifically based research and effective practices, and used successfully in multiple schools.

NASSP recommends that principal performance be based on multiple measures that are objective, take into account the context in which a principal operates the school, and are not limited to student performance indicators (NASSP, 2011).

As a project - based school, the high school uses multiple learning modes including long term projects, community service learning, seminars, blended online learning tools, expeditionary learning, adventure based learning, internships, and community partnerships and mentors.

Organize a consortium of districts to create a new accountability system based on multiple measures of school quality and student learning

The more we coordinate, the more likely we will be able to create the multiple pathways that schools, districts, and states need to create high quality personalized, competency - based systems that produce different results — that are equitable and fair.

Rethinking Pathways to High School Graduation in New York State: Forging New Ways for Students to Show Their Achievement of Standards On December 12, 2013, the Coalition for Multiple Pathways to a Diploma released this report, prepared by Advocates for Children of New York, examining the difficulties that high stakes standardized exit exams pose for many students and addressing the need for more flexible exam requirements and assessment - based pathways to a diploma.

The webinar focused on how states can «effectively design multiple - measure accountability systems to assess overall school performance and progress» and «drive evidence - based interventions and continuous improvement.»

Determining success of students, schools, districts, states / provinces, or nations should be based on multiple assessments of and for learning.

e-EcoSolutions will perform the applications reviews, sustainability consulting sessions, and multiple audits in order to issue the corresponding certification for each school, based on the following three main steps:

Inspired by a statement adopted by more than 360 Texas school boards, major national education, civil rights and parents groups have launched a resolution calling on federal and state policymakers to reduce standardized test mandates and, instead, base school accountability on multiple forms of measurement.