The secretariat ensured that the estimates were consistent with
national expert assessments.)
Not exact matches
A grant committee featuring
national, state and local
experts in the areas of long - term recovery, nonprofit and government leadership, and the issue areas identified during the
assessment has been convened and held its first meeting on January 11, 2018.
The AU Committee of
Experts seeks to promote and protect the rights enshrined in the Charter particularly; collect and document information, commission inter disciplinary
assessment of situations on African problems in the fields of the rights and welfare of the child, organize meetings, encourage
national and local institutions concerned with the rights and welfare of the child and where necessary, give its views and make recommendations to Government.
Peter Murphy, English Heritage's coastal survey
expert who is currently completing a
national assessment of coastal heritage assets in England, says: «The loss of most of the medieval town of Dunwich over the last few hundred years — one of the most important English ports in the Middle Ages — is part of a long process that is likely to result in more losses in the future.
CORD is pleased that the mandate for the new federal
National Pharmacare Advisory Council includes
assessment of international models and establishment of
expert reference groups.
«For people with ovarian cancer somewhere in their family tree, it's worth it to meet with a genetic counselor to go through a complete risk
assessment,» says North Memorial Health Cancer Center genetic counselor Joy Larsen Haidle, a cancer
expert and past president at the
National Society of Genetic Counselors.
Two groups of reading and
assessment experts offered divergent proposals last week for retooling the
National Assessment of Educational Progress in reading.
Beyond the political turmoil buffeting President Clinton's plan for new voluntary
national tests for students,
experts are raising concerns about the proposed exams» value as
assessments.
According to the
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), which administers NAEP, the determination of proficiency in any given subject at a particular grade level «was the result of a comprehensive national process [which took into account]... what hundreds of educators, curriculum experts, policymakers, and members of the general public thought the assessment shou
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), which administers NAEP, the determination of proficiency in any given subject at a particular grade level «was the result of a comprehensive
national process [which took into account]... what hundreds of educators, curriculum experts, policymakers, and members of the general public thought the assessment shou
national process [which took into account]... what hundreds of educators, curriculum
experts, policymakers, and members of the general public thought the
assessment should test.
Finally, under the heading of unintended consequences, I am very fearful that placing sole responsibility for standard setting with the federal government could result in the worst of all possible worlds:
national standards and
assessments that embrace the conventional wisdom and social agendas of the education «
experts» who staff our schools of education, teachers unions, and
national associations.
Due to the highly technical nature of the Race to the Top
Assessment Competition, the Department sent invitations to two groups of individuals to serve as peer reviewers: 1)
experts who served as panelists for the Race to the Top
Assessment public meetings (these were nominated by the director of the
National Academies of Sciences» Board on Testing and
Assessment, by the U. S. Department of Education's
National Technical Advisory Council chair, and / or by Department
experts); and 2) persons experienced as peer reviewers in the Title I review of State
assessment systems (all recruited on the basis of
assessment expertise).
Hear from
national experts about ways professional learning communities and instructional teams can effectively use Open Education Resources (OER) and data from well - designed
assessments to chart an effective teaching and learning path.
A
national TPA
expert advisory group (TPA advisory group) has been established to ensure consistent and rigorous
assessment of evidence in relation to TPAs (Program Standard 1.2).
Citing the research, and the exciting work being done by school library practitioners in realizing the vision of the new school library learning commons, the
expert panel recommended that «the Council of Ministers of Education Canada (CMEC) commission a pan-Canadian
assessment engaging the full range of stakeholders, to bring forward a clear and prescriptive set of directives to frame a
national policy consensus on the most appropriate model for school libraries / learning commons to maximize their contribution to the K - 12 experience and its learning outcomes.»
Dr. Cawthon is a
national expert on issues related to standardized
assessment and students who are deaf or hard of hearing, particularly in the context of accountability reforms such as No Child Left Behind.
In addition to conducting
national pilot tests, developers oversee numerous reviews of the assessment instruments by internal NAEP measurement experts, by the National Assessment Governing Board, and by external groups that include representatives from each of the states and jurisdictions that participate in the NAEP
national pilot tests, developers oversee numerous reviews of the
assessment instruments by internal NAEP measurement
experts, by the
National Assessment Governing Board, and by external groups that include representatives from each of the states and jurisdictions that participate in the NAEP
National Assessment Governing Board, and by external groups that include representatives from each of the states and jurisdictions that participate in the NAEP program.
Experts caution against using scores like the
national assessment results released Tuesday to gauge things like the effects of specific policies or the performance of district leaders.
The report, presented by
national assessment experts, provided policy makers with objective information and an analytical framework that can be used to evaluate potential state
assessments.
ASES is the only
national collaborative that brings together
experts in the fields of
assessment and special education from the state education agency, industry sector and higher education, to identify challenges and find solutions for the inclusion of students with disabilities through policy and practice.
The English Language Learners Advisory Committee is comprised of
national experts in ELL
assessment, bilingual education, and language acquisition.
These teams of
national experts work to ensure the
assessments accurately measure student progress and growth toward college and career readiness.
She is a nationally recognized
expert on accountability for early childhood programs,
assessment, and large - scale studies of children with disabilities, serving on
national advisory boards and consulting to major evaluations to help create designs that adequately address such issues as oversampling and measurement of disability.
[20] The
National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado Boulder Think Tank Review Project has, since 2006, commissioned and published 96 third - party
expert reviews of research published by think tanks related to the topics of value added
assessment (7), virtual schools (7), privatization (11), charter schools (45), and vouchers (26).
The Commission welcomes the Department for Education's decision to establish an
expert group on
assessment for pupils who are working below the level of the
national curriculum tests.
Like board - certified doctors and accountants, teachers who achieve
National Board Certification have met rigorous criteria through intensive study,
expert evaluation, self -
assessment, and peer review.
We believe that policymakers, the media, and the public should pay attention to scientific
expert credibility and the well - vetted comprehensive
assessment reports prepared by a large number of the leading scientists — in particular the new IPCC Fifth
Assessment Report, along with the
National Academy of Sciences (4 - volume America's Climate Choices report) and the
National Climate
Assessment forthcoming from the U.S. Global Change Research Program.
Phil Mote, director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute at Oregon State University, is skeptical of McPherson's predictions: «I've been connected to
national and international
assessments of the state of the science of climate change, and although my colleagues and I are generally very concerned about what challenges climate change is bringing to humankind, no
expert that I have read has used language like «extinction of the human race.»
Perhaps it is because the same procedures have been adopted by many other
assessments in many other contexts; the
National Academies of Science, for example, produces consensus documents from diverse committees and panels that are subjected to
expert review from selected external scholars (and it is perhaps noteworthy that NAS reports occasionally feature signed dissents on particular points).
Progress report on the work of the Consultative Group of
Experts on
National Communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention: report on the regional training workshops on vulnerability and adaptation
assessment.
Va., forbids the Department of Defense from in any way utilizing the findings and recommendations of the
National Climate
Assessment or the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's fifth
assessment on climate change, two landmark, comprehensive reports reflecting the work of hundreds of the world's top climate scientists and
experts — or, as McKinley referred to it, «ideology.»
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WASHINGTON (January 14, 2016)-- To capitalize on growing demand for
expert property
assessment and increased interest in online learning courses, the
National Association of Realtors ® is now offering a Pricing Strategies Advisor certification available entirely online through the new Center for Realtor ® Development.