Sentences with phrase «need valid measures»

We need valid measures of well - being, happiness, positive mental health and flourishing that can be understood and used by people in many different roles.

Not exact matches

This compelling knowledge base underscores three significant, unmet needs: (1) valid and reliable biological and bio-behavioral measures (or «biomarkers») of «toxic stress» to identify children who are at higher risk of chronic disease in adulthood; (2) more effective intervention strategies to prevent, reduce, or mitigate the long - term health consequences of significant adversity in early childhood; and (3) biomarkers that are sensitive to change and can thus be used to assess the short - term and medium - term effects of intervention strategies whose ultimate impacts on physical and mental health may not be apparent until decades later.

Beginning in the 2010 - 2011 school year, for each school identified for preliminary registration review pursuant to subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph, the local school district shall be given the opportunity to present to the commissioner additional assessment data, which may include, but need not be limited to, valid and reliable measures of: the performance of students in grades other than those in which the State tests are administered; the performance of limited English proficient students and / or other students with special needs; and the progress that specific grades have made or that cohorts of students in the school have made towards demonstrating higher student performance.

Members of the Multiple Pathways to a Diploma Coalition believe that measuring college - and career - readiness requires valuing several different and equally valid ways to evaluate students» knowledge needed for success in the workplace and higher education.

«We need to be cautious in our approach, however, to ensure any model for measuring student growth is valid, reliable and accounts for extraneous variables, and is clearly defined for all parties involved inclusive of the classroom teacher,» Brumley said in an email.

To help educators select the best SEL assessment tools for their needs, the Raikes Foundation recently commissioned a report to examine a wide variety of SEL assessments to determine which were the most reliable, valid and usable for schools to measure SEL program effectiveness over time.

For example, to be valid, a reading test needs to measure reading skills and not math skills.

First, they need to have reliable and valid screening measures that are administered at multiple points per year to assist in evaluating the impact of universal instruction and to determine which students are exceeding, meeting, and not meeting grade level standards.

By developing valid and reliable Common Core math measures, educators stand a much better chance of appropriately responding to student needs to boost achievement on PARCC and SBAC Common Core math summative assessments.

In order for the VAM scores to be a valid measure of teacher effectiveness, it needs to be reliable.

Across districts, there is a strong need for valid, reliable, and objective performance measures.

If we are using such student performances for high - stakes decision making, we will need to make sure that the determinations are valid (that we measure what we mean to measure) and reliable (that the measure will yield the same results on repeated trials).

To succeed in college and career, students need strong writing skills — and to help them build those skills, educators need a reliable and valid measure of their students» writing abilities.

Policymakers need more research to determine how best to measure this area and to ensure indicators are valid, reliable, and not corruptible in a high - stakes environment.

Such an approach, however, could require an unsavory amount of testing time.46 To date, few performance assessments for social and emotional learning have been piloted at scale, and policymakers need more research to determine whether emerging tasks will be valid and reliable measures.47

The group's measure was cleared in March by the Secretary of State's office for circulation, meaning supporters have until Sept. 21 to collect some 366,000 valid voter signatures needed to qualify it for the ballot.

Importantly, PMTO's effect on mothers» arrests may well be valid, but because it reached statistical significance in only one of two measures (i.e., number versus likelihood of arrest)-- and possibly not at the 0.05 level — we believe it needs confirmation in additional studies to rule out the possibility that it is a chance finding.