Sentences with phrase «negative effects of the program»

Two recent experimental evaluations of the Louisiana Scholarship Program found negative effects of the program on student test scores but one study was limited to just a single year of outcome data and the second one (which I am leading) has only analyzed two years of outcome data so far.

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By keeping interest rates artificially low, through a program called quantitative easing, the central bank tried to mitigate the negative effects of the recession by promoting investment in other asset classes.

He said that the revenue it draws — and «the addiction it creates» — has caused broadcasters to lose sight of its negative effect on Canadian programming, which is often shunted to undesirable timeslots or secondary channels to accommodate the «scheduling whims» of U.S. networks.

Some of our friends and acquaintances put a great deal of effort into holding creatively themed birthdays and getting their kids into the right dance classes and sport programs, identifying peanut allergies and purchasing BPA - free water bottles, and having endless conversations about the negative effects of too much technology in the home, frequently interrupted by pinging phones and debates about which phone plan is best.

Besides encouraging the use of processed food, the subsidy program has had surprisingly negative effects on rural areas.

But the educational value of pre-K for children who aren't poor is still in dispute; studies have found little or no positive effect (or even a negative effect) of universal pre-K programs on the skills of well - off children.

Research demonstrates that NFP and PAT also have negative effects, such as program families having fewer appropriate play materials in the home than the comparison group families, using harsher discipline techniques and being less accepting of the child's behaviour.

There is evidence that depression can have a negative impact on the effects of home visiting programs.

«Resources for Divorced Parents» (1-800-640-3405), a nonprofit Maine corporation committed to reducing the negative effects of divorce offers «Kids First: Parenting Through Divorce,» a four - hour educational program for parents who are involved in a court case involving rights and responsibilities of their minor children, and «The Next Step,» a six - week group program for divorcing parents who want to «learn healthy, effective ways to parent children, to resolve conflicts and empower themselves during and after the divorce process.»

However, a spike in enrollment because of the scholarship program could lead to negative side effects for both the state and city public college systems, the report found.

«Because the negative effect is so localized in a specific group of students, it would be easy to establish a tutoring program to solve the problem,» he suggests.

«It's possible that the negative effect that we have detected will disappear at that point, because in secondary school, the students have a higher level of English,» says Carro, who also proposes another topic to be analyzed: find out what other factors can influence the program's results, such a the importance of the teachers» level of English.

However, it is not known whether a mother's alcohol use before conception also could have negative effects on her child's health and disease susceptibility during adulthood,» said principal investigator Dipak Sarkar, Ph.D., DPhil, a distinguished professor at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., and director of its endocrine research program.

«The programming committee thought the work presented is a good demonstration of the negative effects of the way that current cloud storage providers chose to deploy their services,» said Zhang.

Per the International Fish Oil Standards Program, «research suggests that contaminants from edible marine sources can have negative health effects, many of which outweigh the beneficial health effects of omega - 3 intake.»

The formulas in the GS Support Program work synergistically with a Gluten - Free diet to minimize the negative effects of gluten exposure in individuals with Gluten Sensitivity issues.

Through the Foundation's programs and initiatives, we empower, educate and inspire people to transcend the negative effects of modern day culture.

Because of the negative side - effects of pharmacological interventions, adults with dis - ordered sleep are increasingly seeking non-pharmacological sleep interventions such as natural supplements (e.g., melatonin, valerian, and tryptophan), meditation, and sleep hygiene programs (Henry et al., 2013).

I would love to have lunch with Lauren Parsekian Paul, one of the founders of Kind Campaign, a nonprofit that helps educate about the powerful belief in KINDness that brings awareness and healing to the negative and lasting effects of girl - against - girl «crime» through documentary films and school based programs.

All but unnoticed at the time, however, were the CCSR studies that had found benefits in the retention program, as well as the Jacob / Lefgren research, which seemed to dispute some of the substantive negative findings, at least as they applied to the effect of retention on third graders.

A growing body of research suggests that college remediation programs — meant to bolster the skills of students deemed underprepared for the rigors of postsecondary study — seem to make very little positive difference to students, and may even have a negative effect on overall success in college.

On the third page of the study, the authors write: «Negative voucher effects are not explained by the quality of public fallback options for LSP applicants: achievement levels at public schools attended by students lotteried out of the program are below the Louisiana average and comparable to scores in low - performing districts like New Orleans.»

The second study, conducted by Mills and Wolf, showed similar negative effects in year one but also showed that by year two of the program, differences in math had moderated and there were no significant differences in literacy performance.

In a recent Brookings report, Mark Dynarski cites studies of Indiana and Louisiana private school voucher programs that show negative effects, raising provocative questions regarding the impact and viability of such programs.

By contrast, young children's viewing of noneducational programming — cartoons or general - audience shows — has a negative effect on their school readiness, according to the study, which was released last week.

Anthony Petrosino's systematic reviews of randomized trials on the «Scared Straight» program, which involves prisoners lecturing at - risk youth about the consequences of crime, showed that its effects are at worst negative, at best negligible.

[xliii] However, the achievement effects of many current scaled - up programs seem to fade out as students enter public school, [xliv] and one Tennessee study suggests achievement benefits may turn negative.

When a positive effect of a program is not statistically significant, there is a decent chance that it really is 0 or even negative.

However, the most recent experimental evaluation of the D.C. voucher program showed negative test - score effects after one year, even though the study did not rely on a state - mandated test — and despite the fact that an earlier study of the program showed no effects.

An evaluation of the Ohio EdChoice Scholarship Program, conducted by David Figlio and Krzysztof Karbownik, was an exception, reporting negative effects of that voucher program on both reading and math scores that persisted oveProgram, conducted by David Figlio and Krzysztof Karbownik, was an exception, reporting negative effects of that voucher program on both reading and math scores that persisted oveprogram on both reading and math scores that persisted over time.

As its name implies, the Head Start program was developed to enhance the experiences of children in low - income families prior to school entry, with the goal of alleviating the negative effects of growing up in poverty.

To support my case, I presented three categories of evidence: (1) the fact that national reform groups seem deeply concerned about Detroit; (2) the similarity in performance between the city's charter and traditional public schools; and (3) the large negative effects of two statewide voucher programs on student outcomes.

To argue that she has been even moderately successful with her approach, we would have to ignore the legitimate concerns of local and national charter reformers who know the city well, and ignore the possibility that Detroit charters are taking advantage of loose oversight by cherry - picking students, and ignore the very low test score growth in Detroit compared with other cities on the urban NAEP, and ignore the policy alternatives that seem to work better (for example, closing low - performing charter schools), and ignore the very low scores to which Detroit charters are being compared, and ignore the negative effects of virtual schools, and ignore the negative effects of the only statewide voucher programs that provide the best comparisons with DeVos's national agenda.

Studies of these programs had shown large and negative effects on test scores by students who participate in them.

It is broadly agreed that these biases have a negative net effect on assessments of the performance of bilingual education programs.

It's important to emphasize that it's rare to find negative effects of any educational program, especially ones this large.

I have written about voucher results from Louisiana extensively before, especially the large negative effects that the state's program, and a similar program in Ohio, have had on the achievement of students using them to move to private schools.

Studying elementary schools in Arizona, Smith (1991) found other negative effects of testing on teachers: «Testing programs substantially reduce the time available for instruction, narrow curricular offerings and modes of instruction, and potentially reduce the capacities of teachers to teach content and to use methods and materials that are incompatible with standardized testing formats» (p. 8).

Two studies find no visible effect, and two studies find Louisiana's voucher program — where most of the eligible private schools were scared away from the program by an expectation of hostile future action from regulators — had a negative effect.

Now, two studies of Louisiana's voucher program find the program had a negative effect on participants» test scores in its first couple years.

The study's authors speculate on four potential explanations for the large negative effects that their program evaluation found: misalignment of private school curriculum to the Louisiana State Standards; differences between serving scholarship students with achievement gaps and traditional private school students; success of other education developments, especially in New Orleans; and the overall quality of private schools willing to participate in the program.

Of social and ethical concern are, primarily, both the intended and unintended consequences of use as determined by the research (and dissemination of research) concerning both the positive and the negative effects of whatever system or program is in usOf social and ethical concern are, primarily, both the intended and unintended consequences of use as determined by the research (and dissemination of research) concerning both the positive and the negative effects of whatever system or program is in usof use as determined by the research (and dissemination of research) concerning both the positive and the negative effects of whatever system or program is in usof research) concerning both the positive and the negative effects of whatever system or program is in usof whatever system or program is in use.

After my calculations are complete, we'll know the fiscal effect of the program based on whether the final impact number is positive, negative, or neutral (zero).

Full Disclosure of Negative Consequences Before imposing new required testing, policy makers should be aware of the likely unintended negative side effects of any given testing Negative Consequences Before imposing new required testing, policy makers should be aware of the likely unintended negative side effects of any given testing negative side effects of any given testing program.

Data from a meta - analysis of the participant effects of private school vouchers illustrates that the effect of vouchers on participating students» academic achievement in both reading and math tends to start out neutral or negative in year one and trends to positive by years two or three of the program.

Of the 18 gold - standard studies, 14 studies found that voucher programs improve student outcomes, two found no visible effect, and two studies found negative results for students.

But few researchers, and even fewer promoters of programs, do the high - quality research that would reveal noneffects, or negative effects for some children, when a given program is in the hands of some teachers and in certain schools.

Citing concerns about some unintended negative effects of special education «pull - out» programs, her proposal suggested that greater efforts to educate mildly and moderately disabled students in the mainstream of regular education should be pursued (Will, 1986).

Another example of the negative effects of the new APPR proposals is that prospective future educators are leaving their college educational programs because they are aware of what is happening and do not want to be faced with the pressure.

A week after IES published the evaluation, which reported the negative effects of the D.C. voucher program, the Republican - led Congress passed a bipartisan budget deal with a prohibition to the use of the experimental design evaluation method in any future federally funded studies of the D.C. voucher program.44 Instead, IES must use «an acceptable quasi-experimental research design.»