Sentences with phrase «new systems of assessment»

One key opportunity under ESSA is that seven states will be able to pilot new systems of assessment and accountability that, if designed well, have the potential to support strong, teacher - led practices that integrate teaching, learning, and assessment.

Educational Testing Service (ETS) is now working with Smarter Balanced and PARCC on the new systems of assessment through its Center for K - 12 Assessment and Performance Management.

Determine the professional learning, curriculum, and resource needs of educators to implement a new system of assessments.

Not exact matches

Within a framework of sustainable development — including a cap - and - trade system and thorough environmental assessments — New Democrats would prioritize our own energy security and with it the creation of high - paying, value - added jobs, refining and upgrading our own natural resources right here in Canada — just as other resource - rich developed nations like Norway already have.

South Korea's defense ministry also said it would temporarily deploy the four remaining launchers for a major new U.S. missile defense system after the completion of an environmental assessment by the government.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

In a Mar. 18 letter to G20 central bankers and finance ministers, Carney gave a low - risk assessment of cryptocurrencies on the basis that the new asset class was small relative to the global financial system.

The new online tool is part of CSWA's existing free online system that also includes a sustainable winegrowing self - assessment.

Xhaka is just another CM like Ramsey.They both can't defend but I'll rather take Ramsey because to me Xhaka's worse.Ozil is not a RW but looks so in our new formation.Put everyone in their places so you can have a better assessment and judgement of how they're playing.You just don't put players anywhere to suit the system.

In the spring of 2016, schools in these eight districts began using a new assessment system that includes a measurement, based on student self - reports, of students» growth mindset, self - efficacy, self - management, and social awareness.

Standardized Assessment of Concussion or «SAC», Sport Concussion Assessment Tool Version 3 or «SCAT3», the Balance Error Scoring System or «BESS», King - Devick Test», Maddocks» questions) already shown by studies to be reliable in making the initial remove - from - play decision, or one of a number of new assessment screens being developed and tested.

«As a fiduciary of the New York City Employee Retirement System for the last 8 years, Scott has worked with his fellow trustees to grow the City's pension funds through prudent investments, improving diversification and ensuring more rigorous assessment of risks to investments such as corporate accountability and violations of environmental regulations.»

The investigation into New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's income sheds a rare spotlight on a small group of lawyers who specialize in challenging tax assessments in New York City's complex property tax system.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP)-- An unknown number of students taking the statewide English assessment by computer encountered delays when a security feature in the system «inadvertently activated» and prevented them from logging in, New York education officials said on Thursday.

States that receive the pilot waiver would also be given the opportunity, after five years, to further extend the program another two years, with the goal of scaling up the new assessment system and running it statewide.

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The probe into Silver's outside income sheds a rare spotlight on a small group of lawyers who specialize in challenging tax assessments in New York City's complex property tax system.

Firms that earn millions of dollars each year helping Nassau residents challenge their property taxes contributed $ 15,000 to County Executive Laura Curran, who has pledged to reform the assessment system, new campaign finance reports show.

In place of the ALST, the new testing system would expand another certification exam to encompass reading and writing assessment.

In 2009, the House of Lords Select Committee on the Barnett Formula concluded that, «A new system which allocates resources to the devolved administrations based on an explicit assessment of their relative needs should be introduced.»

On Monday, the Center for Public Integrity and open - governance group Global Integrity released the 2015 State Integrity Investigation, a comprehensive, data - driven assessment of the systems in place to deter corruption in state government, and gave New York a D - grade, a drop from the previous 2012 State Integrity Investigation, when New York received a D.

It expects to publish the result in the next three months, but seems unlikely to change its assessment of the new system's safety.

But if the assessments of Cao and Miller are correct — if UC postdocs will indeed rank among the nation's top postdoc earners, if the new workplace protections really are without precedent in so elite an academic system, and if the pact in fact heralds serious economic improvement — these facts say more about the generally dismal circumstances of young academic researchers than they do about the prosperity and security in store for those employed at UC.

«Among the 20 issues identified is the need to raise awareness of biosecurity across Europe and the implementation of European - wide legislation for this; the dedication of resources for the long - term management of invasive species; the development of new technology to detect new invasives, and early warning systems to alert EU states to their spread; new European - wide risk assessment methods; emergency powers to eradicate alien species once they become established; and effective communications to raise awareness of invasive species, so the public will know what to look for and how to report it.»

A few of the main points of the third assessment report issued in 2001 include: An increasing body of observations gives a collective picture of a warming world and other changes in the climate system; emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols due to human activities continue to alter the atmosphere in ways that are expected to affect the climate; confidence in the ability of models to project future climate has increased; and there is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities.

The new EU system for registration, evaluation, authorisation, and restriction of chemical substances foresees risk assessment for 30,000 chemical substances by 2012, at a cost of?

As an adjunct associate professor at the University of New Mexico and having a son complete high school and college in the United States, she has seen enough of the American educational system to give a fair assessment.

He pointed to a five - year graduation rate that has increased from the high 50s to nearly 74 %, to the fact that there's been a doubling share of Newark's African - American students who exceed the New Jersey average on state assessments, and that Newark is now outperforming 80 % of 37 demographically similar systems in the state (after lagging behind all but a handful of them in 2010).

This new analysis finds that some groups, including those with a first language of Pashto, Panjabi, Turkish, Portuguese, Czech and Slovak, perform below national standards in primary assessments — despite having entered the English school system at an early stage as infants.

Many public and private schools, like Martin's, are still years away from full implementation, and others are grappling with the nuts and bolts of how to implement dramatically new systems for student learning and assessment.

He helped 17 school districts implement the state's new assessment system — one of the first in the nation to measure students against a standard rather than a national norm.

Texas education officials have announced a sweeping review of test security and a new monitoring plan for the state accountability system after a newspaper investigation alleged that assessment results for hundreds of schools throughout the state — including one celebrated elementary school in Houston — showed evidence of cheating and other irregularities.

These new systems will offer significant improvements directly responsive to the wishes of teachers and other practitioners: they will offer better assessment of critical thinking, through writing and real - world problem solving, and offer more accurate and rapid scoring.

While other countries have elements of the various proposed assessment systems in place (and we've done pieces here), we're going to be trying out a lot of new and different approaches (and if we aren't it's a big waste of money).

The OECD folks offer some explanations, terming Shanghai a «leader in reform» and citing in particular its near - universal education system, its competitiveness (including admission both to universities and to the best secondary schools), a very high level of student engagement, a modernized assessment system, an ambitious new curriculum, and a program of intervention into weak schools.

In New York state, we have moved from an essentially academic approach to a system that we'll put in place in a few years based on performance assessment [including] value - added requirements, as well as the use of video and attached rubrics, that focus on the practice of teaching.

These new systems depend primarily on two types of measurements: student test score gains on statewide assessments in math and reading in grades 4 - 8 that can be uniquely associated with individual teachers; and systematic classroom observations of teachers by school leaders and central staff.

The new law also requires states to use, as part of their rating systems, an indicator of academic achievement «as measured by proficiency on the annual assessments.»

(fact, description, analysis, application, evaluation and creation) These up to date sheets using the new grade system 1 - 9 I have also included an assessment sheet to aid with the marking of this work and this sheet can also be used as student peer and self assessment.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress should be an integral part of any new national student - assessment system, NAEP»S governing board has stated.

Schools Minister Nick Gibb said his statement to the House of Commons that: «We (DfE) want new GCSEs to set expectations which match those of the best education systems in the world, with rigorous assessment that provides a reliable measure of students» achievement.

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

Whether directly (purely online) or in a hybrid fashion (a residential course that uses a learning - management system to do basic administrative work or more sophisticated tasks such as assessments or discussion boards), faculty and learners are working in a new kind of classroom.

With the removal of levels, we devised a new assessment and tracking system that uses Key Progress Indicators (KPIs) to assess, monitor and track pupil progress across Key Stage 2, 3 and 4.

During this time, schools can embed the new curriculum and assessment arrangements and the inspectorate can adapt its approach so that each part of the school system is fit for the future.»

In this inquiry we want to look at the impact of the new national curriculum assessment (SATs) and how the current system affects teaching and learning.

The recent news that 97 percent of New York City public schools got an A or B under the district's grading system might be seen as reason for celebration, but critics suggest the grades hold little value and highlight the need to revisit the state assessment system.

Editor's Note: Since this video was filmed in 2001, the Urban Academy has become a member of the New York Performance Assessment Consortium, a coalition of public schools in New York State that uses a system of performance - based assessment in lieu of high - stakes exit exams.

Therefore, we encourage states to establish innovation programs to enable the design of new, more nimble systems that are ready to accommodate flexible and timely progression decisions based on clear learning objectives, transparent definitions of proficiency and a strong embedded formative assessment system.

Also in this issue: an analysis of open educational resources and what the federal role should be in facilitating their adoption; an assessment of Mayor Bill de Blasio's first few years in office in New York City; and an expert debate on the merits of two different approaches to designing state accountability systems.