Sentences with phrase «of a given program»

A look at the process, however, reveals a focus on the attributes of a given program more than on its success in producing good teachers (see Figure 2).

Usually it takes a few months before your body gets too comfortable with the challenges of any given program and progress begins to stall.

February 28, 2013 • No rational person would try to cut nearly all government spending by a fixed amount, regardless of the individual merit of any given program.

and how to isolate the effects of a given program versus all the other influences the world presents remain vexing questions in the design of randomized trials.

As discussed by researchers Michael Weiss, Howard Bloom, and Thomas Brock, the impact of a given program could vary for four reasons: variation in the quality or dosage of the intervention being evaluated (for example, due to the skills of the local teachers); variation in the quality or dosage of the services available to the control group; variation in the impact of the treatment for different subgroups of teachers or students; and variations in the context of the intervention.

Conversely, we could eschew such standards and allow for a variety of credentials of varying quality, and leave teachers and school leaders to rely on the brands of particular micro-credential issuers to determine the quality of a given program — or to create their own personal improvement plans, with the quality ultimately based on school improvement.

On the other hand, if the money could be used for better software, improved hardware, or more licenses of a given program the technological proficiency of school age children could actually improve as a result of the Common Core.

As a PM, a lot of what I need to do is track everything that is going on on my projects, keep records of every design decision that I make with the various teams, and maintain technical journals of the progress of a given program's design.

A donor - advised fund (DAF) is a type of giving program that allows you to combine the most favorable tax benefits with the flexibility to easily support your favorite charities.

It is the VREB's regulations that licensees missing more than 10 minutes of any given program may not receive credit.