Sentences with phrase «of quality benchmarks»

More than half a million children, or 42 percent of nationwide enrollment, were served in programs that met fewer than half of the quality benchmarks.

Non-economically disadvantaged appear to benefit from being enrolled in programs which attained a higher number of quality benchmarks.

Complicating that finding, though, was the fact that students with limited English and students enrolled in bilingual programs did seem to benefit from programs with a higher number of quality benchmarks.

However, since the analysis was based on self - report by the campuses of the quality benchmarks, the district noted some may not have been reported correctly or understood by the survey respondents, for example the presence of medical and vision screening services.

Using nine specific quality benchmarks, including things like whether teachers had specialized training in early childhood education, if the maximum class size was 20 students or fewer and what the student to staff ratio was, Erin Baumgartner found that none of the 50 campuses included in the study met all nine of the quality benchmarks and that students of limited English proficiency were less likely to be enrolled in pre-kindergarten programs with six or more quality indicators.

The National Institute for Early Education Research analyzed preschool programs in all 50 states, and found Arizona was one of nine states that met less than half of the quality benchmarks.

Not exact matches

The settlement would resolve multipleinvestigations into claims that JPMorgan misrepresented the quality of mortgage securities, many of them issued by Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual, which the bank acquired during the crisis; manipulated Libor, the benchmark used to set interest rates worldwide; and hired the children of Chinese politicians to win lucrative banking business.

Royce Small Cap Value Fund is among a limited group of actively managed funds that has justified its fees over time through high quality asset allocation, the only reason to pay fees above the ETF benchmark.

The fund largely aligns with our benchmark in terms of sector weightings and credit quality.

These principles require the «application of design factors» to promote the quality and integrity of benchmark determinations.

These customer experience benchmarks include the quality and variety of food and beverages, restaurant layout and cleanliness, and service elements such as staff courtesy, food order accuracy, and speed of food delivery to the customer.

Kendal Manilla has become established as a benchmark in quality in the art, craft and stationery markets and has proved perfect for the intricate construction of this fun, visually stunning project.»

On a practical level, it means coffee buyers (importers, roasters, and consumers) will have some objective benchmark (the Q coffee score) indicating the quality of the coffee, as well as the flavor profile.

«French wine is one of the most sought after country - of - origin wines across North Asia, as consumers see this category as a benchmark for quality.

Greenall's is the benchmark of excellent gin and we feel it is important for consumers to hear and see our story and know they can trust the quality of our gin; the new bottle design helps us achieve this.»

«These wines still represent the pinnacle of quality and are great benchmarks for educating our wine team.»

We recognise the important role of «Q» Awards in highlighting product quality and supplier professionalism and confidently look forward to benchmarking Northern Ireland produce against the best in the industry.

Andrew has carved a unique world of wine marketing and supply, whereby he ensures that any wine & spirit loving touring artists access only wines and spirits that pass his high benchmark of quality before being opened backstage.

It's a mark of Sanchez» quality that he keeps finding himself in scoring positions, as his form last season is used as the benchmark, but Theo and Giroud don't get that same level of faith.

«It's easier to give one - on - one attention and be responsive when there are fewer kids in a room,» says Stephanie Glowacki, director of accreditation programs at the National Association for the Education of Young Children, a benchmark of quality.

MIECHV has launched an array of efforts to strengthen and facilitate states» efforts in tracking benchmark data, strengthening evaluation efforts, developing data systems, and implementing quality assurance systems.

Examples of focal areas include: developing and implementing a rigorous evaluation of home visiting; selecting, adapting, and developing culturally appropriate data collection tools and measures; tracking and measuring benchmarks; developing and modifying existing data systems; continuous quality improvement; data protection and privacy; and ethical dissemination and translation of evaluation findings derived from research with AIAN to external audiences.

CWLA develops and disseminates the Standards of Excellence for Child Welfare Services as benchmarks for high - quality services that protect children and youth and strengthen families and neighborhoods.

«We strongly support the Joint Negotiating Committee for Youth and Community Workers as the quality benchmark to maintain the pay and employment conditions, status and professionalism of youth workers in these challenging times.»

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point remains on warning by its academic accrediting agency even as the school has improved all but one of the five quality benchmarks it failed last year, according to a status update made public yesterday.

Benchmarks in isolation may say little about the quality of management or public services in different communities.

«The changes will provide increased choice while ensuring that ADIT retains its position as a trusted benchmark of quality in international tax examinations.

U.S. institutions, in particular, are very conscious of research funding statistics as a benchmark for judging the quality of research.

The benchmark of a great physique is generally measured on a few aesthetic qualities, some being arms and probably the most prominent, the abs.

It probably doesn't help that my first clogs, by Sandgrens are of the very best quality, so that's kind of my benchmark.

Final Destination 3 brings the series back to basics, and while it is pretty bad as far as benchmark qualities in scripting and conceptualization go, it does deliver the gore, shock, and suspense that lovers of these kinds of movies will be seeking.

Each of the two senses is treated to dynamic benchmark quality here, leaving nothing to be desired.

Neither of these films approaches the high quality of Leone's few spaghetti westerns, which are widely hailed as the genre's benchmarks.

The Oscars are still the ultimate quality benchmark and a useful global marketing tool for Netflix, whose chief content officer Ted Sarandos is an enthusiastic Academy voter who has twice run for the Board of Governors.

BUSK Benchmark Simply Safe gives a teacher the reassurance, backed up by a process of quality and safety checking, that a coach operator is doing everything it can to deliver a safe, professional and quality service.

In late 2008 the STF were appointed by the Learning Outside the Council Interim Council (an independent charity set up by the UK government in 2008) to act as the Awarding Body for the Study & Sports Tours Sector of the LOtC Quality Badge and our standards adopted as the benchmark for all companies operating in that sector.

They also consider the work of Deming with regard to total quality management (TQM) and then examine the issues of quality circles, benchmarking, monitoring, quality chains and quality's important role in the satisfaction of customers.

Yet, in terms of formal educational credentials — the key variable that they use to benchmark teachers» wages against «comparable» workers — teacher quality has never been higher!

The Health & Safety Executive's Tackling the health and safety myths statement supports this view, advocating: «Those running school trips need to focus on the risks and benefits to people — not the paperwork» and choosing a provider with an LOtC Quality Badge is one way of benchmarking effective risk management.

Develop a strong core of high - quality schools in the charter sector by working with the best charter authorizers to develop quality benchmarks and close low - performing charters in a targeted set of neighborhoods.

Schools are benchmarked at either Bronze, Silver or Gold level, with guidance and support to help schools to progress through the levels and drive up the quality of their LOtC offering.

As a remedy, it provides «college and workplace readiness benchmarks» designed to help states align their high - school assessments and graduation requirements with the demands of credit - bearing college courses and quality jobs.

Quality standards: A set of agreed - on benchmarks that after - school programs identify as being important to their success.

The introduction of the National Quality Framework (NQF) in 2012, by the Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority, brought a renewed level of safety and quality to what had become a significant industry and provided benchmarks and targets that programs must abide by in order to gain and retain accrediQuality Framework (NQF) in 2012, by the Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority, brought a renewed level of safety and quality to what had become a significant industry and provided benchmarks and targets that programs must abide by in order to gain and retain accrediQuality Authority, brought a renewed level of safety and quality to what had become a significant industry and provided benchmarks and targets that programs must abide by in order to gain and retain accrediquality to what had become a significant industry and provided benchmarks and targets that programs must abide by in order to gain and retain accreditation.

We also used international benchmarking to judge the quality of the Common Core standards, and the results are surprising both for mathematics and for [ELA].

Working for the past 20 years to define the characteristics and fundamental elements of an evidence - based high - quality induction program that accelerates the development of both teachers and their students, New Teacher Center (NTC) established the Teacher Induction Program Standards (TIPS) in an effort to create an industry standard that can be adopted by school districts, educational institutions, state agencies, and policymakers as the benchmark for success.

Because teacher retention and quality are not the only factors that influence student outcomes, Han also looked at the effects of unionism on an important education attainment benchmark: high school dropout rates.

Also, education expert Linda Darling - Hammond and an international team of researchers just finished up a three - year study examining how countries that outperform the U.S. on internationally benchmarked tests provide high - quality teaching to every child.

The law put a much greater focus on quality in charter school authorizing, for instance by mandating the closure of any charter school that fails to meet academic or financial benchmarks for three consecutive years.

She also commented on the mediocre quality of Common Core's English language arts / reading standards in grades 6 - 12 and their lack of international benchmarking: