Sentences with phrase «on a statewide basis in»

The Board of Regents endorsed that approach on a statewide basis in its recent funding recommendations.

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Summary: Based on the statewide median home price and current mortgage rates, the average mortgage payment in California will be approximately $ 2,542 at the start of 2017.

CSWA, Wine Institute and CAWG presented its first report measuring the level of sustainable practices among vintners and growers on a statewide basis at a press conference held October 6, 2004 in San Francisco.

The California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance (CSWA), established in 2003 by Wine Institute and the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) to promote environmental stewardship and social responsibility in the California wine community, today presented its first report measuring the level of sustainable practices among vintners and growers on a statewide basis.

This statewide program guides California «s wineries and winegrape growers to adopt an integrated system for their operations based on tested «best practices» in alternative energy, packaging, transportation, production and farming practices to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) footprints in the state with the most stringent environmental laws in the country.

The Advocacy department has offices at Broad Meadow Brook in Worcester, where our Shaping the Future of Your Community program is based, and at Mass Audubon's headquarters in Lincoln, where we focus on sustainable development and other statewide policy issues.

Meanwhile, de Blasio insisted Gov. Andrew Cuomo remains on board with a plan to allow local governments to increase the state's minimum wage on its own, based on a state formula even after the governor maneuvered to alter an initial proposal for pre-Kindergarten in New York City that took the idea statewide.

The proposal is based on the federal government's email retention policy and would create standards for permanent preservation of records generated by statewide public officials, state lawmakers and those in senior agency positions.

Basically, a new committee of teacher volunteers from across the state would review all exam questions after the items had been tried out on a pilot basis in «field tests» conducted among sample groups of students statewide.

Institute a statewide public financing system based on the one used by NYC, which matches every dollar in small donor contributions with six dollars in public funds

Marijuana is illegal in New York state except for medical use on a strictly regulated basis, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo signaled last month that the time might be right to consider loosening statewide restrictions.

The Governor signed a law last year requiring all school districts to implement an evaluation system based on the statewide system approved by the State Education Department or risk losing their increase in education aidresulting in 99 percent compliance (687 out of 691 school districts implemented a system).

The four - part plan supported by FPI: implement a statewide solution to CFE; increase state's share of Medicaid and base counties» shares on ability to pay; restore commitment to revenue sharing; and eliminate the significant disparities in the STAR program.

Democrats hope to capitalize on Trump's unpopularity in their party's base to boost turnout in congressional and statewide elections in November.

Gibson's position on testing puts him closer to the union (which is fighting to keep testing - based evaluations of its members) than many Democrats — including Cuomo — and NYSUT president Karen Magee told the New York Times that Gibson would have a «good chance» at winning it in a statewide run.

The basis for the challenge in part came from the claim that only two of the statewide candidates who ran on the WEP — Cuomo and Hochul — signed off on the rules.

Wage growth was strong on a statewide basis and above the inflation rate in six of the 10 regional labor markets over the period.

In a story March 15 about a statewide appointment in California, The Associated Press reported based on information from the California state Senate that Lizbeth Mateo was the first person living in the U.S. illegally to receive a statewide.In a story March 15 about a statewide appointment in California, The Associated Press reported based on information from the California state Senate that Lizbeth Mateo was the first person living in the U.S. illegally to receive a statewide.in California, The Associated Press reported based on information from the California state Senate that Lizbeth Mateo was the first person living in the U.S. illegally to receive a statewide.in the U.S. illegally to receive a statewide...

Considered on a statewide basis, the data reflect vast differences in the cost of living and in property values between upstate and downstate regions.

Cuomo called Duffy «an extraordinary man» who has been an «extraordinary mayor,» but also said he believes his hand - picked No. 2 will be able to do more for his hometown working in Albany «because a lot of the problems that Rochester is facing... these are statewide problems, and you're really going to need to tackle them in Albany on a statewide basis.»

During his time at the Pride Agenda he has been actively involved with the passage of dozens of laws, ordinances, regulations and Executive Orders on the state and local level affecting New York's LGBT community, including statewide measures like: the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act; the Hate Crimes Act of 2000; making the state's 9/11 relief inclusive of same - sex couples; guaranteeing domestic partners hospital visitation, legal authority over a loved one's bodily remains, access to Family Court and medical decision making authority; prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression in state employment; and securing over $ 50 million of funding for LGBT health and human services.

On a whiteboard, they brainstormed together a list of ideal characteristics for a statewide Republican candidate, among them: resources (i.e. having money or the ability to raise vast sums), being a woman, being a political outsider, speaking Spanish and having a political base in downstate New York.

For the last several years, CEJ has co-anchored the statewide Getting Our Money's Worth coalition, a broad - based coalition that advocates for comprehensive reform of economic development in New York State, including a specific focus on Industrial Development Agencies.

The stymied bills include a 10 - point women's agenda Cuomo sought to pass, plus the creation of a statewide system to publicly finance campaigns based on the model used in New York City.

First Executive in the Nation to Issue Statewide Regulations Prohibiting Harassment and Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity, Transgender Status or Gender Dysphoria

Since New York is not a winner - take - all state, delegates will be awarded proportionally based on the statewide vote and the vote in each of the state's 27 congressional districts.

Thirty - four will be apportioned on a statewide basis — all would go to the winning candidate if he secures more than 50 percent of the popular vote in New York.

«Some of our police officers are making race - based discretionary decisions on who they're going to arrest for low - level marijuana possession,» said Leroy Gadsden, the president of a branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Jamaica, Queens, and the chairman of the criminal justice committee for the statewide N.A.A.C.P. «Therefore, of course, if you're a young, black male, even a female, you're going to feel that you're being targeted when you notice that your white counterparts are not being arrested for the same thing.»

Education took center stage in Iowa's 2006 legislative session, resulting in measures to boost teacher salaries, start a pilot program that bases teacher pay on student achievement, expand preschool, and establish statewide graduation requirements.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

Charter school students in grades 3 through 8 perform better than we would expect, based on the performance of comparable students in traditional public schools, on both the math and reading portions of New York's statewide achievement tests.

Based on the results of a pilot test, the state education department had predicted that 8 percent to 10 percent would fail the Indiana Statewide Test for Educational Progress, which is given in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 9th, and 11th grades.

The study found that after multimedia technology was used to support project - based learning, eighth graders in Union City, New Jersey, scored 27 percentage points higher than students from other urban and special needs school districts on statewide tests in reading, math, and writing achievement.

Based on a four - stage professional path, the plan is a radical departure from the two - tiered certification system used in most states, and represents the first statewide attempt at an incentive - pay system.

That system, like many under development around the country, will be based in part on how a teacher's students perform on statewide standardized tests.

In that effort, she led the team at the department in building a transition plan that was based on feedback from thousands of Tennesseans statewide and capitalized on the successes and work underwaIn that effort, she led the team at the department in building a transition plan that was based on feedback from thousands of Tennesseans statewide and capitalized on the successes and work underwain building a transition plan that was based on feedback from thousands of Tennesseans statewide and capitalized on the successes and work underway.

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Likewise, in a March 2011 Rutgers poll, 60 % of adults thought it would be «fair» to base teacher evaluations on student results on statewide tests as well as classroom observations, while 37 % thought it «unfair.»

Based on statewide data, researchers Laura Hill and Margaret Weston concluded that reclassified English learners «not only outperform English learner students, but often do better than English - only students» on state standardized tests, with students reclassified in elementary grades doing better than those reclassified in middle and high school.

The policy - oriented research we review in this section focuses on three areas related to literacy standards and assessments: on - demand reading and writing assessments, classroom - based assessments such as portfolios, and statewide language arts content standards.

For example, in Kajoshaj v. New York City Department of Education (2013), the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a civil rights suit of a Muslim student of Albanian descent who was retained for a second year in the fifth grade based on deficient performance on the statewide language arts test.

She is the lead coordinator and manager on many projects such as Scale - up of EC Pyramid Implementation and Routines - Based Early Intervention in school districts statewide, Part B Early Childhood RDA Initiative for State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP), Results Matter Child Outcomes B - 5 for Part B and Part C SPP / APRs, and the Statewide child assessmenstatewide, Part B Early Childhood RDA Initiative for State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP), Results Matter Child Outcomes B - 5 for Part B and Part C SPP / APRs, and the Statewide child assessmenStatewide child assessment system.

And New Mexico is adjusting its system after flawed evaluations, based on erroneous data, caused an uproar in districts statewide.

A separate statewide accountability system that will include numerical ratings for all schools in the state will be based on those other factors, Johnson said.

In the 2015 - 16 school year, 50 percent of a teacher's evaluation will be based on much students improve on a statewide M - STEP test that will have only been given twice, one short of the three years originally envisioned under the teacher tenure law.

However, widespread protest caused by both the DoS attack and connectivity issues has resulted in a statewide protest to suspend funding penalties based on test results, although the state senate has yet to vote on such measures.

Some school districts, including Seattle, give shorter tests that use the same technology, but this is the first time the personalized testing will be used in Washington on a statewide basis.

That became official federal policy when the Obama administration called for statewide teacher evaluation guidelines, based in part on student performance, while soliciting for Race To The Top in 2009 and then No Child Left Behind waiver applications in 2011.

In others, such as Canada and Australia, standards and curricula are adopted on a provincial or statewide basis, but most of these countries have fewer political divisions than our 50 states, so in practice there is a higher degree of coordination than in the U.In others, such as Canada and Australia, standards and curricula are adopted on a provincial or statewide basis, but most of these countries have fewer political divisions than our 50 states, so in practice there is a higher degree of coordination than in the U.in practice there is a higher degree of coordination than in the U.in the U.S.

Beginning with the 2014 - 2015 school year and each school year thereafter, student learning growth based upon performance on statewide assessments under s. 1008.22 must have significantly improved compared to student learning growth in the district in 2011 - 2012 and significantly improved compared to other school districts.