Sentences with phrase «on early achievement»

Results indicate that these 1st graders participating in CCPT demonstrated a statistically significant increase on the Early Achievement Composite of the YCAT when compared with children in the control group.

There are a large number of curricula available for programs to choose from, with some of the best known models being the Creative Curriculum, HighScope Curriculum, and Tools of the Mind.54 Research has found a positive impact on early achievement scores and socioemotional behavior when programs intentionally apply a curriculum that is supported by professional development, coaching, and sufficient resources.55 Programs should adopt a curriculum that best fits their program philosophy and ensure teachers receive professional development and ongoing support to adequately incorporate the curriculum into their practice.

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (NICHD SECCYD) collected detailed information on achievement, social development, family experiences, child - care quality, and schooling for roughly 1,300 children at regular intervals from birth on, yielding data that have resulted in numerous influential papers on child care and family background effects on early achievement and social adjustment.

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Past achievements include building the case for deficit reduction in the 1980s and early 1990s, for consolidation of the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans in the late 1990s, a series of shadow federal budgets and fiscal accountability reports in that began in the 2000s, and work on marginal effective tax rates on personal incomes and business investment, which has laid the foundation for such key changes as sales tax reform, elimination of capital taxes, and corporate income tax rate reductions.

By LEWIS JOHNSON — Co-Chief Investment Officer December 16, 2015 One of the most important achievements of highly successful investors is to identify and understand — early on — a trend that becomes a dominant investment theme.

This considerable achievement was made possible by Fior's conversations with many people who knew Weil, as well as extensive reading, and reliance on the earlier, excellent biography by Simone Pétrement.

Nonetheless, his achievement is that he built on the earlier work of Schleiermacher and Royce, showing the pragmatic working out of the solidarity of the race that Schleiermacher developed.

When people debate Rodgers» legacy at Anfield, his fans will point the 2013/14 season as an incredible achievement — one that, in many ways, would ultimately cost him his job as it was a title challenge that came much earlier than expected; the club were ahead of schedule in terms of building a competitive side, and the emotional turmoil of ultimately losing out on the final day of the season meant there was simply no recovery.

«I thoroughly enjoyed helping you in that early part of your career, being around when you first joined up with England, and you've gone on to incredible achievements, way beyond what I ever did as a player.

Study after study has confirmed that early childhood experiences have a profound impact on adult behavior, achievement, and satisfaction with life.

Q) You say early in the book that reform efforts based on content have failed to affect achievement gaps, and, that an emphasis on character in some way seems like a better alternative.

She found that milestone achievement was abnormal in these monkeys: at six to eight weeks they were slow in starting to manipulate, and at ten months the increase in «motor disturbance behaviors» that normally occurs was prolonged.101 The author concludes, «These effects could occur as a result of effects on vulnerable brain processes during a sensitive period, interference with programming of [normal] brain development by endogenous [internal] agents or alteration in early experiences.»

At a meeting in the manhyia place earlier today where President Mahama called on the Asantehene at the manhyia palace, the Asante monarch, Otumfuo listed projects such as the Kumasi Central market, the over one thousand hospital beds to be added to the Ashanti region's hospital bed stock few months from now, the road and water projects, the military hospital, among others as achievements the president must continue selling to electorates.

Most evaluations of early education programs show that such programs improve children's school readiness, specifically their pre-academic skills, although the distribution of impact estimates is extremely wide, and gains on achievement tests typically fade over time.

Buhari had earlier during the closed door meeting updated Trump on his achievements in area of security, economic, anti graft war, agriculture among others.

Noting his achievement on securing pre-kindergarten for New Yorkers, de Blasio touted his plan for 3 - K — in which every 3 - year - old would get early childhood education for free.

Perhaps no one will be watching as closely as President Obama, who insists he won't get an early heads up from the justices about their decision on the signature achievement of his four - year tenure.

Earlier this year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo sought to change the agreement by calling for an increased emphasis on student achievement on tests, much to the dismay of NYSUT.

He's said repeatedly in Syracuse, Albany and on Long Island that he's already had a major achievement this session — the state budget, which was passed in early April.

While the early signs from Vince Cable are of a retreat to a misguided laissez - fairism, we shouldn't rest on the laurels of Mandelson's solid achievements.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House of Representatives on Tuesday is likely to pass two bills authored by U.S. Rep. John Katko, giving the freshman congressman an early achievement less than two months into his career in Congress.

Developing the idea into presentable form while working together across departments, on top of the regular workload, is an important early achievement, says Anil Dutta, vice president, clinical R&D and medical affairs, GSK Biologicals.

The monument was the crowning achievement of a mound - building culture that began thousands of years earlier and was never duplicated on this continent.

Early transient hypoglycemia was associated with decreased probability of proficiency on literacy and mathematics fourth - grade achievement tests.

Both those achievements and many earlier records put to shame the breath - holding efforts of most people on dry land, who may nonetheless find that they, too, can hold out much longer than usual while swimming.

Early childhood programs have long been known to be beneficial to children from low - income backgrounds, but recent studies have cast doubt on their ability to substantially increase the rate of children's academic achievement.

I've name - dropped early; I'm upbeat and positive (for example, «convinced,» «effective contribution,» and «achievements»); and I'm clear on the role I'm interested in without being so specific that I exclude myself from potential possibilities.

The study adds to previous research showing that the quality of people's early home environments can have «far - reaching effects on wellbeing, life achievement, and relationship functioning throughout the lifespan,» says Waldinger.

Going forward, the Subcommittees would: 1) work with USDA to generate tables of nutrient contributions for each of the various food types for each of the patterns so that it could formulate alternative strategies for any one individual nutrient; 2) review the literature on the contribution of dairy and calcium and physical activity in early life; 3) consider whether decreasing the recommendation of fiber in the younger age group would alter the ability to meet the DRI for other nutrients; 4) look at what flexibility or specificity is needed within the fruits and juices group; 5) make iterations to the food patterns to address special needs identified at this meeting, such as individuals who do not eat legumes, are lactose intolerant, or are vegetarians; 6) consider supplements for the elderly with regard to B - 12 and vitamin D, in particular; and 7) look at the rest of the nutrient DRI achievement after the iterations from the Fatty Acid Committee, looking at 25, 30, and 35 percent of the calories as fat.

Characters that gave the earlier films their spark - the eager - to - please Donkey, one of Eddie Murphy's finest vocal moments, the debonair Puss in Boots, a great Antonio Banderas achievement - are wheeled on and off for what seem like guest spots.

While the Standard edition will, of course, net you a copy of Halo Wars 2 to play on both PC and Xbox One through a single - use code, the Ultimate Edition grants four - day early access (Feb 17 rather than Feb 21), a season pass and a copy of Halo Wars Definitive Edition - a upgraded port of the original Halo Wars with all past DLC, extra achievements and improved visuals capable of running on both PC and Xbox One.

Genisys may not be a smash hit or a critical darling (early reviews are even worse than they were on 2009's ill - received Terminator Salvation), but for a 31 - year - old franchise of modest origin to still be spawning serviceable pieces of entertainment is no minor achievement.

Besides responding to specific issues, such as imprisoned directors, film preservation, or the ratings system, the Society regularly meets early in January to vote on the Society's awards for the finest film achievements of the year.

In a triumphant speech, calling back to her lifetime achievement award speech at the awards in early 2017, she strongly makes the case for a free press to keep a check on power and the White House.

Although her earlier work in «Mrs. Doubtfire» and «Miracle on 34th Street» established her as a legitimate actor, «Matilda» is her crowning achievement: whimsical, precocious, and charming as, er, heck.

Tracking young Mason (Ellar Coltrane) from childhood to college, the near - three - hour picture «feels much less like a greatest hits package and more analogous to being in the moment,» according to Rodrigo Perez's review, proving to be «warm, soulful, funny and quietly insightful,» and something of a crowning achievement for the filmmaker, feeling «disarmingly light on its feet, sweet, funny and playful in the early years not unlike the director's movies about kids, but as they mature, so does the movie.»

For instance, the opportunity gap would force us to look more at how all students should have access to early education versus the achievement gap which has focused more on developing standards, accountability, and evaluation.

«Jimmy's book on the early implementation of NCLB (with Gail Sunderman and Gary Orfield) led him to conclude that we must seek practical, low - cost interventions to address the problems of struggling readers and to close the achievement gap.

One of the most lauded examples of this on the Academy LMS is the «Early Bird» achievement, which learners can receive for logging onto the platform between 2am - 7 am.

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.

Meeting this fifth challenge depends on better ways of: identifying children at risk of being locked into trajectories of low achievement at the earliest possible ages; enhancing levels of school readiness; diagnosing learning difficulties upon entry to school; and intervening intensively during the early years of school to address individual learning needs to give as many students as possible the chance of successful ongoing learning.

Even as school systems redrew their boundaries, fired black teachers and principals, and tore up foundational enrollment structures to comply with desegregation orders, they largely ignored Coleman's earlier research on motivation and academic achievement, which found that competition «has a magic ability to create a strong group goal.»

«The WT Grant Scholars Award provides me with a tremendous opportunity and honor, early in my career, to advance the field's knowledge on promoting English - language learners» academic achievement,» Lesaux said.

«There is a real risk that the information being published early will not accurately reflect the achievements of some schools, and this may have a damaging effect on them and give parents an impression which is not correct.»

The 10 studies mark a key early step by Strategic Management of Human Capital to reshape the national dialogue on how districts can improve student achievement by getting better talent and managing it more effectively.

Wisconsin's governor recently formed a task force on educational excellence and charged it with reviewing the state's school finance system in four areas: student and school achievement, personnel issues, special education, and early - childhood education.

Nobody who followed Richard Rothstein's columns in the New York Times or his earlier work on education will be surprised that his new book ascribes most of the black - white achievement gap to social class and economics.

In «Game Plan for Learning: Building on Coleman's early theories, new academic competitions motivate students to achieve,» USA Today's Greg Toppo revisits James S. Coleman's oft - forgotten findings on teen culture, exploring how educators today can use academic competition to foster engagement, motivation, and student achievement.

Although ERI had a substantial impact on the experience level of teachers in Illinois schools with many teachers eligible for early retirement, those changes do not appear to have had a negative impact on student achievement.

Another study, by Eric Hanushek and Margaret Raymond, both also at Stanford, evaluated the impact of school - accountability policies on state - level NAEP math and reading achievement measured by the difference between the performance of a state's 8th graders and that of 4th graders in the same state four years earlier.