Research
on early indicators of high school performance finds that passing courses and GPA in the middle grades and even earlier in elementary school are among the strongest predictors of high school outcomes (Kurlaender, Reardon, & Jackson, 2008; Neild & Balfanz, 2001; Zau & Betts, 2008).
The long - dormant Language Wars may be returning to American politics, and based
on the early indicators, the G.O.P. may have totally abandoned any support for English in the schools, with not a single Republican casting a No vote on the proposal.
• States have pulled SIG money from at least a dozen schools that showed anemic progress
on early indicators of success, such as teacher and student attendance, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
Not exact matches
Canada earns its only «A»
on the new
indicator, entrepreneurial ambition — a measure of the share of the working - age population reporting
early - stage entrepreneurial activity, such as attempts to establish or own a new business.
Look at STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)-- if we focused
on finding
early indicators of high performers in our education system, then treated them differently as they progressed through school as potential Canadian innovators, by the time they got to Grade 12 and were thinking about university, they would be wildly ahead of the innovation curve.»
We're covered this one before as an
early warning sign of impending burnout here
on Inc.com, but according to Tarkan, the inability to be as nice to others as you'd like is also a good
indicator that you're in need of a mental health day.
The idea was originally developed in the
early 1930s by the Russian - born economist Simon Kuznets, who was commissioned by the U.S. government to come up with a better way to measure economic activity — and guide an increasingly interventionist government policy — than relying
on shaky
indicators like the stock market and railcar loadings.
The good news from credit conditions, hiring intentions and capital spending plans
on the economy and likely earnings growth can provide upside appreciation potential while sentiment, intra-stock correlation and even valuation suggest concern... Overall, we can get to a 1,975 kind of outcome, but we may also see choppier markets and
early indicators on volatility also intimate reasons to be worried.
On balance, a range of labor market
indicators suggests that underutilization of labor resources has diminished since
early this year,» the Fed said.
Nevertheless, the
early experience suggests that, while the resilience of both borrowers and lenders has no doubt improved, the initial effects
on credit and some other
indicators we use to assess risk may fade over time.
With the unemployment rate down to five percent and the Fed embarked
on a tightening cycle, the argument runs,
indicators will start returning to
earlier, higher growth trends.
Early indicators show the strategy
on target, with half of the space pre-sold by the August opening, and Coolbroth expected to fill to capacity within 60 days.
I began to notice the beauty in the simplicity of the price action occurring underneath all the messy
indicators I had
on my charts back in those
early days.
Eire has an eye for the telling quotation, and he punctuates his narrative with lists designed to help the reader through the tangle of intellectual complexities — the five key influences
on Luther's
early theological development, the five core beliefs underlying the apparently endless variations of the so - called «radical reformation,» the four
indicators of the religious dimension of
early modern violence, and so
on.
The four - time world champion set the pace in the W09
on the final day of testing with a 1.19.333 lap
on the medium tyres, an
early indicator that he will be involved in the title fight this year (if that was ever in doubt).
We've yet to see any sharp
indicators on the game, but over 90 % of the
early dollars have helped push the line to -5.5 at Pinnacle and -5 -LRB--115) at Bookmaker.
During this clinically silent period, however, there may be
indicators of dysfunction
on a cellular level, such as the elevated levels of S100B antibody found in the cerebral spinal fluid in the football players in the study, even six months after the end of the season, which he said, could «potentially herald -LSB--RSB- the
early stages of [chronic traumatic encephalopathy] or CTE.»
Newborns should be nursed whenever they show signs of hunger, such as increased alertness or activity, mouthing, or rooting.85 Crying is a late
indicator of hunger.86 Newborns should be nursed approximately 8 to 12 times every 24 hours until satiety, usually 10 to 15 minutes
on each breast.87, 88 In the
early weeks after birth, nondemanding babies should be aroused to feed if 4 hours have elapsed since the last nursing.89, 90 Appropriate initiation of breastfeeding is facilitated by continuous rooming - in.91 Formal evaluation of breastfeeding performance should be undertaken by trained observers and fully documented in the record during the first 24 to 48 hours after delivery and again at the
early follow - up visit, which should occur 48 to 72 hours after discharge.
Of course, it also could mean you need to wear some cozy socks and buy a warm pair of mittens, but, many people treat these signs as a true
indicator of the baby's gender, quite
early on in pregnancy.
Crying is a late
indicator of hunger — breastfeeding is much easier for both mom and baby if mom is able to pick up
on baby's
earlier hunger cues.
There are also a lot of «boobie traps» that people fall into
early on in the nursing relationship such as being told they aren't producing enough milk, or thinking that pump output is an
indicator of the amount of breastmilk their child is getting.
The
early warning report will use nine financial
indicators, including the amount of cash
on hand, the size of operating deficits, as well as demographic trends like population size and tax growth that the Comptroller's office has recently studied.
The
early warning system will include nine financial
indicators, such as cash -
on - hand and patterns of operating deficits, together with broader demographic information like population trends and tax assessment growth.
For periods prior to that, scientists have to rely
on «proxies,» i.e.
indicators enabling indirect conclusions to be drawn about climate data from
earlier times.
It became clear
early on that certain combinations of
indicators, such as difficulty in certain courses that were critical for later ones in the degree, were strongly correlated with the risk of graduating late or even dropping out of school.
The members of the initiative hope to improve
early detection of cancer by making an impact in a variety of areas, including doing epidemiologic studies
on risk factors, developing new and improved methods of diagnostic imaging, discovering and verifying new biomarkers as
indicators of cancer, and developing new technologies to aid
early detection.
The «National Autism
Indicators Report: Transition into Young Adulthood» is a comprehensive report that presents new findings about a wide range of experiences and outcomes of youth on the autism spectrum between high school and their early 20s, including new safety and risk indicators for young adults wi
Indicators Report: Transition into Young Adulthood» is a comprehensive report that presents new findings about a wide range of experiences and outcomes of youth
on the autism spectrum between high school and their
early 20s, including new safety and risk
indicators for young adults wi
indicators for young adults with autism.
Strong odors are an
indicator that food has gone bad, but there could soon be a new way to sniff foul smells
earlier on.
It is too
early to predict whether younger generations weaned
on video games and other interactive electronic entertainment will be afforded similar protection, but
early indicators are encouraging.
The report also includes a topical chapter
on higher education in Tennessee, reviewing the landscape
on college - going in the past, looking at
early indicators of success for Tennessee Promise and highlighting challenges and opportunities for the years ahead.
Appel and Sacks led three
earlier clinical trials that tested ways to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, providing volunteers with carefully designed diets and measuring the effects
on key health
indicators.
Lewandowski's team examined the effects of artificially stressing the heart
on several
indicators of metabolic health, and found that at
early stages, they're all good — increased glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity and changes in fat that make it burn energy.
The data show that the presence of a modification of an evolutionary conserved structure, such as the presence of a rib
on the seventh vertebra (a cervical rib, i.e. a change in the number of cervical vertebrae), can be used as a reliable
indicator of disturbances of
early embryogenesis (Collaboration with Liliane Wijnaendts, Free University Medical Centre (VUMC).
I think the steam
early access business model is just another Kickstarter wannabe and this game is a good
indicator of what you will get
on there.
(Although, perhaps as an
indicator of this particular work's weight, Allen alludes to Shakespeare's famous line from «Macbeth» about a «tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing»
early on.)
Scenes are loaded with
indicators of threat
early on, particularly during Clare and Andi's first flirtatious conversations.
And if the Steve Jobs
early buzz from reviews and reactions following the film are any
indicator, this team of talent has delivered an intense, powerful, home run of a biopic that finally paints a portrait of Steve Jobs that's worth hanging
on the wall.
We also need to continue explorations of data of all types (not just test scores), building
on, for example, important research that's helping us develop
early warning
indicators to prevent students from dropping out.
«The
early warning
indicator system is not a diagnostic tool; it's a tool to flag students in a very systemic way,» she says, «based
on research and based
on our own longitudinal analyses.
The end result of the incubating work, as well as continued work
on the data, will be to test and build an
early warning
indicator system founded
on the Montgomery - specific experience.
Researchers say the
early warning
indicator system emerged as a way to measure whether students were
on track to reach stages along the way to the project's goal: measuring true college readiness, meaning that students would not need a remedial course when they arrived at college.
Based
on newly commissioned research from the University of Bristol, «The Lost Boys: How boys are falling behind in their
early years» finds that being behind
on the first day of school is often an
indicator that these boys will stay behind, potentially for life.
While little impact - evaluation research exists
on the efficacy of
early - warning
indicator systems in reducing the use of exclusionary discipline, implementation research suggests that if
early - warning systems are not paired with a behavioral - support approach, they are unlikely to be effective.
According to the new OECD report, «Starting Strong 2017: Key OECD
indicators on early childhood education and care,» some countries are managing this process well and as a result see a «very modest impact of the social and immigrant background of children
on their learning and social outcomes.»
Third grade reading proficiency is up 15 percent at all community schools, based
on end - of - year tests and Dynamic
Indicators of Basic
Early Literacy Skills or DIBELS scores.
Prior to joining Education Northwest in 2011, he spent three years with the University of Chicago Consortium
on School Research, where he managed their nationally focused policy and capacity - building initiatives and worked closely with policymakers, district leaders and researchers developing and using
early warning and college readiness
indicators.
In a few districts, district and school leaders reported that analysis of trend data by district and / or state assessment specialists had led to the identification of
early indicators of students academically at risk, based
on test scores or other factors (e.g., family circumstances), in lower grade levels.
Representative from The Children's Workshop shares tips
on family engagement, open and honest communication, and other proven
indicators that ensure children are successful childcare in
early education programs.
Bottom line: Higher education leaders in every state should support statewide assessments in high school that are aligned with college readiness standards and use them as
early college readiness
indicators, instead of waiting to assess students when they arrive
on campus.
Participants heard from national experts
on chronic absenteeism,
early warning systems, and the Success Mentor strategy, and asked questions about using chronic absenteeism as an
indicator to measure school quality or student success in Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plans.