Sentences with phrase «on educational measures»

This would put the resources where they really are needed, based on educational measures, rather than in the hands of those who have the means and knowledge to «manage» the system best.

«Children from large families tend to make poorer showings on intelligence tests and on educational measures, even when social class is controlled.»

Not exact matches

The platform planks for «32 embodied a number of Century concerns: U.S. adherence to the World Court protocol; U.S. entry into the League of Nations, provided that its covenant be amended to eliminate military sanctions; U.S. recognition of the Soviet Union (which was granted a year later); the safeguarding of the rights of conscientious objectors (including those denied citizenship, such as Canadian - born theologian D. C. Macintosh of Yale Divinity School); the abolition of compulsory military training in state - supported educational institutions other than military and naval academies; emergency measures for relief and public - works employment; the securing of constitutional rights for minorities; the reduction of gross inequality of income by steeply progressive rates of taxation on large incomes; «progressive socialization of the ownership and control of natural resources, public utilities and basic industries»; «the nationalization of our entire banking system»; and so on (June 8, 1932).

This book, however, draws attention to important research which began to surface in the late 1980s documenting that children of single - parent households do worse on a variety of measures of child welfare independent of race, gender, educational level and place of residence.

Western offers a nationwide network of expertise that building owners, engineers, architects and property managers can count on to develop cost - effective, corrective measures that can add years of useful life to a variety of structures including: industrial, commercial, healthcare, historic, educational and government buildings, parking structures and sports stadiums.

Building on major trends and successful regional efforts, Wine Institute and the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) launched the SWP in 2002 to give growers and vintners educational tools to increase adoption of sustainable practices and to measure and demonstrate ongoing improvement.

And in the current educational - policy environment — in which accountability, based on empirical data, is valued so highly — if you can't clearly identify and measure skills, it's hard to convince people to take them seriously.

But with the opening of a new OUSD central kitchen, farm and educational center in the works for West Oakland (funded by a city bond measure that passed in 2012), OUSD hopes to be able to shift away from prepackaged food even further, thanks to a fruit and vegetable processing room that will be on site.

But in the book I do argue against the intense national focus on standardized tests, which measure a fairly narrow range of cognitive skills and turn out to be not very effective predictors of the educational goals that I think we should care about, especially college - graduation rates.

For example, one study comparing breast and formula fed siblings found no differences on any cognitive / educational achievement measures, behavioural indicators (including parental attachment) and most physical health measures (including BMI and obesity).

The 2 groups were similar on all measured characteristics, including maternal ethnicity, educational status, age, parity, breastfeeding history, and infant birth weight (intervention group, 1914.4 g; control group, 1840 g); gestational age; sex; and length of hospital stay (intervention group, mean 27.1 days [range, 2 - 81 days]; control group, mean 25.2 days [range, 1 - 104 days]-RRB-(Table 1).

To examine whether the effects of breastfeeding varied for boys and girls, the analyses were extended to include tests of interactions between gender and measures of breastfeeding in their effects on cognitive and educational outcomes.

Though the measure is essentially aimed at allowing parents who have children with developmental disabilities receive access to schools that fit their educational needs, some have intrepreted the measure to allow parents to place students in schools based on their religious background.

If it becomes law, legislators said the measure also would allow the tribe to participate in some educational and health programs, but would have nominal financial impact on the state.

«The measure the Legislature just passed and that we hope Governor Cuomo will sign will go a long way in ensuring the Library continues to deliver crucial educational, cultural and enrichment services with a renewed focus on transparency, openness and trust.»

«Religion is much more important than all the other measured educational variables, combined, in influencing their views on evolution,» said Rissler.

«Over the past decade we've been able to identify a growing number of educational interventions that have managed to have notable impacts on students» academic achievement as measured by standardized tests,» West says.

A new report from the Royal Society on improving U.K. science and mathematics education contains a lengthy wish list: Upper - level students should take a lot more science and math; more college graduates with science degrees should go into teaching; current teachers should continually upgrade their skills and have a larger voice in the educational process; and the government should de-emphasize the high - stakes tests used to measure student achievement.

The researchers from the University's Department of Social Policy and Intervention, and the Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm, studied the test scores measuring cognitive ability of children aged between 10 and 13, and found they had a strong effect on a child's subsequent educational performance.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress should be broadened to gauge how American youths are faring on a range of academic, social, health, and cultural indicators, contends a report that calls for new measures of educational outcomes and equity.

The difference between the 75 % and 56 % figure is largely immaterial because our «intention - to - treat» analysis exclusively measures the effect of starting high school in the voucher program on future levels of educational attainment regardless of how long you stayed in the program.

Washington — Charging that an emphasis on multiple - choice tests could «undermine many of the educational reforms which the governors and President Bush wish to achieve,» a coalition of three dozen education and civil - rights groups last week urged those leaders to use alternative forms of assessment to measure progress toward national goals.

Key Measures Special educational needs key measures include a single assessment process (0 - 25) which is more streamlined, better involves children, young people and families and is completed quickly; An Education Health and Care Plan (replacing the statement) which brings services together and is focused on improving outcomes; An offer of a personal budget for families with an Education, Health and Care Plan; A requirement for local authorities and health services to jointly plan and commission services that children, young people and their families need; A requirement on local authorities to publish a local offer indicating the support available to those with special educational needs and disabilities and their families, and; The introduction of mediation opportunities for disputes and a trial giving children the right to appeal if they are unhappy with their Measures Special educational needs key measures include a single assessment process (0 - 25) which is more streamlined, better involves children, young people and families and is completed quickly; An Education Health and Care Plan (replacing the statement) which brings services together and is focused on improving outcomes; An offer of a personal budget for families with an Education, Health and Care Plan; A requirement for local authorities and health services to jointly plan and commission services that children, young people and their families need; A requirement on local authorities to publish a local offer indicating the support available to those with special educational needs and disabilities and their families, and; The introduction of mediation opportunities for disputes and a trial giving children the right to appeal if they are unhappy with their measures include a single assessment process (0 - 25) which is more streamlined, better involves children, young people and families and is completed quickly; An Education Health and Care Plan (replacing the statement) which brings services together and is focused on improving outcomes; An offer of a personal budget for families with an Education, Health and Care Plan; A requirement for local authorities and health services to jointly plan and commission services that children, young people and their families need; A requirement on local authorities to publish a local offer indicating the support available to those with special educational needs and disabilities and their families, and; The introduction of mediation opportunities for disputes and a trial giving children the right to appeal if they are unhappy with their support.

Providing a non-arbitrary comparison of schools on even one criterion will be nearly impossible...» He says that the agency's subjective measures of equity grant almost complete control to federal regulators over a district's administration, something that is at odds with the very structure of the American educational system and will surely damage local control.

On this measure of educational disadvantage, England ranks in the bottom half of developed nations, standing 27th out of 44 nations.

A new study that attempts to measure health, education, and income as three building blocks of a good life finds the most advantaged people on its educational index are white and live in the District of Columbia.

Scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the gold standard in measuring educational achievement, inched up slightly through the Bush administration, but NCLB was far from a magic bullet.

Lobbyists, Administration officials, and Congressional aides said they expect the most contentious issue in the conference committee to be how strong the measure's provisions requiring states and districts to set educational standards should be, especially any mandate on «opportunity to learn» standards.

Mr. Wirth said he proposed the measure in response to the recent report of the National Science Board, which characterized television as a dominant educational influence on children.

I infer the priorities of administrators and teachers from educational outcomes, as measured by student performance on the state's math test.

Since these traits are not easily measured, the estimated impact of charter high schools on educational attainment could be biased.

This raises the possibility that the measured effects of attending a charter high school on educational attainment could simply reflect advantages of grouping middle and high school grades together, thereby creating greater continuity for students and eliminating the disruption often associated with changing schools.

These patterns suggest that the positive effects of charter school attendance on educational attainment are not due solely to measured differences in the achievement of students in charter and traditional public high schools.

But of the characteristics and attitudinal factors that were measured, «those that bear the highest relationship to pupil achievement are first, the teacher's score on the verbal skills test, and then his educational background — both his own level of education and that of his parents.»

Schools don't yet have reliable measures for how to develop and assess so - called «noncognitive» skills like these, although a number of researchers and educators are working on approaches, reflecting a growing recognition of their importance not just on labor market outcomes but on educational attainment.

If it receives the required 650,000 valid petition signatures and carries a statewide vote, probably on the November 1992 ballot, the measure would give California residents the most sweeping educational - choice program in the nation.

By using standard notice - and - comment rule making, by bringing the agency's policy in line with the Supreme Court's interpretation of Title IX, by getting a better handle on the extent of sexual assault in educational institutions and effective prevention measures, and above all, by focusing regulations on improving the educational opportunities that we provide students rather than upending the sexual mores of society at large, they can demonstrate that not everyone appointed by President Trump need sink to his level.

Dr. Andy Hicken, Director of Quality & Strategy at Web Courseworks, worked closely on the EvaluPac project and is a Subject Matter Expert in measuring educational outcomes.

The same states — Massachusetts, New Jersey, Minnesota, and Vermont — are top performers on this measure for students from families with high educational backgrounds; in all four plus Colorado, 18 percent or more of such students perform at the advanced level.

Research has been carried out over the years on the impact of well designed buildings and it's proved hard to measure, in terms of its impact on educational attainment, low pupil truancy, better staff retention and productivity, or perhaps a combination of all these factors.

• Students in schools with large majorities of disadvantaged students [who are disproportionately likely to be racial minorities] do poorly on measures of educational achievement, and their schools are likely to have higher rates of disciplinary problems.

Participation in afterschool programs is influencing academic performance in a number of ways, including better attitudes toward school and higher educational aspirations; higher school attendance rates and lower tardiness rates; less disciplinary action, such as suspension; lower dropout rates; better performance in school, as measured by achievement test scores and grades; significant gains in academic achievement test scores; greater on - time promotion; improved homework completion; and deeper engagement in learning.

Commissioner of Education Ralph Turlington of Florida, who is credited with pressing plans to raise Florida's ranking among the states on measures of educational excellence, is rumored to be thinking of stepping down in 1986 rather than running for re-election to the top education post.

Although 11 educators were convicted of cheating on state tests (and it would likely have been 12 if not for the death of former Superintendent Beverly Hall), the city made remarkable improvements on low - stakes measures of educational progress such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

We had an educational psychologist on the project who measured both academic outcomes and these non-academic or social - emotional outcomes.

Most research on the impact of early - childhood programs has focused on structural measures of quality, such as the teacher's educational level or staff ratios, or on the effects of classroom quality, broadly construed.

What is clear, however, is that both Catholic schools and voucher programs for low - income families show stronger effects on students» educational attainment than on their achievement as measured by standardized tests.

Among the measures of public awareness are eco-labeling of products, the dissemination of information on environmental issues in the communications vehicles and the Cleaner Production courses offered by educational institutions, which are designed to train professionals familiar with the Circular Economy [NAT.GENIUS.

From teacher evaluation systems to value - added modeling to the recent Vergara decision in California, reformers have increasingly focused on selecting, measuring, developing, evaluating, and firing teachers as the key to educational improvement.

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