Student questionnaires are also available in the Sample Questions booklets, which contain
other assessment information and are distributed to schools before each assessment.
Not exact matches
VetFran offers mentoring,
information on the basics of the franchising model, financial tips, self -
assessment pointers and
other resources to help veterans understand whether franchising is a fit for them.
Such factors include, among
others, general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; the actual results of current and future exploration activities; the actual results of reclamation activities; conclusions of economic evaluations; meeting various expected cost estimates; changes in project parameters and / or economic
assessments as plans continue to be refined; future prices of metals; possible variations of mineral grade or recovery rates; the risk that actual costs may exceed estimated costs; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; accidents, labour disputes and
other risks of the mining industry; political instability; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of development or construction activities, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled «Risk Factors» in the Company's Annual
Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2017 dated March 15, 2018.
He was among lawmakers critical of Comey's decision not to prosecute Clinton in the email server investigation, saying
other government officials would have been prosecuted if they handled classified
information like Clinton did, but federal officials disagree with that
assessment.
This framework considers the Chairman and CEO's self -
assessment of performance against commitments in the year, both qualitative and quantitative, and also considers progress against strategic objectives, an analysis of IBM's total performance over a multi-year period, a competitive benchmark analysis, and
other relevant
information.
Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and
other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund
assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our
information technology and
other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.
Third and finally, the traditional story misses the real function of private banks, which is to solve an
information problem in the purest Hayekian senses. That is, banks are or should be specialists in risk
assessment and risk taking. They should know their client, understand the local market and have their pulse on the broad economy. Arguably, if properly structured, they can and should do this better than
other entities such as governments. In
other words, the proper role of banks should be underwriting — lend money, hold the debt, and bear the risk. Which is a long - winded way of getting to the main point of this post.
Any fact,
assessment, analysis, forecasts, opinion and
other information (collectively «Information») r
information (collectively «
Information») r
Information») released by:
Her
assessment is that as a result of globalization, the
information age, urbanization, postmodernism, and a host of
other factors, these sectors are beginning to swirl into a great confluence at the center, and that this new, emerging form of Christianity will embrace elements of each.
It promotes self - help, provides important
information for fathers — including a self -
assessment for postpartum depression — hosts an online forum for dads to talk to each
other, offers resources, gathers new
information about men's experiences postpartum, and — most importantly — helps fathers to beat the baby blues.
Information can be provided to a designated expert only for assessment, with only accurate and necessary information passed on to o
Information can be provided to a designated expert only for
assessment, with only accurate and necessary
information passed on to o
information passed on to
other staff.
«States realize that they want access to this
information; they want to have a better network and a better approach for applying
information from the national climate
assessments to their own infrastructure and
other investment needs, so this is a way for them to make the statement that they want to participate and see this move forward,» Moss said.
«Our study has several distinct strengths compared to prior studies including the large number of participants, long - term follow - up, large number of cardiovascular events that were confirmed by medical record review, detailed
information about diet and
other cardiovascular disease risk factors, and repeated
assessment of calcium supplement use over the 24 - year follow up period,» said Julie Paik, MD, MPH, BWH Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, lead study author.
-- The Under Secretary shall operate the Climate Service Program through a national center, the Climate Service Office, and a network of regional and local facilities, including the established regional and local offices of the National Weather Service, 6 Regional Climate Centers, the offices of the Regional Integrated Sciences and
Assessments program, the National Integrated Drought
Information System, and any
other National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - supported regional and local entities, as appropriate.
-- The President shall establish an interagency United States Global Change Research Program to improve understanding of global change, to respond to the
information needs of communities and decisionmakers, and to provide periodic
assessments of the vulnerability of the United States and
other regions to global and regional climate change.
Specific foods may be more therapeutic than
others for you and some healthy foods may even need to be avoided — getting an accurate thyroid
assessment provides highly valuable
information that changes my patients» lives, creating clarity and direction.
Another study examining the effects the different lipids in terms of heart disease risk found that «triglyceride concentration was not independently related with CHD risk after controlling for HDL - C, non — HDL - C, and
other standard risk factors, including null findings in women and under nonfasting conditions.21, 22 Hence, for population - wide
assessment of vascular risk, triglyceride measurement provides no additional
information about vascular risk given knowledge of HDL - C and total cholesterol levels, although there may be separate reasons to measure triglyceride concentration (eg, prevention of pancreatitis).»
The only
other way you are to let your matches know about yourself is through a series of multiple - choice questions, checking boxes about your interests, and the
information that your personality
assessment reveals to them.
More importantly on the back - end, decisions about the underlying technology architecture and standards for data / content transport will also have implications for both the vendor marketplace and integration of all sorts of
other data systems (reporting, analytics, student
information systems, formative
assessments, content repositories, learning management systems, etc.).
Teachers»
assessment of children's academic diligence may be affected by their achievement test scores or by
other information that may not closely relate to children's diligence.
Extended MOOCs (xMOOCs), on the
other hand, seem to have been based so far on behaviorism; all
information was provided within the MOOC course in a structured linear order, followed by self -
assessments designed to check whether the particular learning objectives of the MOOC course had been mastered.
Information can be used to help plan your instruction and to support findings from
other assessment measures.
The remaining two - thirds of the sample was told the truth about one or the
other of these matters, allowing us to see whether people's
assessments of their schools differed when given accurate
information.
Added
assessment information, like classroom assignments as well as
other offline assignments, can be uploaded to the extended learning portal to create a cumulative picture of learners» progress and true competence.
For each objective teachers are given detailed
information about what content should be taught to meet the objective, the level of knowledge that has been developed in earlier grades,
assessment ideas that can be used to determine if the student has mastered the objective, and ways the skills covered by the objective can be linked to
other objectives.
Tests and
other assessments are valuable only when they provide worthwhile
information that can be used to improve student achievement.
When
assessments are focused on establishing and understanding where students are in their learning and monitoring the progress they make over time,
other kinds of feedback can be provided to students and parents / caregivers, including
information about what students are able to do, supported by samples of their work.
At Bill Quay Primary School, the technology allows people to upload their own self -
assessment contributions, saving time and improving access to
information such as Ofsted reports, policy documents, quality assurance processes and guidelines, minutes of meetings, school performance data and
other documentation.
At CEM, the
other original baseline provider, director Professor Robert Coe cites the fact that the government wants the baseline
assessment to be used purely for accountability, rather than formative
information for teachers, as a key flaw.
The bill required teacher preparation programs to report data on their candidates (and share this
information with their university), use higher cut scores on standardized tests for entry, and add portfolio - based
assessments as graduation requirements, among
other reforms.
Other areas focus on
assessment information, treatment options, and assistive technology.
Consult the resources below for more
information about different
assessment types and
other questions you can ask.
The commissioner shall consider the self -
assessment, board recommendation and any
other relevant
information in determining whether the school or school district made adequate yearly progress.
Aggregate child - level
assessment data means the data collected by an agency on the status and progress of the children it serves that have been combined to provide summary
information about groups of children enrolled in specific classrooms, centers, home - based or
other options, groups or settings, or
other groups of children such as dual language learners, or to provide summary
information by specific domains of development.
In addition, we propose to expand
information collected as part of the community
assessment about the availability of early childhood programs in the community, so grantees are aware of
other options available to eligible children.
Participation in international
assessments provides
information on the progress of Australian school students relative to
other countries and helps education systems to identify strengths and weaknesses in policy and practice.
While the
assessment elements in ESSA are somewhat more discrete than some
other parts of the law, the transition to ESSA presents state leaders with an opportunity to evaluate their comprehensive
assessment system and to contemplate how
information from that system helps the state to achieve its overall vision.
At its core,
assessment has always been a process that was meant to support learning; in
other words, teachers and learners would use the
information from
assessments to make decisions about what comes next.
One of the commitments that Washington — and every State that received ESEA flexibility — made was to put in place teacher and principal evaluation and support systems that take into account
information on student learning growth based on high - quality college - and career - ready (CCR) State
assessments as a significant factor in determining teacher and principal performance levels, along with
other measures of professional practice such as classroom observations.
In this session, participants will learn about what makes some
assessments better than
others, why student progress measures are almost entirely useless, why most tests will never produce useful diagnostic
information on students, and why most school
assessment systems do not do the things they are intended to do.
These
assessments test students» ability to recall
information like a name, fact, quote, or
other basic piece of
information.
This page serves as a clearinghouse to support states and
other stakeholders as they explore these opportunities and build innovative
assessment systems that produce meaningful and timely
information on student performance.
These informal
assessment opportunities provide nuggets of
information that can be powerful in helping teachers make decisions about how to individualize, differentiate, and personalize instruction and organize mathematics and
other classes.
In the past, users were encouraged to combine a FastBridge score with
information and scores on
other assessments such as classroom tests or state
assessments.
No matter what the
assessment approach, the sharing of progress and the provision of
information that is readily understood by students, as well as by parents / carers and
other stakeholders, are vital.
If FastBridge
assessments are being piloted in one school in a district, it can be helpful for the building team to keep a record of how they selected the measures and why; such
information can be reviewed by
other schools in subsequent years.
In addition to using FAST
assessments, educators should also use
information from observations, interviews, and
other test data (e.g., state
assessments and classroom unit tests).
Teachers might review student performance on a screening test, administer brief sub-skill
assessments, or review
other existing
information to ensure that students gets support that is appropriately targeted.
7.2 A formal transition process for students from entry to exit which includes the following elements: an orientation which consists of rapport building,
assessment of the student, IEP review,
information and record sharing regarding the student, short and long - term goal setting, development of an individualized student plan, and
other mechanisms designed to orient the student to the alternative education setting is in place at exemplary schools.
Course Coordinator responsible for new curriculum module set up, managing
information in the curriculum management system, coordinating student
assessments, implementation of processes to ensure achievement of curriculum goals and objectives, and assisting module directors and
other faculty in the development of complete and accurate medical education content.