Sentences with phrase «outcome against a test»

We decided to judge the outcome against a test that puts people and the planet before profit.

Not exact matches

The covariates were also tested against the outcome variables for significant associations.

If we can't reliably use rigorously identified test score gains to predict later life outcomes, then on what basis will regulators be able to judge quality to protect families against making bad choices?

Looking back, I can see that my colleagues and I were struggling to counteract powerful tendencies that work against high student achievement in urban schools: If teachers work in isolation, if there isn't effective teamwork, if the curriculum is undefined and weakly aligned with tests, if there are low expectations, if a negative culture prevails, if the principal is constantly distracted by nonacademic matters, if the school does not measure and analyze student outcomes, and if the staff lacks a coherent overall improvement plan — then students fall further and further behind, and the achievement gap becomes a chasm.

Our resulting four - category classifications might be biasing our findings against the true power of test score results to predict attainment results, as it is mathematically more difficult perfectly to match one of four outcome categories than it is to match one of three.

And I have for a very long time also been against the idea that you tie teacher evaluation and even teacher pay to test outcomes.

I have for a very long time also been against the idea that you tie teacher evaluation and even teacher pay to test outcomes.

Testing Nonexperimental Estimates of Impact against Experimental Estimates of Impact with Education Test Scores as Outcomes

Using a time - series regression approach described in a separate publication, this paper adjusts state SAT score averages for factors such as participation rate and student demographics, which are known to affect outcomes, then validates the results against recent state - level National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test scores.

District leaders and teachers plan to administer the tests in the beginning, middle, and end of the 2016 — 2017 school year, in order to support student instruction while learning is happening, and to evaluate student progress against expected curriculum outcomes.

More importantly, we have also developed to a large degree the capacity to refuse the pressures of a test - prep curriculum, weighing the outcomes of those pressures against the many aims of education that also compel us as professional educators and as citizens.

I can't really throw stones about 2009, as I had my own concerns at the time (relating to the need to stress - test against Depression era outcomes, despite our favorable views of valuation).

They would if possible designate a «gold standard» control against which to test the outcome objectively (satellite temperatures or pristine reliable surface stations?).

Testing a strategy against outcomes data from similar prior cases, and exploring alternatives if the prospects for that strategy look unpromising, represents the power and promise of legal analytics.

As a result, Renoir delivers the same outcomes determined by the judges when tested against all 21 IR35 tribunal cases to date.

Regulatory health checks to periodically «test» your firms compliance against categories of compliance risk, including conduct risk identification and outcome and control testing.

A randomized feasibility trial will be conducted to test the technology - based approach against the standard SafeCare implementation approach in terms of feasibility of implementation, provider job demands and resources, as well as client outcomes such as skill acquisition and mental health.