Sentences with phrase «outcomes of educational practice»

It was designed to provide a more reliable procedure for assessing students and the outcomes of educational practice.

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The Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA), established in 1982, is a professional membership organization that promotes excellence in midwifery practice, endorses diversity in educational backgrounds and practice styles, and is dedicated to unifying and strengthening the profession, thereby increasing access to quality health care and improving outcomes for women, babies, families, and communities.

The network of lecturers aims to promote discussion of best infant feeding educational practice within universities, and supports lecturers to come together and share curricula, best practice, learning outcomes and develop centres of excellence.

A qualitative synthesis of these studies found that SBML improved outcomes in four areas: the educational laboratory, patient care practices, patient outcomes and collateral effects such as reduced healthcare costs.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new investment of $ 1.7 billion for K - 12 education over the next five years, with the bulk of the funding aimed at existing traditional public schools that show progress in improving educational outcomes, the development of new curricula, charter schools focused on students with special needs, and «research and development» for scalable models that could inform best practices.

Along with boosting schools with better curricula, leadership, management practices, and cash, the best of these revival efforts also feature newfound transparency about educational outcomes.

It is valuable for both students and tutors and shows in practice how educational technology is progressing so that it can show not only the past performance but also forecast the future of a student's learning outcomes.

This practice is supported by the available research; there is little evidence that either streaming by ability or having students repeat years of school is effective in improving educational outcomes.

ESSA wisely eliminates cost - by - cost testing for SNS, a practice which discouraged schools from spending Title I funds on comprehensive services and perversely encouraged spending on add - ons (like pulling students out of academic classes to work with paraprofessionals) that met compliance standards but were not necessarily helpful in improving educational outcomes for low - income students.

The Risk and Prevention Program has been renamed Prevention Science and Practice (PSP) / Counseling C.A.S.. Although the curriculum and educational experience of students will not change, the new name, says program director Mandy Savitz - Romer, better reflects the integrated nature of the program and its mission to prepare graduates to improve the social, emotional, and academic outcomes of children and youth.

Implement professional dialogue within the school or professional learning network (s) that is informed by feedback, analysis of current research and practice to improve the educational outcomes of students.

The panelists will discuss high - priority problems of practice — the need to develop and sustain a high - quality teaching force and improve the educational outcomes for low - performing and diverse students.

Initiate and engage in professional discussions with colleagues in a range of forums to evaluate practice directed at improving professional knowledge and practice, and the educational outcomes of students.

But only four of these studies were based on students» outcomes and most of them were more than 25 years old, which means they predated the «value added» methodology of assessing educational effects that is now standard practice.

BERC's mission is to conduct and disseminate long - and short - term strategic data analysis and research that informs decisions about policy and practice to improve the educational and life outcomes of children in Baltimore.

Improve the health and educational outcomes of students by strengthening the practices of the professional school nurse.

A sociologist of education, he studies the relationship between social inequality and educational opportunity examining how educational leadership, policies, and practices shape students» educational opportunities and outcomes.

The Carnegie Foundation has collaborated with colleagues in the University of Michigan's School of Education and Ross School of Business to develop a massive open online course that moves aspiring and practicing educational leaders to improve learning outcomes for all students.

Meaningful Student Involvement engages students as researchers of the educational settings, practices, beliefs, and outcomes that they are subject to.

These measures are based upon educational research and are a set of best practices intended to boost overall student outcomes.

Unless they are extraordinarily motivated and surrounded with powerful resources, teachers rarely have the opportunity or the time to stay abreast of current educational trends, contribute significantly to professional communities (online, face - to - face, or print), or thoroughly reflect on their classroom outcomes and, subsequently, revise their practice.

Going forward, our work to improve and increase great educational opportunities for kids and communities will be much stronger because of the ability to link practices to outcomes.

Instead of trying to improve failed practices such as a reliance on high - stakes testing and «zero tolerance» discipline policies, Noguera said the center will push for transformations — new approaches to educational challenges such as improving the educational outcomes of African - American and Latino students.

Guided by an objective data map and a clear community vision, the E3 Alliance proposes to better align the practices of our regional education system and allocate investments and services more efficiently to dramatically and sustainably increase educational outcomes.

Carol Campbell, the principal researcher for the study, added, «While Canada is internationally recognized as valuing education and committing to both excellence and equity, there is a gap in shared knowledge about the professional learning practices that contribute to improved educational outcomes within and across Canada and in the unique and diverse contexts of each province and territory.»

The study focuses on student performance, management practices, and oversight mechanisms at California Virtual Academies (CAVA), whose students are «at risk of low quality educational outcomes, and some are falling through the cracks entirely, -LSB-...] Read More»

Jacqueline Ancess describes how teachers in New York City secondary schools increase their own learning while improving student outcomes • Milbrey W. McLaughlin and Joel Zarrow demonstrate how teachers learn to use data to improve their practice and meet educational standards • Lynne Miller presents a case study of a long - lived school — university partnership • Beverly Falk recounts stories of teachers working together to develop performance assessments, to understand their student's learning, to re-think their curriculum, and much more • Laura Stokes analyzes a school that successfully uses inquiry groups.

With an increasing call to address disparities of outcomes among student groups and to eliminate predictable achievement and success gaps, educational leaders will benefit by using the LEAD Tool to reflect on their practice, assess their skills, and develop their strategies for equity.

The Charles H. Houston Center for the Study of the Black Experience in Education conducts empirical research, disseminates scholarly information, examines research - based best practices, addresses critical educational issues, and strives to produce research that makes a difference which informs the development of practices, policies, programs, and scholarship impacting educational and workforce outcomes among African Americans.

Her research interests include sociology of education, inequality of educational outcomes, parenting practices, and comparative and international education.

Our mission is to advance the science and practice of education research, evaluation, and measurement to improve educational outcomes and inform education policy.

In a 2011 New York Times profile of K12, the company was criticized as compromising the educational outcomes of students to increase profits, engaging in practices such as:

With this blueprint, together we can work to elevate the profession through competitive salaries, transforming professional development and career opportunities, and relying on the expertise of teachers to advance educational practice and improve outcomes for students.»

We work with different groups of professionals and with parents, carers, children and young people to identify the practices that best support disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs to learn, make good progress and secure the best possible educational outcomes.

When applied to a school's provision for pupils with special educational needs, the domains and statements of practice enable teachers and school leaders to review their practices, to identify what they are doing well, and to recognise aspects of the school's work that could be further developed to improve learning experiences and outcomes for these pupils (Appendix 6).

Strategies: To ensure that DECS plan for Aboriginal Education in early Childhood and Schooling is implemented; advocating a national Standard Reporting Framework; ensuring that DECS review its structures, resources, management and curriculum practices and takes appropriate action to achieve optimum improvements in educational outcomes for Aboriginal students in the priority areas of - decision making, early childhood, literacy and numeracy, attendance and retention, employment of Aboriginal staff, Aboriginal languages, culturally appropriate curriculum.

CASP's Mission is to provide high quality educational and leadership programs, that maintain high standards of practice for school psychologists through legislative advocacy, professional development, communications, publications, ethics guidelines, and direct services to members, to enable the growth and development of the profession, and to ensure safe, healthy, and successful outcomes for the children, schools and communities we serve.