Sentences with phrase «own evaluation studies»

The researchers examined 2,089 low - income mothers and their children, who took part in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Study, visiting homes when the children were 14, 24, and 36 months old.

The National Treatment Improvement Evaluation Study (NTIES), a Congressionally - mandated five - year study, found that whereas many clients served by federally - funded programs cut their drug use in half up to a year after treatment, many eventually relapsed.

Dr. Thurston and her colleagues investigated associations between menopausal symptoms and risk for CVD complications among postmenopausal women participating in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation study.

The study, SNAP Education and Evaluation Study (Wave II), was funded by the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Findings from Project 2061's curriculum evaluation study: Life science.

The prospective, multi-center clinical performance evaluation study for CE - IVD marking was conducted at Curetis and three clinical centers in France and Germany.

«The UTI Cartridge is a highly comprehensive tool for the diagnosis of urinary tract infections,» said Prof. Cattoir, University Hospital of Rennes, France, one of the sites participating in the performance evaluation study.

Dr. Lanteri played the role of Study Coordinator for several multi-center studies including the Central Laboratory portion of the «Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study (REDS)- III» supported by the NHLBI and as one of the REDS - III investigators, she has led several REDS - III studies addressing a variety of questions on the safety of blood donations and transfusions from both the donor and the recipient points of view.

Each evaluation study often uses a different model and / or data set, making it impossible to directly compare the performance and computational efficiency of various approaches that simulate the same aerosol process.

Five - year evaluation study on the effectiveness of A + arts - integrated school reform strategies in Oklahoma schools, based on a survey of students, teachers, and professional - development faculty.

«This is well - documented in the decade - long role HGSE has played in this rigorous experimental evaluation study led by Dennis Barr and implemented by many HGSE alums on the research team.

A decade of evaluation studies provide a basis to assess the educational potential of afterschool programs and to identify promising practices

The report reviews 41 evaluation studies from a sample of 25 professional - development initiatives for teachers of math and science conducted across the United States from 2004 through 2007.

Our own evaluation studies have shown that in small schools students say their teachers know them better, care about them more, and have higher expectations of them.

We will share data from the READS evaluation studies with district stakeholders through interviews and focus groups and then use data from stakeholders to modify and enhance READS.

The latest report summarises findings from an evaluation study that is looking at the feasibility and educational impact of giving one - to - one Tablets to every child in school.

But beyond offering a safe haven, research and evaluation studies have demonstrated that the programs can have a positive effect on a range of prevention outcomes, such as avoidance of drug and alcohol use, decreases in delinquency and violent behavior, increased knowledge of safe sex, avoidance of sexual activity, and reduction in juvenile crime.

The verdict: a decade of research and evaluation studies confirms that children and youth who participate in afterschool programs can reap a host of positive benefits in a number of interrelated outcome areas — academic, social - emotional, prevention, and health and wellness.

An evaluation study of the nonprofit Facing History and Ourselves, conducted by Harvard Graduate School of Education researchers, shows its positive effects on teacher and student learning.

Most preschool evaluation studies to date were based on programs implemented decades ago.

She is also involved as co-investigator in a number of similar evaluation studies conducted in early childhood educational settings including Chicago School Readiness Project, Foundations of Learning, and Head Start CARES.

From single schools to states and nations, we conduct research and evaluation studies that are rigorous, thorough and evidence - based.

In principle, NCEE could fund evaluation studies for any intervention that states or districts might use federal funds to purchase.

This experience ranges from pre-K to post-baccalaureate levels and includes designing and implementing both large - and small - scale evaluation studies.

Rigorous evaluation studies investigating the impact of new funding systems following implementation

The brief draws on seminal research and evaluation studies to address the evolving role of afterschool.

She is also involved as co-investigator in a number of similar evaluation studies conducted in early childhood educational settings including Chicago School Readiness Project, Foundations of Learning, Head Start CARES.

The program evaluation illustration comes from the results of a US Department of Education's National Center for Education Evaluation study of «a 93 - hour professional development program focused on deepening math content knowledge.»

Learn more about the evaluation process and the results of these evaluation studies by linking to the cohorts of schools below:

The effect of an affordable daycare program on health and economic well - being in Rajasthan, India: protocol for a cluster - randomized impact evaluation study

Earlier this year I profiled an evaluation study of TeachToOne, a blended learning program that attempts to computationally assess student competence and use that assessment data to prescribe lessons for students.

Linking parent behaviors to child achievement: Four evaluation studies from the parent education follow - through programs.

An evaluation study of the district's equity fund highlighted several implementation challenges.65 Some PTAs simply did not comply with the district's policy to give back some dollars, and the district had difficulty figuring out how to exempt some PTA expenses fairly from redistribution.66 The evaluators did not examine how this policy affected PTA revenues, but there was significant pushback from members of the community, with some parents threatening to reduce donations during initial policy negotiations.67 A group of parents voiced that the approach was punitive, and that instead, parents should be encouraged to donate to a separate equity fund or to other, less affluent schools.68 Other districts that have considered establishing an equity fund have feared similar pushback, worrying that rich parents will threaten to leave the district, disinvest in their schools, or decrease their overall contributions.69

We conduct rigorous research and evaluation studies using quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods that inform education policy, promote equity, and improve student outcomes.

Title I Implementation: Update on Recent Evaluation Findings (2009) provides a summary of findings from Title I evaluation studies that have become available after the publication of the National Assessment of Title I final report in 2007.

Our response to Secretary Duncan expresses other concerns as well, stressing the importance of evidence - based policy making, and explaining why pilot evaluation studies are preferable to the large - scale adoption of unproven state - mandated evaluation systems based on untested assumptions.

Found any other related resources or evaluation studies?»

Twenty sessions will focus on either peer - reviewed research, impact evaluation studies, or action research.

In typical evaluation studies, talented students from accelerated classes outperform non-accelerates of the same age and IQ by almost one full year on achievement tests» (Kulik, 1992).

A Profile of Classroom Practices (Los Angeles: Center for Evaluation Study, University of California, 1986); and Linda M

• Ability to conduct needs assessment and evaluation studies as well as develop the evaluation tools.

The Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow: The UCLA evaluation studies.

However, they express some concerns over methodological issues (e.g., the exclusion of certain students who were not responding well to the program from the data analysis in some evaluation studies), program costs, and professional development.

Effects of Georgia's Pre ‐ K Program on Children's School Readiness Skills: Findings from the 2012 — 2013 Evaluation Study.

Provides full details of the National Professional Development Evaluation Study, including teacher impact and student impact.

Dr. McCann has more than 15 years of experience designing and implementing evaluation studies for federal, state, and local - level contracts with a general focus on examining factors that influence school improvement processes and practices.

She also serves as Principal Investigator on two grants from the Institutes for Education Sciences (IES); a psychometric evaluation of a preschool classroom observation tool and an efficacy evaluation study of a targeted shared book reading program in preschool classrooms.

Research and evaluation studies demonstrate that school improvement programs employing technology for teaching and learning yield positive results for students and teachers.

The Foundation also commissioned a two - phase evaluation study of MOST to capture lessons on how to increase the supply and quality of afterschool programs.

The index ranges from 1 (poor) to 7 (excellent), and the Abbot preschool averaged 4.8 in a 2007 evaluation study led by Ellen Frede.