Sentences with phrase «past program evaluations»

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Gathered from the evaluation forms from past years of the program, one faculty member wrote, «In fact, I feel that I have learned as much from [my mentee] as she may have learned from me.»

During the past year alone, concerns about oversight of high - containment laboratories; vetting of personnel (personnel reliability); the efficacy of security measures in place for the select agent program; medical countermeasure research, development and distribution; bioterrorism and pandemic influenza preparedness; misuse of beneficial biological research and technologies; and microbial forensics have generated several policy evaluations and prompted the development of policy recommendations and legislation.

The NNSA, in its annual evaluation of Los Alamos» overall performance for fiscal year 2014, judged the criticality safety program to be «below expectations» with deficiencies «similar to issues identified in past» evaluations; it particularly faulted the labels the lab had placed on nuclear materials and the guides the lab had prepared for workers performing plutonium handling chores.

Likewise, the Department of Education has not conducted many scientifically sound, nonpartisan, objective program evaluations during the past two decades.

For the past two years, Holland's students have been developing evaluation plans for parts of two NASA programs, Mars Public Engagement and the Robotics Alliance Project.

Past evaluations of voucher programs have not been able to take full advantage of a random - assignment research design.

As per Weingarten: «Over a year ago, the Washington [DC] Teachers» Union filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to see the data from the school district's IMPACT [teacher] evaluation system — a system that's used for big choices, like the firing of 563 teachers in just the past four years, curriculum decisions, school closures and more [see prior posts about this as related to the IMPACT program here].

As a member of EPAC for the past two years, my responsibilities have included reading research studies on teacher evaluation programs around the country, learning about evaluation tools and ways to manage data, and collaborating with educators from pilot districts.

Over the past several years, in part due to federal grant programs like Race to the Top and other federal and state policies, states and districts have made extensive efforts to improve or refine their teacher and leader evaluation systems.

Not to be outdone, Malloy's Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor told the superintendents that despite what he and Malloy had said in the past and despite federal and state laws to the contrary, he was authorizing greater flexibility when it came to the amount of testing during the coming school year and whether school districts had to include test results in their teacher evaluation program.

Fundamental criticisms of university - based programs for the pre-service preparation of school leaders have led to extensive revisions and evaluations of those programs over the past 15 years (e.g., Milstein et al, 1993; Murphy, 1993).

The first drive program took us through the streets of San Antonio, and even though we wnt past the Alamo — the site of the brave Texan 13 - day standoff against the Mexican army for its independence — most of the route found us on regular highways and roads to provide a good evaluation of the Niro's capabilities.

Next, there's «data» that's needed for bottom line evaluation and signal generation (this program does not have any database, so there's NO DATA supplied other than the past returns of our models and a few indices).

The shelter underwent some major changes this past November after an evaluation made possible through Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine.

In 2011, we implemented two year school program, which was designed on the basis of several years» research on various curatorial programs, analysis of curatorial practices, consultations with relevant national and international experts, and an evaluation of the past program and consideration of effective models of education in the field of contemporary visual arts and theories.

The Speakers» Bureau Committee regularly brainstorms and summarized past graduates» evaluations of the program to improve on the curriculum.

My past work experience and educational success has shaped me into an effective Program Evaluator with skills in educational evaluation for infants and strong knowledge of program eligibility requirProgram Evaluator with skills in educational evaluation for infants and strong knowledge of program eligibility requirprogram eligibility requirements.

Working for the past 20 years in the capacity of general manager and later as executive director at two different firms of international repute, I have built a strong reputation in directing successful business expansion projects, conducting rigorous program evaluations and spearheading various fundraising initiatives.

OIPC has undertaken to compile and maintain a running directory of all evaluations of Indigenous specific programs over the past 5 years.

The Neuroscience of Mindfulness — The Basics of How Practice Affects the Brain C. Recommended Program Evaluation Tools D. Lesson Demos: Practicing Gratitude (ES) and Past / Present / Future (MS / HS)

Family Strengthening Research (PDF - 1,598 KB) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, and Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE)(2014) Provides Federal and State policymakers, program administrators, and researchers with summaries of OPRE's Division of Family Strengthening's major research investments in fiscal year 2013 and overviews of past projects that include strengthening relationships within families, supporting fatherhood, nurturing children through their families, reducing teen pregnancy, and supporting youth in their transition to adulthood.

In the past she led an evaluation of an early childhood, two - generational program enhanced with parental employment and educational services.

Over the past 25 years, program developers, school districts, universities and independent research firms have conducted program evaluations which indicate that the Lions Quest program improves achievement test scores, changes attitudes and beliefs regarding substance abuse and violence, lowers rates of disciplinary problems, lowers risk of dropping out of school and decreases use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.

As part of her work in this area, she conducts meta - analyses using a comprehensive database housing program evaluations of early childhood education, family support, and health - based interventions conducted over the past 5 decades.

For the past 16 years, Julie has designed and supported the evaluation efforts of community, state, and tribal intervention programs.

Her past projects have included an evaluation of the implementation and effectiveness of two of Minnesota's Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge programs, the development of an online guide to reducing preschool suspensions and expulsions, and technical assistance and evaluation services to programs supporting early childhood development in San Mateo County, California.

Erin has been using his evaluation and technical assistance expertise in his work with tribal child welfare and early childhood programs for the past decade.