Sentences with phrase «policy assessments based»

But according to Mathematica, policy assessments based on raw test data is extremely misleading — especially because year - to - year comparisons measure different groups of students.

Not exact matches

«Based on its current assessment, the Committee judges that it can be patient in beginning to normalize the stance of monetary policy.»

Based on the results of this assessment, Tesla does not believe that its compensation policies and practices for all employees, including non-executive officers, create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on Tesla.

This is the very type of assessment which should be done on a principled basis, guided by policy.

After increasing their policy rates by 125 basis points and 150 basis points respectively in the current cycle, market participants expect that the tightening cycles in both the UK and New Zealand are close to an end, although in both cases, recent inflation data have caused some participants to revise that assessment.

To compensate for this lack of «real address», lenders use dummy information based on probable loan data including sample purchase prices, sample real estate tax bills common for the area, and sample homeowners insurance policies and / or homeowners association assessments, where applicable.

This assessment is based on an evaluation of the recent trends in core inflation and likely developments in demand conditions, and takes into account the dampening influence of the monetary policy adjustments since November 1999.

At the time of its December meeting, the available information confirmed the assessment that a less expansionary policy setting was needed, and the cash rate was therefore raised by a further 25 basis points, to 5.25 per cent.

There is a need to balance the importance of community sentiment with evidence - based planning policy that supports agriculture, and AFSA would suggest that another way forward may be in the assessment of objections, rather than in limiting the right to object.

Challenge Success has since worked with almost 800,000 students, faculty, administrators and parents throughout the United States and across the world on efforts like changing bell schedules, reforming homework policies, shifting to alternative assessments and encouraging project - based learning with the goal of creating «healthier and more productive pathways to success.»

Midwives should be supported by local policy to provide evidence based, normal birth practice, and determine their client base based on their knowledge, skill, and assessment.

The report provides the first broad - based assessment of the UK's implementation of ten key policies and programmes to support women and babies during their feeding journey.

It can also be extended to one day for the purpose of training personnel in hospital settings where the ATLFF is established as the policy - based tongue - tie screening and assessment procedure.

It has split between the harm minimisation lobby, which has welcomed them, and the puritanical wing, whose assessment of smoking and anti-smoking policy is based on symbolism and imagery, like a Catholicism mass of public health.

But at the same time it makes longer - term assessment of performance possible — enabling just the sort of independent evidence - based policy for public management that governments constantly say they want.

An investigation into the processes for award of the contract and a value for money assessment would be welcome as it would be based on law and policies and not motivated by ill will and pettiness.

In 2011 the CPC introduced what it called the People's Budget, which reached budget balance in 10 years according to an assessment by the Economic Policy Institute based on nonpartisan government data.

Prohibits school districts from promoting or placing a student based solely or primarily on a student's performance on state - administered ELA and math assessments in grades 3 through 8; and requires school districts to notify parents / guardians of the district's grade promotion and placement policy along with an explanation of how such policy was developed

League President Marcia Bystryn explains that the assessment is based on its policy agenda issued in January.

While the SSC doesn't manage the conservation of endangered species per se, its job is to provide governments with assessments and recommendations based on the best available science on which they can make sound policy decisions.

«Assuming that technology will allow ever more shale gas production at low prices — and betting energy policy and the future energy security of the country on it — is risky business,» says geologist David Hughes, who retired from the Canadian Geological Survey and is now doing assessments of shale gas and oil for the nonprofit Post Carbon Institute, a California - based environmental think tank.

But, as Hansen wrote in an additional assessment of his new analysis, «Environmentalists need to recognize that attempts to force all - renewable policies on all of the world will only assure that fossil fuels continue to reign for base - load electric power, making it unlikely that abundant affordable power will exist and implausible that fossil fuels will be phased out.»

«In 2017, we saw reckless language in the nuclear realm heat up already dangerous situations and relearned that minimizing evidence - based assessments regarding climate and other global challenges does not lead to better public policies,» said Rachel Bronson, the Bulletin's president and CEO in Chicago, Illinois.

Marine science and policy, ecosystem - based management; marine protected areas; sustainable fisheries management; shipping; ocean geo - engineering; environmental impact assessments; marine migratory species conservation.

«He has written extensively and spoken widely to policy, business and scientific audiences on the need for basing policy on strong science and scientific assessment, and about the need to understand the linkages between science, the environment, economics and policy on major global environmental issues.

Fisheries stock assessment, population dynamics, harvest policy development, recreational fisheries, ecosystem based approaches to fisheries management.

«We must be well prepared for the future, and national drought policies which are based on realistic vulnerability assessments and that have effective early warning systems and risk mitigation measures will be vital,» Barbut stressed.

We think that this represents gross neglect, and we compliment those states and policymakers who are trying to collect longitudinal data and base educational policy on a more careful assessment of the trajectories of children's intellectual progress over their school careers.

This applies to performance - based assessments, but also to many other policies.

At the national level sample - based student assessments similar to the National Assessment of Educational Progress that have no stakes for students, teachers, or schools are the main means to inform policy - makers and the public on how Finland's...

These criteria can be used by assessment developers, policy makers, and educators as they work to create and adopt assessments that promote deeper learning of 21st - century skills that students need to succeed in today's knowledge - based economy.

Why the School «Accountability Movement» Based on Standardized Tests Is Nothing More than «a Charade» (The Washington Post) Professor Daniel Koretz quoted as expert on educational assessment and testing policy.

Policy allows us to take the path of convenience based on assessments and practices,» Tatum said.

existing educational policies that can inform advocacy efforts for the inclusion of social studies performance - based assessment at the local, state and national level.

The report, based on data collected from state education department personnel in 45 states, discusses the present status of state exit exam policies, the future of these policies as states implement the Common Core State Standards and common assessments, and lessons that can be learned from states» past experiences with implementing new exit exam policies.

Many organizations base their HR policy, and often also their HR development, assessment and throughput cycles, on competencies.

The policy - oriented research we review in this section focuses on three areas related to literacy standards and assessments: on - demand reading and writing assessments, classroom - based assessments such as portfolios, and statewide language arts content standards.

Julie Woestehoff, executive director of Parents United for Responsible Education, has long argued that the district's policy on holding students back is too heavily based on assessment tests.

She has since conducted research on state education policy implementation, standards - based assessment and school finance, and developed state - wide training for the supervision of certified staff.

In combination, these initiatives have progressively increased the demands on teachers and their students and have laid the groundwork for what was to come next - an unprecedented federal intervention on state level education policy - making that directs all states toward a single goal (i.e., 100 % of students reaching «proficiency») via a single system of implementation (i.e., standards - based assessment and accountability).

It is especially important for state and district leaders who make important policy decisions that affect students and families to base those decisions on the right data, collected and interpreted with a clear understanding of ethical and valid assessment practices.

Frederick M. Hess, a resident scholar and the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, blamed the widespread testing problems in part on federal pressure to quickly introduce new assessments based on the Common Core State Standards in many states, and other new college and career - ready standards in others.

If some districts or classrooms administer only the summative assessments while others avail themselves of all the resources in the SBAC toolkit, won't some students have a testing advantage based solely upon local policy decisions, the CORE group excluded?

We deliver actionable, meaningful research and development that advances the field of educational assessment and evaluation, promotes effective and equitable education policy, and improves evidence - based inferences.

As we learned from the 1990 - 2005 era of systemic state standards - based reform, when academic standards change, so do policies related to student assessment and school accountability.

As states pursued a standards - based reform strategy from 1990 to 2011 they also created assessment - driven instruction policies designed to penetrate into classrooms.

A new study from the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE) and the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity's (SCALE) looks to «provide guidance to educators, assessment developers, and policymakers on how to increase student engagement in performance - based assessments.»

According to James Palmarini, EdTA director of educational policy, the teams will receive web - based training in standards - based teaching and assessment strategies reflected in the 2014 National Core Theatre Standards.

For instance, if an employee is interacting with a training module based around company policies, their progress, social sharing, assessment results, and other relevant date that is being generated throughout the eLearning course is referred to as «big data.»

The Meadows Center at the University of Texas at Austin has released a piece outlining 10 evidence - based policies and practices for high - quality assessment in schools, along with the research supporting them.