Sentences with phrase «program on a pilot basis»

«We started this program on a pilot basis to see if it worked,» Wainwright adds.

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They also have a new pilot program that allows teachers to regroup the middle school students based on the students» performance and their learning curve.

On Monday, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced an 18 - month pilot program where shuttle companies will be charged based on the number of stops they make in city bus zones, the San Francisco Chronicle reporteOn Monday, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced an 18 - month pilot program where shuttle companies will be charged based on the number of stops they make in city bus zones, the San Francisco Chronicle reporteon the number of stops they make in city bus zones, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

According to a poll based on 1,140 students who used 101's pilot program, Weinberg says, 77 percent of respondents preferred Chem101 over existing courseware.

Valeant has said its interest in working closely with a specialty pharmacy to make its drugs available to patients was based on a pilot program run by Medicis before it was acquired.

FICO, the company that created one of the most widely used credit - scoring systems in the U.S., recently announced it was starting a pilot program to increase the number of consumers who could be assigned a credit score based on alternative data, such as utility and phone bills.

Building on pilot initiatives in each of these areas into full - blown programs would help high - growth firms scale - up more rapidly and increase the probability of remaining based in Canada.

The FHA HAWK program is proposed as a four - year pilot, and will be available to U.S. home buyers on a first - come, first - served basis.

The State of Oregon is currently running a pilot program based on a full network charging system, in which motorists are charged based on distance driven, regardless of where they drive.

The problem is that no such programs yet exist (although this is going to be a key objective of our SmartTeams program, and our pilot program for the NCAA and Department of Defense under our Mind Matters Challenge grant), and even if were implemented on a widespread basis (which, once again, I hope will happen once we launch the full SmartTeams program in 2016), it is unclear whether such a shift in emphasis in concussion education will achieve any meaningful increase in rates of self - reporting, at least in the short term.

I piloted the program in summer 2014 in my town of Brookline, MA for a group of eight girls, taking note of what they most enjoyed and revising the curriculum based on their own feedback.

The coalition's push for electronic poll books and ballot on demand systems is based on the success of a pilot program in Onondaga County.

The Department of Public Works would then be required to report on the success of the pilot program to base the feasibility of continuing the program beyond the one - year pilot period.

Assemblyman partners with parents of Suzanne Lyall and leading Saratoga County - based beverage distributor on pilot program to generate tips on location of 7 local missing persons

In its first round of funding for the PFF program, the NSF sought to reward institutions that already had pilot projects in place and allow them to» continue innovative work based on past achievements.»

AAAS has taken the lead, based on years of planning, in addressing this conundrum by organizing the Science for Seminaries program, with a pilot project launched in 2013.

Some important studies include: • Beneficial effects of a high carbohydrate, high fiber diet on hyperglycemic diabetic men (1976) • Response of non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients to an intensive program of diet and exercise (1982) • Diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM: The need for early emphasis (1994) • Toward improved management of NIDDM: A randomized, controlled, pilot intervention using a low fat, vegetarian diet (1999) • The effects of a low - fat, plant - based dietary intervention on body weight, metabolism, and insulin sensitivity (2005) • A low - fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes (2006) • A low - fat vegan diet and a conventional diabetes diet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled, 74 - wk clinical trial (2009) • Vegetarian diet improves insulin resistance and oxidative stress markers more than conventional diet in subjects with Type 2 diabetes (2011) • Glycemic and cardiovascular parameters improved in type 2 diabetes with the high nutrient density (HND) diet (2012)

1935 Effects of the high carbohydrate - low calorie diet upon carbohydrate tolerance in diabetes mellitus 1955 Low - fat diet and therapeutic doses of insulin in diabetes mellitus 1958 Effect of rice diet on diabetes mellitus associated with vascular disease 1976 Beneficial effects of a high carbohydrate, high fiber diet on hyperglycemic diabetic men 1977 Effect of carbohydrate restriction and high carbohydrates diets on men with chemical diabetes 1979 High - carbohydrate, high - fiber diets for insulin - treated men with diabetes mellitus 1981 High carbohydrate high in fibre diet in diabetes 1982 Response of non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients to an intensive program of diet and exercise 1983 Long - term use of a high - complex - carbohydrate, high - fiber, low - fat diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM patients 1994 Diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM: the need for early emphasis 1999 Toward improved management of NIDDM: A randomized, controlled, pilot intervention using a lowfat, vegetarian diet 2005 The effects of a low - fat, plant - based dietary intervention on body weight, metabolism, and insulin sensitivity 2006 A low - fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes 2006 Effect of short ‐ term Pritikin diet therapy on the metabolic syndrome 2009 A low - fat vegan diet and a conventional diabetes diet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled, 74 - wk clinical trial

Education took center stage in Iowa's 2006 legislative session, resulting in measures to boost teacher salaries, start a pilot program that bases teacher pay on student achievement, expand preschool, and establish statewide graduation requirements.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & UccePilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccepilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

Petrallia says that based on the positive responses to the pilot program, HGSE is exploring the possibility of offering the workshop to an entire incoming class in the future.

But we detect no «structural» difference between the operation of the OSP and — as a leading example — the state's McKay program for disabled students, which began on a pilot basis in 1999 and as of the fall of 2005 was enrolling more than 16,000 students in private schools.

Forehand believes that last year's influx of tablets was based on a number of grant - related pilot programs and that 2012's expected expansion will fall under more traditional programs.

Based on the success of a pilot program, VR training will be in Walmart's 200 academies in the US by the end of 2017 with the aim of training 150,000 employees each year.

LAUSD has been negotiating with UTLA to try to put in place a pilot program with three percent of district teachers, who would be evaluated in part on student performance on the state's standards - based tests.

The program will be based on the «Great Beginnings» model that has proven effective in Fairfax County, Virginia, and the Educational Testing Service's «Pathwise» professional development program, which was piloted in Newport News, Virginia.

Drawing on data from two national pilot programs — Principals as Literacy Leaders (PALL) and Leading Aligned Numeracy Development (LAND)-- this book looks at effective strategies for implementing system improvement and presents approaches for capitalising on successes, and overcoming the shortcomings of initiative - based reforms.

A new report from the Washington - based Center on Education Policy tracks how four states taking part in a federal pilot program are using their added flexibility under the No Child Left Behind Act.

The character education program being piloted in Pittsburgh at the Horace Mann, Liberty International, Regent Square, Schaeffer, and Woolslair elementary schools is based on Your Environment's copyrighted Word of the Week system.

«The Learning on Country project is a grass roots community - based approach to generating an education program where four communities got together and decided they wanted to put something far more structured, sustainable and permanent around this notion of Learning on Country, and so they got together, formed a steering committee, engaged with government to get some funding, and that was the genesis of the four pilot trials that I've been working with recently.»

Funded by: New York City Department of Education Amount: $ 50,000 Dates: 1/1/17 — 6/30/18 Summary: Based on pilot research that Dr. Bristol, a renowned researcher in the field of male teachers of color, conducted on NYC Men Teach, current conditions and supports from schools and the NYC Men Teach program and its impact on male teachers of color will be examined.

For instance, universities and research contractors should be asked to submit proposals for helping state agencies and school districts not just in evaluating a specific program but in building the capacity of school agencies for piloting and evaluating initiatives on an ongoing basis.

Such an approach — even launched on a pilot basis — could take advantage of federal funding that is available for programs like these through AmeriCorps and both the Higher Education Act and the new Every Student Succeeds Act.

Because DreamBox Learning ® Math aligned so closely to D51's new instructional model and standards, math content facilitator Megan Bennet recommended piloting the program on a limited basis in Mesa County Valley elementary schools.

A university field placement director was also included as a participant using purposeful sampling, based on her vast experience with field experiences and her critical input during the brainstorming stage of this pilot field experience, to ensure that the field experience would meet the goals aligned with the university's teacher education program.

The Success Highways intervention was developed based on 20 years of research at the University of Wisconsin and a seven - year pilot program in an urban school district.

Eight years in development, including 10 pilot studies, and applying standards based on valid research on effective teaching, the evaluations in the report provide convincing evidence that a large majority of our nation's teacher preparation programs are miserably failing our aspiring teachers and our children.

The short - lived pilot ends after this school year, when participating teachers will receive differentiated pay based on their performance according to the plan developed for the pilot program.

The pilot program calls for teacher evaluations to be based half on classroom observations and half on how much progress students show in learning, including how they perform on standardized tests.

A report on Utah's performance - based compensation pilot programs.

After a successful pilot program at South Bronx Preparatory, a district middle school located in a high - poverty neighborhood in New York City, Family Playlists are now exclusively available on the organization's new subscription - based platform for schools and districts, PowerMyLearning Connect: School Edition.

Then, when the pencil appears as an emerging technology, as tablet devices and competency - based learning programs are now, the question is whether it would be quickly embraced, or whether policymakers would call for pencil pilot programs to study their effect on classroom learning.

This «fast track» piloting gave our teachers a real feel for what these programs would be like to teach on a daily basis.

Based on the success of Project Bright IDEA 1, a pilot intervention program for closing the achievement gap, Project Bright IDEA 2 was awarded the grant to «upscale» the program to more schools and to research the impact on gifted programs from underserved populations.

-- One more thought on ESSA: The law will allow seven states to participate in a new pilot program where they can experiment with more innovative ways of testing and performance - based systems rather than run - of - the - mill state standardized tests for accountability purposes.

Chapter 28, Sections 28.002 (Required Curriculum, 28.0021 (Personal Financial Literacy), 28.0023 (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Instruction), 28.005 (Language of Instruction), 28.0051 (Dual Language Immersion Program), 28.006 (Reading Diagnosis), 28.016 (Instruction in High School, College, and Career Preparation), 28.0211 (Satisfactory Performance on Assessment Instruments Required; Accelerated Instruction), 28.0213 (Intensive Program of Instruction), 28.0217 (Accelerated Instruction for High School Students), 28.025 (High School Diploma and Certificate; Academic Achievement Record) 28.0254 (Posthumous High School Diploma for Certain Students), 28.0255) Three - Year High School Diploma Pilot Program), 28.0258 (High School Diploma Awarded on Basis of Individual Graduation Committee Review), 28.0259 (Reporting Requirements for Students Graduating Based on Individual Graduation Committee Review Process) and 28.026 (Notice of Requirements for Automatic College Admission and Financial Aide);

The two somewhat similar companies, PubSlush and LeanPub, began offering a platform solely based on the idea that authors could reach out to potential readers while the book is still in the process of being written and accept funding to help cover the costs associated with publishing the book; around this same time, Wattpad rolled out a limited pilot program that worked with six authors to fund their titles through reader donations.

Issues are added to the penny pilot program based on existing liquidity in both the stock and the options market, but the utility of the penny pilot program outweighs the discretionary liquidity judgement that the CBOE makes to list issues in that program.

The Canine Care Certified program, based on standards developed over years of research and pilot programs at Purdue University, provides us that platform.

[2, 3] The group's commendable work, culminating in a pilot program based on their «ordinance and protocols for the management of feral cat colonies in wildlife - sensitive areas in Burlington County, New Jersey,» [4](available here) has, from what I can tell, received little attention.