Sentences with phrase «quality growth models»

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today announced approval of four additional states» high - quality growth models, which follow the bright - line principles of No Child Left Behind.

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The model examined common metrics such as user growth and engagement, as well as more bespoke things like «quality of revenue» by putting more weight on money from loyal customers.

In addition to the TAO Growth Company of the Year award, DiscoverOrg has received numerous other accolades over the past year, including being named an Inc. 5000 company for the 6th straight year; being added to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list; being recognized as Category Leader for Sales Intelligence and Account - Based Marketing by G2 Crowd and as a 2017 Top Rated Sales Intelligence Platform by TrustRadius; and being awarded the SIIA Model of Excellence Award for Data Quality.

These investment opportunities are across all industries and sectors, but we are primarily focusing on what we believe to be high - quality business models that are benefiting from multi-year secular growth trends.

Analyst Jamie Albertine at Consumer Edge Research said there was a trade - off between accelerating growth and vehicle quality, and it was better not to rush Model 3 production and risk a recall.

While the growth of the approved program models will lead to more parents receiving this critical support during their child's early years, many families will still not have access to high - quality research - based programs.

Air quality is of increasing concern to China's stability - obsessed leaders, anxious to douse potential unrest as a more affluent, urban population turns against a growth - at - all - costs economic model that has besmirched much of the country's air, water and soil.

ACOs are groups of providers that are held responsible for the care of defined populations of patients.The key notion is that the providers within the ACO receive financial rewards for both improving the quality of care and reducing the growth of costs.The Affordable Care Act established this new, voluntary federal program for Medicare, and many private insurers are adopting the model.

Gao and the team tried to find the best way to grow high - quality single layers of phophorene directly on a surface by modeling the effect of different substrates on the growth of a phosphorene flake containing just 27 atoms.

The new model developed by Junfeng Gao and colleagues from the A * STAR Institute of High Performance Computing will make it possible for researchers to tackle this challenging technical problem by choosing the best process conditions for the growth of large - size, high - quality phosphorene directly on a surface.

Air quality in cities is of increasing concern to China's stability - obsessed leaders, anxious to douse potential unrest as more affluent citizens turn against a growth - at - all - costs economic model that has polluted much of the country's air, water and soil.

Air quality in cities is of increasing concern to China's stability - obsessed leaders, anxious to douse potential unrest as a more affluent urban population turns against a growth - at - all - costs economic model that has besmirched much of the country's air, water and soil.

We combined all of the available earlier test scores into a single composite measure of quality and introduced it into statistical models that explain differences in growth rates across nations during the period 1960 to 1990.

Similarly, systematic efforts to cultivate and develop quality ideas and organizations focused on elementary, secondary, and possibly even postsecondary education, perhaps modeled on the Charter School Growth Fund or NewSchools Venture Fund, must be created.

First, the growth and quality of Cristo Rey Schools are based on their business and human development models in which students work in jobs to earn money and learn appropriate work attitudes, behaviors, and skills.

The National Alliance developed a model state law to help states create laws that support the growth of high - quality charter schools and each year we rank states based on how well their charter school laws align to this model.

The National Alliance's charter school model law is a template for states to write laws that encourage the creation and growth of high - quality charter schools while holding underperforming schools and authorizers accountable.

The Scholars» Paradise model would use «scale scores» or a «performance index» for the «academic achievement» indicator; measure growth using a two - step value - added metric; pick robust «indicators of student success or school quality,» such as chronic absenteeism; and make value added count the most in a school's final score.

The first is blended learning can significantly improve student learning and growth; the second is these results can only be achieved if effective use and understanding of high - quality data is part of the blended learning model that is implemented.

As per an article published last week in The Columbus Dispatch, the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) apparently rejected a proposal made by the state's pro-charter school Ohio Coalition for Quality Education and the state's largest online charter school, all of whom wanted to add (or replace) this state's VAM with another, unnamed «Similar Students» measure (which could be the Student Growth Percentiles model discussed prior on this blog, for example, here, here, and here) used in California.

Recent Vamboozled posts have focused on one of the qualities of the achievement tests used as the key measures in value - added models (VAMs) and other «growth» models.

Fordham leadership and board recognize that the organization can have a positive and significant impact via the authorizing work, and they have supported that growth, due mainly to the replication and expansion of existing, high - quality charter school models.

Research shows that career pathways can improve teacher evaluation procedures and improve student achievement.13 For example, research from the Emerging Leaders Program — a job - embedded teacher leadership development program — shows that with high - quality training, teacher leaders can quickly improve achievement among students in high - need school districts in places such as New York City, the District of Columbia, and Shelby County, Tennessee.14 Likewise, student achievement growth in schools implementing Teach Plus» T3 Initiative — a teacher - designed turnaround model that trains and supports teacher leaders to improve school outcomes and transform schools — is consistently more than double that of area district and charter schools.15

At the same time, the school occupied a variety of temporary locations but continued to attract families who saw the value of this classical model and trusted in our ability to deliver a quality education through this period of growth.

On the other hand, the pendulum in the charter space swung from quantity to quality, and restrictive authorizing and accountability based on narrow historic measures (and proficiency over growth) lead to more closures, fewer new schools and less innovative models.

Research and best practice models suggest that high - quality assessments: (1) measure what they are designed to measure; (2) are consistently applied and tested for fairness; (3) regard assessment as an ongoing process for professional growth, not just a «tool» or an isolated event; (4) use the best available evidence, often from multiple sources; (5) reinforce the organization's core goals; (6) provide actionable feedback on what matters most; and (7) help build a culture of continuous improvement.

That growth rate is on the higher end of what I usually allow for, but I think Amgen's quality, position, growth prospects, pipeline, payout ratio, and penchant for handing out big dividend raises puts a lot of confidence in that model.

Cadence uses a proprietary quantitative model that seeks to invest in high - quality growth investment strategies across the capitalization spectrum.

The Quality, Valuation, Growth (QVG) model and valuation tools discussed in - depth will be invaluable for picking stocks for the active portion of your portfolio.

(Warsaw, Poland) The theme of the exhibition «Slow Future» is degrowth, a social movement advocating that we should abandon the current model of compulsory economic growth and search for ways to improve the quality of life within the limits of capacity of natural environment.

The theme of the exhibition «Slow Future» is degrowth, a social movement advocating that we should abandon the current model of compulsory economic growth and search for ways to improve the quality of life within the limits of capacity of natural environment.

So, either the records are «useless», or they are of such high quality that they are beyond question, and can be used to justify new trillion dollar anual taxes and unimaginable constraints on economic growth unless an unproven new economic model works exactly as expected by a adherants of one particular ideology which has a poor track record on such matters?

The analysis is the first to combine detailed models of the U.S. electric system and transportation sector with sophisticated atmospheric air quality models — accounting for the future evolution of both sectors in technological advances, electricity load growth and capacity expansion.

Environmental quality and pollution - augmenting technological change in a two - sector endogenous growth model.

I am excited about a position with an explicit emphasis on value creation, value recognition and execution of strategies to consistently deliver profitable earnings growth through the development of empirically based, complex financial models to optimize executive the quality of the executive decision making process.

There is modest evidence that FCMH models are associated with improved quality of health care in pediatrics, including children with a medical home having fewer unmet health care needs and increased likelihood of receiving preventive care.13 — 17 Evidence exists for potential cost savings associated with the growth of the medical home model.18 It is hypothesized that an expanded medical home model will further decrease health disparities.19 Ongoing multisite FCMH demonstration projects aim to provide additional evidence regarding the effectiveness of the FCMH model of care.20

Alternatively, latent growth modelling might be considered, depending on the quality of the data obtained.

While the growth of the approved program models will lead to more parents receiving this critical support during their child's early years, many families will still not have access to high - quality research - based programs.

WAVE Trust directs its efforts towards understanding and reducing the causes of violence in our society by identifying validated research, theoretical models and intervention strategies, which focus on improving the quality of the child - parent relationship, especially in the first three years of life, and on promoting the growth of empathy in the young child.

With an insight - oriented and solution - focused therapy model, I work with clients to facilitate personal growth, improved relationships, and higher quality of life.