Sentences with phrase «quality indicators such»

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The three - day Central Economic Work Conference is expected to set major changes in economic indicators to reflect more on the quality of the economic growth rather than mere growth speed, while tackling specific issues such as mounting debts, poverty and pollution.

Researchers interested in exploring the relationship between macroeconomic performance and the quality of monetary institutions should consider augmenting the Fraser and Heritage data with additional institutional indicators, such as measures of central bank independence, the use of monetary policy rules, freedom to use competing forms of money, and exchange rate regimes.

Although there are definitely some more critical things to consider when buying a breast pump — such as whether its a closed system breast pump — maximum breast pump suction level can be an important indicator of quality.

The other WBTi indicators offer key points to include, such as Baby Friendly status being a universal goal, legislation in line with World Health Assembly recommendations, adequate protection for breastfeeding in the workplace, local support that is of high quality and integrated, and health professionals who have adequate training is supporting breastfeeding.

NIH examines indicators such as the track record of graduates in academic medicine positions, time to graduation, overall student happiness, how well the program integrates the medical and scientific training, and most importantly, the quality of the scientists and science available to the MD / PhD students; NIH manifests disapproval or approval of a program by decreasing, increasing, or maintaining the number of funded trainee positions at that institution.

Such displays cost the animal a lot of energy, and become increasingly hard to maintain with age, so a good display by an elderly male is a more reliable indicator of genetic quality than a comparable show by a younger, stronger one.

To evaluate whether the experimental treatment is safe and whether it might be able to reduce frailty, Maharaj plans to run a battery of baseline testing on each clinical trial participant before they get their first infusion of young plasma and then monitor their changes for two years: That means cognitive exams, questionnaires about their quality of life and their indicators of frailty, and tests to measure biomarkers he believes are linked with aging, such as telomere lengths and DNA methylation.

Some specifics to pay attention to include the quality of your menstrual cycle (is it regular, long or short, or painful), as well as indicators such as cervical mucus and ovulation.

The simple definition pinpoints qualities such as strength and courage as indicators of manhood.

These school indicators should also incorporate other measures of key ingredients to long - term success, such as student performance in writing and oral presentations, teaching and curriculum quality, student attitudes and culture, attendance, and school leadership and management.

Quality badges such as the Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) Quality Badge and the Association of Heads of Outdoor Education Centres (AHOEC) Gold Standard are both indicators of high quality proQuality badges such as the Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) Quality Badge and the Association of Heads of Outdoor Education Centres (AHOEC) Gold Standard are both indicators of high quality proQuality Badge and the Association of Heads of Outdoor Education Centres (AHOEC) Gold Standard are both indicators of high quality proquality provision.

For jobs in healthcare, employers were substantially less likely to call back applicants with credentials from a for - profit online institution than those from a public institution — but, importantly, only in cases where the job doesn't require an external indicator of quality such as a professional license.

Process measures, such as indicators of student engagement, are an additional quality control option that could be complementary to an overall balanced approach.

Confidence in gross findings can be developed by replication, by averaging results over several time periods, and by using several measures of the development of human capital — not tests alone, but also attendance rates, dropout rates, and promotion rates (a very high - quality assessment will track indicators of human capital such as post-secondary school earnings and higher - education outcomes as well).

Finally, we believe that the work described in this proposal will demonstrate that teacher and teaching quality in the U.S. can be effectively tracked, similar to other national indicators such as NAEP.

Moreover, such an unrealistic timeline would essentially hamper states» efforts to fully vet the quality and effectiveness of the indicators and improvement strategies and undertake extensive stakeholder engagement, a key component of the new law.

They put such tests at the bottom of the indicators of school quality.

Establishes a system of meaningfully differentiating all public schools on an annual basis that is based on all indicators in the State's accountability system and that, with respect to achievement, growth or the other academic indicator for elementary and middle schools, graduation rate, and progress in achieving English language proficiency, affords: Substantial weight to each such indicator; and, in the aggregate, much greater weight than is afforded to the indicator or indicators of school quality or student success.

America Achieves» contribution is to group students by social and educational «advantage» into four quarters, using an index based on such items as a poverty indicator, educational environment at home, and quality of peer group at school.

And that brings us to those unanswered questions: Can the charter - school movement grow to sufficient scale for long - term political sustainability if we continue to use «quality» — as measured by such factors as test scores — as the sole indicator of a successful school?

This evidence, along with a new federal requirement that state accountability systems include an indicator of school quality or student success not based on test scores, has sparked interest in incorporating such «non-cognitive» or «social - emotional» skills into school accountability systems.

Look for them to push for systems in which schools could get good ratings for either high proficiency rates or strong growth; to embrace squishy «other indicators of student success or school quality» (such as «teacher engagement») and make those indicators count for as much as possible; and to lobby for school categories that all sound positive.

In addition to student proficiency and growth as measured by state tests, the inputs into CORE's School Quality Improvement Index (SQII) include such indicators as suspension and expulsion rates, chronic absenteeism, and school culture and climate surveys administered to students, teachers, and parents.

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.

In the upcoming weeks, we will continue to dive into some individual state plans that have proposed to use non-traditional indicators to measure school quality such as physical fitness assessments, emotional support observations, and exploration of arts, among other factors.

Data collection by School Nurses may be used by their districts for accountability measures, such as the chronic absenteeism rates required in the Every Student Succeeds Act and Ohio's school quality indicator.

These «predictive» or «formative» indicators include in - school factors such as strong classroom assessment and professional development for teachers, and out of school factors such as health care, housing, nutrition, and availability of high - quality pre-school; whether educators are using information in a reasonable way to improve teaching, learning and school quality; and whether the state and federal governments are providing positive support in these areas.

Teacher, parent, and student data were analyzed to examine indicators of school quality such as student safety and well - being, involvement, and satisfaction, as well as overall school quality.

We support a strong accountability system for all public schools and applaud CPS for taking steps toward including multiple indicators, such as student growth, in determining school quality.

A State may, however, include other statewide achievement - related measures, such as results on statewide science assessments or student growth for elementary and middle schools, as an Academic Progress or School Quality or Student Success indicator.

Prior to 1980, school quality was measured mainly by inputs — indicators such as the number of books in the school library, the percentage of teachers with master's degrees, and dollars spent per pupil.

On the other hand, in order to comply with ESSA, states may use additional academic subjects such as science and social studies as the second academic indicator for elementary and middle schools, or as an indicator of school quality or student success for any schools, according to initial feedback from the Education Department.26 The analysis in this brief excludes these measures when identifying and weighting measures of school quality or student success.

The government wants to evaluate the project by measuring changes in certain indicators, such as the quality of schools, and pupil progress and attainment, over the next three years.

On average, states include school quality or student success indicators as approximately 14 percent of elementary and middle school ratings and 26 percent of high school ratings.27 Prior to ESSA, these types of indicators similarly averaged around 20 percent of school classification systems.28 Notably, two plans — Washington, D.C.'s and North Dakota's — include measures of school quality or student success as more than 50 percent of high school ratings.29 The bulk of these measures are college - and career - readiness indicators, such as performance on the SAT, ACT, or ACT WorkKeys; participation or performance in advanced coursework; and earning industry - recognized credentials.

The article breaks down how the different states have responded to changes, such as new requirements for indicators of school quality and student success, as well as how they address and measure school improvement.

Under ESSA, states must hold schools accountable for student performance in English language arts, or ELA, and mathematics; a second academic indicator, such as growth in ELA and mathematics; progress in achieving English language proficiency; high school graduation rates, if applicable; and at least one measure of school quality or student success.

Other states include measures of school quality or student success within other indicators, such as the achievement indicator.

The indicators include: student growth and achievement in reading and math; graduation rates for high schools; English language proficiency; for elementary and middle schools, an additional indicator on student growth such as science achievement, and at least one indicator of school quality or success, such as career and college readiness.

«By including school quality indicators [such as access to effective teachers and college - ready coursework] and using them in meaningful ways, parents, educators, and education stakeholders can have a richer understanding of what is going on in a school and what is fostering or delaying its success.»

Due to its strong measurement qualities and significant impact, more than 70 percent of states will use chronic absence as the «fifth» ESSA indicator, often in combination with factors such as school climate or college and career readiness.

The two - tone colour scheme gives the interior a lift, while touchpoints such as the indicators and leather - wrapped steering wheel also feel high quality.

There are indicators to prove this point — for example, if a celebrity or reviewer have strong bases in a particular country, say the US, and sales are good in the US, but not, say, UK and Australia, then the conclusion can strongly be given that the opportunity was successful for the reasons outlined above, but nothing much else, such as intrinsic quality.

... while social indicators report on observable population characteristics, they reveal nothing about more behavioural population attributes such as individual and community priorities and aspirations for enhancing quality of life — indeed the whole question of what this might mean and how it might be measured in an Aboriginal domain is only just beginning to be addressed.

The quality of the relationship before marriage, such as during the engagement or while living together, are strong indicators of a successful marriage.

A significant interaction term, indicating that marital quality moderates the effects of vision on the criterion variable (Baron & Kenny, 1986), was decomposed such that simple slopes were computed and tested for the relationship between vision and the quality of life indicator for respondents scoring 1 SD above and below the mean on the moderating marital quality variable (Aiken & West, 1991).

It comprises 12 principles, which encapsulate the overall vision of the quality framework; 16 standards which cover the individual areas of early years practice such as play, interactions, transitions, environments and so forth; and 75 components which set out detailed indicators for these standards.

In examining how the use of communication channels in LDR is associated with relationship outcomes, we focus on relationship satisfaction because it is a central construct studied in literature on relationships (Fincham, Rogge, & Beach, 2006), and has been highly linked to other indicators of relationship quality such as commitment, love, and relationship maintenance (e.g., Anderson & Emmers - Sommer, 2006; Hendrick, 1988) and to individual health outcomes (Proulx, Helms, & Buehler, 2007).