Sentences with phrase «quality report cards»

In 2006 Hudson Basin River Watch (HBRW) published water quality report cards on streams near New Paltz, which includes the Wallkill, and on the Ulster County portion of the Wallkill watershed.

He wanted to be in the middle of the pack of the 1994 J.D. Power Initial Quality Study.Not so fast.The May 26 release of the annual quality report card showed Hyundai in dead last, and Mazza is not happy.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

In «Building Better Budgets: Canada's Cities Should Clean Up their Financial Reporting,» authors Benjamin Dachis and William B.P. Robson provide report cards to 24 major Canadian cities on the quality of their budgets.

The less affluent school started issuing report cards for the seven qualities in an attempt to improve them.

The Niagara Health Quality Coalition has been ranking New York state's best and worst hospitals for a decade, and the latest report card released on Sunday shows a mixed bag in upstate New York.

In 2012 the Rockland County Soil and Water Conservation District produced a report card on water quality in Sparkill Creek according to biomonitoring data.

But the reality is that the nation's most populous state is an industrial colossus — the world's ninth - largest economy — with the worst air quality in the nation, according to annual report cards issued by the American Lung Association.

«Our findings suggest that patients may benefit if the rating report cards are modified to also include an option for personalized ranking of quality measures.»

Members are given a report card - like dashboard that shows them why users liked or passed on their profile, down to the specific reason, such as not good (as in good quality) enough profile pictures, as well as suggesting ways to improve their likelihood of getting & ldquo, liked.

Members are given a report card - like dashboard that shows them why users liked or passed on their profile, down to the specific reason, such as not good (as in good quality) enough profile pictures, as well as offering ways to improve their likelihood of getting «liked.»

Much like last year and the year before, this year's Movie Studio Report Card evaluates both the box office performance and overall film quality of the six major studios (and many indie distributors) in an attempt to determine the best and worst studios of 2011.

State policymakers throughout the country deserve low marks for their efforts to raise teacher quality, according to a report card to be issued this week by the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation.

On a first - ever report card of its kind, 13 out of 20 states earned a grade of C or lower for the quality of the standards they have set to assess whether teachers now in the classroom have adequate knowledge of subjects they teach.

Related reading: • Nation's Schools Get Middling Grade on Quality Counts Report Card • Quality Counts 2017: State Report Cards Map

This Thursday, Ed Week will release its annual report card for states, Quality Counts 2010.

Raymond and her colleagues recommend that the Quality Counts report card be updated so that the Chance - for - Success Index better measures a state's capacity for helping its young people succeed.

For example, in 2016 the AFC issued its first - ever «report card» ranking states by the quality of their private - school choice programs, and its scorecard values academic, administrative, and financial accountability, not just access.

Quality Counts 2010 is the 14th edition of Education Week's annual report card on American public education as viewed through the lens of the states» education policies and outcomes.

When she announced her intention to overhaul the school report cards last year, Fariña promised «the first balanced picture of a school's quality,» one that «reflects our promise to stop judging students and schools based on a single, summative grade.»

Meanwhile, charter schools are not subject to quality review at all, which will render the Snapshots virtually meaningless (many growth - focused charters, it should be noted, benefitted mightily from the single - letter - grade report cards).

In its latest «report card» on the subject, the health watchdog group graded the nutritional quality of the elementary school lunches served in 18 of the largest school districts participating in the federally funded National School Lunch Program.

Quality Counts 2009 is the 13th edition of Education Week's series of annual report cards tracking state education policies and outcomes.

As a new presidential administration nears the close of its first year in office and educators across the country grapple with the challenges and opportunities in implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act, the nation's educational performance earns a grade of C from Quality Counts 2018, the 22nd annual report card issued by the Education Week Research Center.

To provide the most recent data available for the respective indicator categories, the state report cards draw on the 2012 through 2014 editions of Quality Counts, as noted above.

Four days before the 2016 election, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) issued a regulation requiring every state to publish an annual «report card» on the quality of its teacher - preparation programs.

As a new political and policy era dawns in Washington, the status of the nation's schools remains stable, though still earning a grade of C from Quality Counts 2017, the 21st annual report card issued by the Education Week Research Center.

Report cards are difficult to understand, and the state has low teacher - quality measures.

It is the only state in the United States with an «A» grade in the highly regarded Quality Counts 2014 State Report Card.

But California continues to dwell in the cellar of national per - pupil funding — a persistent stinginess that many say has exacerbated an opportunity gap that this year earned the state a C in school finance, a D - plus in K - 12 Achievement and a dismal 36th place finish in Education Week's 2018 Quality Counts national performance report card.

A recent poll conducted by the Leadership Conference Fund, a nonprofit civil rights group based in Washington, D.C., found that 86 percent of Latino families said their child's report card topped the list in judging school quality.

These activities include: The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; a Report Card on improving teacher quality; a Title V Task force; existing Department programs; and continued support of research and dissemination of such.

A new study by the Data Quality Campaign reviews school report cards issued by each state, «noting how difficult the report cards were to find, whether they included some information required by state and federal law, and how easy it would be for a parent or other layperson to understand.»

But as part of the mayor's plan to «lower the stakes on testing,» the de Blasio administration replaced the report cards with a «School Quality Report» system, which is based on similar metrics but does not give schools a letter report cards with a «School Quality Report» system, which is based on similar metrics but does not give schools a letter Report» system, which is based on similar metrics but does not give schools a letter grade.

A new study by the Data Quality Campaign reviews school report cards issued by each state and finds many of them lacking.

Summative designations: While ISBE will report multiple data points in the school report card, such as subgroup performance, each school will receive a single summative designation to indicate school quality.

By grading lawmakers on a scale of A-F, just like students and schools, Empower Mississippi's Education Report Card gives a clear and comprehensive assessment of who is truly keeping the promise of a quality education in the Magnolia State.

The Report Card scores 27 active non-special needs voucher, scholarship tax credit and education savings account programs against ideal standards for program quality.

This year, the Illinois Report Card will share more information about how the state and schools are working together to foster high - quality educational opportunities for all students in safe and healthy learning environments.

Under the teacher quality provisions of NCLB, states have to show on their state, district, and school report cards the percent of teachers meeting the state's definition of «highly qualified.»

Indeed, as per a statement made by Ron Adler, president of the Ohio Coalition for Quality Education, not only is it «disappointing that ODE spends so much time denying that poverty and mobility of students impedes their ability to generate academic performance... they [continue to] remain absolutely silent about the state's broken report card and continually defend their value - added model that offers no transparency and creates wild swings for schools across Ohio» (i.e., the EVAAS system, although in all fairness all VAMs and the SGP yield the «wild swings» noted).

Quality Counts introduces new state report card; US earns C and Massachusetts ranks first in nation.

And the School Finder now includes the new Oakland Public School Report Card, with data on quality for every public school.

Now, all states participate in the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a series of high - quality tests known as the Nation's Report Card.

Accountability: a number of states are reporting early childhood information in their accountability systems, either as part of their School Quality and Student Success Indicator or on state and local report cards.

In this blog, we'll look at what various states are proposing in key areas: academic indicators, school - quality indicators, graduation rates, English - language acquisition, and state report cards.

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«The «Reading Report Card» released today provides further evidence that the testing mania sweeping the nation fails to improve school quality and, in fact, damages the education of our most vulnerable children,» said FairTest Executive Director Dr. Monty Neill.

85 % of parents who attended sessions said «Student Performance by Subgroup» and «Teacher Quality» were the most important factors needed on a DC school report card.

The report cards inspired that useful conversation, Cheatham says, but it's important to remember they are only one measurement of school quality.