Sentences with phrase «reliable measures»

The association between area deprivation and perceived social support was analysed by applying valid and reliable measures such as the Oslo - 3 Social Support Scale and the German Index of Multiple Deprivation.

We need new consensus definitions to form reliable measures so that we can study underlying correlates and determinants.

In order to enhance societal progress on population well - being, we need timely, validated, and reliable measures that allow psychologists, sociologists, educators, policy makers and the public to understand and interpret the state of the population.

There comes a point where sending your resume to employers online simply doesn't work, and that's the time when you have to convert to more reliable measures of career planning, career search, personal branding and professional development.

at 337 (urging «reading time, recall, and question answering» as more reliable measures of readability).

The fallacy attending such methods may be recognized when it is known that actual reliable measures of solar radiation may be made within the atmosphere which exceed the supposed value outside the atmosphere, as I shall show in a subsequent paper.

The improved accuracy associated with more reliable measures of radiative forcing and temperature is consistent with the hypothesis that anthropogenic activities, which alter the Earth's heat balance, affect global surface temperature.

One challenge for researchers who want to track shifts in the environment over the centuries — or in humans» responses to it — is finding reliable measures of change over time.

In our four years experience monitoring stats closely on Grantourismo, Google and our server stats are by far the most reliable measures.

The chart below presents our estimates of prospective 10 - year S&P 500 total returns based on a variety of historically reliable measures.

On the most reliable measures we identify, current valuations actually approach 150 % to 170 % above those norms.

Note that on the basis of this measure, expected 12 - year S&P 500 total returns associated with current valuation levels are negative, and even if one was to shift the blue line up somewhat closer to the red line in recent years, the associated return expectation would still be close to zero (which is what I actually expect based on MarketCap / GVA and other historically reliable measures).

With reliable measures of value, business and society can prosper as better estimates and projections can be made and transactions can be made more confidently.

The school uses reliable measures to monitor student progress and adjust program services.

I might point out two conundrums re our API system: (1) Re composition of an API, while many folks (including me) support a reduction in weight for assessment data contributing to an API, the problem is finding or developing valid and reliable measures to contribute to an API to replace the current assessment data weights.

For instance, performance on infrequent statewide assessments does not capture all dimensions of student learning and classroom outcomes.38 Further, the majority of teachers work in grades or subject areas to which state assessments do not apply, which poses a challenge in defining valid and reliable measures of student achievement.

When these experienced teachers refer to «getting to know their students,» it is true that they are referring in part to a student's English language proficiency, as well as strategizing the best way to assess the student's language and literacy skills with valid, reliable measures in order to place student in the appropriate classrooms.

Such an approach, however, could require an unsavory amount of testing time.46 To date, few performance assessments for social and emotional learning have been piloted at scale, and policymakers need more research to determine whether emerging tasks will be valid and reliable measures.47

Similarly, many states are already collecting valid and reliable measures of college and career readiness that incentivize schools to increase access to advanced coursework or certifications, among other important opportunities.

Designed to universally screen and progress monitor, aimswebPlus uses brief, valid, and reliable measures of foundational skills in reading and math.

These challenges raise questions that range from the psychometrics of creating valid and reliable measures of effectiveness to the purpose of public education.

Merit's Tryouts and Finals (i.e. pre-tests and post-tests) are reliable measures of student knowledge and progress attained.

I also believe, although the survey will be a small part of teacher evaluation, it will be viewed as one of the most valid and reliable measures that we use.

Evidence based programs have research that aligns with guidelines for high - quality research including comparison groups, reliable measures of student performance, appropriate statistical analyses, and statistically significant positive results.

Ensuring fair and reliable measures of effective teaching: Culminating fi ndings from the MET Project's three - year study

That will open the way for fair, reliable measures of assessing teachers, including the progress of their students, he said.

The new test are not valid and are not reliable measures.

States and districts should develop frameworks for teacher performance appraisal that are based on research - supported best practices, consistent in application, fair to teachers and evaluators, and valid and reliable measures of teacher performance.

For instance, states can work with researchers to adopt and develop valid and reliable measures of learning mindsets.

Over the last decade, for example, many states and districts rushed to implement centralized teacher evaluation systems, even though critics warned, for good reason, that they wouldn't provide valid or reliable measures of classroom practice.

The purpose is to provide a single source of data for researchers working in the field of education finance and economics; specifically, this dataset will be used to develop reliable measures of funding equity and adequacy to track fairness of state school finance.

«Many of our states are reluctant to include the skills and dispositions — the «fuzzier» pieces — until they feel there are valid and reliable measures for them,» she said.

Not only do KS2 SATs fail to produce reliable measures of prior attainment, they corrupt teaching and and learning so inhibiting the cognitive development that is the only route to deep learning and higher standards.

2) The tests aren't reliable measures of how much students know and how well teachers can teach.

Are valid and reliable measures of student progress and meet other requirements now in Sec. 1111 (b)(3) of Title I. [i]

Beginning in the 2010 - 2011 school year, for each school identified for preliminary registration review pursuant to subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph, the local school district shall be given the opportunity to present to the commissioner additional assessment data, which may include, but need not be limited to, valid and reliable measures of: the performance of students in grades other than those in which the State tests are administered; the performance of limited English proficient students and / or other students with special needs; and the progress that specific grades have made or that cohorts of students in the school have made towards demonstrating higher student performance.

«Extensive research shows that... valid and reliable measures of teacher effectiveness,» have yet to be generated, she says, blithely putting on ignore important work by Thomas Kane, Eric Hanushek, and Raj Chetty and his colleagues, which shows that students learn in any given year somewhere between 10 and 20 percent of a standard deviation more if they have an especially effective teacher rather than a very ineffective one.

Additionally, researchers have only begun to develop valid and reliable measures of growth mindset.

A similar effort and patience will be required to develop reliable measures of character skills.

And econometricians have to make some simplifying assumptions if they're going to work their magic — one of which is to assume that reading and math gains are valid and reliable measures of student learning.

Schools don't yet have reliable measures for how to develop and assess so - called «noncognitive» skills like these, although a number of researchers and educators are working on approaches, reflecting a growing recognition of their importance not just on labor market outcomes but on educational attainment.

The achievement gains based on that measure were more reliable measures of a teacher's practice (less variable across different classes taught by the same teacher) and were more closely related to other measures, such as classroom observations and student surveys.

Second, test scores can be reliable measures of educational achievement.

Ensuring fair and reliable measures of effective teaching: Culminating findings from the MET project's three - year study.

Inequality in access goes far beyond socioeconomic status, and reliable measures would incorporate a more granular understanding of what limits educational opportunities.

There are many reliable measures to comply with to create muscle.

«The findings reported by Merkow et al are noteworthy because they are derived from analysis of ACS NSQIP data, widely regarded as among the most reliable measures of quality.

In addition to building size, condition and surrounding population density, the assessment considered geographic isolation, various activity levels, the economic circumstances of each service area and several other reliable measures.

What is frustrating to those who want reliable measures of these newly important skills is that it is quite difficult to isolate and define, using the blunt instrument that is a student's GPA, what exactly enables her to succeed.

The Department of Health and Human Services has already gathered a body of «experts,» to devise reliable measures of «subjective well - being,» toward the end of turning these into official statistics.