Sentences with phrase «reliable valid tool»

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Comprehensive Assessment Systems - For the 2014 - 2015 school year, the Massachusetts Kindergarten Entry Assessment (MKEA) initiative was expanded to reach 173 school districts across the state, assessing over 36,000 students using a valid and reliable formative assessment tool.

assessment tools and techniques that expose students» thinking and provide valid and reliable information about where students are «at» in relation to an important big idea;

This study established initial evidence for a valid and reliable assessment tool to observe school recess environments with a specific focus on safety, resources, student engagement, adult engagement, pro - social / anti-social behavior, and student empowerment.

The UCEA - LTEL Co-Sponsored Evaluation Research Taskforce have worked to make available valid and reliable evaluation research tools, methods and training materials and strategies for leadership preparation programs.

As full implementation of both the teacher and principal evaluation systems looms for September 2013, it is imperative that boards of education, district leaders, and the DOE ensure that principals and teachers have a viable curriculum based on the Common Core Standards; valid and reliable assessment tools to measure growth in every subject area (tested and nontested); and time to work in professional teams to set growth targets, analyze data, and provide the appropriate instructional interventions for every student.

The INSPIRE Institute for the Evaluation of Educational Leadership Preparation was established to make available valid and reliable evaluation research tools and methods, a systemic process for collecting and analyzing program and state level data, training materials and opportunities for program faculty and evaluators, and strategies for leveraging data for leadership preparation program improvement.

To help educators select the best SEL assessment tools for their needs, the Raikes Foundation recently commissioned a report to examine a wide variety of SEL assessments to determine which were the most reliable, valid and usable for schools to measure SEL program effectiveness over time.

The Learning Style Inventory for Students (LSIS) is the most valid, reliable, and practical tool for obtaining this information for all our students.

With a measure that is valid, scoring that is reliable, and therefore results that are accurate, we have a serious tool for program improvement.

To help schools customize their Tier 2 interventions, we offer The Learning Style Inventory for Students, the most valid, reliable, and effective tool for identifying each student's unique learning style profile.

Information, resources and tools that highlight the power of performance assessments as robust tools to measure student growth in multiple ways with technical quality (reliable, valid and fair).

The Secretary's apparent brushing aside of the limitations of value - added modeling illustrates a very important point: If policy makers do not understand the research concerning the technical limitations of this tool, they will support policies that rely on the models to produce valid and reliable numbers for individual educators.

For example, high scores on classroom observations rubrics and content knowledge assessments should be correlated with high value - added scores, so the overall evaluation system provides a valid and reliable tool for measuring effective teaching.

Based on rigorous research reviewed by the National Center on RTI at the American Institutes for Research, the authors highlight several recommendations for implementing RTI with fidelity: 1) Institute a continuum of instructional supports for students through a multi-level prevention system, including primary prevention through high quality core instruction in the classroom, secondary prevention through supplementary interventions of moderate intensity for students most at risk, and tertiary prevention through individualized interventions for those who do not respond to secondary prevention approaches; 2) employ universal screening through brief, valid and reliable assessments; and 3) monitor student progress using research - based assessment tools.

University of Washington to develop a valid and reliable, 360 - degree evaluation tool for principal supervisors.

Through valid and reliable processes, tools, and training, AdvancED STEM Certification will ensure that even our most effective educators and programs continually assess and improve to meet the needs and demands of the real world.

Regardless of the vehicle of training, our Certification Program will certify participants to ethically administer and interpret the Strong Interest Inventory and give everyone a solid foundation as to why the Strong Interest Inventory is the most reliable and valid career exploration tool.

This Questionnaire is now the «valid, reliable assessment tool» that President Obama wrote about in his Hiring Reform Executive Order.

Valid and reliable assessment tools are essential for measuring, monitoring, and improving organizational practices.

The Early Literacy Materials Selector (ELMS) tool is reliable, valid and practical.

It is our hope that a valid, reliable, and comprehensive tool for the measurement of parents» feeding practices will help advance research in this arena and will allow for much needed clarity in the ways in which parents feed their children.

The development of a comprehensive, valid and reliable tool to measure parental feeding practices opens up many possible research directions.

In all, the SHS - Greek Version can be used as a reliable and valid psychometric tool for the measurement of subjective happiness in the Greek population.

CONCLUSION: The French version of the CSBS represents a valid and reliable tool allowing its use both for research and for clinical practice.

Common Measures are a set of valid and reliable assessment tools and instruments to measure child and family outcomes associated with early childhood programs and services.

Comprehensive Assessment Systems - For the 2014 - 2015 school year, the Massachusetts Kindergarten Entry Assessment (MKEA) initiative was expanded to reach 173 school districts across the state, assessing over 36,000 students using a valid and reliable formative assessment tool.

It showed that the Urdu PLS is reliable and valid tool to measure the cognitive, emotional and behavioral components of passionate love in Pakistani cultural context.

Overall results showed that the Brazilian version of Passionate Love Scale is reliable and valid tool to measure the passionate love among the Brazilian population.

It is a positive, practical, versatile, culturally sensitive, valid, and reliable tool for practitioners that shows what parents can do to support their children's development.

Going beyond licensing requirements, each program participating in QRIS is assessed using valid and reliable tools to measure progress and given a tier rating, ranging from 1 to 5.

Our robust online assessment tool integrates three different methodologies to deliver reliable, valid results.

Previous research has found the Intrasexual Competition Scale to be a valid and reliable tool for measuring attitude toward intrasexual competition (Buunk & Fisher, 2009).

It is therefore clearly important that clinicians develop effective, reliable and valid and usable tools that can facilitate the early identification of child and adolescent mental health problems as well as the detection of hidden comorbidities in those presenting with either general physical or mental health problems.