Sentences with phrase «rigorous outcome evaluation»

On the multi-site Permanency Innovations Initiative Evaluation project, Dr. Meisch developed and conducted a rigorous outcome evaluation of a site foster care intervention designed to reduce the length of stay in foster care.

The HVSA also funds evidence - based models, which are supported by rigorous outcome evaluations clearly demonstrating effectiveness.

Not exact matches

«Outcomes will include a collaborative culture in the program, effective reporting, evaluation, support and rigorous monitoring of scientific effort to promote high quality targeted research to meet the objectives of the program,» the tender document says.

That work rested on a particular theory of action — that more rigorous evaluation systems would empower districts to make better decisions about which teachers to put at the front of the room and thereby improve student outcomes.

Based on a review of rigorous impact evaluations on college success interventions, we find that interventions providing sustained supports, both financial and non-financial, have the largest impacts on long - run student outcomes such as persistence and degree attainment.

These studies still leave plenty of open questions, including whether the estimated effects are robust to more rigorous methods of evaluation, and whether the reforms affect student outcomes beyond grades in the «gateway» college - level course.

Still other changes, such as more rigorous evaluation of teachers, are still emerging, and thus too new to understand how they may have affected student outcomes.

Those high - performing schools did things like «set measurable goals on standards based tests and benchmark tests across all proficiency levels, grades, and subjects»; create school missions that were «future oriented,» with curricula and instruction designed to prepare students to succeed in a rigorous high - school curriculum; include improvement of student outcomes «as part of the evaluation of the superintendent, the principal, and the teachers»; and communicate to parents and students «their responsibility as well for student learning, including parent contracts, turning in homework, attending class, and asking for help when needed.»

In fact, the research I reviewed on rigorous evaluations of long - term outcomes from choice programs suggests that using test scores to decide whether a bunch of schools should be closed or expanded would lead to significant Type 1 and Type 2 errors.

We conduct rigorous research and evaluation studies using quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods that inform education policy, promote equity, and improve student outcomes.

Whatever system is used, require that it be subject to rigorous outcome monitoring; that is, locally designed review and evaluation.

We believe that it will demonstrate a rigorous, criteria - based evaluation that focuses on students and academic outcomes above all else.

Teacher prep programs must get more rigorous, evaluations aligned with student outcomes (not I said outcomes not test scores so don't put words in my mouth)...

But we are concerned that the PROSPER Act fails to ensure accreditors will set ambitious outcome standards and be rigorous in their evaluation of these outcomes.

The CREDO team conducts rigorous and independent analysis and evaluation of promising programs that aim to improve outcomes for students in U.S. K - 12 public schools.

New results from an ongoing, rigorous evaluation of the Linked Learning District Initiative show significant gains in student outcomes.

However, in our review of these Single Plans with LAUSD families, it is clear that many of the plans do not reflect the type of rigorous root cause analysis, data analysis, evaluation of current programs and strategies, goal setting with aligned strategies and resource allocation that will serve to improve outcomes.

And yet the push for higher academic standards, more rigorous evaluation methods (of both teachers and students) and mandated reforms have not resulted in higher student outcomes.

She has a history of putting students first and has done just that in her classrooms and also her work with policymakers and stakeholders to «improve student outcomes, create new teaching standards, develop rigorous teacher evaluations, and design authentic, job - embedded professional development for teachers.»

The specific recommendations made in this and the following section are based on positive outcomes in peer - reviewed literature or preliminary studies that show sufficient promise that rigorous long - term evaluations are underway.

Finally, effective programs utilized rigorous evaluation methods and examined meaningful outcomes.115 In the field of home visiting, many programs lack one or more of these critical elements, a shortcoming that can be useful for understanding why some programs failed to show positive effects.

Program evaluations should be theory - based, use rigorous methods, and include a focus on children's emotional, social and behavioural outcomes.

Importantly, states were required to spend at least three - quarters of the federal funds on home visiting models that met federal standards of evidence - based effectiveness.1 As many policy scholars have noted, that a national initiative brought the importance of evidence - based practice to the forefront of public policy is a triumph for social science and demonstrates the importance of rigorous program evaluation.2 With that triumph, however, comes a responsibility to ensure that the public's expectations for success of these programs are consistent with what researchers understand about the empirical evidence — will the same positive outcomes found in programs» randomized controlled trials emerge when those programs are taken to scale?

My Office supports the key principles of identification of need, focussed outcomes, robust implementation and a rigorous evaluation framework in early intervention projects.

Implement a rigorous evaluation of the relationship between comprehensive family assessment and improved case outcomes

Collection and analysis of performance data should be paired with robust, rigorous independent evaluation to ensure that outcomes are monitored and findings inform program improvement.

The SHM evaluation includes a rigorous random assignment research design that compares outcomes for families who are offered SHM's services with outcomes for a similar group of families who are not offered SHM services but can access other services in the community.

In each site, the key component of the evaluation was an impact analysis that used a rigorous research design to measure the programs» effects on outcomes, including employment, welfare use, and child well - being.

Rigorous evaluation of the myriad of programs developed to improve outcomes for pregnant and parenting teenagers and economically disadvantaged families is essential.