Sentences with phrase «robust evaluation»

Working with schools in a variety of contexts to improve their monitoring strategies, resulting in more robust evaluation of school performance.

The biggest complaint I hear from administrators in the field is that robust evaluation systems take too much time.

In most cases, states have implemented more robust evaluation processes for educators.

Some policymakers are seeking ways to increase discipline in a field they say has long existed without robust evaluations.

We aim to experiment and to take a «learn as you go» approach while still ensuring we have robust evaluation data.

About Learning Sciences International: LSI is a premier provider of research - based practices, professional development, and robust evaluation models and tools and is a partner of Dr. Robert Marzano for implementation of his new teacher evaluation model.

Slow expansion with robust evaluation is the name of the game — and by 2011 there will be FNP teams in 70 areas.

«Family reunion is increasingly politicised, with policies changed based on electoral promises, not robust evaluations.

Likewise, many populations are likely to have been already impacted when first assessed, leaving them vulnerable to the «shifting baseline» effect, which prevents robust evaluation of the loss of their ecological role (electronic supplementary material, table S1).

This is why at the EEF we focus on using the most robust evaluation methodologies possible when setting up our grants.

Programmes for developing life skills require robust evaluation, so that schools have better guidance on the most effective approaches.

focuses on robust evaluation but uses a unique method of evaluation that is supportive of innovation.

Andrew Langdon QC, Chair of the Bar, said: «Whilst plans for flexible courts have not been dropped, it is encouraging to see HMCTS not only take on board the Bar Council's concerns about the plans, which include the impact they will have on barristers with child and other care responsibilities, but they also commit to ensuring robust evaluation measures are in place before proceeding with the pilot.

The effectiveness of programs and policies in addressing the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability be monitored through a continuous robust evaluation framework.

In Race to the Top's 500 - point scoring system, states can earn at least 58 points for developing more robust evaluation systems and using them to make staffing decisions, like who should get tenure.

Learning Sciences is a premier provider of research - based practices, professional development, and robust evaluation models and tools.

Yet robust evaluations of NMSI's program, conducted by the economist Kirabo Jackson, show how incentivizing outcomes can powerfully affect both short - and long - term student outcomes, particularly when coupled with teacher support (see «Cash for Test Scores,» features, Fall 2008).

The Canadian Coalition for Good Governance, in submissions to the Ontario Securities Commission relating to women on boards, stated that it believed that a «robust evaluation process rather than term limits or retirement age is the best means of ensuring high quality board members, but perhaps boards will need to impose term limits or retirement ages in order to refresh themselves.»

Beginning in 2008, CPS piloted the Excellence in Teaching Project, a more robust evaluation system that was the first step in moving beyond the rudimentary checkboxes that failed to delineate great teaching or to provide meaningful feedback to teachers and administrators.

LSI is a premier provider of research - based practices, professional development, and robust evaluation models and tools.

«I, as a legislator, need to be assured that we end up with a robust evaluation system that really does take into effect student progress,» he said.

(paragraph 54, page 23) This is problematic in terms of being able to make a robust evaluation of the inspectors» genuine experience of the process since these are highly likely to have been influenced by hindsight and possible discussion with colleagues so long after the event.

More robust evaluations may soon be coming.To maintain accreditation by the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation, teacher training programs may soon have to issue regular reports on their graduates: Do they pass licensing tests?

«Robust evaluation of a widely used programme like this is incredibly valuable, whatever the result, and will help schools spend their budgets in the most effective ways.»

At the very least, a robust evaluation of the use of these funds is warranted.

Dame Alison Peacock, the chief executive of the Chartered College of Teaching, which this week signed a pledge to support evidence - based practice, said the difference between the EEF findings and the earlier work in the US «emphasise the importance of carrying out robust evaluation, in context, before simply jumping on a bandwagon».

To «engage in a robust evaluation of the success of the Family Law legal services license for service providers other than lawyers, and to make any adjustments that are in the public interest.»

Focus on prevention and early intervention and on the importance of robust evaluation has been influential

RANSW commits to reporting to Reconciliation Australia through the RAP Impact Management questionnaire and to undertake a robust evaluation of the implementation and report publically on the outcomes of our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).

Shilling et al. suggest that there is a need for more robust evaluations to enable parents and service providers to make informed decisions about the potential benefits and costs of peer support «services».