Sentences with phrase «several education measures»

Lesser - known benefits of breast - feeding could also give kids a crucial leg up in a state that ranks last on several education measures.

Not exact matches

For instance, in terms of «tertiary efficiency,» a measure that combines several individual indicators related to post-secondary education, Canada crashes in at number 45, just a few spots ahead of South Africa and Morocco.

The school data used for the ranking by the FT measures such several factors that have little, if anything, to do with the actual quality of the education received by graduates.

When there is no proof that academies improve children's education, certainly no more than any other school with extra funding, and with several academies in special measures, it is particularly irresponsible to push more schools down this route.»

She also gave $ 450,000 to New Yorkers for Independent Action, a committee created by supporters of an education tax credit that attempted to oust several Assembly Democrats who oppose the measure.

This year, Cuomo's office has said he will include several education reform measures in his state budget proposal, due to be released Jan. 21, along with the State of the State address.

The legislative changes will include provisions to help video lottery terminal operators, located at several harness tracks and Aqueduct Race Track, generate additional revenue; measures that will increase aid to education.

She headed a new review of research in order to examine several measures of the quality of early childhood education specifically for dual - language learners.

The study notes several limitations, including an inability to measure other potential factors in medication adherence, such as education, income and health literacy.

In 2007, Keith Baker of the US Department of Education made a rough comparison of long - term correlations between the 1964 mathematics scores and several measures of national success decades later.

WASHINGTON — Despite the Bush Administration's backing of omnibus education legislation, the measure died when the Congress adjourned Oct. 27 at the hands of several conservative Republican senators who were successful in blocking its passage.

In an editorial this morning on Andrew Cuomo's tax - cap proposal (see background from Peter Meyer here and here), the Gray Lady explains what's driving education costs skyward and comes out in favor of several bold cost - cutting measures:

So now, here are the top education policy organizations and media outlets on social media, as measured by Klout scores (which looks at Twitter, Facebook, and several other platforms):

Confidence in gross findings can be developed by replication, by averaging results over several time periods, and by using several measures of the development of human capital — not tests alone, but also attendance rates, dropout rates, and promotion rates (a very high - quality assessment will track indicators of human capital such as post-secondary school earnings and higher - education outcomes as well).

Members of the Multiple Pathways to a Diploma Coalition believe that measuring college - and career - readiness requires valuing several different and equally valid ways to evaluate students» knowledge needed for success in the workplace and higher education.

«Measuring Up» covers several key indicators of the state of higher education, including academic preparation for college in high...

After several congressional leaders — most notably Rep. Barbara Lee of California — roasted U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos for continuing to weaken the department's Office for Civil Rights and effectively abandoning the federal role in protecting the civil rights of poor and minority children, Harris essentially encouraged DeVos (along with the planned commission on school safety over which she will be chairing) to toss the school discipline reform measure into the ashbin.

Horizon 2020's methodology outlines that it is vital to measure the educational impact in the students, families and schools: a foundation already exists the first evaluation of Horizon's 2020 — Reimagine Education methodology, carried out by several international research groups.

Florida and several other states are also creating accountability systems so education schools will develop quantitative ways to measure their programs» success.

Officials with the National Center for Education Statistics, which administers the NAEP exams, maintain that they took several measures to ensure that the switch to computer - based testing would not have an impact on the results and have promised to release further information on those steps to White and other state education leaders who reEducation Statistics, which administers the NAEP exams, maintain that they took several measures to ensure that the switch to computer - based testing would not have an impact on the results and have promised to release further information on those steps to White and other state education leaders who reeducation leaders who request it.

Gov. Jerry Brown and Legislative leaders Monday wrapped up negotiations on several budget trailer bills, including AB 1476 - the education financing package that relies heavily on voters approving a sales and income tax measure on the November ballot.

But they know not to talk about substantive education issues that affect these children like the one reported by the Civil Rights Project: «Based on evidence from several important measures of segregation, the Civil Rights Project stands by its strong contention that re-segregation has occurred, and that African - American and Latino students are experiencing more isolation in schools than they were a generation ago — and further, that this segregation is deeply linked to unequal educational opportunities.»

Several education reform groups are asking the House to add quality control measures to the charter bill that would affect all operators, both for - profit and nonprofit.

Hoosiers for Economic Growth chairman Fred Klipsch explained recently how his organization and several affiliated groups spent $ 4.4 million to push through the education policies that Indiana adopted in 2011, including a huge voucher program, expansion of charter schools and anti-union measures.

Similarly, after the Louisiana Department of Education chose CLASS as a common statewide measure of early learning quality, the state piloted CLASS for several years, working with local early childhood networks to improve local implementation and understanding along the way.

Education leaders from several western states and education policy and teaching experts from across the country will meet in Salt Lake City today for a two - day conference on measuring educator effecEducation leaders from several western states and education policy and teaching experts from across the country will meet in Salt Lake City today for a two - day conference on measuring educator effeceducation policy and teaching experts from across the country will meet in Salt Lake City today for a two - day conference on measuring educator effectiveness.

My paper in the American Journal of Education, The Stability of Observational and Student Survey Measures of Teaching Effectiveness, uses data from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Measures of Effective Teaching study to investigate this issue, looking at the year - to - year stability of several well known and widely - used observational and student survey measures (the Framework for Teaching, the Classroom Assessment Scoring System, the Protocol for Language Arts Teaching Observations, the Mathematical Quality of Instruction instrument, and the Tripod student Measures of Teaching Effectiveness, uses data from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Measures of Effective Teaching study to investigate this issue, looking at the year - to - year stability of several well known and widely - used observational and student survey measures (the Framework for Teaching, the Classroom Assessment Scoring System, the Protocol for Language Arts Teaching Observations, the Mathematical Quality of Instruction instrument, and the Tripod student Measures of Effective Teaching study to investigate this issue, looking at the year - to - year stability of several well known and widely - used observational and student survey measures (the Framework for Teaching, the Classroom Assessment Scoring System, the Protocol for Language Arts Teaching Observations, the Mathematical Quality of Instruction instrument, and the Tripod student measures (the Framework for Teaching, the Classroom Assessment Scoring System, the Protocol for Language Arts Teaching Observations, the Mathematical Quality of Instruction instrument, and the Tripod student survey).

Education resulted in a good law earlier this year in Virginia, where a coalition of several small business owners and allies worked with legislators to make Senate Bill 852, a measure that holds substandard breeders accountable while providing appropriate protections for responsible cat and dog retailers and breeders.

The Hays Global Skills Index 2013 measures several key indicators that determine a country's skill shortages including strength and resilience of its economy, labour market health, quality and flexibility of education, and the demand and supply of labour (particularly in high - skills industries and occupations).

Surveying 17,245 Californians who took one of several programs available for couples, HRC found a statewide average increase of more than 13 % in relationship satisfaction immediately after taking a Marriage Education course, and that this improvement increased to 16 % after 30 days, and stayed at 14 % when measured six months later.