Sentences with phrase «significant national measures»

The indicators represent a consensus of professional judgment on the most significant national measures of the condition and progress of education for which accurate data are available.»

Not exact matches

Also, McCain - ites who want to embrace this result should note that it is based on the same kind of measures of ideology (DW - Nominate scores) that have been used to show that Barack Obama, contra the National Journal and Republican mythology, is not (for better or worse) the most liberal Senator by a significant stretch.

Employment law experts say they have found significant problems with the executive and Senate sexual harassment bills; the New York arm of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA), a bar association comprised of employment attorneys, has asked its members to oppose the measures.

A recent paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science showed that methane release measured at abandoned wells near fracking sites can be significant but did not investigate how the process occurs.

In August 2007, the journal Science published the results of a study * which concluded that the trans - national conservation measures required to be implemented by European Member States under the EU Birds Directive have made a significant contribution to reverse the population decline and provide protection for many of Europe's most threatened bird species.

In one study funded by the U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, infants (18 months) given supplemental arachidonic acid for 17 weeks demonstrated significant improvements in intelligence, as measured by the Mental Development Index.

A significant portion of respondents (71 percent) backs a voluntary national testing program that the federal government would administer to fourth - and eighth - grade students to measure the performance of U.S. public schools.

The removal of national curriculum levels — previously the main system for primary teachers to rate the attainment of pupils — was one of the most significant reforms to assessment carried out by the coalition government, but some have complained that scrapping the measures left a gap.

Significant progress on state tests yields rewards for schools, with National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to be the measure of state progress.

A: The national trend in teaching to more clearly document and measure what's taught and keep teachers accountable could very easily take a significant toll on my mental and physical health if I'm not careful.

But a review of the best evidence on teachers» sentiments shows that educators are not unhappy because they resent the new emphasis on teacher evaluations, a key element of President Obama's Race to the Top program; in fact, according to a separate survey of 10,000 public school teachers from Scholastic and the Gates Foundation, the majority support using measures of student learning to assess teachers, and the mean number of years teachers believe they should devote to the classroom before being assessed for tenure is 5.4, a significant increase from the current national average of 3.1 years.

Ultimately, CRWP had a positive, statistically significant effect on the four attributes of student argument writing — content, structure, stance, and conventions — measured by the National Writing Project's Analytic Writing Continuum for Source - Based Argument.

In fact, DreamBox teachers outpaced the national teacher pool that was part of this study by a statistically significant percentage in every category measured.

Several projects were successfully completed or reached significant milestones, including: First time in 100 years that the global population of wild tigers has increased, with 60 % growth where WWF - Canada works on tiger conservation in Nepal; first ever certified sustainable cod fishery in Canada; first ever national measure of the health of our freshwater ecosystems reaching 75 % completion; and, end of oil exploration interests near Arctic's Lancaster Sound region

Using pre and post measures from a national message test experiment, we found that all stated hypotheses were confirmed; increasing public perceptions of the scientific consensus causes a significant increase in the belief that climate change is (a) happening, (b) human - caused and (c) a worrisome problem.

A group called the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) lauds the government's decision: «[The HCC] congratulates [the government, the Ministry of Health, and the National Non-Communicable Diseases Commission] on this significant public health measure aimed at encouraging Barbadians to consume less sugar.»

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United States Secret Service Technical Security Division (Washington, D.C.) 09/1999 — 06/2008 Physical Security Specialist • Conduct vulnerability and security assessments for the President and Vice President's local, national, and international travel • Oversee assessment of motorcade, airport, and venue safety, vulnerability, and security measures • Serve as Technical Representative to the Protective Detail to provide countermeasures to any significant security threats • Perform vulnerability and security assessments for the White House Complex in service of the President, Vice President, former Presidents, and other persons of interest as directed by the Secret Service • Responsible for alarms and intrusion detection systems, electrical and mechanical access control systems, closed circuit television and perimeter monitoring systems, fire and life safety systems, and structural, electrical and mechanical venue integrity • Address safe perimeter distances for acceptable explosive stand - off, long range sniper attack threats, and technical surveillance and electronic monitoring threats • Certifications for the above proficiencies are available upon request

Reconciliation Australia undertakes a significant research program to develop a deeper understanding of national reconciliation and measure progress across its five inter-related dimensions.

Some of the significant achievements include: the commitments by the Council of Australian Governments in 2007, the commitments to the Close the Gap Indigenous Health Equality Summit Statement of Intent; the development of accountability measures in the Close the Gap National Indigenous Health Equality Targets; and the formation of the National Indigenous Health Equality Council, among others.