Policy owners with
similar evaluation results are placed in the same category and equally in the risks and rewards of that group.
Not exact matches
Given
similar results from studies of a different oral cholera vaccine in Asia, the researchers argue that «additional
evaluation of the optimal dosing schedule for oral cholera vaccines with the goal of improving long - term immunity is warranted.»
Along those lines, it is interesting to note that our evidence of differential effects by grade and subject is broadly
similar to the
results from
evaluations of earlier state - level school - accountability policies.
The 2,308 students in the OSP study make it the largest school voucher
evaluation in the U.S., making the achievement
results even more compelling when compared to
results from other,
similar experimental
evaluations of education policies undertaken by the federal government.
But when it comes to
evaluations of the nation's schools and assessments of charter schools, they report
results that are strikingly
similar — despite that Ednext is an online poll (executed by Knowledge Networks), while PDK is a telephone poll (conducted by Gallup).
An
evaluation instrument is considered reliable if the instrument can be used repeatedly with different groups of
similar subjects and yield consistent
results.
But when
similar results emerge from the
evaluations of school voucher programs in three very different cities, we can be fairly confident that the intervention is the main cause of the differences in achievement.
An independent
evaluation of VTS in a very different district — in Miami - Dade County — found
similar results.
If the focus remains on the compliance components of
evaluation systems rather than on the practices and processes that create true education reform, then New Jersey is likely to see
similar results.
I have a more - than - healthy respect for the way that a single outlier experimental run can continue to influence both
evaluations of an entire set of the same experiment and the design of later experiments, such as determining whether a particular single - instance determination of the level of 9 - nor - delta tetrahydrocannabinate indicates prior use of Certain Substances all by itself... or requires a
similar result from a retest of the same sample.
Not surprisingly, the Frame and Stone
result is very
similar to our
evaluation of the FAR projections, finding that they accurately simulated the global surface temperature response to the increased greenhouse effect since 1990.
The positive
results related to reading at 5.5 years are consistent with
evaluations of Reach Out and Read, 36 — 38 a component activity of HS, and with the Early Head Start
evaluation.31 In HS,
similar findings were present at 2 to 4 months but not at 30 to 33 months, perhaps attenuated by the adoption of Reach Out and Read at some control sites during the intervention.
Similar results have been reported in an
evaluation of Zippy's Friends in Norway which found that neither the teachers nor the parents reported improvements in children's emotional and behavioural problems as measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire [17].
The effectiveness of cognitive behaviour therapy in this study was
similar to that observed in patients who accepted treatment in the initial uncontrolled
evaluation.10 The
results differed, however, from those of the two previous controlled trials of cognitive behaviour therapy, one of which was a non-randomised comparison with a waiting list11 and the other a randomised comparison with basic medical care.12 The possible reasons for the greater effectiveness of cognitive behaviour therapy in our study include differences in the characteristics of the patients, longer follow up, and possibly less active medical care.
An
evaluation of a
similar parent resource developed by California First Five Initiative showed that parents» use of the resource
resulted in significant increases in knowledge of child development, nutrition, and health care options.