Sentences with phrase «standards on a national scale»

Evidence of finishing a training program that meets the acknowledged standards on a national scale.

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«We have not yet seen the adoption of accessible formats and standards on the scale that we would like to see, particularly in the area of scientific and mathematical texts,» says Chris Danielsen, a spokesman for the US National Federation of the Blind in Baltimore, Maryland.

Using the national standard deviation to scale all scores, the effect of attending a private school on black students is only one - fifth to one - quarter as large as the black - white gap.

Could such provincialism be corrected by grading all schools on a common, nationwide scale, such as national standards advocates propose?

President of the National Center on Education and the Economy suggests that it's time to quit experimenting with large scale testing and charter schools and instead focus on raising entry standards for teacher education programs.

«The Board Examination Consortium announced today by the National Center on Education and the Economy represents a bold, imaginative effort to design and implement a large - scale assessment system that will promote student achievement by building upon world - class standards of teaching, learning, and educational measurement.

Released today by the Washington - based National Council on Teacher Quality and U.S. News and World Report, the projectgrades programs on up to 18 standards on a scale of zero to four stars.

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While some states have renewable energy and building efficiency standards, the USA is lagging behind on these actions on a national scale as well.

Soon EPA is expected to unveil more restrictive standards on ozone that could be the most costly regulation ever, potentially putting about half of the United States in non-attainment, impacting GDP and employment on a national scale.

An appeal to corporations and foundations to help CCNF advance climate literacy on a national scale, establish a new brand and new standard of climate journalism, and facilitate an unprecedented national dialogue and bipartisan debate based on sound science and shared values regarding what can or should be done as a nation.

They suggest we can lower our energy (& other resource) use on a U.S. national scale by more than 3/4, sometimes 9/10, WITHOUT LOWERING PRODUCTIVITY or living standards, with current technology.

It will, inevitably, increase the professional costs of doing business, as advice on processes, systems and procures becomes part of the stable of standard advice necessary for businesses having any scale and national or international reach.

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?