Sentences with phrase «standards organization founded»

After seven months of contentious debate over the merger, the International Digital Publishing Forum, developer of the EPUB e-book format standard, and the W3C, the internet standards organization founded by Tim Berners - Lee, have officially combined organizations.

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The Rainforest Alliance is a founding member of the International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labeling Alliance (ISEAL), an organization established to strengthen the integrity of social and environmental certification systems and whose members are international standard - setting, certification, and accreditation organizations.

A group of professional health organizations, authors and individuals got together and reviewed all the research findings along with the World Health Organization recommendations and developed the «gold standard» of maternity care; the Mother - Friendly Childbirth Initiative (MFCI).»

About the American College of Surgeons The American College of Surgeons is a scientific and educational organization of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to raise the standards of surgical practice and improve the quality of care for all surgical patients.

Maycock's solution was to found a nonprofit organization that combines rigorous, standards - aligned assessments; data - analysis training and coaching for school leaders and teachers; guided peer review; and networking across schools.

While citizens polled by the Gallup organization continued in 1984 to rank discipline, drugs, and standards as their top worries about schools, school - board members across the country have worries that reflect their managerial responsibilities for school systems, a survey by the journal of the National School Boards Association has found.

While her primary focus — and the focus of many media reports about her — has been on vouchers, tax credits, and education savings accounts, organizations she has led or helped found have also advanced other reform initiatives, such as accountability for student learning and more - rigorous academic standards.

The report, conducted by the Center on Education Policy, a Washington - based research organization that tracks implementation of the federal law, found that schools and districts are better aligning instruction and state standards, that test scores are rising, and that the number of schools labeled «in need of improvement» is holding steady.

Contact other districts to learn more about hardware, software, and networking standards, and to find out what additional technical information and equipment might be available from industry leaders, non-profit organizations, and other community resources.

Before coming to HGSE, Schwartz was the founding president of Achieve, an organization that provides assistance to states on standards, assessments, and accountability issues.

A recent report by ACT, the not - for - profit testing organization, found that only 22 percent of U.S. high school students met «college ready» standards in all of their core subjects; these figures are even lower for African - American and Hispanic students.

Another study, from the University of Colorado in December 2010, found that only 30 percent of virtual schools run by for - profit organizations met the minimum progress standards outlined by No Child Left Behind, compared with 54.9 percent of brick - and - mortar schools.

And professional organizations draw from experts» assessment of the latest findings to set standards of care in the various medical specialties.

Find Library of Congress lesson plans and more that meet Common Core standards, state content standards, and the standards of national organizations.

Similarly, Russ Whitehurst and Michelle Croft have shown that the quality of state standards (as assessed by third party organizations) is unrelated to NAEP scores, a finding confirmed by the Harvard Kennedy School's Josh Goodman in an analysis that examined the effects of changes in the quality of standards within states over time.

Your organization is also focusing on legislative change in regards to small school accountability; changes in rules that will help to minimize the risk of failing to meet state standards faced by smaller charters due to lower student accountability group ratios than what is typically found in larger school systems.

Using a network analysis to determine which states shared standards resources with each other, researchers Emily M. Hodge, Serena J. Salloum, and Susanna L. Benko (2016) found that most states link to each other or to the same organizations on their web pages that list instructional resources.

This collaborative hiring process is fair while maintaining high standards as we grow to find prospective team members who fit well within our organization.

In particular, the study found severe accountability problems with both programs, most notably: they do not serve students in rural areas where there were virtually no private schools or scholarship organizations (SOs) present; they fund primarily religious schools, which are not required to be accredited or adhere to the same standards for curricula as public schools; they do not require the same testing requirements as public schools, making it impossible to gauge student achievement; and they do not require reporting by schools or SOs.

Of course there are secular publishers that are beasts, and everyone must look after themselves, but I just reviewed Christian writers organizations and could find none with any type of emphasis on professional qualifications or standards of any type for membership.

The DAISY Consortium, founded in 1996, is an international organization that develops, maintains, and promotes standards and technologies designed to provide all people with equal access to information.

Jamoussi says the nonprofit organization can build each laptop for just $ 188 (U.S.) by using the free Linux operating system and omitting some of the pricey features found on standard laptops.

As a broker, you can now find out The Standard's rates by working with your Distribution support organization or by contacting Annuities Sales Support at 800-378-4578 or emailing us.

In the example article a person found a charity that had lax security standards, they were recognized by the bank as a legitimate organization, so the bank transferred the money.

That's why the founding principles of the organization include establishing and advocating for the highest standards of practice and a strict code of ethics for their member community.

The National Animal Supplement Council, non-profit trade organization founded in 2001, has challenged manufacturers to voluntarily conform to labeling guidelines it has established and adopt new standards for manufacturing.

For the countless smiles you unleashed, for founding this important organization, for setting the standards a proper team strives for, and especially for your patience and tireless efforts making Therapy Dogs of Vermont what it is today.

«Our hope,» said Dr. Crosson,» is that such standards will not only guide organizations wanting to provide the best service dogs to veterans, but also help veterans find the dogs that will be the most help in coping with their PTSD.»

However, the APDT finds great value in private organizations setting standards for their specific organization and that may serve to guide others in training service animals.

Our comfort dog curriculum is set to a similar high standard found with Pet Partners (formerly Delta Society) and Therapy Dogs International (TDI) and other national and local organizations.

In 1986, she founded a non-profit organization called Hemopet, which set the standard for veterinary transfusion medicine.

I have just read the proposed bill and found out that this bill exempts animal rescue groups and any «humane» type organizations from compliance with these standards of humane treatment.

In 1997, The Climate Trust was founded as a nonprofit organization to acquire carbon offsets on behalf of new fossil - fueled power plants regulated by the Oregon Carbon Dioxide Standard, the nation's first legislation to curb emissions of carbon dioxide.

A second horrific error has been made by environmental organizations, many developed country governments, and the United Nations by promoting reductions in the emissions of CO2 from burning fossil fuels to obtain energy that has made possible the high standard of living now found in developed countries.

Forest Stewardship Council ® (FSC ®) is the leading certification standard for forest - based products, founded in 1993 by a consortium of organizations, including the Rainforest Alliance, and the Rainforest Alliance continues to be the largest certifier to FSC standards.

OASIS «(Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) is a not - for - profit, international onsortium that drives the development, convergence, and adoption of e-business standards... Founded in 1993, OASIS has more than 5,000 participants representing over 600 organizations and individual members in 100 countries.

These defects are frequently found in the ERMS's of all organizations because: (1) there is no law of general application requiring ERMS's be maintained in compliance with any standard, such as Canada's national standards; (2) many organizations find that they can «get along just fine» using only their most recently made and received records, therefore they neglect ERMS maintenance; and, (3) ERMS's are brought into compliance with the national standards just for litigation purposes, therefore pre-existing records loses and record sources can not be known.

The Accessibility Standard for Employment will help Ontario businesses and organizations make accessibility a regular part of finding, hiring and supporting employees with disabilities.

When choosing an insurance company for your business auto insurance, do some research on the company and find out its rating with the Better Business Bureau as well as its financial strength ratings using the findings from insurance rating organizations such as A.M. Best, Standard & Poor's and Moody's.

The GSM Association is an international organization founded in 1987, that is intended to develop and oversee the expansion of the GSM wireless standard.

About the National Resume Writers» Association (NRWA) Founded in 1997, The National Resume Writers» Association (NRWA) is the industry's leading not - for - profit, member - driven organization dedicated to promoting the highest standards of excellence in resume writing through certification, education, and mentoring programs.

National Association of Executive Recruiters — Founded in 1985, NAER represents successful executive search firms who meet strict standards and guidelines set by the organization.

Founded early in 1997, the National Resume Writers» Association (NRWA) is a not - for - profit, member - driven organization dedicated to promoting high standards of excellence through mentoring, education, and support services.

National Résumé Writers» Association (NRWA) Founded early in 1997, the NRWA is a not - for - profit, member - driven organization dedicated to promoting high standards of excellence through mentoring, education, and support services.

Founded in 2003, the NAPBS is the leading national resource for issues related to the background screening profession and the foremost leader in establishing generally accepted and reliable standards for background screening organizations.

To publish an article that explicitly extols a lifestyle condemned by the biblical standards this country is founded on is unworthy of a national organization that purports to represent its constituents.

The consortium includes founding organizations from more than 20 countries — including Russia and Poland, where property wasn't privatized until 1996 — and has as its core mission the establishment of business, professional, and technical standards for real estate worldwide.

«Our goal is to really work on the challenges... to find a way, through the efforts of all these organizations, to provide consistent data efficiency, to try to break down data silos that are huge pain points in brokerage communities,» said Jeremy Crawford, CEO of the Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO), which has developed data standards used by hundreds of associations, brokerages, MLSs and vendors.

Founding member of Self - Service Storage Association, a trade organization that established national standards of operation and management training.

Sandlian is the founding member of Self Service Storage Association (SSSA), a national trade organization establishing national standards of operation and management training.