Sentences with phrase «to make policy decisions»

Extra caution should be exercised when making policy decisions based on test score outcomes.

If the government is serious about closing the gaps in Indigenous outcomes then it must start making policy decisions based on actual evidence not ideology.

Not exactly a sound basis for making a policy decision.

This reluctance was overcome by the industry's recognition of the CSA's determination to make a policy decision with or without the empirical research.

He does not make policy decisions regarding the first amendment, but rather works with the police to prosecute crime.

As information «goes up the ladder, you certainly don't want the wrong information getting to the people who make policy decisions,» she says.

With that in mind, it is usually best to shop around and to compare several different final expense life insurance policies before making your policy decision.

He says five per cent cuts in departmental budgets are unlikely to boost the quality of analysis which is vital to helping ministers make policy decisions.

Simply put, it's a history of people other than teachers making policy decisions often based on what sounds good at the time.

It paints the issue in a less agenda driven, more scientifically advanced, and more palatable form for those who are still making policy decisions.

We work to ensure that our congressional delegation has all the information they need when making policy decisions.

They provide information, but politicians retain the right to use that information how they see fit in making policy decisions.

She is one of seven members responsible for making policy decisions and overseeing the 8th largest school district in the nation.

I'll note another prior: being better than a naive forecast does not mean a model is good enough to make policy decisions on.

However, save for anecdotal evidence, we know very little about whether and how state education policy makers take their voices into account — or any other voices, for that matter — when making policy decisions related to teacher evaluation and tenure.

Welcome the uncomfortable feeling of reconciling multiple experiences that are valid and true, of the implications of making policy decisions with peers who have no direct experience with the population being addressed.

«These findings have implications for public health, perhaps in designing future wastewater treatment plants and in making policy decisions about whether antibiotics should be available without a prescription.»

Compare the year - to - year scale at which humans make policy decisions, reflected in our political frameworks, to the multi-millennial consequences of today's energy choices, as delineated in «Consequences of twenty - first - century policy for multi-millennial climate and sea - level change,» the important recent commentary in Nature Climate Change by a host of top climate scientists, including Pierrehumbert.

It warns of «the use of tactics to try to intimidate companies into making policy decisions deemed appropriate by extremists,» and states that the FBI — the source of some of the language in the Pennsylvania bulletin — has «medium confidence» in the assessment.

The briefing warns of «the use of tactics to try to intimidate companies into making policy decisions deemed appropriate by extremists.»

«SDP offers districts and states a terrific opportunity to catalyze their analytical talent,» said Glover, «We look forward to working closely with SDP partners to develop and expand methods of identifying, collecting, and analyzing data to help education leaders make policy decisions that are likely to have significant impact on raising student achievement.»

«I got a phone call from Legislature [Chairwoman Terry] Bernardo, who told me the legislature makes policy decisions regarding sales - tax distribution,» he said.

In the past, the Scandinavian countries made some policy decisions about gender equality and support for families that have now put them in the top ranks of all nations for gender friendliness.

They are not qualified to make accurate scientific judgements without independent overview and are not qualified to make policy decisions without deferring to proper elected authority yet they are trying to do both.

We know very little about whether and how state education policy makers take teacher voices into account — or any other voices, for that matter — when making policy decisions related to teacher evaluation and tenure.

Members of the government can look to the CPI when making policy decisions about the economy.

Nor does it mean that totally ignoring science is a sound basis for making policy decisions on, which would seem to be your choice...

My issue with this is that those who make policy decisions in New Haven and other CT urban school districts have failed to produce the results everyone says is needed and have instead managed to blame the teachers.

Governments increasingly sample the preferences of their citizens before making policy decisions, media outlets commission polls as part of their reporting, and research organizations map changes in attitudes on social questions.

``... the U.S. should not rely upon recommendations of the UN in making policy decisions regarding global warming.»

First, why is it called extremism when you try to «intimidate» companies into making policy decisions you prefer, when that intimidation is done through protest, campaigning and civil disobedience, when the grand old tradition of political lobbying and corporate campaign contributions essential does the same thing?

Whether it's starting the process to grant the island statehood (which island residents are now if favor of), or granting the island's government the ability to go through the Chapter 9 bankruptcy process, Congress doesn't seem ready to make policy decisions on Puerto Rico's future based on what is best for Puerto Ricans themselves.

A bench of judges that takes upon itself the power to turn «liberty» into a detailed body of binding law is of course exercising legislative power and making policy decisions.

they make policy decisions that have a much wider impact than anything having to do w / sports and their character issues are eminently relevant to those decisions, and 2.

Many schools also opt to administer the Challenge Success Student Survey and use the data to make policy decisions and benchmark progress over time.

«When we make policy decisions like this, we need to think about the regional impact.

«It's critical that the EPA continues to use the highest quality research when making policy decisions, and the recent dismissal of these members of the Board of Scientific Counselors is very concerning,» Stefanik said.

The Charter also provided that the Board of Supervisors would continue as the «governing body» of the county, with the power to make policy decisions.