Sentences with phrase «tracks program quality»

The report, released last month, tracks program quality, state...

Educare has tracked program quality and child and family outcomes with the Educare Implementation Study since 2005.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

These actions include successfully driving our ongoing quality remediation program, restoring supply, and scaling up the commercial launch of compelling new technologies, all of which remain on track.»

Corporate Plus ® is an exclusive membership program for NMSDC - certified minority businesses with national capabilities and a proven track record of delivering innovative solutions, quality services and products.

Having solid relationships with vendors and suppliers ensures that customers» needs are met, and much like its quarterly productivity bonus program set up to track employees» engagement, Grobbel's has a supplier grading program to track quality.

She brings a proven track record of implementing successful quality assurance and sanitation programs, HACCP and food training.

NIH examines indicators such as the track record of graduates in academic medicine positions, time to graduation, overall student happiness, how well the program integrates the medical and scientific training, and most importantly, the quality of the scientists and science available to the MD / PhD students; NIH manifests disapproval or approval of a program by decreasing, increasing, or maintaining the number of funded trainee positions at that institution.

«At its core, the program monitors water quality in the watershed and the bay and also does environment modeling that's required to track progress,» says Donald Boesch, president of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.

He says he's noticing more agencies around the country and the world using the tracking strategy in their water quality programs.

The program covers six plenary sessions, six workshops, three technical sessions, and more than 20 total track sessions covering such topics as advances in cell therapy research, commercialization strategies, quality and operations, and regulatory issues.

But for the folks who kinda adhere to the program, you know the basics stuff that I work in especially for the first 4 - 8 weeks and this kinda depends on you know, we test as we go so you look at, even if it's impossible to test cortisol and DHEA, that can be expensive, it can be time consuming but at least track things like your morning heart rate variability to see how things are responding as you go and you kinda keep your finger on the pulls of recovery of you know, sleep quality, mood, soreness, heart rate and heart rate variability, things of that nature.

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Intermediaries that bring together civic, business, and governmental leaders can help design local systems, track and document progress, and work to ensure that local programming achieves both quality and scale.

In this lesson, find ways to assess these standards and run well - oiled after - school programs through quality - assurance assessments, data tracking, and continued professional development.

Tracking programs to see the process as well as the results and building and responding to feedback loops ensured quality in program.

Indeed, a coalition of civil rights groups recently raised concerns about new federal CTE legislation because of what they see as a too - limited role for Uncle Sam in ensuring underserved populations don't get tracked into low - quality «voc - tech» programs.

Molina also serves as the link between PASA program providers and PASA's quality - improvement agenda, including quality standards, professional - development opportunities, and partner self - assessment tools, and he works with community partners to manage and implement an online tracking system throughout the AfterZone.

In partnership with the High / SCOPE Educational Research Foundation, PASA also developed the Rhode Island Program Quality Assessment Tool, which all providers of after - school programs can use to assess themselves on specific standards and indicators and to track their improvement over time.

A computer - based evaluation system, in which teachers keep detailed logs of their interactions with kids, helps Laird and the four program directors (one per school site) track their performance and maintain quality.

All programs measured program quality from observer and youth perspectives and tracked enrollment and attendance in YouthServices.net.

But the students in the college - bound track of fifty years ago did not get the high quality of education that is now typical in public schools with Advanced Placement courses or International Baccalaureate programs or even in the regular courses offered in our top city and suburban schools.

Published for the first time last year by the AIR's Comprehensive School Reform Quality Center, the consumer guide rates 22 schoolwide - improvement models on the strength of their research track records and other program characteristics.

Institutions evolve to address the challenges we hire them to solve, and rating teacher preparation programs based on the track records of their graduates would have sharpened their focus on teacher quality challenges.

ASCD's proven track record of delivering top - quality professional programs that are relevant and applicable to a variety of teaching situations makes attending the 2011 Summer Conference a must for educators across various grade levels and disciplines.

The «corporations» generate millions in public funds yet provide minimal and low quality independent study programs without academic results, without transparency, but with exorbitant and difficult - to - track executive and contractor salaries.»

Citing several studies that tracked children who attended high - quality preschool programs into their adult lives, Rouse said research indicates a positive result from such programs.

NTEP state officials continue to work with the educator preparation professionals and other research, assessment and evaluation experts to continue to improve and track the quality of preparation programs.

In each instance, children who enrolled in a high - quality early - education program were tracked into their twenties — in the case of Perry Preschool, into their forties — and their life trajectories were compared with those of a matched control group.

After analyzing the data and writing each case we found that four components stood out as consistently prominent across all the schools: a broad and deep curriculum designed for all students with little tracking or ability grouping (meaning that most students get the same high quality learning experiences in all classes); a teaching staff with advanced content knowledge; a mission - focused administrative structure with a flattened hierarchy that invited collaboration with and among teachers and students; and supports for underrepresented students, such as advisories with personalized college planning, tutoring or summer research programs on college campuses.

We assess student reading skills and collect teacher feedback three times throughout the year to track each student's progress and ensure high - quality programming.

Practices include effective student and faculty support systems, outreach to the community, health and psychological support, judicious and fair discipline policies, high - quality teacher induction and mentoring programs, and limiting or eliminating tracking and ability grouping.

(2) The charter school's commitment to consistently use a high quality curriculum and instructional model from the country's largest provider of individualized online education programs primarily for students in kindergarten through high school in the U.S. with a ten year track record of proven success.

Following up «On Rating The Effectiveness of Colleges of Education Using VAMs» — which is about how the US Department of Education wants teacher training programs to track how college of educations» teacher graduates» students are performing on standardized tests (i.e., teacher - level value - added that reflects all the way back to a college of education's purported quality), the proposal for these new sanctions is now open for public comment.

This doesn't surprise Arthur Levine, the past president of Columbia University's Teachers College, who said that even if schools were to keep track of where teachers receive their training, the data surrounding which preparation programs are most adept at producing quality teachers is lacking.

The quality of New Jersey's preschool expansion programs will continue to be tracked over time with the ECERS - 3.

This independent evaluation tracked the quality and impact of the Texas Institute for School Boards and its alumni program over three years.

Specific practices include effective student and faculty support systems, outreach to the community, health and psychological support, judicious and fair discipline policies, little or no tracking, and high - quality teacher induction and mentoring programs.

If you are managing aspects of compliance or a degree - seeking educational program, tracking who has completed segments of training, when, and how they scored on associated assessments can be just as important as the quality of training delivery.

The Charter Schools Program provides money to create new high - quality public charter schools, as well as to disseminate information about ones with a proven track record.

The Teacher Quality Partnership Grant Program, in Title II of the Higher Education Act, provides funding to institutions of higher education, high - need local education agencies, and schools for teacher preparation programs.38 California State University, for example, recently received a $ 8.1 million federal grant to attract more Latinx candidates; to provide students with more opportunities for hands - on training; and to create systems to track student - teacher progress in the classroom.39 The budget should prioritize funding under the Every Student Succeeds Act and the Higher Education Act, instead of cutting programs that attract teachers and improve diversity.

Programs such as Linked Learning, which according to its website, «integrates rigorous academics that meet college - ready standards with sequenced, high - quality career - technical education, work - based learning, and supports to help students stay on track,» have seen positive outcomes for students.51 A seven - year longitudinal study comparing students who participated in Linked Learning to those who did not showed that the program completers were less likely to drop out and more likely to graduate from high school.

Instead, as argued above, it is anticipated that the differentiated attention to the different disability areas — and the ESEA / ESSA «relief» of not having to track and serve an impossibly complex and varied students with disabilities subgroup — should improve the quality and outcomes of services, supports, programs, and interventions to and with these students... making everyone «a winner.»

DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (May 26, 2009)-- SEMA Show organizers have announced a Leads Guarantee Program designed to reassure exhibitors that the 2009 event is on track to deliver high - quality buyers.

SEMA Show organizers have announced a guaranteed leads program designed to reassure exhibitors that the 2009 event is on track to deliver high - quality buyers.

Organizers introduced these programs and packages to reassure exhibitors that the upcoming event is on track to deliver high - quality buyers and that it remains the best place to connect with the industry.

Pros: - Great exterior styling - Gas mileage is acceptable (I averaged 30 miles on the long drive and roughly 24 during city driving and that included many pedal to the metal moments)- Ambient light inside the car is quite fun to play with - Garage door opener was easy to program - Shaker audio system is great for the music I listen to (mainly EDM and Reggae)- Leather seats - Auto dimming rear - view mirror - CONVERTIBLE (I think this is a must have for southern california)- Sirius radio - Aluminium pedals - Door - sill «MUSTANG» lettering lights up - 6 - way power adjustable drivers seat - HID headlights - Track Apps (this car is not track - worthy but I think this is a cool feature) Cons: - Solid rear axle (although I'm not sure this is a con as it lets you do some Tokyo drifting)- Stitching on the leather seats is low - quality - Stock tires rated to 118 mph (car is electronically limited to 112 mph)-305 hp out of a 3.7 liter V6 is really not that great (ex a Nissan 370z has a 3.7 liter V6 putting out 332 horses)- Cabin noise is quite loud with the top up - Manual passenger seat - Manual shifting is terrible, my old automatic VW Jetta seemed to shift faster when in manual mode Overall I think this is a great car for anyone that wants to enjoy theTrack Apps (this car is not track - worthy but I think this is a cool feature) Cons: - Solid rear axle (although I'm not sure this is a con as it lets you do some Tokyo drifting)- Stitching on the leather seats is low - quality - Stock tires rated to 118 mph (car is electronically limited to 112 mph)-305 hp out of a 3.7 liter V6 is really not that great (ex a Nissan 370z has a 3.7 liter V6 putting out 332 horses)- Cabin noise is quite loud with the top up - Manual passenger seat - Manual shifting is terrible, my old automatic VW Jetta seemed to shift faster when in manual mode Overall I think this is a great car for anyone that wants to enjoy thetrack - worthy but I think this is a cool feature) Cons: - Solid rear axle (although I'm not sure this is a con as it lets you do some Tokyo drifting)- Stitching on the leather seats is low - quality - Stock tires rated to 118 mph (car is electronically limited to 112 mph)-305 hp out of a 3.7 liter V6 is really not that great (ex a Nissan 370z has a 3.7 liter V6 putting out 332 horses)- Cabin noise is quite loud with the top up - Manual passenger seat - Manual shifting is terrible, my old automatic VW Jetta seemed to shift faster when in manual mode Overall I think this is a great car for anyone that wants to enjoy the sun.

We began our PCIP program many years ago to serve the needs of small and independent presses and authors, and we have an established track record in providing high - quality cataloging to the publishing community.

a great deal of evaluation from client perspective, tracking all hours and costs, measuring quality of life in each program based on goals.

• Exclusive focus on specialty and emergency medicine; no primary care • Competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits and an exceptional track record of clinician loyalty • Flexible schedules that allow focus on both professional development and quality of life • Individual clinician mentorship and support for training programs through Blue Pearl University and Blue Pearl Science • Strong focus on a positive hospital environment • Leadership and other advancement opportunities