Sentences with phrase «use a development assessment»

To advise an employee on his development within an organization, companies also can use a development assessment.

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It relies upon 13 expert data sources, including assessments from the World Bank, the African Development Bank and the World Economic Forum, to determine levels of bribery, diversion of public funds, use of public office for private gain and other issues of corruption.

Although PBO surveys private sector economists on a regular basis, the economic forecasts used for their updates, since June 2011, are based on PBO's assessment of future economic developments and not those of the private sector economists.

To achieve this goal, several approaches are envisaged: identifying small populations with severe disease where a medicine's benefit - risk balance could be favorable; making more use of real - world data where appropriate to support clinical trial data; and involving health technology assessment bodies early in development to increase the chance that medicines will be recommended for payment and ultimately covered by national healthcare systems.

The SENSE tool can be used for (i) environmental impact assessment of the product, (ii) food chain hot spot identification, (iii) comparison of hypothetical or real improvement scenarios, (iv) assessment of the environmental impact development over the years, (v) benchmarking opportunity for the companies, and (vi) a business to business communication strategy.

The results of the assessment must be used in the development of long - range maintenance plans that include specific indoor air quality components for each school building.

And while there are standard tests available to preschool teachers and early childhood development experts, many preschools and daycares have their own assessments and qualifiers that they use.

When the Battelle is used to assess toddler through preschool development, most assessment tasks involve the examiner interacting with the child using toys, games, and tasks.

Six models showed favourable effects on primary outcome measures (e.g., standardized measures of child development outcomes and reduction in behaviour problems).13 Only studies with outcomes using direct observation, direct assessment, or administrative records were included.

These are used in the 1994 development of Keys to Excellence: Standards of Practice for Nutrition Integrity, a self - assessment tool designed to assist operators in improving their programs.

Local Early Childhood Mental Health (ECMH) boards hired ECMH consultants to work with providers serving children with high needs and to support early childhood professionals use of standards and assessments related to social and emotional development and approaches toward learning.

A former Plainview - Old Bethpage school board member, Cepeda, 56, says he would focus his legislative attention on revamping the assessment system, ensuring mixed - use development at the Nassau Hub and developing a stable and consistent budget line for public transit.

«Since each of these corrections requires time for development and implementation, we strongly urge you to support legislation to create a three - year moratorium on the use of state assessments for high - stakes consequences for students and teachers,» the unions wrote in the letter.

Project Innovation Award A Highly Commended Award was presented to Construction Industry Council Hong Kong, S. Thomas Ng and James M.W. Wong (The University of Hong Kong) for their report on «A product - based carbon labeling scheme for construction materials» The judges commented «This report highlighted a project that not only clearly demonstrates a topic relevant to the present day, but also the work that the researchers have accomplished in order to progress the idea from the ground upwards, leading to the development of a carbon footprint assessment tool that could not only be used in Hong Kong, but also internationally.»

The Program is committed to promoting high standards for the practice of science and engineering; advancing the human right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications; engaging scientists, engineers and their professional associations in human rights efforts; monitoring and enhancing assessment of emerging ethical, legal, and human rights issues related to science and technology; furthering the use of science and technology in support of human rights; and initiating activities to address the impact of developments at the intersection of science, technology, and law.

With support from the National Science Foundation, Project 2061 has developed an online bank of high - quality test items and related assessment resources for use in middle and early high school science (http / / assessment.aaas.org), and a grant from the U.S. Department of Education is funding the development of assessment instruments for evaluating students» understanding of energy concepts from elementary through high school.

That said, the use of RTP funding is restricted to maintenance and restoration of existing trails, development and rehabilitation of trailside and trailhead facilities and trail linkages, purchase and lease of trail construction and maintenance equipment, construction of new trails, acquisition of easements or property for trails, and assessment of trail conditions for accessibility and maintenance.

This research extends the method into the realm of bilingual development and provides parents and practitioners with invaluable assessment tools (UKBTAT and LEQ) that are easy to use and capable of identifying potential language delays in bilingual two - year olds.

«The development, risk assessment regulation, and use of gene drives should be based on public dialog, public deliberations, and public decision - making.

He is providing key pieces of the puzzle to help progress the development of electric cars, and shows in his thesis how life cycle assessment, LCA, can be used to minimise their environmental impact in the long term.

The thesis contains details of specific tools, methodology recommendations and new models for collecting LCA data, which are aimed at anyone working on the development of electric - powered vehicles using life cycle assessment.

An international consortium of scientists that was recently assembled to review the science on BPA for the German UmweltBundesAmt (that country's equivalent of the Environmental Protection Agency) determined that the research FDA used in its safety assessment was flawed because it failed to consider the chemical's effects on behavior and prostate development, according to a copy of the group's conclusions provided to ScientificAmerican.com.

Their analysis included data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, which contained repeated assessments of marijuana use and kidney outcomes.

Goenka described health impacts as «one of the most neglected aspects» of local environmental impact assessments, saying, «We're so used to reading the EIA reports year after year saying, «There are no impacts on health and human development.»»

PBPK modeling is used in pharmaceutical research and development and in health risk assessment to predict the absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of a compound in humans and other animal species.

The second, featured in * Science *, provides an initial assessment of potential environmental and security effects, an analysis of regulatory coverage and recommendations to ensure responsible development and testing prior to use.

Her postdoc work includes scenario planning, land use change modelling, impact assessments, and development of conservation goals and priorities for coastal protection and restoration for the Great Barrier Reef coastal zone.

Critical assessment of incoming strains — all submissions require detailed information about method of genetic manipulation, genotype and genotyping procedures, genetic background (e.g. source of strain and ES cell used in development, number of background generations and backcross parent strain), and reproducible phenotype.

LLNL scientists believe with validation, a reliable heart - on - a-chip platform could be used to overcome some of the limitations of new drug testing, and provide a comprehensive assessment of heart functioning in medical countermeasure and drug development.

The conclusion is one of several fascinating findings from the first long - term, systematic assessment of the influence of urban land use on thunderstorm development.

Lauren led development of both GreenScreen ® for Safer Chemicals, a method for chemical hazard assessment increasingly used worldwide and CleanGredients ™, a web - based information platform for identifying greener chemicals in cleaning products.

To increase the quality and trustworthiness of guidelines, the Institute of Medicine recommends that guideline developers use a rigorous evidence assessment scheme called GRADE, include patient representatives in the guideline development process, and update the guidelines regularly.

Books When Tim Oates, director of assessment research and development at exam board Cambridge Assessment, was asked to use his school curriculum expertise to lead the government's review of the national curriculum, his international research highlighted the importance of high quality textbooks in realising the aims of national curricula and supporting effective teaching.

Issues for discussion can include: the development of the specification and the tender process; the separation of the refurbishment area from the remainder of the school; the use of low voltage / battery pack hand tools; COSHH assessments and why they are required when using hazardous substances; hazard spotting and the need for good housekeeping; safeguarding and use of mobile phones on site; working at height as the largest cause of workplace accidental death; noise and the potential for hearing loss, methods of communication; and any other relevant hazard and risk control.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

I used these assessments as a starting point to help me identify general and individual areas of strength and for development.

Meaningful progress depends on informed modesty about the likely returns on current efforts; greater specificity and more emphasis on context in the curricula and school - level approaches to teaching soft skills; and the development and use of practical assessments that are closely aligned with a specific framework for teaching and learning.

Meanwhile, it provides $ 2.5 billion to support professional development that can be used to «improve the knowledge of teachers and principals and, in appropriate cases, paraprofessionals, concerning effective instructional strategies, methods, and skills, and use of challenging State academic content standards and student academic achievement standards, and State assessments, to improve teaching practices and student academic achievement.»

Other strategies LACES faculty has used include participating in district - supported site leadership for closing the achievement gap; designing opportunities for teacher collaboration around increasingly common assessments; and offering professional development for highly differentiated instruction, noted the California Best Practices Study.

Measure and evaluate your students» SEL development by using a Progression Chart and strategies that include probing discussions, unobtrusive assessments, and student - generated assessments.

Prior to and subsequent to implementing the hybrid - block, there was significant discussion and teacher - driven professional development relating to how the additional time would be used by the teachers and students in order to optimize its positive impact on assessment tests, added Hagen.

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

The linchpin of the state's work has been providing incentives for districts and schools statewide to adopt and implement a high - quality and coherent curriculum, particularly in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics, and to use that curriculum as the hook on which everything else hangs: assessment, professional development, and teacher training.

The assessment professional development guide is meant for use either after completion of the project - based learning professional development guide or with participants who are familiar with project - based learning.

From a development view - provides lots of plug - ins that can be used to provide learners with a individual - but compliant - learning and assessment experience.

A: The Thai education system can benefit from American research in the areas of learning and instruction, the development of textbooks and learning materials, the use of technology in education, assessment strategies, and the transition from school to the world of work.

Creating her own videos forces her to pay attention to the details and nuances of instruction — the pace, the examples used, the visual representation, and the development of aligned assessment practices.

2 - 3 — Portfolio assessment: «Using Portfolios To Assess Student Learning in Middle and High School Classrooms,» institute, sponsored by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, to be held in Washington, D.C. Contact: A.S.C.D., 1250 North Pitt St., Alexandria, Va. 22314; [phone]; fax: [phone].

«The test - development process Smarter Balanced is using follows a sequence of steps that is familiar to all experienced assessment professionals.»

Effective reform of precollegiate mathematics demands the development of more sophisticated and wider - ranging forms of student assessment than the simple «end of chapter» multiple - choice tests now commonly in use, according to a document released last week by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.