Sentences with phrase «use federal assessment»

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A bill currently in the US Senate would call on federal personnel, including from the Department of Homeland Security, to develop and share with other law enforcement bodies a threat assessment describing how cryptocurrencies could be used to support terrorist activity.

The section calls for the undersecretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis, along with «appropriate Federal partners,» to «develop and disseminate a threat assessment regarding the actual and potential threat posed by individuals using virtual currency to carry out activities in furtherance of an act of terrorism.»

It is unclear whether federal acting secretary of education John King — New York's former state education c ommissioner who championed the Common Core and helped usher in the use of teacher evaluations tied to state assessments under No Child Left Behind and the federal Race To The Top grant program — will give his blessing.

Elia and her aides noted that federal law requires state tests to be administered to students annually, regardless of whether assessments are also used in rating job performance of school employees.

The $ 3 million grant was awarded in addition to another $ 400,000 in federal funds that will be used to perform assessments in up to 100 Erie County residences, identifying and mitigating lead hazard risks.

«RAIs are important because they are widely used in the United States in an attempt to reduce biased assessments of recidivism risk and are increasingly being mandated at the local, state and federal level,» says Sarah Desmarais, an associate professor of psychology at NC State and lead author of a paper on the research.

[16] The federal government is paying for the creation of national assessments and encouraging states to use them to fulfill NCLB requirements for testing and accountability.

AppleTree Early Learning Public Charter School, a pre-K — only charter school that serves more than 800 students on eight campuses, has used its flexibility — as well as a federal Investing in Innovation grant — to develop an integrated model that combines evidence - based curriculum, early childhood assessments, and aligned professional development to help teachers deliver effective instruction focused on improving children's language and social - emotional skills.

Pressure by the Obama Administration, using the carrot of incentives (RTTT) and the stick of proposed penalties (denial of access to Title I funding), to induce states to sign on to the common standards initiative raises serious questions about further federal involvement in standards - setting and assessments.

The law is meant to ensure states are free to make decisions about accountability, school improvement, standards, and assessments without federal interference... If the secretary chooses to ignore the law, then Congress and state and local leaders can use the tools they have to hold the secretary accountable, [a GOP aide] said.

* The state Education Department plans to apply for a federal pilot program, which may give it the opportunity to use a new assessment system in place of state tests for accountability purposes, Politico New York reports: http://goo.gl/696SoR * SUNY presses ahead with tuition increase plan, the Poughkeepsie Journal reports: http://pojonews.co/1J1tzen * Roberts Wesleyan updates...

Obama's Education Department used its federal power to coerce states to adopt the Common Core State Standards, expand charter schools and use student test scores to evaluate teachers, an assessment method that experts warned against.

Washington — An independent assessment of the Education Department's initial review of how federal block - grant funds have been used charges that many of the 23 jurisdictions whose programs were evaluated by the department have not adequately monitored local school districts» use of Chapter 2 money.

«In light of the recent federal guidance on assessment, it's even more critical for teachers to have programs and resources that foster an understanding of how to use assessment to provide every student with an equitable K - 12 education.»

(R.I.) Rhode Island will become the latest in a growing list of states to drop its national consortium designed assessment in favor of using a college - readiness exam to meet federal accountability requirements, education officials announced last week.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) negotiated rulemaking committee completed its third and final session today coming to consensus on the assessment (testing) issues but failing to reach agreement on supplement, not supplant (ESSA provisions requiring that federal Title I funds be used in addition to state and local education investments and not as a substitute for such).

These «predictive» or «formative» indicators include in - school factors such as strong classroom assessment and professional development for teachers, and out of school factors such as health care, housing, nutrition, and availability of high - quality pre-school; whether educators are using information in a reasonable way to improve teaching, learning and school quality; and whether the state and federal governments are providing positive support in these areas.

With testing increasingly in the news — from the release of state test scores to the federal Department of Education's recent announcement in support of short delays for teacher evaluation using assessment growth — now is the time set a new course.

While federal legislation calls for «multiple up - to - date measures of student academic achievement, including measures that assess higher - order thinking skills and understanding» (NCLB, Sec. 1111, b, I, vi), most assessment tools used for federal reporting focus on lower - level skill that can be measured on standardized mostly multiple - choice tests.

Assurance that federal dollars for assessment and professional development are used in ways that support teaching and assessment for higher order skills; and v. Demonstration of a feedback, quality - check and improvement process such as peer review, audit, or moderation processes.

And among the 42 states and the District of Columbia, which provided a detailed description of their criteria to the federal government, 17 states and the District of Columbia used only a single criterion to evaluate teacher preparation programs, such as the program's completion rate or its pass rate on state certification assessments.

Key statewide education groups have voiced concern that AB 484 would suspend all assessments except those required for federal accountability purposes or used for the Early Assessment Program.

The U.S. Department of Education agreed with Crossey's assessment, issuing a federal order on November 19th saying that charter schools had to be treated as individual schools and that the move to evaluate them using the district method was «not aligned with the statute and regulations.»

The federal government must encourage assessment quality in several areas, including giving the consortia the freedom to measure proficiency outside of grade level and refining the peer - review guidance used to evaluate assessments.

These new tests will replace assessments in English language arts and mathematics in grades 3 — 8 and high school that are currently in use within state and federal accountability systems.

The value - added assessments of teachers — which use improvements in student test scores to evaluate teacher effectiveness — has grown in popularity across the country with support from the federal Department of Education, which has tied teacher evaluations to the Race to the Top state - grant program, reports the New York Times.

A federal bill, with bi-partisan support, has been introduced to promote the use of individualized risk assessment.

April 30, 2015 10 Districts in California (representing over a million students) have received a waiver from the federal government so that they can measure student success holistically and not just by test scores, but by using assessment tools that include SEL indicators.

Students are introduced to safe school environments, data - driven decision - making strategies, practice using various assessment tools and monitoring systems for teaching and learning, and learn district, state, and federal accountability systems.

For states not yet ready to develop assessment instruments similar to those used throughout the PACE districts, they can consider a compromise position offered by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which New Hampshire has also adopted.

The needs assessment process, which is required for schools implementing federal and state programs using ESSA (Title I, II, III, IV) and State Compensatory Education funds, is useful for all school leadership teams as an ongoing part of continuous improvement planning.

Many teachers have given the optional interim tests to their students during the school year to gauge how they are doing, hoping to adjust what or how they teach in advance of the final assessments that are used to fulfill state and federal accountability requirements.

In federal program evaluations to satisfy «accountability» for dollars, the same data (measures, assessments, indicators) that are used to identify a problem should be used to determine whether the problem has been reduced or eliminated.

This fact alone is shocking — how can it be that receiving federal funds designed to increase adoption made it less likely that a state is using those assessments six years later?

An approach to accountability that holds states responsible for the conditions to learn while holding communities responsible for equity and achievement: The current federal policy framework holds schools to unreasonable targets, using narrow assessment tools, with punishments that do little to improve school performance.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Housing Administration will stop approving new mortgages on properties encumbered by assessments used to finance and update heating and cooling systems, the Department of Housing and Urban Development said Thursday.

(Sec. 213) Amends the EPCA to: (1) revise the definition of «energy conservation standard» to include energy efficiency for certain covered equipment, water efficiency for certain covered equipment, and both energy and water efficiency for certain equipment; (2) allow the adoption of consensus and alternative test procedures for purposes of the Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products Other Than Automobiles; (3) require the Secretary to prescribe a new test method for televisions; (4) expand the list of criteria for prescribing new or amended energy conservation standards, including requiring Energy Guide labels to include the carbon output of each covered product; (5) require manufacturers of covered products to submit annual reports and information to DOE regarding compliance, economic impact, annual shipments, facility energy and water use, and sales data that could support an assessment of the need for regional standards; and (6) require state and local building codes to use appliance efficiency requirements that are no less stringent than those set by federal standards.

White House and Climate Change Science Program officials have never offered an honest public explanation of why the terms of that dismissal would have legally required (as distinct from an unofficial, secret political agreement) that the White House and the federal agencies suppress a taxpayer - funded, scientifically based assessment sponsored by the federal global change research program, even for purposes of using it as a scientific document or in program planning for research and future assessments.

None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to publish or issue an assessment required under section 106 of the Global Change Research Act of 1990 unless (1) the supporting research has been subjected to peer review and, if not otherwise publicly available, posted electronically for public comment prior to use in the assessment; and (2) the draft assessment has been published in the Federal Register for a 60 day public comment period1.

As the federal government's most comprehensive assessment of the harmful impacts of climate change on human health and public welfare in the United States, this report, years in the making, should have been used in developing EPA's required «endangerment» finding as a step toward regulating greenhouse gases, instead of keeping the work of the Climate Change Science Program disconnected from this decision support role.

All three appeals are of decisions in criminal cases, including an appeal of a Federal Court of Appeal decision on the use of prison assessment tools on aboriginal inmates.

For example, the EEOC Guidance, which is important because Federal law pre-empts state and local statutes regarding discrimination, recommends using a so called, individualized assessment before excluding an applicant based on criminal history.

For example, the EEOC Guidance, which is important because Federal law pre-empts state and local statutes regarding discrimination, recommends using a so called, individualized assessment... Read more»

Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)-- Duties & Responsibilities Provide support to other staff and coordinate all care efforts while acting as primary point of contact to patients Perform frequent patient evaluations, including initial and on - going examinations, monitoring and tracking of vital signs, executing various minor procedures, and both administering and tracking medication use per physician orders for an extensive variety of conditions Alert physicians to any change in condition and raise concerns when necessary through accurate communication Communicate effectively with other medical staff, family members and interested parties to facilitate the efficient treatment of patients as well as ensure the timely information flow Collaborate in the development of treatment plans, providing guidance from point of admission through discharge while utilizing initial and on - going assessments to provide correct medical direction Deliver emotional and informational support to patient, their families, and other interested parties, helping them understand conditions, treatments and potential outcomes Develop and maintain competencies and knowledge of medical techniques, information, conditions, treatments, medications, and potential interactions, participating actively in all continuing education opportunities Utilize and employ knowledge from clinical rotations in MedSurgical, Telemetry, GI, Emergency Room, Post-Partum, Nursery, Internal Medicine, Occupational Medicine, Family Practice and Urgent Care settings Adhere strictly to local, state, and federal health - related laws in the administration of care, the operation and utilization of all medical equipment and procedures, and treatment of patients Address patient and doctor queries, resolving them in an expedited manner

Information Memorandum to State and Territorial Agencies Administering or Supervising the Administration of Title IV - E of the Social Security Act: Title IV - E Adoption Assistance State Self - Assessment Tool U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children's Bureau (2007) Provides States with a self - assessment tool and the option to use it as a guide to review their compliance with the Federal requirements of the Title IV - E adoption assistance program.

The company uses guidelines published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program in its risk assessments, according to VFA.

Qualified expert witness in numerous Federal and state courts throughout the United States, specializing in appraisals in assessment, condemnation, and partnership disputes, including major mixed - use, regional mall, and office properties.