With a learning target theory of action, all stakeholders in the learning community know where they are and where they are headed and
use strong evidence of student achievement to decide how to close the gap between the two.
How would you rate your ability to
use strong evidence of student learning to evaluate the effectiveness of your instructional decisions on the learning and achievement of your current students during each lesson?
Not exact matches
«I can't say it's definitely from the drilling, but there's
strong circumstantial
evidence,» French said, referring to nearby natural gas drilling
using fracking.
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strong evidence as the reason.
You can attempt to
use the comments by anyone you like,
strong or weak atheist or believer, but without real
evidence, all you have is an opinion and faith.
The programs with the greatest promise in affecting these outcomes have employed professional home visitors, with the
strongest evidence coming from trials of programs
using nurses.
Researchers
using a pool from both the U.S. and New Zealand found
strong evidence that father absence has an effect on early sexual activity and teenage pregnancy.
However, this
evidence was not
strong, likely because the study
used self - report questionnaires to assess atopic dermatitis symptoms and severity.
The biggest accolade pacifiers receive from researchers is that there is
strong evidence to suggest that if a baby
uses a pacifier while sleeping, then their chance of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is less than an infant who sleeps without a pacifier.
a comparison
using the
strongest previous causal
evidence against spanking BMC Pediatr.
Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been
used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a
strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific
evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.
At one extreme, some certifiers have abandoned
using SIDS as a cause - of - death explanation.7 At the other extreme, some certifiers will not classify a death as suffocation in the absence of a pathologic marker of asphyxia at autopsy (ie, pathologic findings diagnostic of oronasal occlusion or chest compression8), even with
strong evidence from the scene investigation that suggests a probable accidental suffocation.
The ICPC said its investigation into the petition had revealed
strong evidence of collusion, bid rigging and corrupt practices against Namylas Nigeria Limited in the bid process; and that the company
used falsified, forged and doctored PENCOM Compliance Certificate, Tax Clearance Certificate and ITF Certificate of Compliance to submit its bid during the bidding process.
ICPC's investigation into the petition had revealed
strong evidence of collusion, bid rigging and corrupt practices against Namylas Nig Ltd in the bid process; and that the company
used falsified, forged and doctored PENCOM Compliance Certificate, Tax Clearance Certificate and ITF Certificate of Compliance to submit its bid during the bidding process.
Ministers appeared sympathetic to
evidence that cannabis was getting
stronger, due to the greater availability of skunk, and the reported links between cannabis
use and mental illness.
Perhaps most exciting of all is
strong evidence, now repeated in several studies, that moderate regular
use of cannabis in middle age can delay and even prevent the onset of Alzheimer's.
Although audit and feedback is often suggested as a way of improving hand hygiene, this study puts its
use on a firmer footing than previous non-randomised studies, providing the
strongest evidence yet that this is an effective way to improve hand hygiene when coupled with a repeating cycle of personalised goal - setting and action planning.
They are done because you have
evidence, the people who breached the law and thereby caused damage to the public interest...
Strong evidence of wrong doing which a court of law can reliably
use to convict,» he said.
The government said it wanted to
use evidence of the affairs at Mr. Silver's sentencing, most likely to counter testimonials from the defense that he was a man of good character,
strong ethics and integrity.
Here, Chris Terry argues that the Irish election provided
strong evidence that candidate - centred (rather than list - centred) proportional representation
using the Single Transferable Vote, and localised politics with a constituency link, can go hand - in - hand.
While some
evidence was found to support hypotheses that cannabis
use is a contributory factor in increasing the risk of schizophrenia, the researchers were surprised to find
stronger evidence that the opposite was also likely.
While we find
stronger evidence that schizophrenia risk predicts cannabis
use, rather than the other way round, it doesn't rule out a causal risk of cannabis
use on schizophrenia.
From 14,722 parent - child observations, they have found
strong empirical
evidence that reliance on welfare in one generation is likely to cause greater welfare
use in the next generation.
The statistical significance of the signal is supposedly very high, exceeding the «five - sigma» standard that physicists
use to distinguish
evidence strong enough to claim discovery.
Using an algorithm Van Veen developed to parse the detailed EEG data, the researchers were able to compile
strong evidence of the directional flow of information.
According to Dr Hasin, «Our findings provide the
strongest evidence to date that marijuana
use by teenagers does not increase after a state legalises medical marijuana.
They don't want to
use apps that lack
strong evidence.»
«Despite
strong evidence against the
use of codeine in children, the drug continues to be prescribed to large numbers of them each year,» said Sunitha Kaiser, MD, UCSF assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco and lead author.
«But the
evidence base for PrEP
use is
strong — and getting
stronger.
«Limited data on medical cannabis
use in children:
Strongest evidence supports
use to reduce seizures, side effects of chemotherapy.»
In fact, just one site earlier than the 400,000 year mark has
strong evidence of controlled fire
use, the pair says: the 780,000 - year - old Gesher Benot Ya'aqov site in Israel.
An analysis of more than 120 studies that examined the effectiveness of medications to treat alcohol
use disorders reports that acamprosate and oral naltrexone show the
strongest evidence for decreasing alcohol consumption, according to a study in the May 14 issue of JAMA.
We may conclude that even though the visual system can make sophisticated
use of such abstract properties as the physics of luminance ratios and the statistics of segmentation required for transparency, it is «dumb» with regard to other characteristics such as color because of the happenstance manner in which its hardware (or «squishy - ware») evolved through natural selection —
strong evidence against «intelligent design.»
According to the Italian - led experimental collaborations behind the proposal — ICARUS and NESSiE — the simultaneous measurement of muon and electron neutrinos at both near and far detectors would provide much
stronger evidence for or against the existence of sterile neutrinos than is possible with just a single detector like the one
used for LSND.
Examples of
use and non-
use are cited from early childhood education, where empirical
evidence on program effects is relatively
strong.
A new study has found
strong evidence that tobacco
use can chemically modify and affect the activity of genes known to increase the risk of developing cancer.
Based on the
strong evidence of effectiveness, «We should not limit or impede the
use and expansion of buprenorphine therapy,» write Drs. Xiaofan Li, Daryl Shorter, and Thomas Kosten, of the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas.
The report proposes further research to determine whether the validity of latent fingerprint analysis is
strong enough to be
used as
evidence.
Indeed, the Curiosity rover has found
strong, in - situ,
evidence that a large freshwater lake
used to exist inside Gale crater where it is exploring, as well as fast - flowing streams emptying into that lake.
Maunakea, Hawaii — Astronomers
using several of the largest telescopes on Earth and space have discovered the brightest galaxy yet found in the early Universe and have
strong evidence that examples... Read more»
Brushing with fluoride toothpaste has played — and continues to play — a major role in combating tooth decay, and there is
strong scientific
evidence that daily
use of fluoride toothpaste has a pronounced preventive effect.
«Scientists
use the ratio of the various sulfur isotopes as their
strongest evidence for atmospheric oxygen.»
• Patients must have adequate coagulation (international normalized ratio (INR) or prothrombin time (PT), partial thromboplastin time (PTT) ≤ 1.5 times ULN) • Adequate liver function (total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times the ULN, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.5 times ULN Exclusion Criteria: • Presence of active / uncontrolled central nervous system involvement • History of clinically significant cardiac disease; uncontrolled hypertension • Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 45 % • Allogeneic stem cell transplant within 100 days before first dose of study drug • Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection • Chronic or active hepatitis B or C, requiring antiviral therapy •
Evidence of history of bleeding disorder, dialysis, or coexisting cancer that is distinct in primary site or histology from the cancer evaluated in this study • Serious, uncontrolled infection • Unresolved chronic toxicity > grade 1 from prior therapy •
Use of
strong CYP3A4 inhibitors or
strong inducers within 7 days prior to the start of study treatment and for the duration of the study
Cold Spring Harbor, NY —
Using several different methods of DNA analysis, an international research team has found what they consider to be
strong evidence of an interbreeding event between Neanderthals and modern humans that occurred tens of thousands of years earlier than any other such event previously documented.
Cancer Prevention Breakthrough Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists have provided definitive
evidence that oral HPV infection, acquired through oral sex, is a
stronger risk factor for oropharyngeal head and neck cancer than is combined heavy
use of alcohol and tobacco.
On February 21, 2012, astronomers
using the Hubble Space Telescope announced that they had obtained
strong supporting
evidence that GJ 1214 b mostly likely has a steamy atmosphere of water based on analysis of its colors in infrared light.
Using several different methods of DNA analysis, an international research team has found what they consider to be
strong evidence of interbreeding...
We
use GenERA to survey the entire regulatory landscape of a 3 «UTR, and apply it in a multiplex fashion to analyse combinatorial interactions between sets of miRNA response elements (MREs), providing
strong evidence for cooperative activity.
According to the published,
evidence - based guidelines update by the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society,
strong evidence supports its
use in the prevention of migraine headaches.
Like many folk remedies, there is not
strong scientific
evidence supporting some of these claims, which explains why some
uses of colloidal silver are controversial.