Schools should be permitted to use multiple, locally created assessments instead of «one shot» tests to measure student progress for accountability purposes, according to a report released last
week by a panel of experts convened by the Forum on Educational Accountability, a group that includes some of the most vocal critics of the 5 - year - old No Child Left Behind Act.
Not exact matches
Less than three
weeks after the MSD shooting, Schachter stood in a conference room at the Coral Springs Marriott surrounded
by 25 school safety
experts from across the United States for the inaugural meeting
of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas School Safety Commission, a personal project that predates the state
panel he was appointed to this
week.
The Steering Group agreed the terms
of reference for the review and, in consultation with the UK Human Geography community, appointed an International
Panel of leading international
experts, chaired
by Professor David Ley, University
of British Columbia, Canada The International
Panel visited the UK for one
week in May 2012 and met with about 150 stakeholders in UK Human Geography Prior to its UK visit, the
Panel was provided with a range
of background data including: Overviews
of research trends and outputs since 2000 completed
by representatives
of the nine Human Geography sub-disciplines Two - page assessments
by Heads
of UK Geography Departments
of strengths, weaknesses, overall health, and future opportunities and challenges to Human Geography in the UK (15 submissions were received) A statistical profile
of UK Human Geography: Briefing Document: Statistical Overview and Commentary
by Paul Wakeling (2012) Bibliometric Data for the ESRC International Benchmarking Review
of Human Geography
by Thomson Reuters (2012) A Short Introduction to UK Research Funding Policy
by David Mills (2012) Survey
of Users
of Human Geography Research
by Steve Johnson, David Gibbs and Ian Mills (2012).
Two
weeks ago, the Governor announced that he will assemble a
panel that includes education
experts and members
of the legislature to identify flaws in Common Core's rollout and take corrective action
by the end
of this session.
The competition will be judged
by both the public for a fan favorite and a
panel of local leaders and architecture
experts, who will be announced next
week.
«That's the direction we're heading, and there's nothing to stop it,» said Peter Dean, the third speaker at the
panel last
week and a sustainability and architecture
expert at the Rhode Island School
of Design, referencing a shift to transportation and electricity generated
by renewables.
Each
week teams interact with a
panel of experts by presenting and defending findings, attend lectures, and complete readings.
A
week ago, I had the pleasure to be part
of a beauty
panel hosted
by Donna Alfano, and co-hosted
by beauty bloggers and beauty industry
experts at Neiman Marcus Short Hills Mall, New Jersey.
New York — Meditation, assertiveness train - ing, avoidance, but above all, the old - fashioned remedy
of being able to bend a sympathetic ear — these were among the ways
of «coping» with the problem
of job - related stress suggested to teachers
by a
panel of experts during a two - day «Stress and Burnout» conference last
week at Columbia University.
The lack
of a generally accepted method
of diagnosis, treatment, and follow - up for those children is «a major public health problem,» a
panel of medical
experts convened
by the NIH said in a statement released last
week.
On this episode
of Game Talk Live, host Mandie Roman covers these topics alongside her
panel of experts, this
week joined
by Lilah Dean, H1Z1 competitive streamer otherwise known as Pixzy, Saira Mueller, Managing Editor for Dot Esports, and Dante Douglas, freelance writer and videogames critic.
WASHINGTON — In a landmark report
experts say fundamentally reshapes our understanding
of the global warming crisis, new data published this
week by the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change has found that the phenomenon is caused primarily
by the actions
of 7 billion key individuals.
Then just last
week, a
panel of climate policy
experts from various Chinese government think tanks, published an extensive 900 - page report that has gained notable attention in both the Chinese and Western press for advocating the notion that China can feasibly aim to peak its carbon emissions
by 2030.
This
week, an independent
panel of experts called the Climate Change Committee (CCC) published the details
of its recent advice to Parliament that the UK should reduce its CO2 emissions
by 80 per cent
by 2050.
The winner — which will be selected
by our
panel of 8
expert judges — will be announced at the TechRadar Phone Awards on July 23, so keep an eye out for which
of these excellent tablets is victorious, and in the meantime be sure to check out the rest
of our TechRadar Phone
Week coverage.