Sentences with phrase «year assessment period»

Moreover, EFT treatment gains realized among distressed couples at high risk for relapse are stable over two - and three - year assessment periods [22], [23].

Not exact matches

This framework considers the Chairman and CEO's self - assessment of performance against commitments in the year, both qualitative and quantitative, and also considers progress against strategic objectives, an analysis of IBM's total performance over a multi-year period, a competitive benchmark analysis, and other relevant information.

Using Thomson Reuters News Analytics sentiment assessments of novel news items timestamped at least two hours before the stock market close and contemporaneous returns and firm characteristics for covered stocks over the period January 2003 through August 2010 (780 - 946 stocks per year), he finds that: Keep Reading

This, in turn, could provide plenty of upside to the preliminary economic assessment (PEA) recently released, which defined a project with a 1.5 - year payback period over a mine life of 6.5 years, and an upfront capital cost estimate of $ 20.1 million (utilizing existing mining, milling and tailings management infrastructure).

Buyer assessment of Welbeck must be based on actually seeing him play in the time period since his return this year from his last longterm injury.

Right of Way fees - The Executive Budget would authorize up to $ 195 million in assessments, over a five - year period, on fiber optic companies using highway right of ways.

That financial study and actuarial projection entailed an assessment of the cost involved in providing public healthcare and financing same over a ten year period.

This is the view of the Greek Communist Party in a nutshell, as presented in the 18th congress (2009): «Resolution on Socialism - Assessments and conclusions on socialist construction during the 20th century, focusing on the USSR», after a 16 - year study on the economic model of USSR and the historical period it existed.

At the Autumn Budget 2017, the Government announced that the assessment time limit for cases of mistakes or non-deliberate offshore tax non-compliance will be increased to at least 12 years after the end of the relevant tax year or relevant period.

Brown now seems to have accepted his Chancellor's assessment that the world is entering the most difficult economic period it has experienced for 60 years, despite allowing a disgraceful briefing operation against one of his closest and most loyal political allies following Alistair Darling's remarks in a Guardian interview over the summer.

This is an observational study, so no firm conclusions can be drawn about cause and effect, added to which confining the assessments to a period of four years might have underestimated the true impact of persistent distress, caution the researchers.

«Our study has several distinct strengths compared to prior studies including the large number of participants, long - term follow - up, large number of cardiovascular events that were confirmed by medical record review, detailed information about diet and other cardiovascular disease risk factors, and repeated assessment of calcium supplement use over the 24 - year follow up period,» said Julie Paik, MD, MPH, BWH Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, lead study author.

The human risk assessment looked at five incidents that involved humans and Burmese pythons over a 10 - year period in Everglades National Park.

But a 2008 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) assessment of the U.S.'s HPV - related cancer burden found that each year the virus also likely caused about: • 7,400 cases (some 60 percent) of oral cavity and oropharynx cancer (5,700 in men; 1,700 in women) • 3,000 cases of anal cancer (1,100 in men; 1,900 in women) • 2,300 cases of vulvar cancer • 800 cases (some 40 percent) of penile cancer • 600 cases of vaginal cancer During the course of the study period (1998 to 2003), the CDC found that the rates of HPV - associated oral cavity and oropharynx cancer steadily rose about 3 percent annually.

The article published in JAMA reports the results for the first six patients, aged 8 months to 16 years, where the monitoring period allowed assessment of the initial effects of the treatment.

Over what time period might this savannization process release carbon «equivalent to several years of worldwide carbon emissions», and how does that affect the assessment offered by Gore, Hansen and others that we have perhaps ten years in which to substantially reduce CO2 emissions to avoid irreversible catastrophic warming?

These assessments were relative to global temperature in year 1990, so add 0.6 °C to these values to obtain the warming relative to 1880 — 1920, which is the base period we use in this paper for preindustrial time.

The IPCC's first «Special Report on Cities and Climate Change» won't be ready until some time in the 2023 - 2028 window, the five - year period known as the seventh assessment report cycle in IPCC parlance.

He says from 2017, federal, state and territory education ministers have agreed that NAPLAN would move online over a three - year period, from the current paper - based tests to computer - based assessments.

NEA's poll also indicated concern with how these new assessments will be used in accountability — and 81 percent of their respondents favor a moratorium or grace period on accountability provisions, with the most popular duration being two to five years.

What's more, this could allow assessments to become far shorter and more seamless with everyday learning, which would eliminate the large periods of time dedicated for testing in the school year that take away from learning and create undue stress.

Since introducing the three targeted programs and implementation model in 2016, Buchanan says the school has seen: improvements across a range of classes using the NAPLAN writing scale of up to 40 per cent; improvements in spelling using NAPLAN assessment and internal data of up to two years within a 12 month period; and its first spike in NAPLAN numeracy improvement for Years 3 and 5 (the two year groups staff focused on through the progyears within a 12 month period; and its first spike in NAPLAN numeracy improvement for Years 3 and 5 (the two year groups staff focused on through the progYears 3 and 5 (the two year groups staff focused on through the program).

In the years at the beginning of our time period, the state had its own statewide kindergarten assessment.

The research team administered their written assessment of mathematical knowledge to ten teachers, and video - recorded nine class sessions from these teachers over a two school - year period.

A two - year «test drive» period will provide the state with time to work with school districts on securing funding to incorporate digital learning technologies, including the ability to administer online assessments.

In several studies, Allington and McGill - Franzen (1992a, 1992b, McGill - Franzen & Allington, 1993) highlighted the changes in the incidence of retention, remediation, and identification of students as handicapped across a 10 - year period when New York State increased high - stakes assessment and accountability.

It follows then that students who have access to computers and computer skill - building throughout the year may do better on the assessments than those students who only have access during your recommended and short 4 - 5 week period.

A summative assessment is designed to measure a student's knowledge and skills at the end of an instructional period, such as an entire school year or at the conclusion of a course.

Whereas summative assessments are tests that evaluate the degree to which students have successfully learned all the material planned for teaching in a given time period (typically, one school year), formative assessment refers more abstractly to the ongoing process of assessing what students have and have not learned for the express purpose of adjusting instruction moment by moment to meet individual students» needs.

These include: · Use of instructional programs and curricula that support state and district standards and of high quality testing systems that accurately measure achievement of the standards through a variety of measurement techniques · Professional development to prepare all teachers to teach to the standards · Commitment to providing remedial help to children who need it and sufficient resources for schools to meet the standards · Better communication to school staff, students, parents and the community about the content, purposes and consequences of standards · Alignment of standards, assessment and curricula, coupled with appropriate incentives for students and schools that meet the standards In the unlikely event that all of these efforts, including a change in school leadership, fail over a 3 - year period to «turn the school around,» drastic action is required.

Conditionally Accredited is awarded for a one - year period to a new school — comprising students who previously attended one or more existing schools — to provide the opportunity to evaluate the performance of students on SOL tests and other statewide assessments.

Both consortia also factor into their online assessments the need for a phase - in period and offer paper - and - pencil tests in the initial years, while some sources indicate that elementary school students will have the paper - and - pencil option for the foreseeable future.

If there are student growth and assessment data available for a teacher or administrator for at least three school years, the annual year - end evaluation shall be based on the student growth and assessment data for the most recent three - consecutive - school - year period.

After just one year of using the Renaissance practice and assessment solutions, eighth - grade students» math scores on state testing quadrupled, and over a three - year period, school reading levels doubled.

New Teacher Center describes strong induction programs as those that include instructional mentoring for new teachers by carefully selected, well - prepared mentors; formative assessment for teachers and support systems to drive continuous improvement; professional learning communities for mentors and new teachers; engaged principals; and supportive school environments and district policies.9 Research suggests that regular contact between beginning teachers and mentors over a period of at least two years can propel improved teaching and greater student learning.10

Ohio educators worked in close collaboration with Educopia over a three - year period to develop and refine a performance - based assessment for Resident Educators based on key Ohio Standards for the Teaching Profession.

Of the 18 districts that participated in the math and reading assessments in both 2009 and 2011, only four improved their fourth grade math scores during this two - year period, and only six improved their eighth grade math scores [2].

However, when we take a bird's - eye view of our balanced assessment system, summative assessments are intended to certify learning at a specific point in time; whether at the end of a unit, marking period, semester, or school year.

Although the Gates grant budgets $ 592,443 over the three - year period for license fees for NWEA computer adaptive assessments, there is a mere $ 34,500 budgeted for computers and equipment, and that goes to Achievement First for «Technology for Residency Program for School Leadership.»

The period of review starts on the day the taxpayer is issued with a notice of assessment (in most cases, this will be the same day the taxpayer lodges his or her return) and ends four years after the day after lodgment.

For indirect tax laws, once an assessment has been made, a four year period of review applies.

Convertible term life insurance is simply a term policy that can be converted to a whole policy at any point during a specified period of time (typically several years) without you having to undergo a new health assessment.

Since you're allowed a tax amendment period of up to three years, it's recommended that you go over your notice of assessment and consider whether or not you'll need to apply for changes.

For those who are paid hourly or with fluctuating hours each pay period or on commission, the lenders need to see 2 years of income with your T1 General tax returns and / or Notice of Assessments (NOA).

Stonebridge Small Cap Growth (SBSGX) has lost 2.9 % annually over the full market cycle but wins points for consistency: by Morningstar's assessment, it has trailed at least 99 % of its peers for the trailing 3, 5, 10 and 15 year periods.

Because of this chaotic variability, a 17 - year period is too brief for precise assessment of model predictions, but distinction among scenarios and comparison with the real world will become clearer within a decade.

Indeed, this is why I have repeatedly said to you: «Any assessment of the causes of the rise of atmospheric CO2 concentration over a period of years requires assessment of the changes that occur each year (because the annual increase to CO2 in the atmosphere is the residual of the seasonal changes to CO2 in the atmosphere).»

The US, with Brazil, further suggested adding actual estimates of the rate of warming for 15 - year periods using different starting years, to which a CLA responded that this was not evaluated in the underlying assessment.

The appropriate time period to be used for evaluation of the risks underlying climate change and for the development of policy responses and assessment of costs and benefits of each option appears to be more in terms of a hundred years or thereabouts.

To avoid locking in low levels of ambition, and to stay in sync with IPCC assessment reports and political decision - making cycles, ECO thinks that all parties should bring 5 - year contribution periods.