Sentences with phrase «year of implementation including»

A third study using a different approach and using data only on Texas schools finds mixed results in the first year of implementation including negative impacts on student achievement in elementary and middle school, and positive effects on high school graduation rates.

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Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

40 % of the proceeds will go towards the full implementation and search engine optimization of the website, which includes all underlying programming, design work, and hosting setup / management for one year 3 % of the proceeds will be spent on the team in charge of project management and development.

Those include this year's 40th anniversary of the implementation of China's reform and opening - up policy, and the 70th anniversary of the founding of communist China next year.

This year's key topics included implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), global food supply chain risks and the implementation of security best practices.

This year's key topics included implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), global food supply chain risks and the implementation of security best practices.

Jody has over 25 years of experience in the water sector where she has been responsible for driving a range of initiatives including state water reforms under the National Water initiative, driving the momentum and integration of The Living Murray, delivery of environmental water with and on behalf of Basin states, development and implementation of a plan to avoid widespread acidification to the lower lakes of the Murray system during the Millennium drought and identification of the sustainable level of take to be embodied in the Murray - Darling Basin Plan.

Our study has evaluated outcomes during the first 2 years of implementation of midwifery, including home birth, in BC.

Other tax measures being considered for the 2018 fiscal year include: • Review of the Suspense regimes; • Implementation of the Excise Tax Stamp policy • Extension of the requirement to produce Tax Clearance Certificates for large private sector contracts; and • Improving Property Rate collection.

The 56 - year - old Cuomo will begin his second term with a long list of challenges, including the implementation of a new medical marijuana law, a decision on whether to allow fracking for natural gas and the selection of up to four new casino operators upstate.

In addition to legalization of same - sex marriage and implementation of a 2 - percent annual property - tax cap, his first year in office included: a new ethics law, a partial rollback of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority payroll tax, the first cut in state spending in 15 years, and a rewrite of the tax code to tax the wealthy at a higher rate and cut rates for middle income New Yorkers — an idea he opposed in the spring, only to reverse himself later as the state deficit grew.

In recent years, the Department of Audit and Control has initiated various system upgrades, including the implementation of a new payroll system.

Discussion points at the Forum included Marie Cannon, Erie County Social Services Acting Commissioner and First Deputy Commissioner of Family Independence, stating the Department of Social Services» implementation of this past year's Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP).

But there are other topics that unsettle New Yorkers, including ongoing controversy over the implementation of the Common Core learning standards, uneasiness over the economy, and concerns about corruption, in a year where the two leaders of the legislature were arrested and face trail in November.

The measures include the closure of high - risk fuel stations which is ongoing, the cessation of the construction of new fuel stations to allow for proper safety audit, and the implementation of the cylinder re-circulation policy expected to happen within a year.

It is only through strong implementation and adequate funding of the plan, including an additional $ 200 million in fiscal year 2015 for Alzheimer's research, that we'll meet that goal.

Paris drew 150 heads of state, including President Obama, but it is unclear whether many will journey to this year's conference, which is viewed as more of an implementation conference than a messaging moment.

The data collection predated the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and didn't include plans offered through the Health Insurance Marketplace, but the findings give insight into how the ACA might impact health in the years leading up to Medicare eligibility.

Yang Xiang, PhD, assistant professor of neurobiology at University of Massachusetts Medical School, has received a three - year, $ 900,000 grant from the Human Frontiers Science Program to lead an international team of scientists, including Gang Han, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology, in the development and implementation of a new optogenetic platform that can remotely activate neurons inside a free - moving organism.

Gov. L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia has signed a bill delaying for two years implementation of new child - care regulations that would extend state licensing to many providers and programs not previously covered, including public and private preschools and kindergartens.

The initiatives outlined in the plan include lengthening the school day and year, implementation of a statewide teacher contract, consolidation of school districts, and increasing needs - based financial aid in the 2010 budget.

Effective pedagogy in the preschool years includes the early detection of developmental delays and the implementation of effective intervention strategies, which in turn depend on the ongoing monitoring of early learning and the tracking of children's social and emotional development.

* State income tax revenue would be up to $ 700 million higher in present - value terms over 16 years of implementation; increased corporate and sales tax revenues are not included.

Instead of an impressionistic study of the sort offered by Mirel, the kinds of reports that would be helpful to education professionals, and ultimately to students, include evaluations of designs that track individual student performance year to year; the percentage of students reaching local and state standards; a more widely disseminated study of design implementation so others can benefit from lessons learned; and the establishment of a district - wide roadmap for bringing comprehensive school improvement to fruition.

This includes $ 2.8 billion in up - front costs for initial purchases of new hardware and software, $ 326 million for the first year of operation, and $ 624 million for the following six years of implementation.

They include implementation of a new management structure, pedagogical framework, introduction of a Year 7 selective class, academic challenges for students and an initiative that has seen teachers plan and design 192 units linked to the new National Curriculum.

Includes: * Principles of the Early Years Department * Implementation *...

A performance review of career teachers needs to be conducted once every three years and include classroom observation of the teacher, a review of the teacher's progress on the Iowa teaching standards and additional standards and criteria, a review of the implementation of teacher's individual professional development plan, and supporting documentation from other evaluators, teachers, parents, and students.

CORE Executive Director Rick Miller said CORE is on schedule to formally submit the plan to the U.S. Department of Education in time to be included in the next round of evaluations this spring, with implementation in the 2013 - 14 school year.

To prepare them, over a two - year period nearly four dozen so - called CLAS teachers — Certificated Learning and Achievement Specialists — on special assignment helped coach teachers on all aspects of Common Core implementation, including performance tasks in every unit of study.

On top of his own policies, Trump will also have to deal with education - related decisions made under President Barack Obama, including the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act — the new federal law set to replace No Child Left Behind at the beginning of next school year.

Project RED offers a variety of ways districts can benefit from its research, including in - person Institutes held this year November 15 - 16, 2012 in Auburn, Alabama and December 3 - 4, 2012 in River Edge, New Jersey, in addition to a series of 10 implementation webinars, online tools and resources, and its Signature District program.

The memo also indicated that full implementation of the 2016 Mathematics Standards of Learning will occur in the 2018 - 2019 school year to include the administration of revised Standards of Learning tests to assess the 2016 Mathematics Standards of Learning.

Each school in the Hope Community Public Charter School will actively inform families and the public each year of basic information about this policy, including its content, any updates to the policy and implementation status.

Her experience includes teaching at a 1:1 iPad school as well as being a part of the iPad pilot development team several years prior to the implementation.

Over a span of ten years, the Great Public Schools Fund will support innovative projects and ideas proposed by educators, including peer assistance and review programs, teacher mentoring, school safety, technology, and, of course, Common Core implementation.

The Evaluation of the Comprehensive School Reform Program Implementation and Outcomes: Fifth - Year Report (2010) presents overall findings from the evaluation of the comprehensive school reform (CSR) program, including an examination of whether CSR funding had a positive influence on academic achievement.

This project, which spanned three years and included analysis of over 20,000 videotaped lessons from 3,000 teacher volunteers, resulted in nine guiding principles to inform the design and implementation of high - quality teacher support and evaluation systems.

Quantitative yearly data over a three - year period (2007 - 2010) of implementation includes a 40 % dropout decrease from 87 to 52 students, a district attendance rate of 97.26 %, a decrease in district discipline referrals from 4,671 to 1,997, and a 35 % decrease in out - of - school suspensions / expulsions.

A postponement won't throw implementation off greatly, since the first year of the three - year waiver period will largely involve planning — including the accountability criteria and the designs of teacher evaluations.

In fact, educators like me have played an integral role in the development of the system, including the push to delay full implementation by a year.

Those investments include an additional $ 500,000 next year for major capital building maintenance and an additional $ 625,000 for implementation of the district's technology plan.

She has 20 years of experience providing support for all stages of project development (proposal, design, implementation, and evaluation) in a variety of areas including: quality assurance, performance improvement for health systems development, training, community mobilization, and behavior change.

CMS school design teams, which include teachers and school leaders, will integrate the new models into 17 more schools this year, and more schools will join the implementation in each of the two years after that, with almost half of the district's schools implementing by 2017 — 18.

The bill follows a series of issues surrounding the TN Ready exam and its implementation, including last year, which saw more than 9,000 exams scored incorrectly by exam vendor Questar Assessment..

I explained that our adequate yearly progress (AYP) targets would be tied to the state's new high school proficiency assessment and that if we missed those targets for several years in a row we could face sanctions, including the implementation of student transfers and supplemental tutorial plans.

«APS is in its second year as a Charter District,... A hallmark of the APS Charter System Plan is the implementation of signature programming for each school cluster, including International Baccalaureate, STEM, or College and Career Preparatory.»

Russell Hobby, the NAHT's general secretary, said serious mistakes had been made in the implementation of primary school assessments this year, including frequent changes as well as contradictory guidelines.

In the fall of 2012, Dr. Andres Alonso had much to celebrate about in his five - year tenure as CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools, including the approval and implementation of an innovative teachers» contract with a jointly - governed four - tier career pathway that tied teacher pay and promotion to performance and peer review.

That is why we have focused over the years on taking afterschool to scale across the country, including growing statewide afterschool networks from 9 in 2002 to 41 today, and supporting the development and implementation of the federal afterschool grant program known as the 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative.