It is likely, however, that medical schools evaluate students similarly (eg, knowledge, presentations skills, professionalism) and that overlap exists among the schools' evaluation forms.
In a statement, Dr. King said he was left with no choice but to suspend the grants because the city had promised in its application to redraw the schools' evaluation systems.
A WASH in Schools evaluation in Kenya indicates that girls were absent less in schools where there was more hand washing and very high toilet use.
The Regents could beef up existing accreditation procedures, making them full school evaluations, including, but not limited to, test scores.
Hold all schools to account, but consider different types of inspections such as school evaluations, and allow the data to speak for itself.
Heralded by President Bush as a centerpiece of his campaign, the legislation comes amid growing opposition to the expanding use of tests to determine promotion, graduation, merit pay and school evaluations.
While earlier studies have argued that redshirted children do better both socially and academically — citing data on school evaluations, leadership positions, and test scores — more recent analyses suggest that the opposite may well be the case: the youngest kids, who barely make the age cutoff but are enrolled anyway, ultimately end up on top — not their older classmates.
A comprehensive search for after-school evaluations was completed in order to conduct a meta-evaluation of evaluation methodologies used and to synthesize the findings of the evaluations.
"Some programs are very popular and people don't want a serious evaluation," says Dominic Brewer, head of the education program of Rand Corp., the think tank that found itself embroiled in a controversy over its own school evaluations during the presidential campaign.
Instead, many Republicans and supposed conservatives are doubling down on testing-driven educational reform, making standardized tests the central focus for student, teacher, and school evaluations.
