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Fairness is a term commonly used but rarely understood, critiqued, or analyzed. When used in relation to educational test, the concept of fairness is also cluttered by the conflicting evidence supporting the construct validity of assessments or the reliability of those assessments … validity of assessments or the reliability of those assessments for a diverse population. When consequential validity is also called into question, then educational test itself becomes a quagmire. Yet teachers do need assessments to gauge student learning, or to provide students with the educational resources they need … student learning, or to provide students with the educational resources they need to thrive. Consequential validity refers to the ways educators use assessments, standardized or not (Denner, Norman & Lin, 2009). Teachers unfamiliar with the concept of consequential validity may be acting unfairly without knowing, causing harm … social justice. When teachers administer assessments, they should take great care……
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Denner, P., Norman, A. & Shu-Yuan Lin. Fairness and consequential validity of teacher work samples. Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability 21 (2009): 235-254.
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… we work, but we also need to adapt those lesson plans and be flexible in our approach to education. Pressured to teach for standardized test and assessments, teachers are often constrained in what they do and rarely feel we are reaching our potential or helping students do the … of the resources available to students, including resources for special populations. I also want to help students understand themselves better, by using personality test and not just making assumptions based on their body language or behavior. Especially in high school, teenagers can be guarded in front of ……
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...Standardized test To: Chief Diversity Office
From: Higher Education Consultant
Date: 19th March 2019
Subject: Institutional-wide diversity and inclusion strategic plans
Part 1:
1. Harvard University
Harvard University is evidently a diverse institution that valued diversity and inclusion. At Harvard, the administrators, faculty, staff, and students representing various races, interests, ages, and backgrounds come to pursue their common goals (Harvard.edu, 2019). Harvard works towards providing an environment that promotes inclusiveness of culture and racial diversity. The assistant to the Harvard University President has an office whose mission is to deliver a sustained and wholesome effort towards the development, advancement, and coordination of inclusive excellence, equal opportunity, and diversity (Harvard.edu, 2019). At Harvard employees get equal opportunity notwithstanding their race or gender. Labor organizations, employment agencies, educational institutions, local governments, and private employers’ applicants and employees get protection against discrimination from federal laws.
The mission of the office of the Harvard University’s assistant……
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Harvard University (2016). Pursuing Excellence on a Foundation of Inclusion, Harvard University Presidential Task Force on Inclusion and Belonging. Retrieved 19 March, 2019 from https://inclusionandbelongingtaskforce.harvard.edu/files/inclusion/files/harvard_inclusion belonging_task_force_final_report_full_web_180327.pdf
The Guardian (2019). Cambridge University\\\\'s poor diversity record highlighted by report. Retrieved 19 March, 2019 from https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jun/03/cambridge-colleges-poor-record-on- diversity-highlighted-by-report
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… retrieve or make sense of that data. One EBP to consider is the practice of mapping clinical terms to terminologies that have been standardized to help nurses better understand how to use information (Effken et al., 2016). Elsayed et al. (2017) posit that an informatics competency should … of promoting health literacy as a means of preventive medicine. Still, this requires an informatics competency that is not as of yet being standardized in nurse education.
Nurses using clinical informatics still have to be careful, however, with respect to how information is shared. The Privacy Act … that the patient is at risk (Kharbanda et al., 2018).
EMR-linked clinical decision support can also facilitate the decision process for ordering diagnostic test for patients. Too much test can be a waste of time, energy and resources and it can cause strain on the patient’s health. It is far better to ………
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Effken, J., Weaver, C., Cochran, K., Androwich, I., & O’Brien, A. (2016). Toward a central repository for sharing nursing informatics’ best practices. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 34(6), 245-246.
Elsayed, W. A., Hussein, F. M., & Othman, W. N. (2017). Relation between nursing informatics competency and nurses’ attitude toward evidence-based practice among qualified nurses at Mansoura Oncology Center. International Journal of Nursing Didactics, 7(6), 26-33.
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Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS)
The Incident Command System (ICS) is a standardized organization model or method for incident response and management during disasters. The system is made up of standard management and leadership hierarchy procedures, … Roberts (2001) identified shifting of authority as need arises, the structuring mechanisms with role switching, and system resetting as the disaster response requires; standardized rules, tools, and routines maintenance; and deployment of reliable management methods as the major factors responsible for ICS model’s success. Cardwell and Cooney … as the major factor that leads to ICS application across and within agencies and organizations.
ICS has two major pros that include a standardized leadership structure within and among disaster response teams and external partners, and predetermined external and internal alignments. People with basic training on ICS … ICS deployment, the varied Corps schedules allowed for informal successful practices dissemination. For instance, two……
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… creation of educational programs, and the identification of pupils who require specific services. For deaf and hard hearing learners, participating in meaningful education test is a multifaceted and complex process (Pizzo & Chilvers, 2019). Assessments that are done well will support growth and learning, while poorly and … deaf and hard of hearing learners, namely Arizona™-4: Arizona Articulation and Phonology Scale™ Fourth Revision, The American Sign Language Proficiency Assessment (ASL-PA), and test for Auditory Comprehension of Language—Fourth Edition (TACL-4).
Report 1: Arizona Articulation and Phonology Scale™, Fourth Revision
? Name of test: Arizona™-4: Arizona Articulation and Phonology Scale™, Fourth Revision
? Author(s): Fudala, Janet Barker, and Stegall, Sheri
? Publisher's Name and Address: Western Psychological … Services. 625 Alaska Avenue, Torrance, CA 90503-5124; Telephone: 800-648-8857; FAX: 424-201-6950; E-mail: [email protected]; Web: http://www.wpspublish.com
? Date of Publication: 2017
? Purpose of test: The primary purpose of this assessment tool is to……
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… now been advocating for the use of evidence-based practices. Evidence-based practices are those that require professionals to seek and take into account the test and most authoritative research and combine it with their special expertise to offer patients quality treatment that also considers the patient’s preferences, culture, … teaching strategy utilized, and whether there is direct parental involvement.
Data Analysis
Meta-analysis
A statistical analysis utilizing STATA 14 will be done. The standardized mean difference and 95 percent CI (confidence interval) for every outcome will be utilized as the summary statistic. Post treatment outcomes for the … utilized as the summary statistic. Post treatment outcomes for the treatment and for the delayed groups shall be compared for every study. The standardized mean difference shall be interpreted as small, moderate, and large for the following values respectively, 0.20-0.50, 0.50-0.80, and 0.80-1.30 (Cohen, 2013). They shall ……
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… keep evolving. There are new management strategies and treatments proposed every day. Some of the proposals could be controversial. New approaches are being test for fast rehydration using intravenous fluids. There have been several assessments of the severity of dehydration and consequent computation of fluid deficits in … for once, be viewed by the children as a good development to help their condition. However, play is not just playing; there are standardized games that target specific responses and……
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