Evaluating Progress

Author : Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Program,Monica Becker,Ken Geiser
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Hazardous substances
ISBN : 9780788174612

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Evaluating Progress by Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Program,Monica Becker,Ken Geiser Pdf

Presents the findings of the TURA (Toxics Use Reduction Act) program evaluation. It draws together the results of several efforts: (1) 3 significant studies conducted by independent contractors; (2) an inventory & assessment of the programs & activities undertaken by the TURA agencies in fulfillment of the mandates of the Toxics Use Reduction Act; (3) analysis of the TURA data. These questions are addressed: (1) did the firms & agencies implement the law? (2) what happened to toxic chemical use & byproducts? (3) how valuable are the program elements & resources? (4) what are the costs & benefits of the program?

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Committee on Strategic Advice on the U.S. Climate Change Science Program
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309108263

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Evaluating Progress of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Committee on Strategic Advice on the U.S. Climate Change Science Program Pdf

The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) coordinates the efforts of 13 federal agencies to understand why climate is changing, to improve predictions about how it will change in the future, and to use that information to assess impacts on human systems and ecosystems and to better support decision making. Evaluating Progress of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program is the first review of the CCSP's progress since the program was established in 2002. It lays out a method for evaluating the CCSP, and uses that method to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the entire program and to identify areas where progress has not met expectations. The committee found that the program has made good progress in documenting and understanding temperature trends and related environmental changes on a global scale, as well as in understanding the influence of human activities on these observed changes. The ability to predict future climate changes also has improved, but efforts to understand the impacts of such changes on society and analyze mitigation and adaptation strategies are still relatively immature. The program also has not met expectations in supporting decision making, studying regional impacts, and communicating with a wider group of stakeholders.

Author : Annette Freyberg-Inan,Ewan Harrison,Patrick James
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317201427

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Evaluating Progress in International Relations by Annette Freyberg-Inan,Ewan Harrison,Patrick James Pdf

This edited volume offers a systematic evaluation of how knowledge is produced by scholarly research into International Relations. The contributors explore three key questions: To what extent is scientific progress and accumulation of knowledge possible? What are the different accounts of how this process takes place? And what are the dominant critiques of these understandings? It is the first publication to survey the full range of perspectives available for evaluating scientific progress as well as dominant critiques of scientism. In its second part, the volume applies this range of perspectives to the research program on the democratic peace. It shows what we gain by accommodating and enabling dialogue among the full range of epistemological approaches. The contributors elaborate and defend the epistemological position of sociable pluralism as one that seeks to build bridges between soft positivism, critical theory, and critical realism. The underlying idea is that if the differences between the various approaches used by different communities of researchers can be understood more clearly, this will facilitate meaningful cross-cutting communication, dialogue, and debate and thereby enable us to address real-world problems more effectively. This timely and original work will be of great interest to advanced-level students and scholars dealing with philosophy of science and methodological questions in International Relations.

Author : Carmen Teodosiu,Silvia Fiore,Almudena Hospido
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323897990

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Assessing Progress Towards Sustainability by Carmen Teodosiu,Silvia Fiore,Almudena Hospido Pdf

Assessing Progress toward Sustainability: Frameworks, Tools, and Case Studies provides practical frameworks for measuring progress toward sustainability in various areas of production, consumption, services and urban development as they relate to environmental impact. A variety of policies/strategies or frameworks are available at national and international levels. This book presents an integrated approach to sustainability progress measurement by considering both the frameworks and methodological developments of various tools, as well as their implementation in assessing the sustainability of processes, products and services through a global perspective. Combining methods and their application, the book covers a variety of topics, including lifecycle assessment, risk assessment, nexus thinking, and connection to SDGs. Organized clearly into three main sections --Frameworks, Tools, and Case Studies--this book can serve as a practical resource for researchers and practitioners alike in environmental science, sustainability, environmental management and environmental engineering. Offers an integrated approach to sustainability assessment using the most up-to-date frameworks and tools Includes extensive, diverse case studies to illustrate the methods and process for using the frameworks and tools outlined Provides practical insights related to challenges and opportunities to reduce environmental impacts and increase resources and energy efficiency

Author : Hans A. Andrews
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015011550095

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Evaluating for Excellence by Hans A. Andrews Pdf

Author : Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on Evaluating Progress of Obesity Prevention Effort
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309285278

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Evaluating Obesity Prevention Efforts by Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on Evaluating Progress of Obesity Prevention Effort Pdf

Obesity poses one of the greatest public health challenges of the 21st century, creating serious health, economic, and social consequences for individuals and society. Despite acceleration in efforts to characterize, comprehend, and act on this problem, including implementation of preventive interventions, further understanding is needed on the progress and effectiveness of these interventions. Evaluating Obesity Prevention Efforts develops a concise and actionable plan for measuring the nation's progress in obesity prevention efforts-specifically, the success of policy and environmental strategies recommended in the 2012 IOM report Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation. This book offers a framework that will provide guidance for systematic and routine planning, implementation, and evaluation of the advancement of obesity prevention efforts. This framework is for specific use with the goals and strategies from the 2012 report and can be used to assess the progress made in every community and throughout the country, with the ultimate goal of reducing the obesity epidemic. It offers potentially valuable guidance in improving the quality and effect of the actions being implemented. The recommendations of Evaluating Obesity Prevention Efforts focus on efforts to increase the likelihood that actions taken to prevent obesity will be evaluated, that their progress in accelerating the prevention of obesity will be monitored, and that the most promising practices will be widely disseminated.

Author : David Scott,Ros Weston
Publisher : Nelson Thornes
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Health education
ISBN : 0748733132

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Evaluating Health Promotion by David Scott,Ros Weston Pdf

The contributors provide a general overview of evaluation in intitiatives designed to promote better health. They highlight successful and unsuccesful campaigns and offer a coherent study of the theory and practice of evaluation in this discipline.

Author : Daniel Druckman
Publisher : National Academies
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Democracy
ISBN : NAP:11787

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Assessing Progress Toward Democracy and Good Governance by Daniel Druckman Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Africa
ISBN : IND:30000144060195

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Assessing Progress in Africa Towards the Millennium Development Goals by Anonim Pdf

Author : Daniel Kanda
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Fiscal policy
ISBN : UCSD:31822031526254

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Assessing Monthly Progress Toward Annual Fiscal Revenue Targets by Daniel Kanda Pdf

Author : Randall Inners Charles,Frank K. Lester,Phares G. O'Daffer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015025003743

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How to Evaluate Progress in Problem Solving by Randall Inners Charles,Frank K. Lester,Phares G. O'Daffer Pdf

"This book puts the goals of problem-solving evaluation in sharper foucs, describes several classroom evaluation techniques, and illustrates how these techniques might be used in practice." -- from p. 1.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Neural circuitry
ISBN : UOM:39015039958460

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Progress in Neural Networks by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jacob Samuel Orleans
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Educational tests and measurements
ISBN : UOM:39015062752780

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Measurement in Education by Jacob Samuel Orleans Pdf

Author : Tony Veale,F. Amílcar Cardoso
Publisher : Springer
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319436104

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Computational Creativity by Tony Veale,F. Amílcar Cardoso Pdf

Computational creativity is an emerging field of research within AI that focuses on the capacity of machines to both generate and evaluate novel outputs that would, if produced by a human, be considered creative. This book is intended to be a canonical text for this new discipline, through which researchers and students can absorb the philosophy of the field and learn its methods. After a comprehensive introduction to the idea of systematizing creativity the contributions address topics such as autonomous intentionality, conceptual blending, literature mining, computational design, models of novelty, evaluating progress in related research, computer-supported human creativity and human-supported computer creativity, common-sense knowledge, and models of social creativity. Products of this research will have real consequences for the worlds of entertainment, culture, science, education, design, and art, in addition to artificial intelligence, and the book will be of value to practitioners and students in all these domains.

Author : Paul Clay Burns,Daniel H. Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Student teaching
ISBN : PSU:000024813624

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The Student Teacher Evaluates Pupil Progress by Paul Clay Burns,Daniel H. Brown Pdf