The United States National Research Council released its latest Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs in 2010, and 23 of the 24 graduate programs of Caltech were ranked within the top four programs in the nation in their size quartile as determined by both the R95 and S95 rankings.

* Biodiversity Synthesis Report ( PDF ) by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment ( MA, 2005 ) responds to CBD information requests

A new Leaving Certificate exam subject with the working title ' Politics & Society ' is being developed by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment ( NCCA ) and is expected to be introduced to the curriculum sometime after 2012.

A quick guide to assess personal injury claims is by reference to the Judicial Studies Board Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases.

* Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005 by the FAO

The paper breaks down IQ averages by U. S. states using the federal government's National Assessment of Educational Progress math and reading test scores as a source.

* A summary of the Fourth Assessment Report SPMs by GreenFacts.

* Knowledge Assessment Methodology, an interactive benchmarking tool created by the World Bank's Knowledge for Development Program to help countries identify the challenges and opportunities they face in making the transition to the knowledge-based economy.

Although deaths from methadone are on the rise, methadone-associated deaths are not being caused primarily by methadone intended for methadone treatment programs, according to a panel of experts convened by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which released a report titled " Methadone-Associated Mortality, Report of a National Assessment ".

In June 1995, the GSA issued Vulnerability Assessment of Federal Facilities, also known as The Marshals Report, the findings of which resulted in a thorough evaluation of security at all federal buildings and a system for classifying risks at over 1, 300 federal facilities owned or leased by the federal government.

Attributional style has been assessed by the Attributional Style Questionnaire, the Expanded Attributional Style Questionnaire, the Attributions Questionnaire, the Real Events Attributional Style Questionnaire and the Attributional Style Assessment Test.

This EPA estimate is based on methodologies agreed to by the Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC, with 100-year global warming potentials from the IPCC Second Assessment Report used in estimating GHG emissions as carbon dioxide equivalents.

The UN World Water Development Report ( WWDR, 2003 ) from the World Water Assessment Program indicates that, in the next 20 years, the quantity of water available to everyone is predicted to decrease by 30 %.

However, this view was questioned by other researchers ; the IPCC First Assessment Report of 1990 discussed the " Medieval Warm Period around 1000 AD ( which may not have been global ) and the Little Ice Age which ended only in the middle to late nineteenth century.

* Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry ( SCAN ), a psychiatric diagnostic tool developed by WHO

* Biodiversity Synthesis Report ( PDF ) by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment ( MA, 2005 )

* Dapper / DChart — plot and download model data referenced by the Fourth Assessment Report ( AR4 ) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

* " Assessment of the Health Risks of Dioxins ", a 1998 report by the World Health Organisation.

Though companies like MOSAIC Threat Assessment Systems sell products and services designed to identify potential threats, a thorough study of all United States school shootings by the U. S. Secret Service warned against the belief that a certain " type " of student would be a perpetrator.

* IPCC Third Assessment Report, a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

* Safety Report Assessment Manual-a report by the UK's Health and Safety Executive

The next stage is to make a Summative Assessment by a new set of questions only covering the topics previously taught.

All but one of the subjects assessed for teaching quality were rated at least " highly satisfactory " and was ranked in the top ten in the UK for Teaching Assessment by The Times Higher Education Supplement.

Assessment occurs at the beginning of the Process ( providing the foundation for effective treatment ), at the end ( evaluation ).

* Assessment and evaluation of general incident scene safety

* IDEAL Network, Idea Development Exploration Assessment Long term study, a resource centre for improving the evaluation of interventional therapies

In the 2009 test of the Programme for International Student Assessment ( PISA ), a worldwide evaluation of 15-year-old school pupils ' scholastic performance by the OECD, Chinese students from Shanghai achieved the best results in mathematics, science and reading.

* Links to Assessment and Evaluation Resources List of links to resources on several topics, including: centers, community building, education and training in evaluation ; Foundations ; Indiana government & organizations ; Links collected by ...; Logic models ; performance assessment & electronic portfolios, political & private groups or companies, professional assns, orgs & pubs, Purdue University, United States Government, web searches for publications by author & topic, and Vivisimo topical meta searches.

The Information Systems Security Assessment Framework ( ISSAF ) is a peer reviewed structured framework from the Open Information Systems Security Group that categorizes information system security assessment into various domains and details specific evaluation or testing criteria for each of these domains.

* The local school system can refer a deaf / hard-of-hearing student to LSD for an evaluation by the LSD Statewide Assessment Center for the Hearing Impaired ( SWAC-HI ) to determine levels of performance and program needs.

He specializes in the philosophical aspects of psychology, with research interests that include public opinion, hypnosis and smoking cessation, and an evaluation of Cambridge University's Thinking Skills Assessment.

* Socrates ( Pain Assessment ), a mnemonic used in the evaluation of a patient's ' pain '

Personality Assessment Inventory ( PAI ), authored by Leslie Morey, PhD, is a multi-scale test of psychological functioning that assesses constructs relevant to personality and psychopathology evaluation ( e. g., depression, anxiety, aggression ) in various contexts including psychotherapy, crisis / evaluation, forensic, personnel selection, pain / medical, and child custody assessment.

In June 2012, the Pennsylvania General Assembly established the new evaluation method, is to be to be implemented in the 2013-14 school year, will include multiple measures of student achievement, such as the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment, the Pennsylvania Value Added Assessment System, graduation and promotion rates, as well as other elective data to be determined at the local level.

Among his many awards and recognitions are: NASA Group Achievement Award, ORS Flight Experiment, 1986, NASA Productivity Improvement Award, New TCS Blanket Inspection Method, 1989, Golden Eagle Award, TCS Inspection, 1989, NASA Productivity Improvement Award, Thermal Interactive Mission Evaluation System ( TIMES-89 ), 1989, Silver Snoopy award, STS-40 Payload Bar Door Seal Anomaly, 1991, NASA Fellowship Program, 1992, NASA Group Achievement Award, Shuttle Plume Impingement Flight Experiment, 1995, Space Act Award, Thermal Interactive Mission Evaluation System, 1995, AR & SD Elite Team Award, Letter of Recognition from the Chief of the Automation, Robotics, and Simulation Division, for support given to operational evaluation of the FGB grapple fixture, Space Act Award, Thermal Synthesizer System, TSS, 1996, Letter of Recognition from the NASA Administrator, Daniel S. Goldin, for contributions in the development of the Quantitative Risk Assessment System ( QRAS ) model, 1997, NASA Group Achievement Award, Space Shuttle Risk Model Team, 1998, NASA Group Achievement Award, Space Station Phase 1 Program Team, 1998, NASA Group Achievement Award, Orbiter Upgrades Definition Team, 1998, Various Outstanding Performance Ratings, and Performance Awards, 1985 – 1997, Chairman, Thermal and Fluids Analysis Workshop ( TFAWS ), International Conference, NASA JSC, 1997, and the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal.

As a result of its belief that traditional measures sometimes miss capable students, Posse has developed an alternative evaluation strategy called the Dynamic Assessment Process ( DAP ), hoping to identify urban youth leaders who can succeed despite varying scores on tests such as the SAT.

Authentic Assessment: Authentic Assessment is the practice of evaluating a student on their final product and the skills developed through its completion instead of evaluation of individual skills.

Finally, some common school readiness tests are: Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning-III ( DIAL-III ) which assesses motor, cognitive, and language skills, Denver II which tests motor, social, and language skills, and Home Observation for Measurement of Environment ( HOME ) which is a measure of the extent to which a child ’ s home environment facilitates school readiness.

* Assessment of cases of abuse ( child, spousal, elder )

Assessment will usually include an interview with the child ’ s caregiver, observation of the child in an unstructured setting, a hearing test, and standardized tests of language and nonverbal ability.

The Faculty ’ s Centre for Research and Development ( CRD ) supports research of international significance and resulted in Sixty-five per cent of research in art and design being classified as either ' world leading ' or ' internationally excellent ' in the Research Assessment Exercise RAE2008.

" A Knowledge Taxonomy for Army Intelligence Training: An Assessment of the Military Intelligence Basic Officer Leaders Course Using Lundvall ’ s Knowledge Taxonomy ".

It was recognised for its outstanding performance in the 2008 UK Research Assessment Exercise, making it the UK ’ s top-rated Psychology department in a post-1992 university for the quality of its research.

" A Knowledge Taxonomy for Army Intelligence Training: An Assessment of the Military Intelligence Basic Officer Leaders Course Using Lundvall ’ s Knowledge Taxonomy ".

A Centennial Assessment of Kurt Gödel ’ s Impact on Logic, Mathematics, and Computer Science ".

The results of the Research Assessment Exercise ( RAE ), published on 8 December 2008, showed that over 50 % of the University ’ s research activity was deemed to be " world leading " or " internationally excellent ", with 87 % in total being of " international standing ".

According to the results of the Research Assessment Exercise 2008, 90 % of the University of Birmingham ’ s research activity has international impact.

Data from the 2005 School Nutrition and Dietary Assessment Survey, sponsored by USDA ’ s Food and Nutrition Service, showed that 14 percent of school districts participated in Farm to School programs, and 16 percent reported having guidelines for purchasing locally grown produce.

The university confirmed its position as one of the UK ’ s elite research universities when it was ranked as the 9th-best university in the UK for the quality of its research in The Times, The Guardian, and The Independent's 2008 Research Assessment Exercise ( RAE ) tables.

* An Assessment of Sphere Humanitarian Standards for Shelter and Settlement Planning in Kenya ’ s Dadaab Refugee Camps

Trinity College and University offered bachelor ’ s degrees on the basis of " Prior Learning Assessment ", advertising that a degree awarded on this basis could be completed in as little as two days ' time.

* Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ’ s Fourth Assessment Report ( 2007 ), Chapter 2, " Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and Radiative Forcing ," pp. 133 – 134 ( PDF, 8. 6 MB, 106 pp. ).

In the government ’ s 2008 Research Assessment Exercise ( RAE ) the School of Law was ranked equal 11th in the UK across the assessment of all its research, and equal 7th based on the high percentage of its research rated as 4 * (‘ world leading ’) or 3 * (‘ internationally excellent ’).

Charter Oak State College also assists other Connecticut colleges or universities seeking to provide their students with alternate ways to validate college-level learning, develops partnerships with the corporate and non-profit community to meet the state ’ s workforce needs and through its Connecticut Credit Assessment Program and special assessments evaluates and formally recognizes non-collegiate learning regardless of how or where such learning is acquired.

The Courtauld is one of the premier centres for the teaching of art history in the world ; it was the only History of Art department in the UK to be awarded a top 5 * grade in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise, and was ranked second nationally for History of Art in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise and ranked first nationally for History and History of Art in The Guardian ’ s 2011 University Guide .< ref >

* Teachers ’ Uses of Students ’ Digital Annotations: Implications for the Formative Assessment of Reading Comprehension, Barry Brahier, 2006 ( University of Minnesota )

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* The Children ’ s Global Assessment Scale, used by psychiatrists to assist with assessing children under 18

JDC ’ s social work innovations continued into the 1960s with the founding of Israel ’ s first Child Development and Assessment Center, which put into practice the then-emerging idea that early detection and treatment optimize outcomes for children with disabilities.

These offices are ; Academic Affairs, Administration and Finance, Student Affairs, Human Resources, Payroll, Public Relations and Marketing, Institutional Research, Institutional Assessment, Bursar ’ s Office, One Card Office, Diversity and Affirmative Action Office, and the Academic Success Center.