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Nathan Cummings Foundation - 2004 Annual Report
Contains chair's message, president's report, list of trustees and staff, and program descriptions
Local Implementation Effectiveness of a Multi-Tier System of Support in Elementary School Settings
Ensuring all students learn at high levels is demanding. Multi-tier systems of supports (MTSS) has shown promise as a way to promote high levels of learning for all students while catching students who are struggling to learn. However, implementing MTSS models in school districts and schools has seen its challenges. The context of an individual school impacts efforts related to implementation especially related to implementing a system such as MTSS. During the 2016-2017 school year, using program theory-driven evaluation methods a program theory for MTSS was developed with input from members of the research school district. Then a questionnaire was used with twenty-five elementary schools to ascertain the level of implementation of the research school district’s identified MTSS model. Finally, the implementation level for each of the twenty-five elementary schools was compared to several outcome indicators. Findings from the questionnaire indicate an operationalizing or strong level of implementation of the research school district’s MTSS model in the majority of the twenty-five elementary schools. Further evidence of a strong implementation level of the research school district’s MTSS model was seen in a five year decrease of special education child count data for both all special education students and special education students verified with a specific learning disability. This is in contrast to State of Nebraska five year special education child count data which is increasing in both areas. Even though the research school district showed a strong level of implementation of its MTSS model in elementary school settings there was not a correlation between level of implementation and identified outcomes
Blockchain based Decentralized Applications: Technology Review and Development Guidelines
Blockchain or Distributed Ledger Technology is a disruptive technology that
provides the infrastructure for developing decentralized applications enabling
the implementation of novel business models even in traditionally centralized
domains. In the last years it has drawn high interest from the academic
community, technology developers and startups thus lots of solutions have been
developed to address blockchain technology limitations and the requirements of
applications software engineering. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive
overview of DLT solutions analyzing the addressed challenges, provided
solutions and their usage for developing decentralized applications. Our study
reviews over 100 blockchain papers and startup initiatives from which we
construct a 3-tier based architecture for decentralized applications and we use
it to systematically classify the technology solutions. Protocol and Network
Tier solutions address the digital assets registration, transactions, data
structure, and privacy and business rules implementation and the creation of
peer-to-peer networks, ledger replication, and consensus-based state
validation. Scaling Tier solutions address the scalability problems in terms of
storage size, transaction throughput, and computational capability. Finally,
Federated Tier aggregates integrative solutions across multiple blockchain
applications deployments. The paper closes with a discussion on challenges and
opportunities for developing decentralized applications by providing a
multi-step guideline for decentralizing the design of traditional systems and
implementing decentralized applications.Comment: 30 pages, 8 figures, 9 tables, 121 reference
The Boston University Photonics Center annual report 2013-2014
This repository item contains an annual report that summarizes activities of the Boston University Photonics Center in the 2013-2014 academic year. The report provides quantitative and descriptive information regarding photonics programs in education, interdisciplinary research, business innovation, and technology development. The Boston University Photonics Center (BUPC) is an interdisciplinary hub for education, research, scholarship, innovation, and technology development associated with practical uses of light.This annual report summarizes activities of the Boston University Photonics Center in the 2013–2014 academic year.This has been a good year for the Photonics Center. In the following pages, you will see that the center’s faculty received prodigious honors and awards, generated more than 100 notable scholarly publications in the leading journals in our field, and attracted 20M in research funding for the University, are indicative of the breadth of Photonics Center research interests: from fundamental modeling of optoelectronic materials to practical development of cancer diagnostics, from exciting new discoveries in optogenetics for understanding brain function to the achievement of world-record resolution in semiconductor circuit microscopy. Our community welcomed an auspicious cohort of new faculty members, including a newly hired assistant professor and a newly hired professor (and Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department). The Industry/University Cooperative Research Center—the centerpiece of our translational biophotonics program—continues to focus on advancing the health care and medical device industries, and has entered its fourth year of operation with a strong record of achievement and with the support of an enthusiastic industrial membership base
The Boston University Photonics Center annual report 2013-2014
This repository item contains an annual report that summarizes activities of the Boston University Photonics Center in the 2013-2014 academic year. The report provides quantitative and descriptive information regarding photonics programs in education, interdisciplinary research, business innovation, and technology development. The Boston University Photonics Center (BUPC) is an interdisciplinary hub for education, research, scholarship, innovation, and technology development associated with practical uses of light.This annual report summarizes activities of the Boston University Photonics Center in the 2013–2014 academic year.This has been a good year for the Photonics Center. In the following pages, you will see that the center’s faculty received prodigious honors and awards, generated more than 100 notable scholarly publications in the leading journals in our field, and attracted 20M in research funding for the University, are indicative of the breadth of Photonics Center research interests: from fundamental modeling of optoelectronic materials to practical development of cancer diagnostics, from exciting new discoveries in optogenetics for understanding brain function to the achievement of world-record resolution in semiconductor circuit microscopy. Our community welcomed an auspicious cohort of new faculty members, including a newly hired assistant professor and a newly hired professor (and Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department). The Industry/University Cooperative Research Center—the centerpiece of our translational biophotonics program—continues to focus on advancing the health care and medical device industries, and has entered its fourth year of operation with a strong record of achievement and with the support of an enthusiastic industrial membership base
Implementation of Response to Intervention: A Case Study in a Texas Education Agency Designated Other Central City Suburban School District
Response to Intervention (RtI) is a critical component in the instructional continuum in
KG-12 public education due to legislation requiring schools to provide struggling learners with
instructional interventions designed to remediate achievement deficits. The purpose of this study
was to identify the perceptions of elementary and secondary teachers and counselors of the
implementation of a multi-tiered problem-solving RtI model in a Texas school district. This
study was a phenomenological case study, conducted as a replication study of previous research
completed in 2010. Survey questions and open-ended responses were collected and analyzed to
determine the perceptions of elementary and secondary teachers’ and counselors’ perceptions of
RtI implementation in a district with a minimum of five years implementation. A comparison of
the two districts revealed variance in district structures and implementation attributed to the size
of district enrollment. Recommendations were discussed regarding the implementation of RtI
and the interaction between Texas Dyslexia, Section 504, and special education identification
and evaluation processes
The Boston University Photonics Center annual report 2014-2015
This repository item contains an annual report that summarizes activities of the Boston University Photonics Center in the 2014-2015 academic year. The report provides quantitative and descriptive information regarding photonics programs in education, interdisciplinary research, business innovation, and technology development. The Boston University Photonics Center (BUPC) is an interdisciplinary hub for education, research, scholarship, innovation, and technology development associated with practical uses of light.This has been a good year for the Photonics Center. In the following pages, you will see that the center’s faculty received prodigious honors and awards, generated more than 100 notable scholarly publications in the leading journals in our field, and attracted $18.6M in new research grants/contracts. Faculty and staff also expanded their efforts in education and training, and were awarded two new National Science Foundation– sponsored sites for Research Experiences for Undergraduates and for Teachers. As a community, we hosted a compelling series of distinguished invited speakers, and emphasized the theme of Advanced Materials by Design for the 21st Century at our annual symposium. We continued to support the National Photonics Initiative, and are a part of a New York–based consortium that won the competition for a new photonics- themed node in the National Network of Manufacturing Institutes. Highlights of our research achievements for the year include an ambitious new DoD-sponsored grant for Multi-Scale Multi-Disciplinary Modeling of Electronic Materials led by Professor Enrico Bellotti, continued support of our NIH-sponsored Center for Innovation in Point of Care Technologies for the Future of Cancer Care led by Professor Catherine Klapperich, a new award for Personalized Chemotherapy Through Rapid Monitoring with Wearable Optics led by Assistant Professor Darren Roblyer, and a new award from DARPA to conduct research on Calligraphy to Build Tunable Optical Metamaterials led by Professor Dave Bishop. We were also honored to receive an award from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center to develop a biophotonics laboratory in our Business Innovation Center
Proceedings of the National Conference on Managing Irrigation for Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture in Pakistan, Islamabad, November 5-7, 1996. Volume V - Papers on the theme, institutional development
Irrigated farmingSocial organizationWater users' associationsFarmers' associationsInstitution buildingWater resource managementOperationsMaintenancePolicyIrrigation managementParticipatory management
An Examination of Systematic Screenings in a Rural Elementary School: Initial Lessons Learned
In this study, Student Risk Screening Scale - Internalizing Externalizing (SRSS-IE; Lane, Oakes, Harris, et al., 2012) scores were examined to assess changes in student behavioral performance over time. A rural elementary school in a Midwestern state administered the SRSS-IE during the winter 2012 and spring 2013 within the context of a multi-tiered prevention model. This study investigated the initial overall levels of student risk, shifts in student risk, and the magnitude of relation between the SRSS-IE and its subscale scores to office discipline referrals (ODRs) earned throughout the school year. Results revealed the SRSS-IE scores were highly stable over time and relations found between the SRSS-I5 subscale scores and ODRs (r = 0.06, -0.00) were not statistically significant. Limitations, future directions, and implications for the findings related to these research objectives are discussed
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