Evaluation Methods. The Association may present to the Board of Trustees its views on an evaluation instrument and/or propose an evaluation instrument. The Board of Trustees will make the final selection of the evaluation instrument. The School District will maintain a uniform evaluation instrument for all teachers or groups of teachers or activities. The School District will seek the input of all the individual teachers affected by an evaluation instrument and/or its application before implementing or changing the same.
Evaluation Methods. All monitoring or observation of work performance of an Employee for purposes of a formal evaluation will be conducted openly and with full knowledge of the Employee. Covert methods will not be used for formal or informal observation of teaching performance.
Evaluation Methods. The CO/COR will conduct performance evaluations based upon Section II above and the required performance levels set forth in the contract and/or Task Orders. The following techniques will be used to perform surveillance:
Evaluation Methods. Nicor Gas will work with the independent third party evaluator and SAG to develop best practices for when program evaluations shall be controlled trials or quasi-experimental design methods. Until SAG develops best practices, where appropriate given the EM&V budget constraints, the independent evaluator shall give preference to randomized controlled trials or quasi-experimental design methods. When a program evaluator believes that randomized control trials or quasi- experimental designs are not appropriate given the EM&V budget constraints, the program evaluator shall provide an explanation and support for its decision as part of its evaluation plan.
Evaluation Methods. The closeness of fit of the proposed deep brain-tuned transformation with the MNI brain was compared with that of the untransformed brain and a surface-tuned transformation using the fol- lowing four numerical measures. The first measured the percentage of lateral ventricle coordinates correctly falling within the MNI lateral ventricle; a higher proportion indicates better agreement. The second measure was the mean distance in mm between the MNI lateral ventricle coordinates and each of the three sets of coordinates being compared; a smaller number indicates better agree- ment. The last two measures were the 5th and 95th percentiles of individual distances in mm used to calculate the mean distance; a smaller numerical value indicates better agreement. Numerical stability of the final estimate of Θ was investigated by using several different initial starting values for Θˆ in the numerical minimization routine. Ultimately, an initial starting value of (1, 1, 1, 1, 0) was used as the initial starting value of Θˆ to obtain the final estimate of Θ re- ported above. This vector of initial values corresponds to no scaling as indicated by the first three ones in the vector and no rotation as indicated by the last one and the zero in the vector. One should note the final one in the vector can be replaced by any non-zero number a and still corre- spond to no rotation since arctan a = 0 provided a 0. More general affine transformations with as many as nine parameters were attempted with little to no reduction in the mean surface distance. 3 Results Convergence using the initial starting vector in section 2.2 took 47 iterations with a final mean distance of 2.468 mm compared with a starting mean distance of 2.823 mm. The final numerical value of Θˆ is approximately (1.039, 0.939, 1.261, —38.808, 0.251). Recalling equation (1), the first three parameter estimates show slight scaling in the x and y directions and greater scaling in the z direction. The last two estimated parameters result in a rotation about (0, —38.808, 0.251) of approximately —0.00633 radians or —0.363 degrees. When several different starting values were used to obtain an estimate of Θ, all reasonable starting values yielded estimates of Θ which agreed to within 3 significant digits of the estimate given above. Thus, the final reported estimate appears to be numerically stable. For ease of use, the simplified transformation obtained by substituting Θˆ into equations (2) and (3) is: x'' ...
Evaluation Methods. OMP will continue to monitor and evaluate the efficiency of the catalytic oxidation process as discussed in Section 3.7.1. As part of this project, OMP will submit these data, as well as other information relevant to the success of the Project, in a biannual report to EPA and PADEP.
Evaluation Methods. (a) Coordinate program review as needed by advisory board for project area. Advisory board membership to include appropriate staff members from each jurisdiction within the County of Santa Xxxx participating in this program..
Evaluation Methods. The SSRP/A Local NGO Grants Component was evaluated using site interviews with the Local Partner NGO (LP) key staff and other relevant stakeholders (when available), and review of Mercy Corps / ORT indicators and other documentation. Mercy Corps / ORT Local Grants Department staff provided information about the programs and performance of each of the LPs, which was then used to select the evaluation sample. Five LPs were chosen for the evaluation, given the unique cases that each represented. The reason for this type of selection was to show a wide range of different models or types of impacts represented by the SSRP/A LPs. The site interview outline (see Appendix) included the following categories: Community involvement in rehab and other activities, Structures for community involvement used or created, Impact of Mercy Corps / ORT technical assistance and training, Relationship of organization to local and other authorities (rehab cases only), Follow-up and / or spin-off projects, and questions related to the individual program and its results. The LPs and reasons for their selection is summarized in the table below: LP name Reason for selection1
Evaluation Methods. The Evaluator applied a variety of methods for the mid-term evaluation. They included:
Evaluation Methods. The Team will apply a variety of methods for the mid-term evaluation. They include:
