Value-Added Modeling for Teacher Effectiveness [PDF]
, 2012 [Excerpt] This report addresses issues associated with the evaluation of teacher effectiveness based on student growth in achievement. It focuses specifically on a method of evaluation referred to as value-added modeling (VAM).
Kuenzi, Jeffrey J, Lomax, Erin D
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Early Origins of Adult Cancer Risk Among Men and Women: Influence of Childhood Misfortune? [PDF]
, 2018 Objective—To examine the effect of five childhood misfortune domains—parental behavior, socioeconomic status, infectious diseases, chronic diseases, and impairments—on all-site and selected site-specific cancer prevalence and all-site cancer incidence ...
Ferraro, Kenneth F. +3 more
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Modeling health inequities research in context and the minority researcher’s role
, 2012 Current health inequities research templates are flawed and self-defeating because they do not include historical inequalities as the central context that points to the root causes of health inequities. The context includes structural malformations which
Mwachofi, Ari, WaMwachofi, Ngure
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Socioeconomic inequality in childhood obesity and its determinants: a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition
Jornal de PediatriaObjective Childhood obesity has become a priority health concern worldwide. Socioeconomic status is one of its main determinants. This study aimed to assess the socioeconomic inequality of obesity in children and adolescents at national and provincial ...
Roya Kelishadi +10 more
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Does socio-economic disadvantage lead to acting out? A reinvigoration of an old question [PDF]
, 2017 Research into socio-economic determinants of school deviance is inconclusive. Recently, scholars argued that economic deprivation, rather than SES background, affects delinquency.
Demanet, Jannick, Van Houtte, Mieke
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Esthetic perception of orthodontic appliances by Brazilian children and adolescents
Dental Press Journal of OrthodonticsObjective: The objective of this present study was to understand how children and adolescents perceive esthetic attractiveness of a variety of orthodontic appliances. It also analyzed preferences according to patients' age, sex and socioeconomic status.
Deise Caldas Kuhlman +3 more
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Lessons learned from the largest tenure-mix operation in the world : right to buy in the United Kingdom [PDF]
, 2015 In the past few decades, urban regeneration policies have taken firm root in many Western European countries. Underlying these regeneration policies is a strong belief in the negative neighborhood effects of living in areas of concentrated poverty, often
Kleinhans, Reinout, Van Ham, Maarten
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A Look at Women and Abortion in the United States
, 2009 The issue of abortion is defined by ethical questions and, often, controversial views. This paper argues the importance of a coherent and enhanced effort to study the quantitative relationship between women’s characteristics and the average number of ...
Byrne, Robyn A. +2 more
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Socio-economic differences in suicide risk vary by sex : A population-based case-control study of 18-65 year olds in Denmark [PDF]
The objective of this paper was to investigate variations in the risk of suicide by socioeconomic status/position (SES) for men and women. Data on 15,648 suicide deaths between 18-65 year old men and women over the period 1981-1997 were linked to data on
Antonio Rodríguez +2 more
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Family planning:fertility and parenting ideals in urban adolescents [PDF]
, 2015 Chipman, Abigail, Morrison, Edward
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