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Comment by Rathna from India — October 24, 2008 @ 5:48 am

Assessment and accountability have played prominent roles in many of the education reform efforts during the past 50 years. In the 1950s, under the influence of James B. Conant’s work on comprehensive high schools, testing was used to select students for higher education and to identify students for gifted programs. By the mid-1960s test results were used as one measure to evaluate the effectiveness of Title I and other federal programs. In the 1970s and early 1980s, the minimum competency testing movement spread rapidly; 34 states instituted some sort of testing of basic skills as a graduation requirement. Overlapping the minimum competency testing movement and continuing into the late 1980s and early 1990s was the expansion of the use of standardized test results for accountability purposes.Assessment is appealing to policymakers for several reasons: it is relatively inexpensive compared to making program changes, it can be externally mandated, it can be implemented rapidly, and it offers visible results. This Digest discusses significant features of present-day assessment programs and offers recommendations to increase positive effects and minimize negative ones.

Comment by Toronto Condo from world — March 20, 2009 @ 12:06 am

Securing Medicaid eligibility can be complicated in the best of circumstances. Medicaid eligibility determination is an application-driven process that frequently requires the applicant to produce considerable documentation. Since Medicaid is a means-tested program, applicants also must provide information about their income and assets. In the case of people with disabilities, Medicaid eligibility processes are intertwined with the necessity of determining that a person meets applicable Social Security disability tests. People who experience Condos Toronto homelessness often benefit from third-party assistance in securing and maintaining Medicaid eligibility because they are displaced or have impairments that make it difficult for them to navigate the Medicaid application process. In this regard, agencies and organizations that assist people who experience homelessness can play a critical role in brokering benefits on their behalf. In addition, states can take additional steps to facilitate access to Medicaid benefits.People who experience or are at risk of homelessness frequently can benefit from third-party assistance in securing and maintaining Medicaid eligibility and, therefore, continuous access to Medicaid benefits. Federal policy permits third-parties to provide such assistance and affords opportunities for Medicaid agencies to partner with community agencies to increase access to Medicaid. States can take steps to avoid disruptions in Medicaid eligibility when people who have Medicaid eligibility are incarcerated or placed in psychiatric facilities. Other steps can be taken to address securing Medicaid benefits before people are released or discharged back to the community.

Comment by Condos Toronto from world — March 20, 2009 @ 12:07 am